False advertising

I like the Trader Joe’s. They house some yummy health stuff not so over priced you have hock your big wheel for a cheese wheel. But I got a bone to pick. I stopped in over the holidays to pick up some stocking treats for all the good little boys and girls. One of the items selected, entirely based on product packaging of course, was the Cherry Pie Larabar. Now friends, you don’t mess with cherry pie. It is, or it ain’t. Real cherry pie was handed down by god to be enjoyed by Americans while watching baseball on TV. It’s great tasting, terrible for ya, nuff said. These fools took some kind of trail food and thought they would sell more by slapping cherry pie on it! The nerve. Just cause it has a few cherries in it, does not make it pie! Call it what it is people, hippy grub bar,…with cherry. Now my three year old can’t get enough, and I don’t blame him, it’s pretty good food stuff. But can you picture the anger and confusion he would feel when he got hold of the real deal? I would sooner explain Santa and the Easter bunny. Think of the children people! You have some responsibility!

Food for thought

I was just filing the dish washer. When I put in the soap powder I noticed these little blue flecks. “Flavor Crystals” I thought! Well okay, I guess these are spit-shine crystals, but same Idea. It got me thinking about the first time I saw something marketed as having Flavor Crystals. Dammed if I can remember, but if you can make flavor crystals, why not just sell them in a bottle. I want to sprinkle some smoked gouda crystals on my cheese wiz to kick it up a notch. But then again, why not just make it taste good in the first place? I bet there would be a market for Bree wiz?