I’m not going to make the same lazy jokes Colbert went with on this creation. Personally, I think it could be a step in the right direction alongside lab-grown chicken nuggets. My first thought when I saw it brought back a really, really ancient memory of when I was a small kid. Something I hadn’t remembered in decades…Pink Panther breakfast cereal. Anything cool was a thrill growing up because my parents rarely bought “the good stuff,” so we had Cheerios, raisin bran, Chex, etc. 90 percent of the time. It was for the best. I didn’t have my first cavity until I was 13 and my brother at 12.
Given how popular the Peter Sellers’ movies were and the Pink Panther was a regular show on Saturday morning cartoons up to the early Eighties, it was only reasonable to give him a cereal! I bet my parents were curious about it too. Do I remember what it tasted like? Hell no! I only recall it turning the milk pink! Something mom pointed out to us. At the age I was (four?), pink milk seemed to be magic.
With this new rice, I would like to try it. I best it could be awesome as astronaut food. We all need to get used to such things too. Climate Change will make sure my favorite junk foods will be casualties: Burgers and Pizza; given how much real estate, water and grain it takes to raise meat. Throw in how cruelly Bovine University is operated…it’s not a matter of if with the shift, it’s going to be sadly a when. I can’t wait to see the MAGAts hold their collective noses and eat this.