Random Wrap: 8-25-2023, Pumpkin Spice Edition

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Very Serious Food Holidays

• Sunday, August 27: National Burger Day
  • As of 8/25, I’ve not seen any deals, but I’ll edit this post if I do!
  • Some confusion arises here, as there’s also National Hamburger Day in May and a National Cheeseburger Day in September. And a National Whataburger Day, which is bullshit because we don’t even have Whataburgers in Iowa, so it’s not national, now is it?
• Pumpkin Spice Day . . .
  • isn’t until October.

Dates via Foodimentary

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Be Nice to Pumpkin Spice

I don’t respond well to hype. In fact, I dubbed myself a Professional Contrarian because if something gets too much hype, I want nothing to do with it. See every Jurassic Park movie (because I haven’t).

However, if the hype goes around the bend and gets backlash for being overhyped, I’m back in. This is my relationship with pumpkin spice. At first, I was all, “Ugh.” And now, I’m the basicest of basic bitches that ever basic bitched.

Here’s where you can get your pumpkin spice fix right now:

• Beer: If you hate pumpkin spice creep, blame the beer companies. They’ve been at it since late July and the beginning of August.
• Grocery: Like beer companies, grocery stores started early. Hubster saw pumpkin stuff at the end of July and bought these for me in the first week of August.
• Dunkin: I tried to get a pumpkin spice signature latte and a pumpkin donut on Monday. I got pumpkin munchins because everything else was sold out. Maybe wait until everyone is sick of pumpkin spice for the season in mid-September.
• Krispy Kreme: The pumpkin spice cake donut is worth it. The pumpkin spice cheesecake swirl? Sweeter than sugar dipped in cotton candy dipped in soda. I scraped the icing off.
• Starbucks: As of yesterday, the 20-year old OG PSL is back. Twenty years. How the fuck have we been doing this for 20 years?
• Caribou Coffee: Never once did I think to visit Caribou for pumpkin spice. That’s how off my radar they are.
• 7-Eleven: I’ve heard overwhelmingly positive reviews of the offerings from 7-Eleven. Unfortunately, the closest to me is 160 miles away.

Next week’s wrap-up will feature a glance at how pumpkin spice might affect the body!

Have you ever done a body scan after your PSL?

Lovin’ on the 515

This section is for anyone in, near, visiting, or trapped in Des Moines, Iowa.

• Des Moines Restaurant Week continues through the 27th! We’re headed to Harbinger soon!
• The World Food and Music Festival starts today at 11 a.m. and runs through Sunday. I said it started last week. It didn’t. My apologies.
• Lobster rolls aren’t a commonality in Des Moines, so if you love them but don’t love the State Fair, head to Manhattan Deli . . . if they aren’t already sold out, which they probably are. But put this on your calendar for next year because this is becoming a thing.
• Watching Steve McFadden face consequences will never get old. Can’t wait to watch Ed Allen lose in court too.
• Some possible new eateries: Ramic Dessert House (eastern European), Yung’s East Asian Cuisine, and Thai Myanmar Food. Is Burmese cuisine our next big thing?
• Dino’s Bar and Grill is only temporarily closed. It’s under new ownership and will now be Dino’s Sports Bar, as if there weren’t already a sports bar in that strip mall. Does Busch Light taste different per parcel?
• Crisp and Green, a national salad/bowl chain, is opening in West Des Moines on September 23rd. It’s going in the former Kum & Go near Panchero’s.
• Raising Cane’s is opening in Johnston in October.

My Complete Ozempic Adventures

Recently prescribed Ozempic? Curious about what it’s like for diabetic folks? Here’s my take so far:

• 42 Years of Food Restriction
• Side Effects, Ozempic, and Fibro, Oh My
• Ozempic Ruins Foodie Life
• The Endless Big Pharma Money Grab
• Some Long-Term Effects of Ozempic?
• Ozempic Adventures: The Conclusion?

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