Snacking, like a scene from Bonk's Adventure

Yesterday, while spending some time with some friends, I stopped by a convenience store to pick up some snacks and other food for the occasion. Of course, convenience stores are a plentiful source of stuff ranging from normal to soon to be gone because of it's bizarre quirkiness. Yesterday I ran into one of the latter.



The packaging, which is bright yellow and contains the picture of what appears to be a piece of cartoon meat taken from any of the various Bonk's Adventure games popular on the Turbografx 16 all those years ago (and let's face, not much was popular on the TG-16), is called "Mammoth Meat!?" (yes the punctuation is included in the name). The text above reads something like "A snack for a primitive experience".

However, even better than that, there is an actual disclaimer reading "This is a snack in the image of mammoth meat. The product contains no actual mammoth meat". As if people need to be reminded that mammoths became extinct somewhere around 4,500 years ago and there are no living mammoths for making snacks of.

The actual product looks like this:



This treat, frightening similar in appearance to a dog treat, actually tastes pretty good. I'd describe the flavor as a thin, crunchy mix between something vaguely meat flavored and a cheeze-it. The people I was with all gave it a thumbs up in terms of flavor, including one person who quickly declared it their new favorite snack. I can almost guarantee these will be gone in no time.