I created a Taco Bell food pillow and it was the best pillow I've ever had.
I created a Taco Bell food pillow and it was the best pillow I’ve ever had.
Starting a couple years ago, I was going to Taco Bell every single day. I would have a big Taco Bell dinner every night for dinner and sometimes lunch or breakfast. I got a potato taco one day and it was super dry because they didn’t put any sauce on it. I emptied the stuff out of the taco and I noticed the tortilla was really soft. It was so soft in a way that felt like rubbing a fidget toy or something. I started squeezing it and squishing it between my fingers. As to not make a total mess but still wanting to fidget with the tortilla, I put it in thin plastic wrap and that actually brought the sensation to a completely new level. I couldn’t stop squeezing it.
So I would keep this thing around as a little fidget toy. I started ordering a dry potato taco so that I could add another tortilla to it. Then I started just asking for a plain tortilla in the bag every time I got Taco Bell. Mind you, I didn’t go to the grocery store at this time other than to just get apples or something for in the morning. All I was eating was Taco Bell. It got to the point where I had an entire pillow-sized monstrosity wrapped with a bunch of Saran Wrap. As it got bigger it just started being something comfortable rather than something to fidget with. It felt comfortable enough for an actual pillow. I squeezed the tortillas so much they were like emulsified into a fluffy, almost whipped-like dough matter. The tortillas were not rotting either. Because everything was so emulsified anyways I just started adding my plain bean burritos that would come in those $5 boxes they were selling a few years ago. It became a really big pillow. Not quite a body size pillow but definitely bigger than a standard pillow.
After about 4 months it started to stink. I really didn’t wanna throw it away. It was kinda sentimental now. I know I’m a freak but it felt like I put so much effort and even money into this pillow I didn’t wanna just throw it away. But I couldn’t just let it smell and be nasty so I ended up making a compromise and I put it all in a large vacuum sealed bag. After I vacuumed it, it was just hard and not a good pillow like the Saran wrap. I decided to add water to the mixture and it felt super comfortable after doing that and getting the right ratio of water to solids. Because I had decided that i was gonna use the vacuum sealed bag I just started adding other foods from the fridge that I thought would make a good density. I added yogurt, coconut milk, and eggs without the shell and a carton of egg whites. I even threw in random left over food like beans and other soft stuff. I just thought fuck it because it was gonna be vacuum sealed anyways. Just in case, I also wrapped the entire thing in Saran Wrap just for a little extra protection from punctures. I got a comfortable pillow case and I slept on it for about 6months. It just became a light brown cloudy sort of gelatinous mixture but it was truly so comfortable. It was like sleeping on little tiny jelly balls like the goop that’s inside of a freezer pack but more firm and supportive. It formed to my neck and head and it was so cooling. I’ve had “cooling” pillows before but this pillow was so much better. I swear, this pillow was so freaking comfortable. I’m a person who really values a comfortable bed and pillows and this pillow was next level comfort.
So it all ended when my mom came to my house and she started cleaning while I was away. She called me freaking out about the pillow because she thought it was dead animals or something messed up inside. I just made up something real quick and told her it was just garbage that I sucked up and was going to throw away and I forgot I put it in the pillow case because I was moving stuff. It didn’t really make sense but she didn’t ask any questions. I didn’t think to tell her just to leave it alone and she ended up throwing it away.
I’m ashamed to say I checked the garbage can outside but it was already gone.
I know how weird this is, I truly do. Nobody would guess that I would do something this freakishly strange and gross. I honestly don’t know how I continued to justify keeping that nasty thing in my house. Idk if I would still have it today or not if my mom didn’t throw it away about a year ago now. I told her the truth and she just thinks I’m being dumb. I just remembered how active I was on this sub back when I was in school going to Taco Bell every day so I thought I’d share this strange and gross story. Sorry
TLDR: I used to eat Taco Bell every day and I started filling my pillow with Taco Bell burritos and it kind of got out of control.