{"id":10042,"date":"2014-12-30T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=10042"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:44","slug":"staff-picks-lauras-favorite-food-moments-from-seinfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2014\/12\/30\/staff-picks-lauras-favorite-food-moments-from-seinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks – Laura’s favorite food moments from Seinfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"

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5.) Jujyfruits<\/strong>
\nEpisode: \u201cThe Opposite\u201d (May 19, 1994)<\/p>\n

JAKE JARMAL: So, you heard that I was in a car accident and then decided to stop off for some Jujyfruit?
\nELAINE: Well… the counter…was right there, and…
\n(Watch the clip<\/a>)
\n—————————–
\nELAINE: It’s not like I went across the street. I bought the Jujyfruit, and I got in a cab.
\nJERRY: Why didn’t you eat it in the cab?
\nELAINE: Because I got popcorn too, and I ate that first.<\/p>\n

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4.) Junior Mints<\/strong>
\n\u201cBecause it’s a little mint. It’s a junior <\/em>mint.\u201d \u2013Jerry<\/strong>
\nEpisode: \u201cThe Junior Mint\u201d (March 18, 1993)<\/p>\n

JERRY: Why did you force that mint on me? I told you I didn’t want the mint!
\nKRAMER: Well, I didn’t believe you.
\nJERRY: How could you not believe me?!?
\nKRAMER: Well who’s gonna turn down a Junior Mint? It’s chocolate, it’s peppermint– it’s delicious!
\nJERRY: That’s true.
\nKRAMER: It’s very refreshing!<\/p>\n

*This episode inspired a simple (and strange) online game. juniormint.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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3.) Soup<\/strong>
\n\u201cSoup’s not a meal. You’re supposed to buy me a meal.\u201d \u2013 Kenny Bania, “The Soup”<\/a><\/strong>
\nEpisodes: \u201cThe Soup\u201d (November 10, 1994) and \u201cThe Soup Nazi\u201d (November 2, 1995)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can’t eat this soup standing up, your knees buckle.\u201d \u2013 Jerry, \u201cThe Soup Nazi\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, essentially, you chose soup over a woman?\u201d \u2013 Elaine, \u201cThe Soup Nazi\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJambalaya!\u201d \u2013 Newman, \u201cThe Soup Nazi\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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2.) Black & white cookie<\/strong>
\nEpisode: \u201dThe Dinner Party\u201d (February 3, 1994)<\/p>\n

JERRY: See the key to eating a black & white cookie, Elaine, is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than, vanilla and chocolate. And yet still somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only Look to the Cookie<\/em> — all our problems would be solved.<\/p>\n

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1.) \u00c9clair<\/strong>
\nEpisode: \u201cThe Gymnast\u201d (November 3, 1994)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not in<\/em> the garbage. It was above<\/em> the garbage, hovering\u2026like an angel.\u201d\u00a0 – George<\/p>\n

(Watch the clip<\/a>)<\/p>\n

**Bonus food quotes from Puddy<\/strong>
\n\u201cFeels like an Arby\u2019s night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow come people don’t have dip for dinner? Why is it only a snack? Why can’t it be a meal, you know? I don’t understand stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

5.) Jujyfruits Episode: \u201cThe Opposite\u201d (May 19, 1994) JAKE JARMAL: So, you heard that I was in a car accident and then decided to stop off for some Jujyfruit? ELAINE: Well… the counter…was right there, and… (Watch the clip) —————————– ELAINE: It’s not like I went across the street. I bought the Jujyfruit, and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":10043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[5016],"tags":[263,5046,5047,5019],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10042"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17734,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10042\/revisions\/17734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}