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If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy. Cherry Pez. Cherry flavor Pez. There's no doubt about it.
— Vern Tessio • Stand By Me
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Asked to pick a single food for life, the speaker answers instantly and without hesitation: cherry-flavoured Pez candy. Repeating the flavour and insisting there is no doubt gives the choice a childlike, wholehearted certainty, treating a small sweet treat as the obvious and unquestionable favourite.
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