-I'm married now. It's great, by the way.
-We bought a house.
-Have a cat, some flowers, and even a picket fence.
-We just got back from a 10 day trip up the east coast to Atlantic City, Boston and Brunswick, Maine. More on that later.
So that about brings us up to now. I remembered I had a blog when I made some food related comments and Husband said I should write a blog about my consumer-related food knowledge. Or something like that. See, I bought some corn dogs this week (I know, I know- more on that later too). I wanted the regular, State-fair brand corn dogs. There were several boxes- however, all but one were "beef" hot dogs. The one regular box was a little crushed looking, so noting that the prices were the same for both varieties, I picked out a box of beef dogs. Well tonight, I realized there are only 5 corn dogs in this box, while the regular variety includes 6 corn dogs in a box. I can't help but feel cheated by my own haste.
It's kind of become "the new thing" for food manufacturers to keep prices the same, while reducing quantity (or quality, or both) rather than raise prices and keep quantities the same. It makes sense that this is more palatable to the general public. Many people don't even notice that their ice cream tub is .25 quarts lighter than it used to be. But the people that do notice are often angered by this "deception". I say if it must be one or the other, I'd rather take a smaller portion. I think most of us could benefit from a few ounces shaved off each meal anyways.
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