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True Quality Revival And Ice-Cream [OT] Warm Worm 10-31-2007
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Posted by Amy Blankenship on November 11, 2007, 10:42 pm

>
> You are going to eat the ridge runners? Old laying hens? Boil them until
> the bones get soft and the meat is still tough. Been there, done that.

You have to either age them a few days or brine them...



Posted by George Conklin on November 12, 2007, 8:23 am

>
> >
> > You are going to eat the ridge runners? Old laying hens? Boil them
until
> > the bones get soft and the meat is still tough. Been there, done that.
>
> You have to either age them a few days or brine them...
>

Better to become a vegetarian.




Posted by Warm Worm on November 1, 2007, 6:46 pm
Michael Bulatovich wrote:
>> ...I again thought about a particular brand of ice-cream-- Breyers--
>> that apparently reduced the costs of production (changed the recipe and
>> perhaps manufacturing method), but kept the price essentially the same.
>> They also did a number of "marketing tricks", such as redesigning the
>> package, and changing the wording ("double-churned") in the ostensible
>> interest of attempting to fool the customer... Found this:
>>
>> http://www.breyerssucks.com
>>
>> "Unilever (the multi-national corporation that owns the 'Breyers', Good
>> Humor, and Ben & Jerry's brand names) recently started adding tara gum
>> (made from the seeds of the tara tree) [among other things] to the 'All
>> Natural' varieties of Breyers ice cream."
>> -- Wikipedia.org
>>
>>
http://adailyscoop.com/2006/09/11/breyers-natural-ice-cream-and-tara-gum-unilevers-response
>
> So, stop buying Breyers. We did...a long time ago. Someone else will fill
> your niche if there is one...

Like some on the blog-in-question, I was one of those who did so
immediately when it happened.
I didn't even have to buy it or eat a bite though. I simply noticed the
design-change, and then took a look at the ingredients. That was enough
to put it back. (The thought had crossed my mind to open it and leave it
melt somewhere in the store in protest.)
I was annoyed when-- and how-- they changed it. It seemed deceptive or
dishonest. (Is that a competitive market-strategy, Don?)
If memory serves, I think they also changed Haagen Dazs' ingredients, as
well as B&J's (or perhaps the owners of both companies).

Some of you may recall my home-made online coffee ice cream pics...
Well, I don't have time to do that all the time, and don't think I
should have to.

But this is only one small example, Michael, for the the purpose of
illustration. There are many such examples...
For another; just last night when I bought my toothbrush... They keep
morphing and I'm unable to find the one I just replaced... They keep
morphing on the shelf; and the Queen's label is not on my Pears soap box
anymore (and also an apparent change in the ingredients and company to boot)

I can't keep changing what I buy all the time. It's getting ridiculous,
bewildering, disorienting, frustrating. Life is complicated enough
without having an amusement-park-in-outer-space for a market.
Change and choice for the sake of themselves or competition defeats its
own purpose: People. I've said it before and I'll say it again; People
over markets-- always.
If 'community' is now the raison d'etre trend of the corporations, that
should be interesting.
In any case, I want to be consulted.

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 1, 2007, 7:15 pm

> Michael Bulatovich wrote:
>>> ...I again thought about a particular brand of ice-cream-- Breyers--
>>> that apparently reduced the costs of production (changed the recipe and
>>> perhaps manufacturing method), but kept the price essentially the same.
>>> They also did a number of "marketing tricks", such as redesigning the
>>> package, and changing the wording ("double-churned") in the ostensible
>>> interest of attempting to fool the customer... Found this:
>>>
>>> http://www.breyerssucks.com
>>>
>>> "Unilever (the multi-national corporation that owns the 'Breyers', Good
>>> Humor, and Ben & Jerry's brand names) recently started adding tara gum
>>> (made from the seeds of the tara tree) [among other things] to the 'All
>>> Natural' varieties of Breyers ice cream."
>>> -- Wikipedia.org
>>>
>>>
http://adailyscoop.com/2006/09/11/breyers-natural-ice-cream-and-tara-gum-unilevers-response
>>
>> So, stop buying Breyers. We did...a long time ago. Someone else will fill
>> your niche if there is one...
>
> Like some on the blog-in-question, I was one of those who did so
> immediately when it happened.
> I didn't even have to buy it or eat a bite though. I simply noticed the
> design-change, and then took a look at the ingredients. That was enough to
> put it back. (The thought had crossed my mind to open it and leave it melt
> somewhere in the store in protest.)
> I was annoyed when-- and how-- they changed it. It seemed deceptive or
> dishonest. (Is that a competitive market-strategy, Don?)
> If memory serves, I think they also changed Haagen Dazs' ingredients, as
> well as B&J's (or perhaps the owners of both companies).
>
> Some of you may recall my home-made online coffee ice cream pics...
> Well, I don't have time to do that all the time, and don't think I should
> have to.
>
> But this is only one small example, Michael, for the the purpose of
> illustration. There are many such examples...
> For another; just last night when I bought my toothbrush... They keep
> morphing and I'm unable to find the one I just replaced... They keep
> morphing on the shelf; and the Queen's label is not on my Pears soap box
> anymore (and also an apparent change in the ingredients and company to
> boot)
>
> I can't keep changing what I buy all the time. It's getting ridiculous,
> bewildering, disorienting, frustrating. Life is complicated enough

You're starting to talk like and old person.



Posted by Warm Worm on November 1, 2007, 7:33 pm
Michael Bulatovich wrote:
>> Michael Bulatovich wrote:
>>>> ...I again thought about a particular brand of ice-cream-- Breyers--
>>>> that apparently reduced the costs of production (changed the recipe and
>>>> perhaps manufacturing method), but kept the price essentially the same.
>>>> They also did a number of "marketing tricks", such as redesigning the
>>>> package, and changing the wording ("double-churned") in the ostensible
>>>> interest of attempting to fool the customer... Found this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.breyerssucks.com
>>>>
>>>> "Unilever (the multi-national corporation that owns the 'Breyers', Good
>>>> Humor, and Ben & Jerry's brand names) recently started adding tara gum
>>>> (made from the seeds of the tara tree) [among other things] to the 'All
>>>> Natural' varieties of Breyers ice cream."
>>>> -- Wikipedia.org
>>>>
>>>>
http://adailyscoop.com/2006/09/11/breyers-natural-ice-cream-and-tara-gum-unilevers-response
>>> So, stop buying Breyers. We did...a long time ago. Someone else will fill
>>> your niche if there is one...
>> Like some on the blog-in-question, I was one of those who did so
>> immediately when it happened.
>> I didn't even have to buy it or eat a bite though. I simply noticed the
>> design-change, and then took a look at the ingredients. That was enough to
>> put it back. (The thought had crossed my mind to open it and leave it melt
>> somewhere in the store in protest.)
>> I was annoyed when-- and how-- they changed it. It seemed deceptive or
>> dishonest. (Is that a competitive market-strategy, Don?)
>> If memory serves, I think they also changed Haagen Dazs' ingredients, as
>> well as B&J's (or perhaps the owners of both companies).
>>
>> Some of you may recall my home-made online coffee ice cream pics...
>> Well, I don't have time to do that all the time, and don't think I should
>> have to.
>>
>> But this is only one small example, Michael, for the the purpose of
>> illustration. There are many such examples...
>> For another; just last night when I bought my toothbrush... They keep
>> morphing and I'm unable to find the one I just replaced... They keep
>> morphing on the shelf; and the Queen's label is not on my Pears soap box
>> anymore (and also an apparent change in the ingredients and company to
>> boot)
>>
>> I can't keep changing what I buy all the time. It's getting ridiculous,
>> bewildering, disorienting, frustrating. Life is complicated enough
>
> You're starting to talk like and old person.
>

Sigh

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