Friday, March 12, 2010

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Choosing yogurt has become a game show. There are so many categories in play, it makes your wheels spin — soft, frozen, plain, regular, fat-free, low-fat, sugar-free, no sugar added, enriched, organic, European-style, French, Greek — the list goes on and on. Plus, it’s reached the point where you now need to have a good [...]

Boar’s Head believes they make “The best roast chicken. Ever.” Yes, it is good chicken. However, after seeing their recent advertising campaign, I gave them a mouthful of what I believe…
Dear Heads of Boar’s:
Your Boar’s Head EverRoast Chicken commercial says, “It’s like that glorious roast chicken that grandma used to make … only better.” Are [...]

It’s no surprise when customer service at a company receives a complaint. I turned the tables on Subway Restaurants to see how they would handle these kinds of comments…
Dear Subway Complaint Department,

Just a quick note to let you know I stopped by Subway for a Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sandwich. The food was fantastic! The [...]

Everyone has heard of Chicken McNuggets. The real question is: Does anyone know what they really are? Hmm, McDonald’s should…
Dear Makers of the McNugget:
I don’t eat red meat or fried foods, but still want to enjoy McDonald’s. So as far as your Chicken McNuggets go, my preference is to peel off the McFried coating and [...]

The ingredients in horseradish are quite clear. That is what’s confusing about it. I contacted Silver Spring Foods in search of answers straight from the horseradish’s mouth…
Dear Horseradish Wranglers,
From what I can tell, Silver Spring is the Clydesdale of Horseradish. But what the heck is horseradish? The first ingredient in horseradish is horseradish, so that [...]

Aside from being high in fiber, beans have always been the butt of many jokes. I went straight to the source and asked Heinz why…
Dear Heinz Beanz Team:
Please answer this question once and for all: Do beans really make people fart?
I live in Florida and beans are used a lot in Cuban recipes. So I’ve [...]

I recently posted a letter to Aunt Jemima. Here’s one that’s semi-related, which I sent to Uncle Ben…
Dear Uncle Ben:
I had an Uncle Ben, but he passed away, so I hope this letter finds you in good health.
There’s one thing that concerns me about rice. I don’t mean to get too personal, but you are [...]

Here’s a letter to one of my favorite Aunts, probably one of yours, too…
Dear Aunt Jemima:
How come you never do any commercials? You should have your own cooking show on the Food Network! Are you just shy, or what? I can’t believe you haven’t even been on Oprah yet! What do you do with your [...]

Only Campbell’s soups have earned a reputation for being “M’m M’m Good!” That’s why I questioned them about this…
Dear Soupy Sales Specialists:

I know Campbell’s makes lots of soups. But what is condensed soup?
According to the dictionary, condensed means to reduce something to a more compact or dense form. Wouldn’t that make the soup you’re selling [...]

Even with rice, timing is everything. How can you tell if it’s the right time for rice? I checked with Riviana Foods, makers of Minute Rice…
Dear Rice Cookers:
I’m pretty bad with math, so maybe you can help me out. Your cooking directions say to boil the Ready to Serve Brown & Wild Rice sealed cup [...]

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