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No! No! No! Stop it! The bad ideas topic!

liuzhou

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lemniscate

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I'm good with banana ketchup, mushroom ketchup, currywurst ketchup, spicy(sriracha, jalapeno, horseradish) ketchup.  I even mix cheap American yellow mustard into my Heinz ketchup for a fry (and patty melt) dipping sauce. but this is not gonna make it for me......

 

Brussel sprout ketchup

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Susanwusan

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I don't think the brussels sprout flavoured tea from Sainsburys was all that popular.  Prob why they came up with brussels sprout and pigs in blanket flavoured tea this year.

 

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TdeV

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57 minutes ago, Susanwusan said:

I don't think the brussels sprout flavoured tea from Sainsburys was all that popular.  Prob why they came up with brussels sprout and pigs in blanket flavoured tea this year.

 

 

Yes, the pork must help the flavour . . . 🤣

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chromedome

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Just gonna leave this here...

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lemniscate

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40 minutes ago, chromedome said:

Just gonna leave this here...

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See now, I'd try this.  It's like french toast with cinnamon sugar and bacon slices that I've eaten hundreds of times.   I bet it smells amazing cooking.

I guess candied bacon has hit the mainstream.

 

also, I am still onboard with the gravy-flavored mayo from a few months back.

 

 

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pastrygirl

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@chromedome lol, I saw that bacon in Grocery Outlet and almost posted it here!  No shade to GO, but I think there area reasons why some products end up there.

 

 

4 hours ago, lemniscate said:

It's like french toast with cinnamon sugar and bacon slices

 

I know sweet & salty is hugely popular, and candied bacon definitely had a moment 10 or so years ago.  This probably doesn't taste that bad but is still unnecessary.  IMO.

 

 

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chromedome

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Not gonna lie, our grandson would be all over the stuff. He's a fiend for bacon (notwithstanding his current "healthy food" fixation), and CTC is his favorite dessert breakfast cereal. It doesn't work for me, but then I never really got the fad for "cereal milk" flavors either. Perhaps because those sugar-bomb cereals were a very occasional treat in my childhood home, rather than an everyday staple.

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"Not knowing the scope of your own ignorance is part of the human condition...The first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don’t know you’re a member of the Dunning-Kruger club.” - psychologist David Dunning

 

"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it." Ursula K. Le Guin

BeeZee

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I had never been to this bagel shop before, apparently they went "all in" on Social Media Ready bagels. I didn't take a photo of some of the insane varieties of bagels (Dorito flavor bagel with it's dark brick red/orange coloration caught my eye), but here's a shot of the flavored cream cheeses and butters. Check out the blue "Cookie Monster" flavor cream cheese😬 I got a whole wheat bagel, which was quite acceptable. I did try a taste of the cannoli flavor cream cheese, which was lightly sweetened, a little vanilla, and mini chocolate chips.

 

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Alex

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I have no words: Progresso chicken noodle soup hard candy 

 

Progresso unveiled its soup drops on Thursday, which are chicken noodle soup-flavored hard candies.

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JeanneCake

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I want to hear the conversation in the conference room about that tag line ..... some marketing intern is in for it!

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DesertTinker

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1 hour ago, JeanneCake said:

I want to hear the conversation in the conference room about that tag line ..... some marketing intern is in for it!

Yes, but the Progresso brand is now on millions of social media threads/accounts that it’s never been on before…

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TdeV

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If the candy didn't have any sugar in it, it's a tolerable idea. (For those of us prone to put something (anything) in our mouths).

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Margaret Pilgrim

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Not about food but food packaging.   Will they JUST STOP plastic packaging that requires an axe or chainsaw to open?    I’m not talking dangerous medications, no, I’m talking about the cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes that are mocking me from the counter.    I can’t find an “entry point” from which to leverage the lids.   Kitchen shears no help;  butcher knife probably a safety concern.    VERY frustrating.    Selecting foodstuffs by packaging rather than product quality is an anathema.

 

I’ve become expert at popping jar lids with a church key but sealed rigid plastic containers may become a real weight loss mechanism.

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Tropicalsenior

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They've started doing that down here. A lot of it is an almost invisible tear strip that circles the lid. You almost need a flashlight and a magnifying glass to see it.

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TdeV

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I thought the reason this packaging was introduced was to make shoplifting more difficult.

 

But many things are bought online now, aren't they.

 

What do you think we can do about it?

 

Send packaging to our senators and representatives?

 

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TdeV

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2 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

I think with food it has to do with shipping efficiency.

 

Oh. Doesn't give us much scope for complaint, then? 😬

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liuzhou

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Yesterday, I spent an inordinate amount of time attempting to open a roll of what you probably call "aluminum foil". I could open the box, but not in the neat manner they pretend turns the box into an ideal container with cutting blade.  

The big problem was they had glued the end of the roll down with what I can only assume was some kind of super-super adhesive developed by the local equivalent of NASA for some nefarious purpose. It was impossible to remove or unfurl the roll without shredding the foil to confetti. Gave up; binned it; bought another brand. No problems.

(My spellchecker is screaming at 'aluminum'.)

 

 

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JoNorvelleWalker

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6 hours ago, TdeV said:

I thought the reason this packaging was introduced was to make shoplifting more difficult.

 

But many things are bought online now, aren't they.

 

What do you think we can do about it?

 

Send packaging to our senators and representatives?

 

 

Send our senators and representatives packing.

 

The husband of a friend is a packaging engineer.  I marvel at some bewildering examples.  What first comes to mind is containers of refrigerated fresh pickles that spill half the liquid while getting off the lid.  Next are the almost impossible to open vacuum sealed packages of chicken parts.

 

Of course I am old and candy wrappers are often a challenge too.

 

Cooking is cool.  And kitchen gear is even cooler.  -- Chad Ward

Whatever you crave, there's a dumpling for you. -- Hsiao-Ching Chou

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