Dumbest thing I saw at the grocery store, this morning
About the only item I see on a more regular basis – selling into stupid fads based more on hype than substance – is “No Fat Half-and-half”.
How the frack can they call these things “Saltines” if there’s no salt on them?
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I guess they could’ve just called them “ines.”
This reminds me of George Carlin pointing out oxymorons like “jumbo shrimp” and “plastic glasses.”
Rob Hanson at Chrislip Journal
chrislipjournal
March 27, 2010 at 12:02 pm
“Crackers”..?
god
March 27, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Fact is, the food industry LOVES the anti-fat, anti-salt, anti-trans-fat, [etc.] mantras. Always a new gimmick to put on the label! (And let’s not forget the “LITE” products.)
Currently, I’m waiting for the “no corn syrup!” labels to start showing up.
I was recently reading the food label for a “no sodium” version of a product. In its place, the company had added sugar and a couple of chemical preservatives. So I bought the regular salted version.
I read your recent food-as-medicine post/article, Eid, which was very good indeed. But first, I think people need to learn to recognize food as food, and what constitutes food. Sounds simple. Is simple. Yet most people don’t know the difference.
Morey
March 27, 2010 at 7:30 pm