| Author |
Message |
Tony Cooper
Guest
|
| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:42 pm
Post subject: Pity Me |
|
|
With my down with a cold, I'm doing the grocery shopping. I hate
doing this. Hate it.
One of the items on the list was "coffee". Normally, a no-brainer
since I know that means a red three-pound can of Folger's. I've never
actually read the label, but I know what the can looks like.
Folger's is not shipping coffee. Some plant of theirs is shut down as
a result of Hurricane Katrina. Either the facility was damaged or the
workers were evacuated. I was forced to substitute another brand, and
chose Maxwell House.
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from these
names which can to choose?
Is "Bold" a good thing in coffee? How does Maxwell House embolden
coffee? Is there a hint of saltiness in bold coffee? Sauciness,
even? "Rich" sounds good. I think I heard somewhere about the rich,
full-bodied flavor of coffee being good. But neither Rich Original
nor Rich Lite gives any indication of being full-bodied. Maybe that
Rich Lite is less than full-bodied. Whatever that means.
How is coffee roasted in the French style? Is there, say, a
Portuguese style of coffee roasting? What do the French know about
coffee, anyway? They must not even like the stuff since every movie
I've seen where someone is drinking coffee in France has them drinking
coffee out of cups the size of one of the things that comes with a
bottle of cough syrup. Anyway, I thought we don't like the French
anymore. (Ha!)
I chose Rich Original because it was on sale. I figure they just
divert the spout from the grinding machine to different colored cans
anyway. I'll ask a Maxwell House salesman if I ever find one. I'm
also going to ask him why Folger's comes in a 3 lb 4 oz can, and
Maxwell House sells theirs in a 2 lb 7 oz can. They kind of look the
same size, so the sale price probably just reflects that there is less
product in the can.
I hope my wife gets well soon. I was half and hour just in the coffee
aisle.
Folger's comes in a 3 pound
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
jerry_friedman@yahoo.com
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:03 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Tony Cooper wrote:
| Quote: | With my down with a cold, I'm doing the grocery shopping. I hate
doing this. Hate it.
One of the items on the list was "coffee". Normally, a no-brainer
since I know that means a red three-pound can of Folger's. I've never
actually read the label, but I know what the can looks like.
Folger's is not shipping coffee. Some plant of theirs is shut down as
a result of Hurricane Katrina. Either the facility was damaged or the
workers were evacuated. I was forced to substitute another brand, and
chose Maxwell House.
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from these
names which can to choose?
.... |
I don't know much about coffee, but I think "French roast" means
burned. Or burnt.
--
Jerry Friedman |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sara Lorimer
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:19 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Tony Cooper wrote:
| Quote: | With my down with a cold, I'm doing the grocery shopping.
|
There's a "you don't get down from a horse" joke here, but with a cold
of my own I can't quite pull it together.
--
SML
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
The Grammer Genious
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:19 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote
| Quote: | With my down with a cold, I'm doing the grocery shopping. I hate
doing this. Hate it.
...
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from these
names which can to choose?
...
|
Sorry, but you don't get any pity because once my wife sent me to the store
for panty-liners. Go look at THOSE shelves. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
R H Draney
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:38 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Tony Cooper filted:
| Quote: |
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from these
names which can to choose?
|
For you, I'm looking at
http://www.maxwellhouse.com/maxwellhouse/page?siteid=maxwellhouse-prd&locale=usen1&PagecRef=434
....the coffees are classified in tiers headed "Smooth", "Rich", "Bold" and
"Flavored"...assuming you're not after hazelnut or vanilla, the first three are
also captioned "mild", "medium" and "dark"....
"Smooth", described as "smooth, satisfying taste and aroma" contains only
"Smooth Master Blend"....
"Rich", explained as "rich and balanced" contains "Rich Original" and "Rich
Lite"....
"Bold" is claimed to mean "deep, full-bodied, bold taste"; it includes the
French and Colombian varieties....
If you hover your mouse-pointer over the pictures of the cans, you get a more
specific description of each variety...we've noted here recently how difficult
it is to describe "purple" in words, so it should come as no surprise that
verbal descriptions of flavors are even more subjective (check out newsgroups
for wine-tasters for an extreme instance of this problem)....r |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tony Cooper
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:51 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:19:17 -0800, que.sara.saraDELETE@gmail.com (Sara
Lorimer) wrote:
| Quote: | Tony Cooper wrote:
With my down with a cold, I'm doing the grocery shopping.
There's a "you don't get down from a horse" joke here, but with a cold
of my own I can't quite pull it together.
|
I've got no sense
Jolly. jolly no sense
I've got no sense to last me all my life
I've got no sense to spend
And no sense to lend
And no sense to write in "my wife" - poor wife
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Maria Conlon
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:00 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Tony Cooper wrote, in part:
| Quote: | Rich Lite is less than full-bodied. Whatever that means.
|
"Lite" is, AFAIK, part caffeined and part decaffeinated. Half-and-half,
so to speak.
--
Maria Conlon |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mike Lyle
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:10 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
jerry_friedman@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | Tony Cooper wrote:
[...]
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from
these
names which can to choose?
...
I don't know much about coffee, but I think "French roast" means
burned. Or burnt.
|
No, that's Italian. Over here French and Colombian are always safe
bets. Oh, except I forgot Americans don't like coffee...hmm...oh,
well, should be tolerably localized if you make it quarter-strength.
(Note for Brits etc who came in late: Maxwell House is real coffee in
America, not instant. See aue a few months ago.)
--
Mike. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Evan Kirshenbaum
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:54 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
"The Grammer Genious" <washcourthouse@yahoo.com> writes:
| Quote: | Sorry, but you don't get any pity because once my wife sent me to
the store for panty-liners. Go look at THOSE shelves.
|
I've never understood the squeamishness that some men appear to feel
about the subject. As long as I know what brand and style is desired,
I don't see the problem.
--
Evan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------
HP Laboratories |"Are you okay?"
1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |
Palo Alto, CA 94304 |"I'm made of felt....Add by dose
|cubs off."
kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com
(650)857-7572
http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Adrian Bailey
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:22 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
"Tony Cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:i2bkm1lpa0t26ksb2gtpjno587oqvs2256@4ax.com...
| Quote: | With my down with a cold, I'm doing the grocery shopping. I hate
doing this. Hate it.
One of the items on the list was "coffee". Normally, a no-brainer
since I know that means a red three-pound can of Folger's. I've never
actually read the label, but I know what the can looks like.
Folger's is not shipping coffee. Some plant of theirs is shut down as
a result of Hurricane Katrina. Either the facility was damaged or the
workers were evacuated. I was forced to substitute another brand, and
chose Maxwell House.
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from these
names which can to choose?
|
Easy. You don't choose any of them. Good coffee companies do not use names
like "Smooth Master Blend".
Adrian |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tony Cooper
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:25 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:54:21 -0800, Evan Kirshenbaum
<kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "The Grammer Genious" <washcourthouse@yahoo.com> writes:
Sorry, but you don't get any pity because once my wife sent me to
the store for panty-liners. Go look at THOSE shelves.
I've never understood the squeamishness that some men appear to feel
about the subject. As long as I know what brand and style is desired,
I don't see the problem.
|
Well, sure, but they never give you that, do they? They always leave
one essential detail that puts you in a quandary. Brand name, check.
Light Days, check. What's this? Regular or menthol?
Not only that, but they don't tell you what aisle things are on. You
go up and down aisles wondering if panty liners are in feminine
hygiene products or in cleaning supplies.
Oh, you think that absurd? The stocking clerks are quite capable of
putting panty liners in cleaning supplies and then spreading the word
to the women and not the men. Gives both groups a sense of power.
I'm an asker. I take my list and go straight up to some woman shopper
and ask "Where would dried apricots be?" The stock clerks are never
around to ask. They're up there on the catwalk behind the one-way
glass watching men wander around trying to find panty liners.
I used to ask older women on the premise that younger women would
think I was making advances and call Security. Now I ask younger
women because the older women say things like "Over on aisle 7. My
Morty used to like dried apricots, but he's gone now. Is your wife
still with you?"
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
The Grammer Genious
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:41 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Evan Kirshenbaum <kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com> wrote
| Quote: | "The Grammer Genious" <washcourthouse@yahoo.com> writes:
Sorry, but you don't get any pity because once my wife sent me to
the store for panty-liners. Go look at THOSE shelves.
I've never understood the squeamishness that some men appear to feel
about the subject. As long as I know what brand and style is desired,
I don't see the problem.
|
Well that was the problem, you see. You could know the brand *and* the style
and STILL be confronted with a dozen varieties. Go take a look some time.
And there was no squeamishness involved at all. I saw right away which kind
I would use myself, if I used them. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
R H Draney
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:54 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Adrian Bailey filted:
| Quote: |
"Tony Cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:i2bkm1lpa0t26ksb2gtpjno587oqvs2256@4ax.com...
Folger's is not shipping coffee. Some plant of theirs is shut down as
a result of Hurricane Katrina. Either the facility was damaged or the
workers were evacuated. I was forced to substitute another brand, and
chose Maxwell House.
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from these
names which can to choose?
Easy. You don't choose any of them. Good coffee companies do not use names
like "Smooth Master Blend".
|
By the way, when I was looking for Maxwell House's descriptions of the various
blends, I also stopped in at www.folgers.com and found a test there that claims
to be able to tell what "your" coffee should be...apparently I'm supposed to be
a hazelnut drinker....r |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Maria Conlon
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:08 am
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
R H Draney wrote:
| Quote: | Adrian Bailey filted:
"Tony Cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:i2bkm1lpa0t26ksb2gtpjno587oqvs2256@4ax.com...
Folger's is not shipping coffee. Some plant of theirs is shut down
as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Either the facility was damaged
or the workers were evacuated. I was forced to substitute another
brand, and chose Maxwell House.
Maxwell House offers Bold French Roast, Smooth Master Blend, Bold
Columbia, Rich Original, and Rich Lite. How do you decide from
these names which can to choose?
Easy. You don't choose any of them. Good coffee companies do not use
names like "Smooth Master Blend".
By the way, when I was looking for Maxwell House's descriptions of
the various blends, I also stopped in at www.folgers.com and found a
test there that claims to be able to tell what "your" coffee should
be...apparently I'm supposed to be a hazelnut drinker....r
|
I'm a 100% Columbian myself, per the test. "You've got a strong sense of
adventure," it said, and "you want to experience all that life has to
offer." A cup of 100% Columbian "is just as exotic as your plans,
dreams, and journeys."
Well, the coffee may be fine, but something doesn't seem quite right.
For one thing, I don't want coffee that's "just as exotic as my plans,
dreams, and journeys"; I want coffee that could make *me* just as exotic
as they seem to _think_ my plans, dreams, and journeys are.
Maybe if I add a bit of Drambuie to that 100% Columbian...
--
Maria Conlon |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
R H Draney
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:31 pm
Post subject: Re: Pity Me |
|
|
Maria Conlon filted:
| Quote: |
Well, the coffee may be fine, but something doesn't seem quite right.
For one thing, I don't want coffee that's "just as exotic as my plans,
dreams, and journeys"; I want coffee that could make *me* just as exotic
as they seem to _think_ my plans, dreams, and journeys are.
|
You want adventurous coffee, you get yourself some kopi luwak...that's coffee
that's *been* places....r |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| |
FAQ
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in