tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post1110834326709700252..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-88908681138219881902009-02-13T13:54:00.000+00:002009-02-13T13:54:00.000+00:00"when is a pecan nut not a pecan nut?"When it's a ..."when is a pecan nut not a pecan nut?"<BR/><BR/>When it's a tongue-twister...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-53077032355877939342009-02-13T13:52:00.000+00:002009-02-13T13:52:00.000+00:00It's the little details I like on packaging... suc...It's the little details I like on packaging... such as those on a pecan and toffee danish pastry: "may contain nuts".<BR/><BR/>"May"? If it doesn't, I want my money back. It begs the question: when is a pecan nut not a pecan nut?mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-62885391450628913812009-02-13T08:31:00.000+00:002009-02-13T08:31:00.000+00:00Sometimes I find the melted polystyrene difficult ...Sometimes I find the melted polystyrene difficult to tell apart from the cheese anyway. I may have eaten both and not noticed.<BR/><BR/>Ready in 20 minutes? Is it quicker if you turn it upside down?Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-1152644241231174262009-02-12T19:21:00.000+00:002009-02-12T19:21:00.000+00:00We have a product in our pantry whose packaging sh...We have a product in our pantry whose packaging shouts "Ready in 20 minutes!"<BR/><BR/>Nonsense. We've had it there for over a year, and it still isn't ready.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-59524644807691730752009-02-12T18:33:00.000+00:002009-02-12T18:33:00.000+00:00Occasionally I find the moron instructions useful....Occasionally I find the moron instructions useful. <BR/><BR/>Particularly after cooking a pizza until piping hot and with cheese nicely melted, as was the white polystyrene thing it came packaged on.<BR/><BR/>You know you are poor when you scrape the melted polystyrene off and eat it anyway. <BR/><BR/>Who said university teaches nothing nowadays? I ALWAYS check I've taken the food I'm going to cook/nuke out of it's packaging and to eat ANYTHING you've cooked.Swainsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868686527341125913noreply@blogger.com