"Kajikit" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:55:26 -0500, "Elly" >
> wrote:
>
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>>"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:45:42 -0500, "Elly" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>When you order the food, you do not know what the ingredients are in the
>>>>different packages. I found HFCS and transfat on the labels when I had
>>>>the packages in my hands.
>>>>
>>>>The meat was tough and it was obviously not the cut that was promised.
>>>>(Delmonico)
>>>>The chicken tenders were mostly very salty breading with here and there
>>>>a
>>>>piece of chicken visible. But many pieces of "chicken tenders" consisted
>>>>of
>>>>breading only, no chicken.
>>>>
>>>>I still have some of their stuff in the freezer. For instance a package
>>>>of
>>>>Chicken Breast Fajita Strips, "enhanced with up to a 25% solution of
>>>>water,
>>>>salt, disodium phosphate, dextrose, sugar, corn syrup solids, spices,
>>>>natural flavors (maltodextrin, natural flavored), garlic*, modified food
>>>>starch,
>>>>citric acid, onion*, extractives of spice, extractives of paprika.
>>>>*dehydrated."
>>>>
>>>>Boneless Pork Chops: "injected with up to a 15% solution of water, salt,
>>>>sodium
>>>>phosphate, dextrose, natural flavors, xanthan gum."
>>>>
>>>>The dozen eggs are medium eggs, which I never buy.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Elly. You just kept us from wasting a bunch of money. And
>>> we'd have to drive a half hour to the next town to do it. Twice. Once
>>> to pay and once to pick up.
>>>
>>> Carol
>>>
>>> --
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>>
>>YW Dams. It is better to buy "used meat" then stuff they
>>doctor up and is bad for your health. I found that some of
>>what they "gave" you, they would never be able to sell in a
>>store. And standing in line with your laundry basket for an
>>hour or so didn't help either. :-) If the food had been good,
>>I would not have minded that. But the whole experience made
>>me feel degraded.
>>Elly
>>
> But a lot of Americans (I'd hesitate to say 'most'...) probably
> wouldn't see anything wrong with that menu at all. I'm not interested
> in the stuff either - a quick glance at their 'typical box contents'
> shows that none of it is stuff that I'd be willing to eat unless I was
> starving, but DH would say 'mmm, this is good!'. And a lot of people
> are very happy with their groceries.

I agree with that, however, I know that the different people here
who were interested in the program would not have liked it.
That is why my suggestion was to try it first yourself before
you send other people to buy it. I tried it once and I will never be
tempted again. I wish someone would have warned me.
Elly