THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, January 26, 1995 TAG: 9501240033
SECTION: FLAVOR PAGE: F1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: Morsels
SOURCE: Ruth Fanatasia
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
SOMETIMES I think the Super Bowl was created for snack-food manufacturers.
The chips, the beer, the dips, the sodas. By the time it's all over, you feel like the Goodyear blimp.
Though the Super Bowl ranks high in snack-food consumption, it's beaten by a few other times of year, says Mike Mann of the Snack Food Association in Alexandria.
In snack consumption, Super Bowl week 1993 ran fifth after Christmas, July Fourth, Memorial Day and the week after Memorial Day. ``They just kept on eating,'' Mann said of the latter.
If you want to avoid cardiac arrest during Sunday's game between San Diego and San Francisco, choose your snacks wisely. And don't root for San Diego.
Smucker's, the jelly people, suggest you eat pretzels instead of chips and substitute nonfat sour cream for the regular version in dips.
Inside are some simple, lower-fat recipes to get you started. by CNB