Hello from Orlando! We made sure to get to town early for a truly rare event: a specialty showcase of Pop-Tarts derived dishes that will be available to those coming to the Pop-Tarts Bowl on December 27th
(tomorrow).
I tasted three items: Pop-Tarts Nachos Frosted S’mores, Loaded Pop-Tarts Frosted S’mores, and a vanilla pudding/strawberry Pop-Tart trifle (pictured above). Lemme tell ya, somehow they make chocolate nachos make sense and taste so good. They prepeared them so well at the perfect heat so the chip wasn’t floppy but the chocolate and marshmallow was still melty.
This little dish was exactly what I needed a couple hours after getting into town. Was I on an empty stomach? Yes. Was coffee the only thing I consumed all day up to this point? Also yes. But man, this little dish was rich enough that I may not eat again until dinner. I had two of them and then two tiny cups of the trifle and I was set.
What took the cake though wasn’t the deep fried Pop-Tarts that I will be consuming tomorrow, but it was the greatest helmet I have ever had the pleasure to see in person: the Georgia Tech sprinkle helmet:
Excuse my hyperbole. It’s not my favorite helmet and in fact one I think is better sits in my office (which also includes a very distinct pattern from a particular time in the CPJ era), but what a world we live in where combining sugary snacks in a city that makes no sense and wrapping it all together to put on a food exhibition decorated with snack themed helmets for a college football game that technically doesn’t count for anything in the road to the championship exists. We know we’re lucky as hell.
Coming up from the rest of FTRS this weekend: Game Thread posts tomorrow morning, game recap tomorrow evening. Episode 296 of Scions of the Southland will record Sunday or Monday night. Our film photo album from the bowl by Chris Paschal will post later in the week.
