[pct-l] Energy Bars or Candy Bars?

[zoroastr at pioneernet.net (john cain)]

Chiming in with more unsolicited observations, but I think there's a danger
here, namely, the tendency among  initially well-intentioned makers of
genuinely beneficial consumer products to succumb to bottom-line economics,
forsaking their products' original functions and opting instead to pander to
the baser urges of the Drooling Unwashed.  Examples: remember when muffins
were more than just cupcakes sans paper wrappings? Remember when REI was
more than just Nordstrom's with sleeping bags? [another story, don't get me
started]
It seems to me that lots of trail bars started out giving people what their
bodies needed, as opposed to what their mouths craved.  Power Bars have
becomes progressively tastier since their Spartan debut, but are they still
as good in utilitarian terms? Lots of "good-for-you" munchies have lately
gotten richer, gooier, more chocolatey, peanut-butterier, and less
distinguishable from ordinary "junk food."  If that three-dollar "Ultra
Performance Power Guy 2000 Nutrition Bar" is really just a Snickers in foil
panties, why not save two-fifty and get the real thing?


----- Original Message -----
From: <CMountainDave@aol.com>
To: <PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Energy Bars or Candy Bars?


>
> In a message dated 7/10/03 3:34:40 PM, piedra2901@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << I am confused by the people who diss the Clif Bar. Hey, I know everyone
> has their own taste for things, but Clif bars are made from REAL
ingredients
> (see ingredients below for their Chocolate-Peanut Crunch flavor).  I would
never
> describe them as "chemically tasting".  >>
>
> Okay, chemically was he wrong adjective. How about "unappealing" to my
taste
> buds compared to others I have tried. Usually I just go for a variety of
> everyday candy bars -- mainly because they are cheaper and have just about
the same
> number of calories.
>   I am going to test out Monte's theory about the World Heritage takeover
of
> our wilderness. I am embarking on my Wyoming Wind River and Yellowstone
trip
> soon and will be on the lookout for foreign agents camping behind every
tree
> and depleting our trout supply. Hopefully they will still all be
concentrated
> around the usual suspect places such as Old Faithful, cleverly disguised
as
> camera bugs
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