2009
05.04
05.04
I was watching my newest 80s commercial dvd recently and saw a commercial for Newtons of various flavors. As the commercial was wrapping up, they showed 4 boxes of Newtons. The flavors shown were fig, apple, raspberry, and grape. I almost didn’t notice at first, but upon rewinding and freezing the end of the commercial, I saw that they did indeed dispaly a box of Grape Newtons. The commercial was from 1986, which means that when Grape Newtons were being sold, I was three years old. Still, this is not an excuse for my great ignorance of this truly amazing product. I’m going to e-mail Nabisco after I finish this post and inquire as to whether or not they plan to bring Grape Newtons back, but I’m pretty sure that the answer will be no.
I know you’re probably going to be appalled – but I’ve never tried any flavor of Newtons… I guess I should go out and get some?
Oh, and related to one of you earlier posts – I had a burger construction fiasco at a bar last night and thought of you… my lettuce and tomato were at the bottom. (I thought I should direct them to your blog for instruction)
I missed the posts this week, Scott!
When I was little, I never liked fig newtons, but convinced myself that they were a fancy food (must have confused them with truffles or something). So I ate them, and might have even convinced myself they were good. I don’t remember the last time I ate one though, I’d guess 1996.