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Pickles
"Bryan-TGWWW" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:43:53 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:22:10 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 02:43:04 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> >>> I have been asked to look for Farman's brand Homestyle Dill pickles.
>> >>> The
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>> >>> large whole ones. I am thinking they are a discontinued item and
>> >>> that
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>> >>> perhaps even the company is no longer operating. They appear to have
>> >>> two
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>> >>> websites with two different contact numbers and they seem to have
>> >>> merged
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>> >>> with other companies such as Nalley.
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>> >> I don't understand why you're having a hard time with it. The first
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>> >> hit in Google clearly says that they are manufactured by Bay Valley
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>> >> Foods who co-pack their pickles for a bunch a regional name brands and
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>> >> grocery store/generic brands.
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>> >> In essence, there are probably at least 40 regional and store brands
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>> >> that are made by the same company and most of them taste exactly the
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>> >> same - Nalley Pickles being one of them.
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>> >> http://www.bayvalleyfoods.com/produc...l/pickles.html
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>> >> -sw
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>> > Well, I hadn't seen that one. That is not the first hit that I got. I
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>> > these:
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>> I'd be willing to bet that most everybody gets Bay Valley Foods as the
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>> first hit if they enter "Farman's Pickles" into Google.
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>> That is unless you have all sorts of browser hijackers installed, like
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>> swagbucks.
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>> > At any rate, the particular pickles I need are not listed. I did check
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>> > Amazon Fresh and Costco as well. Although they do carry that brand (as
>> > do
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>> > many stores), they do not carry the particular pickle I need.
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>> I guess you missed the point of my post - that all those pickle brands
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>> are the same product just with different labels.
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>> I'm probably going to regret asking this, but why do you HAVE to find
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>> that exact label on a pickle that you have never even tried?
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> This is The Bovine. You are judging her as if she's a regular person.
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> Anyone who gets excited about a brand of shelf stable pickles...
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I am not the one who wants the pickles. I was asked to look for them for
another person.
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