Butter is made of cream and salt.

The new item in the vending machine this week: Cracker Jack Butter Crunch. Apparently they realized that, having really cheesed out on the whole "prize inside" think with regular Cracker Jack, people need to be brought back to the product by reducing the amount of popcorn in it. Thus Butter Crunch, or "Nothing but the stuff you'd gut a guy like a fish to obtain." Incidentally, this is perhaps the first product I've seen with the warning CONTAINS PEANUT AND MILK INGREDIENTS on it. Just for those of you who saw "Butter Crunch Candy Coated Peanuts" on the label, and thought it was not one but TWO clever ruses in one. It also has the odd phrase on the ingredients "BUTTER (CREAM, SALT)". Well, yes, but I think an intermediate step is lost in the listing. Maybe I'll just stick to the all-Muppet diet. [Show 202, or search for "Eating Muppets"]

Meanwhile, for the second time in its run, 24 pulled off an episode which completely shuffled the deck. Now we have to wait 3 weeks for the next hour. Grr. Incidentally, I think this show has cured me of one possible gift plan. Ain't nobody getting a gift card from me this year.