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My son and middle daughter love Slim Jims. 
There is just something warm and cozy about hearing your 7 year old princess yell - “Snap INTO A SLIM JIM!”
As a food (?) they are not my favorite. Translation: I think they are nasty. They make up for it with cool commercials and one of the coolest websites around. You’ll get lost there, trust me on this.
That however is not the subject of this post. Amy made a grocery run last night and instead of going to our normal shopping place, she ran into another store. And that began the problem. Where are the Slim Jims? In our normal store, they are located in the snack/peanut aisle. But alas, they were not there.
She asked a worker and was informed they were in the meat section. That’s a bit disturbing on many levels.
So where should they properly be categorized?
In the peanut section with other snack foods?
In the meat section?
Do processed “foods” deserve their own section? Vienna sausages, Slim Jims, and Cheeze Whiz all go there?
7 responses so far ↓
1 MikeS // May 14, 2007 at 11:09 am
Almost anyone can SNAP into a Slim Jim. It takes skill and cunning to capture a live Snapalope. I’m sure Camber & Coop are up to the challenge.
2 Mike R. // May 14, 2007 at 12:13 pm
“I would never feed those to my kid.”
Someone said that to me after I said something about my kids loving the Gerber “meat sticks” (ie baby Vienna sausages) when they were babies.
Whatever…
3 Grant // May 14, 2007 at 12:45 pm
There were lots of things we said we’d never do with our kids then we had them.
Or in my case, had 3 of them.
Things change. Those nasty meat sticks were the only things Camber would eat the first year of her life.
Yes, they were nasty. Yes, they kept her quiet. Yes, we fed them to her.
4 kris // May 15, 2007 at 6:32 am
i think they should be near toilet paper or sandpaper — like w/ other dry goods ….
5 wayne // May 15, 2007 at 7:19 am
I think slim jims should be next to the laxatives. (1) They work better than any OTC laxative, (2) in combination with a cup of strong coffee, they work better than any prescription laxative.
Slim Jims — producing freely moving colons for nearly 50 years.
6 Kayla // May 15, 2007 at 9:25 am
No-brainer…next to the SPAM.
7 Grant // May 15, 2007 at 4:29 pm
SPAM could fit in Wayne’s definition as well. SPAM however is not a dry, tasteless substance.
It is wet and tastes like what I imagine the inside of a dog’s mouth would taste…
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