Confession

On Monday, in my despair over trying to find something I could eat (or drink) without antagonizing the toxic-waste dump, I bought a weird assemblage of items from the grocery store that I thought might be viable options. These included applesauce, Jell-o (both ready-made and the package mix), those waffle-patterned wafer cookies with vanilla-cream filling, Lipton instant-soup mix, two different flavors of Gatorade, and a box of Yankee Doodles.

The applesauce, Jell-O, soup mix, and Gatorade were all nutritionist-sanctioned items.

The cookies and Yankee Doodles were not. But somehow, they just seemed really appealing. And when you haven't had a decent meal in a week, you tend to get a little desperate.

And a little lax about things like food labels and ingredient lists and nutrition content.

In point of fact, I haven't had a single waffle-patterned wafer cookie with vanilla-cream filling. The package remains unopened.

I cannot say the same for the Yankee Doodles.

What I can say is that I ate seven of them.

Nearly all in one sitting.