the back burner

reading food packaging is a sign of something

The Lean Pockets ® microwave oven directions specify paper plate use. Paper? Is this really necessary? I'm not going off the ecological deep-end on them or anything, but I am feeling some vague class-impropriety. Can someone who uses ceramic plates eat microwaveable food? Or does that mean I'm a proletariat wanna-be?

I think it's Lean Pockets who are posing, here. Identify with the common man to cover up your secret deal with the paper-plate manufacturers! That's the ticket. Please take my money and manipulate me as a consumer, then make me feel guilty for having discretionary income. Please. I'll do anything.

In other news, we're out of hot pockets, lean or otherwise. I'm going to have to make something legitimately bourgeois. Like maybe meatloaf.