Foods on Seinfeld

I've been thinking about how various types of food have been used as hilarious props in the Seinfeld universe:

Jujie Fruits Marble Rye Black and White Cookie Chocolate and Cinammon Babka Macaroni (Midler) Fusilli (Jerry) Mutton Krunch Bar (Newman's wrappers found in Jerry's apartment and gave him fleas) Roast Chicken (Kramer driven insane by the red light) Wedding cake (from King George's wedding worth $10,000; Elaine eats it) Movie theatre hot dog (Kramer eats it and throws up) George eats a sandwich while having sex Soup (Nazi) Non-fat Yogurt Cafe Latte Bisque Paella Big Salad Pie (Poppie) Mango Mackinaw Peaches Junior Mint

Can you think of any others?

Paige

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:45:42 -0000, Paige wrote:

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Snapple?

Lars Stockholm

_The Blood_ has some great scenes/lines:

Jerry: Oh no, I'll tell you what you did Caligula; you combined food and sex into one disgusting uncontrollable urge.

George: I think you're right. You gonna eat that?

Then later, Vivian grabbing the kitchen counter TV for the trifecta.

I want to add Little Debbie, but I seem to be misremembering Drake's Coffee cakes.

See <http://seinfeld.freehostpro.com/foods2.html> for the likely definitive list.

No thanks. Too fruity.

• Mark

On Sep 9, 3:23 pm, Mark Mellin wrote:

Love the Drake. (Hate the Drake.)

Paige

Just checked out your link, Mark. I had no idea this topic had already been researched ad infinitum. I told you I was late to the party...yoiks!

Paige

In article , Paige wrote:

No worries. The fun these days is trying to find the list items that the very thorough Mike, TheNewsGuy, missed. :-)

• Mark

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:31:35 -0000, Paige wrote:

Ad infinitum, Oh yes, and beyond. You should feel welcome to pop in here every ten minutes to pore over the, excruciating minutia, of every, single, episode.

This is what we do.

Lars Stockholm

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:45:42 -0000, Paige wrote:

Minor nit, but this happens to be my specialty::

It wasn't King George's (which one?) wedding, It was the Duke of WIndsor (after he abdicated as Edward VIII) from his wedding to Wallis Simpson (the Duchess of Windsor). And of course the wedding didn't take place until after he had abdicated, so it wouldn't have been King anybody's.

He was never actually crowned, and 1936 is known as The Year of Three Kings. (his father, George V; himself, of course; and his brother and successor, George VI)l. That curiosity (both not being crowned and being part of a Year of Three Kings) is shared with his namesake, Edward V (one of the Princes in the Tower, allegedly murdered by their uncle, Richard III).

Elaine referred to the story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson as the greatest love story of all time--giving up his crown for the love of his life. Or words to that effect.

Pastrami, the most sensual of the salted, cured meats.

Thanks for clearing that up, LRod. Hey, I've only been posting to this site for a couple of days and I'm learning all kinds of fascinating Seinfeld trivia. I thought I knew it all...oy, I have a lot to learn. Anybody need me to explain Risk Management?

Paige

"Paige" wrote in message > Thanks for clearing that up, LRod. Hey, I've only been posting to this

No, thanks, I have the book on tape. Welcome, Paige. Karen

Thanks for the welcome, Karen.

<hello kiss/> Paige

Or, as Peterman put it to the vintage pastry appraiser:

"You are about to be launched via pastry back to the wedding of one of the most dashing and romantic Nazi sympathizers of the entire British Royal family."

• Mark

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:04:48 -0700, Mark Mellin wrote:

Yeah, they don't talk much about that, do they? Isn't that why they made him Governor of the Bahamas during the war?

Apparently. Quoting from wikipedia [1]:

"In August [1940?], a British warship dispatched the pair to the Bahamas, where in the view of Winston Churchill the Duke could do least damage to the British war effort."

• Mark

[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII>

Spicy chicken (makes George sweat) Calzones (George buys for Mr. Steinbrenner)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:22:08 -0700, Minglewood wrote:

That was kung pao, I believe.

Did anyone mention the flounder from the Chinese restaurant that wouldn't deliver to Elaine's block?

How about Hampton tomatoes?

And how about those tomatoes on George's girlfriend--Boutros-Boutros Gahli! But I digress...

Rustled lobster?

Lobster omelettes?

Or pie that they sell alongside the road? (on the way to Susan's father's cabin)

And don't forget you can't put cucumbers on pizza.

And it's not a pizza until it comes out of the oven.

Lobster (was it?) from Mendy's (the best, Jerry, the best).

On 9-Sep-2007, Paige wrote:

Duck - Poppie prepared it after using the washroom, without washing his hands. (Pie or cake?) - George refused to eat it after noticing the guy from the suit store (who wanted to buy the same suit as George) was the "chef" who prepared it. Sausages - Kramer and Newman made them and hung them in Jerry's kitchen, upsetting Jerry's personal trainer. The various meats Kramer fed into his deli slicer.

On 10-Sep-2007, "Another performance by The Two Cheeks" wrote:

Oh, yeah: Broccoli, the "vile weed" Jerry dares Newman to eat (plus the honey mustard sauce to cleanse his palette.)

"Another performance by The Two Cheeks" wrote in message news:[email]...

Cornish Gamehen. And all the stuff Kramer brings back from the PriceClub; Lindsay Olives, Eggo Waffles, Barbecue Sauce, Cocktail Meatballs (and fed to the carriage horse), Stark Kist Tuna.

"The Calzone" and other foods in that show.

"Chuck Steak" wrote in message news:ohFFi.2503$rw3.1332@trndny04...

Beef-a-Reno

"Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote in message news:[email]...

Sorry my mistake, I think it might indeed have been Beefaroni. (Did Kramer also buy "Beefaroni" at the Price Club? Maybe that's the source of my confusion.)

"Norman M. Schwartz" wrote in message news:7KmGi.1328$%[email]...

It was "Beef-a-Reeno", and yes, he bought it at Price Club. Ironically "The Rye" was on last night, and the can label says "Beef-a-Reeno".

In article "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote:

"end" result with old Rusty would have been the same.. "RUSTY!!" RUSSSTY!!"

In article , "Another performance by The Two Cheeks" wrote:

Wasn't that a pizza pie for Jerry and Poppie's daughter Audrey? They show Poppie lovingly kneading the dough after the bathroom scene.

Elaine wanted Poppy's duck, "ordered two days in advance," "flown in from Newfoundland," until she learned of Poppie's views on abortion.

• Mark

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:15:25 -0700, Mark Mellin wrote:

"Itza pizza as soon as you put it into the over!"

"On a this there can be no debate! Itza a pizza the minute you putta you hands in the dough!"

• Mark

On 11-Sep-2007, Mark Mellin wrote:

Sorry about that. I knew there were at least two occasions Poppie's restaurant was visited.

Elaine confronts Gail Cunningham, the chef at Pfeiffer's. Perhaps they used the same set from the "make your own pizza" episode?

• Mark

In article , LRod wrote:

(Poppie's make your own pizza kitchen versus Pfeiffer's kitchen)

Another similar scene set possibly occurs in _The Sponge_ and _The Foundation_. Doesn't Kramer try to escape up the same fire escape in both episodes?

• Mark

ObligatoryNit: And didn't Elaine know that the original Today Sponge was effective for twenty-four hours?

"Mark Mellin" wrote in message news:[email]...

Of course.

<list snipped>

has pretzel been mentioned?

and of course 'lo mein' :)

Hee hee. I just watched "The Shower Head." I forgot all about the poppyseed muffins.

Paige

"Paige" wrote in message news:[email]...

You have to include the muffin top. It's the best part.

Oh, yeah..."Top O' the Muffin"...doomed business venture, but funny as hell.

Paige

ARE YOU KIDDING? LOL!!!

Paige, I know you are a newbie so you better check out my web site.

For example: http://seinfeld.freehostpro.com/foods2.html

Mike

Mike: I think someone linked your food site not long after I made my original post, WOW! And I thought I had come up with an original discussion topic. Good work. I've linked the site for future ref.

Paige The Protege

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:10 -0000, Paige wrote:

[snip ]

Now, if you were interested in the tools Norm Abram has used in Tthe New Yankee Workshop, I could help you.

"Paige" wrote in message news:[email]...

PEZZ.

db

PEZ ?

In article , "TheNewsGuy(Mike)" wrote:

Uh, no, no thank you.

• Mark

What about the TWIX®??? (The only candy bar with the cookie crunch).

"The Dealership" episode was held together entirely by the understated acting of that marvelous confection!

And TWIX® is STILL the only candy (or possibly anything else anywhere) that comes packed in elevenses when you buy it in bulk . . . a mystery STILL unexplained.

Jeff the plumber

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:45:42 -0000, Paige wrote:

Has anyone mentioned salsa? I seem to remember Jerry saying something about how people like, not so much the salsa itself but more the sound of the word?

If so, please disregard this transmission.

sayonara Martin Mose Larsen

On Oct 2, 4:45 am, Martin Mose Larsen wrote:

Salsa sounds like seltzer...hee hee. (Only when George says it)

Paige

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:22:10 -0000, Paige wrote:

Salsa IS mentioned on that list-page linked to earlier

Does he make Phraxican food?

Or how about a Dr. Pepper?

Btw. has anyone heard of the new drink called "Canadian Wilderness"?

sayonara Martin Mose Larsen