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Stupid Stuff at the Grocery Store - Products


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I don't need pot-sized spaghetti... but I don't break my spaghetti either. Those short pieces don't twirl on the fork properly. :biggrin:

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Not really stupid stuff, but stupid placement. In among a display of Kosher/Jewish products there was some Ham Glaze!

The whole shelf:

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Closeup:

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I hope it's at least kosher ham glaze. >_>

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Not really stupid stuff, but stupid placement. In among a display of Kosher/Jewish products there was some Ham Glaze!

The whole shelf:

attachicon.gifmarket.jpg

Closeup:

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I hope it's at least kosher ham glaze. >_>

It is...

http://www.mrsschlorers.com/hamglaze.html

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Today’s most ridiculous thing seen at the grocery store:

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Because its so complicated to break spaghetti in half.

I used to see packages of fideo (broken spaghetti) and thought it was silly. Then I thought, well, I guess maybe the manufacturers had broken pasta, so they marketed it like that.

Is the pot sized spaghetti the same price as the regular size spaghetti?

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It all depends on what sized pot one is using. I use a fairly large one for spaghetti and linguini and I like the really long stuff and when I make my own I make it in long strands.

I think it is about 18 - 20 inches long and I just stand it up in the pot and as the bottom part softens, push it down till it is all submerged.

The Italian market has several sizes of spaghetti and linguini that are quite long and there are some large tube-type pasta (I've never bought any) that are sold in bulk and must be two feet long. They weigh it and wrap it in butcher paper.

Also "Mueller" is not a name I would associate with pasta.

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Indeed, a marketing ploy! When I worked in a bulk food store with a cheese counter we had a lot of gorgonzola bits, so we broke them down a bit further and sold them as gorgonzola crumbles for salad. They FLEW out of the store, much to my boss's surprise!

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Today’s most ridiculous thing seen at the grocery store:

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Because its so complicated to break spaghetti in half.

The portion measuring circle on the box is a clever idea. It may be helpful for some people.

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Today’s most ridiculous thing seen at the grocery store:

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Because its so complicated to break spaghetti in half.

The portion measuring circle on the box is a clever idea. It may be helpful for some people.

True. Good design and engineering etc.

But I can't get past buying German spaghetti.

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But I can't get past buying German spaghetti.

Although started by a German immigrant, Mueller's is a 100% American product, founded in Newark, NJ in the late 1860's. It was a one man operation for a number of years, with Mueller making egg noodles. Around 1890 Mueller opened his first factory, also in NJ. By 1894, macaroni and spaghetti pastas were added to his product line. It's as American as any other product.

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Not really stupid stuff, but stupid placement. In among a display of Kosher/Jewish products there was some Ham Glaze!

The whole shelf:

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Closeup:

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Kosher or not, I agree it's stupid placement. Almost everything in most NYC supermarkets is marked kosher, it doesn't end up in the separate "kosher" section. If someone was looking for ham glaze, that's probably not the first place they'd seek it.

I get a good laugh around Passover time when my supermarket has a separate section for Passover products, and they always include the leftover Hamentaschen from Purim. Every year.

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It's probably for the thieves who "graze" their way through the olive bar. It saves the store from paying for their dental work.

Don't you think that the store intends for them to be sampled?

Just like plastic produce bags.

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