The spirit is fiery, makes its presence known first up the nostrils, then down the hatch.
In one bite or two, twist off the top and excavate the peanut butter with your tongue, alternating sips of a soda with crunchy bites of sandwiched cracker or sharing one or two crackers with a less fortunate friend who may not have enough change for the vending machine.Nabs were (and still are) a snack that everyone can enjoy exclusive of socio-economic status.
(Unless you, like me, have been allergic to peanut butter and now just stare longingly.)Possessing a pack of Nabs isn't a telltale sign of anything except immediate hunger.Nabs are what you eat when you're kind of hungry, but not enough to eat an actual meal.
In other words, they're acceptable to have when you're fixin' to eat and they won't ruin your dinner like candy or potato chips—or so says my mother.Lance, Tom's, Keebler, and Kellogg's Austin brand might be the top purveyors of peanut butter crackers, but they are all called Nabs too.. Nabs are what you eat when you're kind of hungry, but not enough to eat an actual meal.. My hometown, Winston-Salem, has a very complicated relationship with Nabs, specifically Nabisco.
In 1986 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (maker of Camel and Newport cigarettes) and Nabisco joined to create RJR Nabisco.
The company headquarters were moved from the Camel City to Atlanta, taking thousands of jobs with it.But childhood me knew one thing and one thing only when it came to rice.
And that red box with big white letters sprawling across the front will forever be stamped in my memory as my first touchpoint with rice.. Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Prop Styling by Christina Daley / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey.A Guide to Rice Types Around the World.
My parents served it alongside, like, three out of six of our weekly meals.The seventh, most sacred day was reserved for Junk Food Friday, but that's another story for another time.