Fluffernutter politics

[Cloudbringer]

They'z messin with the Fluffernutter in Massachusetts...themz fightin words to those of us who grew up eating them! LOL But here's the article:


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There's a political bruhaha over my childhood favorite - the fluffernutter (haven't had one in a while but just might have to now!)

by STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Last updated Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Fluffernutter sandwich angers Mass. senator BOSTON -- It's creamy, it's sweet and it's become a staple of lunch boxes for generations of New England school children. Now, the beloved Fluffernutter sandwich -- the irresistible combination of Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter, preferably on white bread with a glass of milk handy -- finds itself at the center of a sticky political debate. Sen. Jarrett Barrios was outraged that his son Nathaniel, a third-grader, was given a Fluffernutter sandwich at the King Open School in Cambridge. He said he plans to file legislation that would ban schools from offering the local delicacy more than once a week as the main meal of the day. The Democrat said that his amendment to a bill on junk food in schools may seem "a little silly" -- but that school nutrition is s0erious. His proposal seemed anything but silly to Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein, a Democrat whose district in Revere is near the company that has produced the marshmallow concoction for more than 80 years, Durkee-Mower Inc. She responded with a proposal to designate the Fluffernutter the "official sandwich of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." "I'm going to fight to the death for Fluff," Reinstein said. An aide to Barrios insisted the senator is not anti-Fluff and even plans to co-sponsor Reinstein's bill, although he still believes schools should cut back on Fluffernutters. "He loves Fluff as much as the next legislator," aide Colin Durrant said. Fluff has a long history in Massachusetts. The treat was popularized by H. Allen Durkee and Fred L. Mower, who cooked up the concoction in their kitchen at night and sold it door to door during the day. Durkee and Mower purchased the recipe for Fluff for $500 from another Massachusetts man, Archibald Query, and also sold it door to door before wartime shortages shut down his operations. Query lived in Somerville, which is part of Barrios' district. The company didn't immediately return a call for comment Tuesday. Since its invention, legions of New England kids have grown up on Fluffernutters. Parents have used the sandwich as a food of last resort for finicky eaters, sometimes adding banana slices to complement the protein of the peanut butter.

[ 06-22-2006, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

[Captain Obvious]

I hate anything peanut, so the sound of this is totally unappealing; however, it would be loaded with all sorts of crap, so avoiding stuffing it down kids throats is probably not a bad idea?

still, if anyone tried to take L&P away from us, there would be riots!

[wellard]

Ermmm keeping kids away from that at school might be a good idea

And (how can I put this) fluff is my kids slang for farts, so it made strange reading Clouds [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

[Cloudbringer]

ROTFL! That's a new one on me, Wellard! But I can see how it would look very strange then!

Actually peanut butter is pretty nutritious for kids in reasonable quantities. A friend of mine had her doctor recommend it for her little boy when he wouldn't eat anything but peanut butter and chicken nuggets from Burker King. Apparently, even with the added fat from the nuts, the peanut butter was the better choice! The marsmallow fluff is mostly sugar, granted, but it's probably a lot better than what the kids can get out of the vending machines in school and if it gets a kid to eat pb, well, not all that bad. Granted you don't want to feed it to them daily! LOL

[Captain Obvious]

hehe... we should get regular vending machines but fill them with Veges, only make it so the kids cant see the veges - they order a Coke, get a Carrot. Order a Chocolate bar, get soemthing else. A Zuchini perhaps...