Zombie Peanut Butter

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While this may very well be one of the greatest t-shirts ever designed, the 7 grams of carbs has me a nit uneasy.

Are there any plans for an atkins friendly version?

In Response to jon (#19053):

The 7g of zombies: are they kosher?

In Response to Evander (#19067):

remember to subtract the two grams of dietary fiber from that to get your "Net Carbs".

In Response to Evander (#19067):

It's undead carbs. So it's actually a negative carb amount on your Atkins total.

Kinda like Olestra is a negative fat.

In Response to unFalln (#19069):

I don't see anywhere on the package the little U in a circle (or is it the K in a circle...?), so I wouldn't bet on it.

Suffice to say that these zombified peanuts were not bled to death in the presence of a rabbi, nor with a rabbi's direct approval.

In Response to Clan_Hanna (#19094):

Technically, it could be either.

The U inside a circle is for the OU - the Orthodox Union. You don't see that one alone, usually, because it's followed by either a 'dairy,' 'meat,' or 'parve' (that is, having neither dairy nor meat) signifier.

The K is found inside various symbols - usually a circle, triangle, square, or star - and is followed with the same signifiers.

Interestingly, because the letter 'K' may not be trademarked, a product can be labelled with a 'K' - implying that it is kosher - when, in fact, it is not. Jell-O is a fine example of this. However, all of the the OU and K-in-a-shape marks (known in Hebrew as hekhshers) are trademarks of organizations, which can in turn be trusted based on your faith in that organization, and used depending on the degree to which you keep kosher.

In Response to sakuruth (#19099):

Sometimes something can actually be kosher and not have any symbol on it (like babies) Because the manufacturers didn't want to pay to put a symbol on it. It cannot be considered kosher "legally", but those who don't follow the law to the letter (*both figuratively and literally) are okay with eating them.

In Response to Evander (#19104):

True. Vegetables, for example, tend to fall under this ruling - unless they have been smeared with pork fat, they're pretty much good to go. (After all, the only plants that aren't kosher are actually bad for you to eat. Yay logic!)

But, as you point out, there are several levels of kashrut. The strictest requires observation to ensure that nothing treyf got into the food by accident. Looser observers may consider it okay to eat a food that doesn't have any treyf listed in the ingredients. (The reason this doesn't fly among the strictly Orthodox is the same reason that people allergic to peanuts still have to watch plain chocolate candy bars - the methods and machines used may not be kosher, even if the product might otherwise be.)

In Response to sakuruth (#19105):

two Jews enter, one Jew leaves.

In Response to zamphir (#19087):

if undead carbs are really like olestra, then shouldn't the packaging say "caution: may cause anal leakage"??

brilliant shirt though.

In Response to karma_013 (#19112):

no, no no.

Undead peanut butter causes aural leakage.

RARRRRrrRRRR....

I demand a battle to the death. I'm glad ZPB finally made it to real life!

In Response to scratch (#19121):

I demand a battle to the death.

What, like a Kaiju Big Battel [kaiju.com]?

I'd pay to see that.

In Response to zamphir (#19108):

Well, now we get into the definition of a Jew.

You see, I was born Jewish, I love to study Jewish laws, and I consider myself a Jew, BUT I am also agnostic when it comes to the existance of god, meaning that some groups would not count me as a Jew.

The odd part is, the most orthodox of Jews consider me to be a Jew sopley on the fact that my mother was Jewish, and take nothing else into consideration. It is the far liberal branches of Judaism, as well as non-Jews, who have trouble counting me among the numbers of the tribes.

In Response to zamphir (#19114):

Meh, not like I'm using my brain all that much now anyway.

In Response to Evander (#19128):

BUT I am also agnostic when it comes to the existance of god, meaning that some groups would not count me as a Jew.

Unfortunately, the groups you mentioned do not include the gentlemen who are overly fond of clean linen, and the gentlemen who routinely think of explosives as 'a fine overcoat for a night on the town'.

In Response to scratch (#19121):

Will that be on shelves by Halloween '04?

I want the kind with the gooey blood center..

In Response to mcgrue (#19133):

Nor the ones who were overly fond of a clean gene pool, for that matter.

In Response to zamphir (#19123):

OK - trick question -

How can two zombies have a "battle to the death"?

And, if they do battle, will it have the oppsite trailer of that soon to be all time great movie, Alien VS Predator? Perhaps a "No matter who wins, they lose" type slogan.

A battle of the bowl!

In Response to sakuruth (#19105):

wait - since when are zombie peanuts jewish? Could they not be Christian, since they themselves have risen from the dead?

In Response to jasonakai (#19175):

I would think that would defeat the purpose.

I mean, it's like "Hey, I rose from the dead too, what makes Jesus so special?"

new question.

If and when yu guys attend the SPXpo down here, will you have these shirts with you?

Because, if so, it would be easier for me to pick one up then.

In Response to Evander (#19245):

Unlikely -- we only bring a subset of the shirts with us for logistical reasons, and this one probably won't be among them.

I could probably arrange to have one in the size of your choosing with us, though.