It is the purpose of this item to continue the Game of Nutrition
Facts Labels, as begun in the now-bloated Item 89 of the Cooking
Conference, which was originally Item number who-knows-what in
the Enigma Conference.
   Somebody enters the Nutrition Facts label from a food product;
others try to guess the food. The first person to guess correctly
gets to choose and enter the next Mysterious Label, which other
people then try to guess, and so on and so forth ad infinitum.
   Thus, the Game is self-perpetuating and continues until
the fall of Grex, the demise of the Nutrition Facts labeling
system, or the end of time, whichever comes first.
   Valerie Mates (popcorn) guessed the last food (olives)
correctly in the previous incarnation of this game. Hence it is
her turn to enter a Nutrition Facts label. Ms Mates?

418 responses total.

[Following grand and glorious Tradition, Item 113 in the Cooking
 conference is now linked as Item 265 in the Enigma conference.]

Gotta find a puzzle fw to link this to puzzle, too.

Eeep -- I had insider information to know that Rob eats olives.

Here's the awful one that I didn't enter last time it was my turn:


Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/2 oz (14.2g)
Servings Per Container   16
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Amount Per Serving
Calories 50
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Total Fat              0.5g
Sodium                 10mg
Total Carbohydrate      10g
  Dietary Fiber          1g
  Sugars                 2g
Protein                  2g
---------------------------
% Daily Value
Protein 9%  -  Vitamin A 0%
Vitamin C 0%  - Calcium 25%
Iron 60%   -   Thiamine 80%
Riboflavin 60% - Niacin 45%
Vitamin E 50%

Looks kind of like wheat germ.

Nope, not wheat germ.

Prune butter?

Prune butter?!  Nope.

By the way -- where can you find prune butter?  I have a hamentaschen
recipe that calls for it, but I've always substituted applesauce instead.

Lotsa minerals for 1/2 ounce!  Nutrient-enriched health-kook cookies?

I haven't been able to find prune butter either, but then I haven't
looked very hard.  I too have a recipe, for muffins, that I'd like
to try once I get my hands on some.

Does this mystery product have anything to do with seaweed?

Not nutrient-enriched health-kook cookies.
Nothing to do with seaweed, as far as I know.

  I think that Rob should be exempted when Valerie has a label going and
vice versa.... no insider trading ;)

  Well, we no longer live together, so we have only eating habits
as clues...hint: neither of us is likely to post meat products. :)
How about Peat Moss Brownies?  Or Pecan Sandies, with real sand?

Squid Newtons.

Just kidding. ;-)

Not peat moss brownies, not pecan sandies, not squid newtons.  :)

Hint: Someone was looking at the vitamin content earlier.  I'm fairly
sure this food is enriched, rather than naturally containing tons of
vitamins.

bread?

Sugar-coated rice or pasta?

(Btw: Tried "corn nuts" tonight...not bad...they taste kind of like super
sugar crisps, but with salt instead of sugar...and they're crunchier.)

Not bread.  Not sugar-coated rice.  Not pasta (nor sugar-coated pasta).

A packaged breakfast cereal?

Not a packaged breakfast cereal, but you are getting much warmer.

a packaged oatmeal mix?  Instant oatmeal?

Creme of Wheat?

Not oatmeal.  Not Cream of Wheat.  You're in a neigboring food category,
but not in the right category.  And the right category isn't one you'd
expect Grexers to be eating from.

(stealing clues from another item)  Some kind of instant soup?

Nope, not instant soup.

I've mentioned long ago that I eat this food, but I scanned the current
kitchen conference and didn't find any mention of it.  Probably the discussion
took place before the kitchen conference was re-started, way back when.

> And the right category isn't one you'd expect Grexers to be eating from.
 
Mysterious clue.  You aren't eating your guinea pig food are you?

<giggle>

I don't know...I'm stumped...  When she says "isn't one you'd expect Grexers
to be eating from", I can't think of anything.  Everyone who uses the system
has wide variations in tastes.  People on here that I know eat everything from
hummus to chocolate triple-fudge cake.  =)

Earthworms.

Yeah. I can't think of anything Grexers don't eat.  Well, maybe...nope, not
a thing.

Not guinea pig food.  Not earthworms.
I do eat hummus and chocolate triple-fudge cake, but this isn't either
of those.

There really is a category of food that you wouldn't expect much of anybody
on Grex to eat.  This food is from that category.

Caviare (yes, too much salt to be the answer, but it fits #29).

Grits?

Not caviar.  Not grits.

Rob, you may be our only hope.  You and anybody for a *really* good memory
for the oldkitchen conference; maybe Marcus or Mary.

  I was thinking of guessing a certain strange pasta dish you eat (recipe
from childhood), but I don't think you'd want that mentioned in public.
Hmm...oh!!!  I think I know what it is!  But I'm exempting myself, due to
insider info :-).  Clever.  You're right, you wouldn't expect many Grexxers
to eat *that*...bet more than a few have bought it though!  :-)

Nope, not the strange pasta dish (though that was mentioned in oldkitchen
too).  I think you've got the right answer with your other guess.  Feel free
to guess it -- I don't think many people are likely to figure it out.

Baby food?

matzho balls

I was going to go for baby food too.  Or maybe something like
an instant breakfast drink mix of some type.  I'm really
out of ideas on this one but am still thinking.

It's really high in vitamins...most grexers wouldn't eat it, but some have
bought it...almost no fat...I agree with Jan.  Good job  =)  I hope you're
right!

Ding ding ding ding ding!  Jan got it: it is baby food.
Heinz "Mixed Cereal", in particular.  A childhood fondness I never outgrew.

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