now is the time we declare our love for the humble crouton

photos also encouraged

http://www.culinette.nl/wp-images/croutons.jpg

croutons suck

To heck with you.

Croutons should be top-5 snack food but refuse to sell out like that.

i do not hear nick.

also, t/s: croutons in salad vs. croutons in soup.

Do not hear over the crunching.

Does anyone remember the Cosby Show episode where Cliff took a bunch of kids to a restaurant and Kenny insisted on calling them "krautens"?

Crouton, oh Crouton
Send me your crumbly goodness
Into my belly

at full crunch, they are quite delicious. But in soup, their sponginess filling slowly with, say, a nice bisque, not crunchy exactly, but still al dente -- this is where the crouton truly comes alive.

(unprofessionally modified double dactyls)

garlicky farlicky
noble croutons of yore
sat upon salads and
gave them their crunch

oiler, herbier
lately-chipotletized
newfangled toppings
i still love to munch

botherman, ratherman
my dear old father-man
never liked croutons, thus
picked them all out

rat-like and vulturelike
little nabisco stole,
vacuumed them with no fuss
into his snout

you SNORTED them? You're fucking croutoncore.

"crunchy friends in a liquid broth"

http://www.livealittle.com/images/BAG_CROUTONS.jpg

^^^these guys