No, Oreos Aren't As Addictive As Cocaine 285
Daniel_Stuckey writes "If you give a mouse a cookie, you can spend all day following it around the house while it wants to do a bunch of tedious activities. Or, you can trap it in a box, keep feeding it cookies, and then make the outrageous claim that Oreos are as addictive as cocaine. Students at Connecticut College opted for the second option, and the consequences that ensued were much more annoying than making some arts and crafts with a darn mouse. Fox News reported that a 'College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs,' Forbes explained 'Why Your Brain Treats Oreos Like a Drug,' and a ton of other sites ran with the story as well. Here's how the experiment, which has not been peer reviewed and has not been presented yet, went down. Mice were placed in a maze, with one end holding an Oreo and the other end holding a rice cake. The mice, without fail, decided to eat the Oreo over the rice cake, proving once and for all that mice like cookies better than tasteless discs with a styrofoamy texture."
Sounds kinda like the Rat Park study (Score:5, Interesting)
Stopped reading at (Score:2, Interesting)
..Fox News
"As addictive as drugs" (Score:5, Interesting)
So in other words...WTF??
(P.S. I'm not really educated in any of this kind of stuff and don't really know what I'm talking about - so don't bother correcting me)
Re:11 parts sugar, 89 parts lard (Score:4, Interesting)
It cannot be lard as Oreo cookies are one of the very rare commercially-made treat that also happens to be vegan except maybe the white sugar in it, if you're an extreme vegan.
Re:Cookies (Score:3, Interesting)
As an American, I'm going to have to agree with you... That "processed cheese spread" stuff is pretty vile stuff, but it keeps without refrigeration. Most of us on this side of the pond don't quite "get" that European food thing. Especially English food. Some of it sounds pretty bad to us.
I tried a lot of different stuff when on a trip to Manchester and while some of it was not appealing to me, I did find much to like in my week's stay. I found some incredible Indian food that I've never been able to match here in the states and one Oriental place we ate at was great too. The traditional "fish and chips" with the malt vinegar was worth eating more than once too. Some of the beef dishes I tried left me disappointed, but I figured that was more about farming practices and less about the dish itself. The only real problem was the tea habit I started. I've found that good tea is simply not available at restaurants here and buying it for home can get expensive, but I'm hooked on the stuff so I pay though the nose for it. Makes me understand the "Boston Tea Party" thing that started the rebellion a bit better.
So... I'm going to apologize for the AC who has obviously no sense of adventure and likely has no culinary experience with much more than macaroni and cheese from a box and bologna sandwiches...
Re:Cookies (Score:3, Interesting)