On The One Hand…
By Mitch Berg
…this is the kind of lawsuit I love to hate: a California woman sues over food ingredients.
Not faulty ones. Not unlabelled or unadvertised ones. Not dangerous ones (shut up, Center for Science in the Public Interest). No. Just the wrong ones:
[Kraft guacamole] just didn’t taste avocadoey,” said Brenda Lifsey, who used Kraft Dips Guacamole in a three-layer dip last year. “I looked at the ingredients and found there was almost no avocado in it.”
She is seeking unspecified damages and a Superior Court order barring Kraft from calling its dip guacamole. Her suit seeks class-action status.
Brenda; then buy a different brand? Make your own? Substitute old mayonnaise?
On the other hand – watch this one carefully, American Beer Industry.
December 1st, 2006 at 8:30 am
Your last line was priceless, Mitch! Our “everyday” beer is usually Killians Red. My favorite (when I can get it) is Smithwick’s. My husband is a fan of most anything dark (like Guiness, etc). During deer hunting, though, he buys a case of Old Swill (Old Milwaukee) to bring to the hunting shack. I decided to have one and decided that it really isn’t beer. There is nothing “beerish” about it. It’s kind of sparkling pee….although when I think about it, pe would probably have a lot more taste.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:23 pm
America’s Test Kitchens has a “light” version that’s 2/3 cooked lima beans, 1/3 avocado. Their tasters said it was the equal of real guacamole, even with half the fat. So 1. is there a “legal” definition of guacamole? and 2. if there must be, is it based on the inputs or the results? You know how liberals always answer that question.