Wednesday, June 20, 2007

So, Oreos don’t have the same ol’ cream filling

This afternoon I went grocery shopping because I refuse to shop after work, it’s too busy. During my little visit I decided to purchase a bag of Double-Stuf’d Oreos because I’m not so keen on the cookies, but as a child loved the cream filling.

It’s been probably five years, if not more, since I had my last Oreo cookie, so when I got back to the office I immediately opened up the bag to try them out all over again.

Now, the first bite wasn’t exactly the tastiness I remembered as a child, so I thought I’d just try twisting the two halves and dive into the cream filling. When I did that I noticed it just wasn’t the same taste I remembered eating as a child. As I fussed about it to my co-workers I learned that the recipe had changed.

According to wikipedia.com, as of January 2006, classic Oreo cookies are no longer manufactured with hydrogenated oils because on May 13, 2003, California activist attorney Stephen Joseph filed suit to ban Oreo cookies due to the potential health dangers associated with the trans fat used in making them. The suit was dropped because Nabisco considered replacing the hydrogenated oils with alternative oils.

My beef with this is just that, if you have a problem with a food because of it being too fatty for either you or your children, simply DO NOT eat it. There’s no reason to make everyone else suffer, because you can’t take the cookie from the kid’s hand.

I’m all about the hopping on the healthy train, because I work out, attempt to eat healthy and drink pretty much nothing but water, but what gives?

Granted, a large percentage of our great nation is overweight, but why punish everyone for other’s inability to say no to fast-food restaurants, fatty treats or sodas that aren’t nearly as good for you as water?

I’m with you girl. If you are buying double stuff Oreos you know they are packed with goo anyway. Next we’ll have warning labels on Stabucks Coffee cups saying that the contents may be hot. No wait, they already have those. I hate the fact that people thinbk it’s their job to look out for the rest of us. I’m full grown and if I want to gargle with fatty oils, I should be able to do it. I don’t need any do-gooder filing a lawsuit to save me from myself. Lindsay, tear open the bag and pass the milk. I mean the whole fat milk, none of that skim junk or “white water” as my Mom used to call it. I’m with you on this one.