Crime & Safety
Video: Inmates Cover The Spread At The Santa Cruz County Jail
It may not resemble the TV Food Network in production values, but inmates at the Santa Cruz County Jail pitch viewers on "spread."
“Spread,” a generic term that describes the inmate-created foods most often built around a single ingredient, instant ramen noodles. Beginning with this noodle base, the inmates concoct variations that approximate their favorite foods on the outside, often those with distinctive flavorings and textures.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY - It may not resemble the TV Food Network in production values, but inmates at the Santa Cruz County Jail are introducing internet viewers to "spread."
Posted on the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's website, the videotaped spot shows prisoners using “spread,” a generic term that deputies say describes the inmate-created foods most often built around a single ingredient, instant ramen noodles.
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Beginning with the noodle base, the inmates "concoct variations that approximate their favorite foods on the outside, often those with distinctive flavorings and textures."
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