lol...
the silence is deafening.
"Thomas" <scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
...
> If you're looking for bay leaves, my wife has 4 very large bay trees with
> far more bay than we can ever use. I'll be happy to sell you some, and
> guarantee them as well. If you don't mind receiving them in an old and
clean
> "spice islands" bottle. I'll ship them from our little farm here in North
> Texas. I guarantee these bay leaves to be fresh and aromatic.
> Just trying to help....
> Why don't you grow your own marjoram in a small pot? Even a brown thumb
can
> grow it, and especially easy to grow is oregano, especially in winter.
> ;-)
> I'll also offer for sale my own mesquite smoked and dried habanero peppers
> along with dried chile pequins....damned hot, but absolutely wonderful
> finely chopped on pizza or in a salad.
> How about a "sampler"? I'll gladly send you a few bay leaves along with
3
> or 4 habaneros and a small handful of chile pequins for...hmmm say $ 5.00
> plus shipping?
> You won't be disappointed.
> Thomas
> "PENMART01" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone else take a gander at the cover of Penzeys Holiday 2004 catalog,
> the one
> > supposedly depicting a Thanksgiving turkey dinner... am I the only one
who
> > thinks that's the saddest/sorriest looking plate of food, what an awful
> > presentation... all that white-ish food on a white plate too (must be
> > Norwegian), couldn't even afford a measly sprig of parsley. Just look
at
> that
> > turkey (guessing it's turkey - actually looks more like over done pork),
> looks
> > like really dried out scraps that were hacked with the dullest of
> knives...
> > potatoes look lumpy, and the dressing, if that's what it is, looks
exactly
> like
> > the hairball vomit my cats cough up... don't even want to mention that
the
> > gravy looks more beefy than turkey, and well congealed. That plate of
> food
> > sure doesn't look very appetizing, makes me feel like forgoing the
turkey
> thing
> > this year and having a ham sandwich instead. I'd love to know who they
> paid to
> > cook that meal, I'd fire the kitchen fraud on the spot, along with
whoever
> did
> > the hiring.
> >
> > On another MORE SERIOUS topic; a few days ago I placed an order to
> Penzeys, not
> > very much stuff, only five items... a pound of peppercorns, 8oz msg, 4oz
> > oregano, 4oz marjoram, and 4oz bay leaves. Immediately upon opening the
> > package I knew instinctively that something was wrong, all I could smell
> was
> > cardboard, there wasn't even a hint of spice aroma. As soon as I looked
> at the
> > big bag of bay leaves I was very disappointed, they were kinda brown and
> very
> > broken, not just a few broken leaves, but I'd guess about 30% were
broken,
> and
> > not just a piece broken off here and there but lots of itty-bitty
slivers.
> > These are the worst bay leaves I've ever seen, looks like a herd of
> elephants
> > trod all over them, but the box arrived in perfect shape and well
padded.
> > Perhaps not many order so large an amount of bay leaves so these are
> really old
> > and well handled. In fact the order taker kinda admonished me by asking
in
> a
> > rather stern tone if I had any idea how many bay leaves are in 4ozs...
> yeah,
> > must be a friggin' million of em I thought to myself... right there I
> missed
> > the clue not to order large quantities of anything from Penzeys... most
> orders
> > are from cheapo *******s who typically order the smallest [sampler]
size,
> so
> > the bulk sizes get no turnover, they sit around 'bout forever.
> >
> > My next disappointment was the marjoram, it's more dust than leaves...
but
> the
> > worst part (or the best part, depending on point of view), upon closer
> > examination I noticed something thin, long, and white inside the bag
> > intertwined with the marjoram, and then upon even closer scrutiny it hit
> me,
> > yup, sure looks like the twisted string from a tampon.
> >
> > I didn't open the bags. Was too late to call yesterday so this morning
I
> > called Penzeys to complain. Naturally they will replace the items
> (figured
> > they would) and they will include a remailer so I can send back the
> products in
> > question... I guess they'd rather I didn't destroy the evidence. But
now
> I am
> > very nervous about using Penzeys products... I mean I can actually see
the
> > tampon string but what else is in there that I can't see? Reminds me
why
> I
> > grind my own meat... do I need to grow *all* my own herbs too?
> >
> > I also for about the umpteenth time suggested that Penzeys date stamp
> their
> > products, and for the umpteenth time my suggestion was met with
defensive
> > indignance. I suppose a date stamp is pretty meaningless anyway, who
> knows at
> > what point the product would be dated.
> >
> > I am among Penzeys very first customers, from since long before they had
a
> > retail store, a website or even a real catalog, for about ten years
now...
> and
> > have always in the past did my best to give them good press, especially
> here on
> > rfc. But I can no longer in good conscience recommend Penzeys... I
> suppose
> > success has gone to their heads, they are way too busy counting long
green
> > instead of ensuring the green of their products. I don't know if that
is
> > really a tampon string but it sure looks like one, and there definitely
> should
> > not be any kind of string chopped up in a bag of marjoram.
> >
> > Also, I re-examined the oregano this morning, better light now (it was
> dark out
> > last evening when I opened the carton so only had artificial light).
Last
> > evening I simply tossed the unopened oregano bag into the freezer as I
> still
> > had some in my spice bottle. Upon closer examination this morning the
> oregano
> > looks kinda brown and very dusty, like floor sweepings. I will be
calling
> > Penzeys back momentarily to tell them about the oregano too.
> >
> > The peppercons look okay, they're the special extra bold, expensive
ones.
> The
> > msg looks okay too, simply white powder.
> >
> > But now I'm ascared, very ascared... I'm thinking maybe I should tell
> Penseys
> > not to replace anything, that I will be returning my order and they can
> credit
> > my Visa. I don't know what I'll do yet, I'll wait to see what kind of
> > replacements they send. I hope they haven't become so full of
themselves
> with
> > all their growth that they turn away repeat customers and kill a good
> thing.
> >
> >
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