Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Creme Brule

Well, we all know that Disney and McDonald's, Barney and Dora, and so on, all have a way of taking the well known and putting it through the soft chew machine. The latest offering is McD's Creme Brule. It's a caramel drink. Slurpable dessert. I haven't tried it. Looks like cavities and hard to rid calories in a disposable cup.

That's not the funny thing. Creme Brule. Just imagine it. Of course this is the half baked version but, were they to do it right close your eyes and imaging the average McDonald's employee with a customer in front of them. "Just a second sir/madam". They whip out the blow torch (a mini one, white with the golden arches on the handle) and proceed to braze the surface of this delectable treat....

That's really what this country needs. Arming the masses with golden arched mini blow torches. Perhaps it is a good thing that it is the half baked version. Still, the mental imagery has the capacity to spawn many a lazy Sunday meandering. All I need now is a bit of cognac and a cigar to really mull this one over fully.