Who Eats This?
By Monica on October 3rd, 2007
There is one particular episode of the Henry Rollins Show which echoes my daily life in rural America, where residents practically had a parade in honor of the new Super Walmart opening: In a “Drawing Conclusions” piece, Henry takes on Walmart and its expansive stock of Guns and Ammo magazines and Nascar tees. At one point a scene shows two elderly workers trying to hoist a “75 pound bag of Chips Ahoy” onto a shelf and he yells in that disgusted Henry Rollins tone, “Who eats this shit?!”
Thus, “Who eats this shit?!” has become a popular catch phrase in my household and when this dandy Walmart photo opportunity presented itself, I couldn’t resist.
Yes, that is a 25 pound bucket of lard. Seriously, if you are not Paula Dean, what do you do with 25 pounds of rendered pig fat? A little Googling taught me that the bucket Ray is holding contains 105,000 calories and 11,200 grams of saturated fat. Not only that, but as the bucket proudly proclaims, it is preserved with BHA and propyl gallate, everyone’s favorite carcinogenic preservatives! It’s like an old bucket of paint touting it’s extraordinarily high lead content. Brilliant, ConAgra Foods!
Alright, since Bazu and Mihl enjoyed the previous picture so much, I thought I’d add the second photo we took that day. Juvenile and immature? Absolutely! For some reason, Walmart has that effect on me. Here is my husband. Kissing. The bucket. Of lard.
bazu says:
Noooooooo! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, but that bucket of lard scares the bejeesus out of me. Hydrogenated lard? What is the world coming to??
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
bazu says:
Ok, I can’t stop staring. Now I have my husband staring with me. I almost want to make this my X-mas card photo…
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Mihl says:
Yes! I printed this picture.Whenever I go to a supermarket I have to say “Who buys that shit” at least twice. Although we can’t beat those huge boxes of lard and dry milk over here. I am so sorry for people who buy that and think they made a good deal.
October 4th, 2007 at 4:21 am
Monica says:
Oh, but it IS a good deal! I mean, if we go off the caloric content, one could survive off that bucket of lard alone for 2-3 months!
October 4th, 2007 at 6:43 am
tippitappi says:
this is so funny!
I’ll take a picture of disgusting yet edible stuff from a famous trash supermaket here in Reggio where I live, Like you did, do funny!
October 5th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Dave says:
If I’m right the fat got hydrogenated, because that makes the fatty acids to stick together. They become saturated.
This means that you’ll eat low-quality fat.
Calories do not count in the first place
Citric acid and stuff do not make the thing more tasteful.
October 5th, 2007 at 11:38 am