RITZ CRACKERS R IN?

I loved Ritz Crackers...once upon a time.  Like 1966...and even then croissants were beginning to take over.  Whole wheat honey nut bread was emerging.

I went to an African/Cuban wine tasting, Women's Club of Laguna Beach, CA. happening last night, and there sat:

Platter after platter of Ritz crackers.

Somehow I just know there are more appropriate crackers to serve for a wine tasting.

There are certainly more appropriate crackers to put out for that fulsome African/Cuban music.

There are more appropriate crackers to eat for any reason.

I didn't even know they still made Ritz Crackers.  Although since Twinkies are still sold, I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised.

I ate some.  My friends ate some.  We all agreed that the Ritz crackers weren't as bad a choice as say barbecued potato chips.  We also told ourselves this was a fun trip down memory lane, but I noticed we each ate only one.  I noticed the platters themselves were barely touched.

With nine thousand types of crackers in the grocery stores, I wonder what taste decision went on behind the scenes.  Somebody knew of a warehouse load about to be tossed?

Maybe the wine was sub par too.  I don't know.  I'm a water-guzzler.  But, now I wonder.  Surely a posh little place like Laguna Beach, California can do better than Ritz crackers...unless the wine was Boone's Farm--

Is Boone's Farm still sold?

Don't tell me.  I still haven't recovered from the way they added sugar to the packet of Kool-Aid. 

Remember, pre sugar, the blisters from licking the soul satisfyingly pungent Kool-Aid particles off the palm of your hand?

Fabulous, right?

The Ritz crackers weren't.

Comments

[lucy mercer]

Where are Twinkies still sold?

[Ruth Yunker]

The 7Eleven? E-Bay? Galveston, Texas???

[Jordans 4]

You must be imaginative, 　　strong hearted. You must try things that may not work. And you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from.