Every now and then, a news story comes along that gives you an incredible craving for the delights of your childhood. Apparently some legislator with nothing better to do with his time and the authority of the state Massachusetts tried to pass legislation limiting the availability of the Fluffernutter in school lunch menus.

Leaving aside all the obvious arguments about the overreaching nanny state and the fact that a serving of Marshmallow Fluff has zero fat and a scant 60 calories, it just makes me want one.

The Fluffernutter was a mainstay of childhood. Until I reached the 7th grade, I think it might have been the only sandwich I would eat. A thick layer of peanut butter on one slice of white bread and a thick layer of fluff on the other. One aspect of the sandwich was never in question. The bread. A Fluffernutter can only be made with white bread.

The debate came to how to eat it. For me, it was always with the peanut butter side on top. Not only did it taste better, but when you pulled the sandwich back from your mouth you got the visual treat of streaks of peanut butter running across the fluff.

It went best with a glass of cold milk. A few Ruffles potato chips on the side didn't hurt either.

Anybody hungry?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:47 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment

1 Looooved them FlufferNutters!

Of course, you do realize that a 60 calorie "serving" of Fluff is equal to a mere two tablespoons. I think a decent sandwich needs 4 or 5 times that!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at June 25, 2006 05:57 PM (syRYX)

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