Video of the Eating of a 50 Year Old Pine Bros Cough Drop
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Several months ago, I wrote a post longing for the unending tastiness that is the now discontinued Pine Bros cough drop. Then, my girlfriend found me an auction on eBay for a box of them (that I proceeded to win triumphantly), but they were from the 1950s. So I asked Mike Industries readers if it was ok to eat them, despite a mysterious white film that coated them.
As luck would have it, Mike Industries reader Steve L. (a fellow Pine Bros fanatic) volunteered to eat one on camera if I shipped a couple to him in Georgia. Here is the video footage of the incident:
Way to go Steve. Thousands of Pine Bros. fans around the world bow down to your greatness.
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Way to go Steve! I’ll send ya a dolla’ since according to playground rules that’s how much eating a weird or disgusting thing is worth.
Mike — you’re a sissy for letting someone else do your dirty work. :)
Wait a minute, let me get this straight Mike… You were too chicken to try it, so you let a guy with newborn *twins* risk his life eating one? That’s the worst thing I’ve ever read on this website :-P
Wait wait wait. Isn’t it cheating to soak it in hot water first? I say find someone to eat it as is. That would be more interesting to watch.
Austin: Are you volunteering?
The white stuff is probably just sugar. People forget that sugar is a preservative against bacteria: that’s why we put so much into jelly and jam. At low concentrations, yeast can magically turn it into alcohol, but too much is bad for them.
Yes, I am definitely a sissy for not doing this myself, but I’ve never been very brave of an eater. I won’t even eat bread that is within a day of its expiration date.
And yes, it’s a tad disappointing that the white stuff was rinsed off first, but that’s ok. Steve did give it quite a chew afterwards, which was nice. I was worried it was going to go down like a pill. THAT would have been disappointing… and a total waste of fabulous taste.
Who really cares if the guy lived or died after eating them…I want to know how much money it takes to win 50-year old cough drops!!!
Vermont Country Store will try to find any product for you that you’re unable to find, and then sell it to you!
I’m sure that if you suggest the Pine Bros. cough drops, they’ll be sure to help you out:
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