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post #1 of 46
12/31/07 at 3:04am
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So I was replacing a can of Easy Cheese (I know.... It's DH's.) that had fallen off of the top of the fridge, when I noticed that- in BIG, BOLD letters- it has "EXCELLENT SOURCE OF CALCIUM" emblazoned across the top.



I am sure it has some calcium in there someplace, mixed in with all the orange plastic, vaseline and mystery oils, but...excellent? Really? This is an optimal way to get calcium, huh? Like, top notch? Better than most others? Excellent?!

What small, strange things have stopped you for a moment?

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post #2 of 46
12/31/07 at 3:17am
Oh wierd. I just had to look the nutritional values. It's infuriating that they can toot their horn about the calcium, but the saturated fat and sodium are through the friggin roof.

Strange things that have stopped me are organic vitamin water and organic oreos.
post #3 of 46
12/31/07 at 3:41am
I have just one thing to say about Easy Cheese.

The sharp cheddar flavor is excellent on squares of Hershey's Special Dark instead of crackers.



Seriously.
post #4 of 46
12/31/07 at 3:46am
I was at the grocery store today looking for a "treat" for ds. I found that the fruit gummies from Gerber and every other company's first ingredients were corn syrup and sugar. I finally found one single no-name brand that contained ONLY fruit!
post #5 of 46
12/31/07 at 3:50am
My roommate has some sort of cheez-wiz type stuff in the fridge. I giggled to myself when I noticed that the container brags about how it *contains REAL cheddar cheese*!

Another thing that always makes me wonder is 'Potted Meat Food Product'. I mean, come on. Food product? I guess I feel like if the company feels a need to reassure me that it's edible, that just doesn't give me much confidence.
post #6 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:01am
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Originally Posted by skyastara View Post
I have just one thing to say about Easy Cheese.

The sharp cheddar flavor is excellent on squares of Hershey's Special Dark instead of crackers.



Seriously.
That sounds nasty. Eeeww. You must have been pregnant when you came up with that concoction

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Originally Posted by onemoremom View Post
My roommate has some sort of cheez-wiz type stuff in the fridge. I giggled to myself when I noticed that the container brags about how it *contains REAL cheddar cheese*!

Another thing that always makes me wonder is 'Potted Meat Food Product'. I mean, come on. Food product? I guess I feel like if the company feels a need to reassure me that it's edible, that just doesn't give me much confidence.
Isn't REAL a brand?

Food product? That would be making me think by-product. It sounds worse then generic SPAM.
post #7 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:09am
american cheese slices often say "pasteurized processed cheese food product"

I've always said that if you have to tell people it's food, then it isn't fit for human consumption
post #8 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:12am
here's one for you. I was opening my new electric frying pan I got for xmas. As I am taking the lid out of it's plastic bag, I read "Caution this is not a toy do not place in crib, keep away from small children yada yada yada" Like seriously did someone just think one day, hey I am going to cook the baby so let's put the skillet in the crib. Oh wait! that's a bad idea let's just give him the bag instead??? WTF They obviously have to put warnings on them because someone is stupid enough to do that. And really that person should not be allowed to procreate if they think plastic bags and/or skillets make good crib toys.
post #9 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:13am
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Originally Posted by DBZ View Post
That sounds nasty. Eeeww. You must have been pregnant when you came up with that concoction
haha nope, I always eat strangely concocted food, pregnant or not.
post #10 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:20am
I always found it odd when kids drinks advertised "Contains 10% real juice!" What the heck is the other 90%?
post #11 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:29am
I love how on my Pepsi can it says "Very Low Sodium". Like, never mind the 41 grams of sugar, at least it's really low in sodium!
post #12 of 46
12/31/07 at 4:39am
I've seen bottles of water that say that too. Or that say something about having no carbs.
post #13 of 46
12/31/07 at 7:50am
The water dh buys is labelled 'vegan' and 'kosher'.
post #14 of 46
12/31/07 at 9:37am
There is an ambien or some other sleep medication commercial where at the end of it they list the possible side effects.
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There have been reported cases of sleep walking, driving, and eating.
That's right, sleep driving! Definately gives you pause!
post #15 of 46
12/31/07 at 11:41am
One of the silly things that gives me pause is when you see a sugary cereal commercial and it says 'a good part of this nutritious breakfast' and it includes the cereal and milk, a glass of milk, a glass of juice, a piece of fruit, toast...if i need all that to make the cereal nutritious I need to skip the cereal part.
post #16 of 46
12/31/07 at 11:47am
Whenever I see the words "cheese foood" I think it must be food for my pet cheese.

I mean "dog food" is food for a dog, "cat food" is food for a cat, "baby food" is food for a baby, "hamster food" is food for a hamster, so "cheese food" must be food for a cheese!
post #17 of 46
12/31/07 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by Ruthla View Post
Whenever I see the words "cheese foood" I think it must be food for my pet cheese.

I mean "dog food" is food for a dog, "cat food" is food for a cat, "baby food" is food for a baby, "hamster food" is food for a hamster, so "cheese food" must be food for a cheese!
post #18 of 46
12/31/07 at 12:10pm
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Originally Posted by Ruthla View Post
Whenever I see the words "cheese foood" I think it must be food for my pet cheese.

I mean "dog food" is food for a dog, "cat food" is food for a cat, "baby food" is food for a baby, "hamster food" is food for a hamster, so "cheese food" must be food for a cheese!
Exactly! You give cheese food to real cheese to give it strength.
post #19 of 46
12/31/07 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by onemoremom View Post
Another thing that always makes me wonder is 'Potted Meat Food Product'. I mean, come on. Food product? I guess I feel like if the company feels a need to reassure me that it's edible, that just doesn't give me much confidence.
Speaking of Potted Meat....

Steve, Don't Eat It!

I am so not responsible for coffee spit on keyboards.

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Originally Posted by Ruthla View Post
Whenever I see the words "cheese foood" I think it must be food for my pet cheese.

I mean "dog food" is food for a dog, "cat food" is food for a cat, "baby food" is food for a baby, "hamster food" is food for a hamster, so "cheese food" must be food for a cheese!
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post #20 of 46
12/31/07 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by sapientia View Post
One of the silly things that gives me pause is when you see a sugary cereal commercial and it says 'a good part of this nutritious breakfast' and it includes the cereal and milk, a glass of milk, a glass of juice, a piece of fruit, toast...if i need all that to make the cereal nutritious I need to skip the cereal part.

This reminds me of the boxes of sugar cereal that say "whole grain" as if that makes all the sugar somehow good for you!
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