Rice Cakes

Hello there world. For those of you who don't know, I am currently on the tail end of a Metabolic Detoxification. On Thursday I will be able to eat real food, but for now I can eat: Fruits and Veggies, Fruit Juice (with no added anything), water, "medical food" (this shake thing that smells like spicy oatmeal) and.... rice! (Added back to my diet today!) So I am currently sitting here drinking a Juicy Juice and snacking on... a rice cake. And not the good kind with caramel or sugar or even just salt. Nope. I am eating a Gluten Free, Vegan, Whole Grain Brown Rice Rice Cake. (Special thanks to the good people at Lundberg, whatever that is...)
And the thing about these rice cakes (I'm on my 2nd at this point) is that they literally taste like nothing. I swear, they are the least flavorful thing ever invented. Which leads me to the question: Why the hell were rice cakes invented?!?
Perhaps travelers on the Oregon trial were desperate for an easy-to-transport flavorless snack. Or maybe they were invented to fill the stomachs of starving, flavor-hating Irishmen during the potato famine. Or perhaps they were invented by the people inventing Metabolic Detoxifications so they could turn a profit on the smallest flavor-investment possible! I sense a conspiracy!
In any case, whoever thought that this would be a good idea was crazy. I have literally no idea who would want to consume 70 flavorless calories unless of course they were starving to death (much like I am now). These are probably the hardest things in the world to market. Which I guess is why you don't really see commercials for "New Extra-Bland Flavor Rice Cakes". You do see commercials for rice cakes covered in sugar. Which sounds really good right now. Anyway, the point of my little rant is that if you were planning on investing in a bag of Lundberg's Gluten Free, Vegan, Whole Grain Brown Rice Rice Cakes... I would suggest that you not.
Instead, you should invest in these delightful Rice Chips I found, also thanks to the good people at Lundberg. The rice chips are covered in sea salt and are incredibly similar to potato chips. They are wheat free, gluten free and AWESOME. Seriously, I will probably keep eating them even after Thursday. The Rice Cakes will not be so fortunate.
Enjoy something bland today. In honor of all of those starving, flavor-hating Irishmen. 
Darcy