Comments on: Hot Pocket Ingredients poster in Boing Boing Bazaar http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 01:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nicco http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797698 Nicco Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797698 You're right. I didn't look at it the first time, so I assumed it listed a whole lot of chemicals and whatnot, but it's really just a whole lot of ingredients. Not exactly healthy, but what do people expect from a ready-made turnover? Btw, was palm oil one of the ingredients you avoid?...I do. You’re right. I didn’t look at it the first time, so I assumed it listed a whole lot of chemicals and whatnot, but it’s really just a whole lot of ingredients. Not exactly healthy, but what do people expect from a ready-made turnover?
Btw, was palm oil one of the ingredients you avoid?…I do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797451 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797451 considering the fact that a hot pocket such as this described here tastes so good, who cares whats inside? Isnt every frozen treat waiting to be nuked made up of as many, if not more, ingredients as this? Its a new era of laziness for cooking. "I got the munchies, oh man, hot pockets!" considering the fact that a hot pocket such as this described here tastes so good, who cares whats inside? Isnt every frozen treat waiting to be nuked made up of as many, if not more, ingredients as this? Its a new era of laziness for cooking. “I got the munchies, oh man, hot pockets!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797708 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797708 I remember Sundays in the kitchen with Grandma, whipping up the week's fresh batch of L-Cysteine Hydrochloride. I remember Sundays in the kitchen with Grandma, whipping up the week’s fresh batch of L-Cysteine Hydrochloride.

]]> By: mellowknees http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797460 mellowknees Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797460 just want you guys to know that right after you posted about this little gem the first time, my husband and I decided to never eat Hot Pockets again (not that we ate them much in the first place, but this sealed the deal). just want you guys to know that right after you posted about this little gem the first time, my husband and I decided to never eat Hot Pockets again (not that we ate them much in the first place, but this sealed the deal).

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797471 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797471 That doesn't make them any less delicious. That doesn’t make them any less delicious.

]]> By: cojoro http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-808234 cojoro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-808234 Modified food starch & Autolyzed Yeast Extract = MSG, partially hydrogenated fats, food coloring (which are carcinogens), several types of sugar, preservatives...my goodness, is it any wonder Americans are soooo unhealthy? Modified food starch & Autolyzed Yeast Extract = MSG, partially hydrogenated fats, food coloring (which are carcinogens), several types of sugar, preservatives…my goodness, is it any wonder Americans are soooo unhealthy?

]]> By: styrovor http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797504 styrovor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797504 Hmmm. If you're going to make a typographic poster, you should probably at least google "kerning" first. Hmmm. If you’re going to make a typographic poster, you should probably at least google “kerning” first.

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797506 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797506 I always thought "Hot Pockets" should be a nickname for a male prostitute. I always thought “Hot Pockets” should be a nickname for a male prostitute.

]]> By: solidgould http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797765 solidgould Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797765 I could be wrong, but this looks like it was generated with Wordle - a fun little ap that generates "word clouds". http://www.wordle.net/ It is a fun way to waste a couple hours... I could be wrong, but this looks like it was generated with Wordle – a fun little ap that generates “word clouds”.

http://www.wordle.net/

It is a fun way to waste a couple hours…

]]> By: Dewi Morgan http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797511 Dewi Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797511 This really makes me want some hot pockets. Mmm, milk, egg, garlic, cheese, ham... WANT! This really makes me want some hot pockets. Mmm, milk, egg, garlic, cheese, ham… WANT!

]]> By: Decay http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797767 Decay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797767 I'd totally put this on my wall so my friends and I could snark at what the poor eat. Nyah hahaha. I’d totally put this on my wall so my friends and I could snark at what the poor eat. Nyah hahaha.

]]> By: JIMWICh http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797568 JIMWICh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797568 This calls for a link to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xlN_ltZ3Ug">Jim Gaffigan's take on Hot Pockets</a>. This calls for a link to Jim Gaffigan’s take on Hot Pockets.

]]> By: Keenan Pepper http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797606 Keenan Pepper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797606 Now, can anyone point to one of these ingredients and give a specific issue with it? I only see *two* ingredients I actually avoid (and those two are closely related). Can you guess what they are? (They're the two that contain significant amounts of trans fat.) Now, can anyone point to one of these ingredients and give a specific issue with it? I only see *two* ingredients I actually avoid (and those two are closely related). Can you guess what they are?

(They’re the two that contain significant amounts of trans fat.)

]]> By: d913 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797649 d913 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797649 You can really taste the titanium dioxide You can really taste the titanium dioxide

]]> By: ClintonD http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797394 ClintonD Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797394 *in a falsetto sing-song voice* Hot Pooockets *in a falsetto sing-song voice* Hot Pooockets

]]> By: trippcook2 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-797400 trippcook2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797400 $30 for a 2-foot poster? You can't afford NOT to invest! $30 for a 2-foot poster? You can’t afford NOT to invest!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/26/hot-pocket-ingredien.html#comment-804089 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-804089 Hmmm.. What's so horrifying about this? Hmmm.. What’s so horrifying about this?

]]>