Fresh From the Oven
Ever gone through a food phase where you crave and eat a
particular food for a given amount of time and can never seem to get enough of
it?
Well, I
have. In fact, I’m going through one right now.
Recently,
the editor for Confection & Snack Retailing, Deborah Cassell, and I
rediscovered Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls, a layer of crème filling
rolled into a chocolate cake and topped with a fudge coating.
Indulging on just one Swiss Roll
brings me back to sixth grade, when my mom would stock the pantry with Little
Debbie products such as Swiss Rolls, Oatmeal Crème Pies, Holiday Snack
Cakes and the Stars & Stripes Snack Cakes in the vanilla variety. I even
remember hiding some of my favorites in other parts of the pantry when friends
came over so I wouldn’t have to share.
But now it’s okay to share as
Cassell and I are regressing to the past and perfecting the Swiss Cake Roll
system.
We each purchase a box at our
local grocery store, hide out in the cafeteria and devour our share of the
two-roll package.
Just unraveling the clear plastic
forces memories of when life was easy, a time when sinking my teeth into a
Swiss Cake Roll reminded me of hot summer days spent rollerblading, bike riding
or prank calling boys.
Word eventually traveled around
the office of our little “lunch excursions” and a Super-Size Me-type bet
was placed on the table.
“If you eat a Swiss Roll every day
for the next 90 days, you win the bet,” taunted our male cohorts.
So I crunched some numbers.
Each two-roll package equals 270
calories, divided by two, equals 135 calories. But if we eat that for 90
working days, I would consume 12,150 calories within a three-month timeframe,
just by eating one Little Debbie Swiss Roll per day.
Not too bad if I choose to give up
135 calories elsewhere. With zero trans fat and only 27 g. of sugar, I’m sure I
can find the perfect snack to cut out of my routine.
Or maybe I’ll just stick to my
Swiss Cake Roll phase. Whoever doesn’t believe that great things come in small
packages obviously hasn’t experienced this mouthwatering treat.
Some things will just never
change. That is until I enter my next food phase. And then the bet may be on.
Marina
Mayer, managing editor
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