By Becky Bravi

Becky Bravi is a Biologist who is currently enrolled in a graduate program at UBC in the Forest Sciences department. She enjoys outdoor adventures, pine mushrooms and well, eating copious amounts of Cheezies™.

TO EAT CHEEZIES OR NOT TO (A CHEEZIE COMBUSTION PAPER)

To eat cheezies or not to…spontaneously combust, that is the question. A recent trip to the West Chilcotin for field work elicited a Cheetos™ snack craving and a subsequent binge on Cheetos Puffs™. You know the ones they make your fingers and everything else they come into contact with orange and a pasty orange at that I might add. During this junk food binge (whereby I set out to devour a bag of Cheetos™ the size of my upper body) friends informed me that Cheetos Puffs™ make a better fire starter than a lunch substitute. I was appalled and declined…