On Apr 17, 7:13*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Alexm wrote:
> > On Apr 16, 4:16 pm, "James Silverton" >
> > wrote:
> >> Alexm wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:53 -0700 (PDT):
>
> >>> On Apr 16, 3:33 pm, Alexm > wrote:
> >>>> Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R)
> >>>> "Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp". Well, the shrimp were
> >>>> noways near jumbo in size. The breading is spread out to
> >>>> make them look large but, when the breading comes off, the
> >>>> shrimp look very much less than medium in size. What the
> >>>> heck is going on in this world? Is nothing any good any
> >>>> more? I would suggest that anyone who buys such products
> >>>> take them back to the store and get a full refund - which
> >>>> is what I am going to do.
>
> >>>> Alexm
>
> >>> And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!
>
> >> Are there standards for those descriptions? I don't know what
> >> "jumbo" means but it seems to imply large-sized but it may not
> >> have a legal definition. However, much the best way to buy
> >> shrimp is to patronize stores that give the average number per
> >> pound. Whole Foods, Giant and Balducci's in my area do so.
>
> >> James Silverton
> >> Potomac, Maryland
>
> > These were prepared breaded shrimp. *Apparently the word "Jumbo"
> > refers to the breading and not to the enclosed shrimpy shrimp.
> > "Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp" may or may not have been cleared by a
> > team of lawyers. *It did not state it as "Breaded Butterfly Jumbo
> > Shrimp". *Clever, clever, clever. *If you stick a shrimp inside a loaf
> > of bread that would really be jumbo.
>
> > Alexm
>
> But how is it the grocery store's fault you didn't read/understand the
> packaging? *I'd say you were lucky they gave you a refund. *It's not as if
> the shrimp were "bad", just that you felt deceived. *Caveat emptor.
>
> Jill- Hide quoted text -
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Well let me put it this way: If you got this in a restaurant
(regardless of whether or not the word "jumbo" was used in the menu)
you probably would have been greatly disappointed and would never
order them again. You might even have them take it back and order
something else like an 8 oz. lobster tail where there would be no
doubt about the size. When you get what looks like a butterflied and
breaded shrimp but the shrimp itself occupies only a small fraction
of the overall size of the product (comparable to, say, a quarter coin
on an equatorial slice of an orange) then it looks pretty pitiful. I
did not feel deceived - I knew that I was deceived.
Perhaps the real problem (for me) is that I remember what quality was
like some years ago.

Alexm