Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tasting M&M Peanuts

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You know, I've probably eaten several hundred pounds of M&M candies over the years. And my favorite are the peanut ones. And my favorite way to eat a Peanut M&M is by just popping one in my mouth at a time and sucking through the outer shell, then into the chocolate and down to the peanut. That's not to say that I don't lose control at times and stuff handfuls into my mouth as fast as I can chew and swallow them.

But, I think I learned something new about Peanut M&M's today. While navigating the Wheeled Manor through Wyoming, I began snacking on a tub of the candies. I must have eaten a few handfuls in my usual way, one at a time, before I noticed something for the first time.

I actually paid attention to which color I popped into my mouth. Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, and Brown. Not necessarily in that order, although it really wouldn't have mattered anyway.

The outer coatings all taste the same!! At least to me. The Blue tastes exactly the same as the Yellow or Brown. I was shocked at the discovery. Why then do they have different outer colors? I wonder whether anyone else has ever noticed this?

Or, maybe.... I'm wrong. Am I?
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5 comments:

  1. Did you know that those colors represent the Democrats in this country and every pack sold, money goes to their campain fund? Let me educate you bro. The red and blue ones represent the colors of the Obama flag. Green is for four more years of the Obama administration. Yellow represents caution for the Republican party. Brown represents power and orange represent the color on the republicans face of their next four year term...Now enough of this. Wheres the BEEF.

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  2. not everything in life is politically motivated.

    m&m's are colored (oops, wrong choice of words) many colors only to attract eaters. if you ate people, you would find they too all taste the same. we all taste like chicken.

    now...you should be having your A1c levels checked on a regular basis. it could save your life. considering the colorful family lines you have. (both of you....all of you)

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  3. Geez, you guys are starving. I gotta get back to the Thought Dock soon. Maybe Friday. Hang on! Geo-What's Arc?

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  4. Um... I'm shocked that it took you millions of M&Ms to be consumed to discover that.

    And now I've got a hankering for some M's myself... thanks.

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  5. a1c as in a#1c is a blood draw that gives avg sugar level over past 90 days. coupled with a regular 12hour fast draw, the doc can pretty much tell how your sugar is doing.

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