G.O.R.P.

I've been eating a lot of GORP (that's "Good Old Raisins and Peanuts" for the uninitiated) lately. We have a small pantry in our offices and I've found myself wandering into it at various times during the day to mix myself up a serving. Well, to be fair, I shouldn't call it GORP, since it is not GORP in the traditional sense. My standard mixture includes M&M's (my candy arch-nemesis).

I imagine that when people speak of GORP in today's Whole Foods world, they call it trail mix. I believe you can get it in small plastic containers at your local grocer/health food store/wholesale club. But when I think of trail mix, I think of a multitude of ingredients: various nuts (most definitely peanuts and cashews), dried fruits (often cranberries and that unidentifiable yellow sugary thing), seeds, cereal (chex or cracklin' oat bran) and raisins (yes, I know raisins are in fact dried fruits, but they are separate). For me, this "trail mix" seems more like something I'd feed my horse while we walked on the trail than something I'd eat myself. But when I think of GORP, I think of a tasty snack.

Maybe its the M&M's. I'm not sure when they made the cut to become a standard GORP ingredient, but when I tell people I'm snacking on GORP, they more often than not assume I've included M&M's. I'm not sure, harkening back to when I was a little'n and went hiking in NH, if I've ever had GORP sans M&M. It makes me wonder, at this point, doesn't the M&M deserve to break into the acronym? It IS the most enjoyable ingredient.

I've tried thinking of other acronymic foods with late ingredient introductions (my ears are open if you know any), but have had no luck. As I have been known to make up words occassionally (read: often), I feel like I can personally rectify this situation and right this wrong. So, for me at least, as of today, GORP will no longer be known as GORP. From now on, its MMGORP (pronounced "mmmmm-GORP"). It captures everything:

1) It has two M's to get the M&M into acronymic equilibrium.
2) It puts the representation for the M&M's first, which is where they belong in terms of flavor contribution. M&M's are so ephing good, they go before "Good Old."
3) The pronounciation of the new acronym perfectly captures how I feel about this treat. Mmmmmmm. Yup, that's it.

There you have it. MMGORP...mmmmmmm. Don't you just want some?

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