L.'s last day of work in our office was Friday and I took on the responsibility of planning her going away luncheon. The menu consisted of typical lunch fare but the star of the show, the reason to drag yourself out of bed and come to work that day was the chocolate cake.
At our office, we never pass up an opportunity to eat chocolate cake. We actually look for excuses to fill our mouths with moist, fudgy goodness. Your grandmother didn't die in her sleep? Let's celebrate the occasion with chocolate cake. You stubbed your toe on the coffee table? Chocolate cake will fix that right up. Your husband left you for another woman? Eat some chocolate cake. You'll feel better.
Even though there are very few questions in life where chocolate cake isn't the answer, woman can not live by chocolate cake alone (although Lord knows I've tried.) With that knowledge, I felt compelled to offer something more substantial to co-workers who don't actually enjoy bouncing off their cubicle partitions in a sugar-induced fit of hyperactivity. For those people, I provided sub sandwiches and chips.
Once she heard about my party plans, Melissa asked if she could do anything to help. I pretty much had everything under control. I had ordered the subs and picked up several 2-liters of soda at the grocery store. My only concern was whether the one bag of chips I bought would be enough for 10 people. Melissa eagerly volunteered to bring another bag. Great, I thought, problem solved.
The day of the luncheon, as I was arranging the sandwiches, plates and cups, I asked Melissa if she had remembered to bring the chips. "Oh, yeah, they're right here," she said and placed a bag of Sun Chips in my hand. "I brought these for people who wanted to eat something healthier." I stared at the bag for a moment and wondered how Melissa could have missed the mark on this one.
I mean, really. Who brings Sun Chips to a party? A party where everyone is looking forward to pigging out on chocolate cake, mile-high sub sandwiches and. . .chocolate cake. When you are eating food this decadent, what difference does it make how many fat grams your chips have?
As I grudgingly opened the bag and placed it on the table, I made a mental note to never ask Melissa to bring food ever again.
After I had eaten my sandwich and the fat-laden chips I brought, I decided to be a little adventurous and sample some of Melissa's Sun Chips. I put a few chips on my plate and then cautiously placed one in my mouth. To my surprise, I didn't feel like vomiting. The french onion seasoning was almost enough to mask the funny taste and texture. The not-so-bad flavor coupled with the belief that Sun Chips might actually be good for me may be enough to inspire me to buy a bag or two at the grocery store today.
I wonder what they would taste like smeared with chocolate cake?
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I got a bag of the cinnamon Sunchips out of the vending machines at school one day by accident (hit D3 on the keypad instead of D4) and they were quite yummy.
I believe you have to love and eat chocolate cake to get into heaven. I think it says so in Deuteronomy of Ephesians or someplace. My younger brother and I use to fight to see who could finger-wipe the chocolate from them mixing bowl when she made a cake. Blood could be drawn on those occasions.
They sold the dollar bag of cinnamon Sun Chips this summer at various local stores here, and since I'm addicted to cinnamon, I loved them. Of course, they're nowhere to be found now. BTW, very nicely written piece. You're really becoming more comfortable with writing and letting your creativity show.
We get Cake on Birthdays too!
I tried to get them to celebrate the three Fishes birthdays that I bought for the Office, but no one seemed to think the Fish needed a Cake.
Discrimination!
Need a "Torte" Lawyer.
lol! healthy eaters should be banned from potlucks at work. anyway, i find sunchips okay. they taste fine. they're just boring!
Ah, this made me smile! And only 1 bag of Sun Chips? What's up with that?! I actually like them...I like anything with salt and flavourings but you're right about the "Why bother when you're eating choc. cake" thinking!
I haven't come across the cinnamon chips. And do you guys really have sweet potato chips down there? I'd love those and I probably can't get them here.
I was going to defend the Chips until I saw how the story turned out! Not that I'm a health guru or anything (my total lust for pinknest's blog will indicate that).
But I think Melissa deserves another chance. :-) And too, I don't think Sun Chips are as healthy as all that. They cost the same as regular chips, so they can't be superior. lol!
While I like Sun Chips, they make me sick to my stomach!
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