# "Farm-grown vegetables" and other WTF ad one-liners **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677 "2007-09-18T23:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/41 "2007-09-20T23:04:09Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] I hate commercials where they come up with every adjective imaginable to describe their food, like: 3 buttery golden pancakes, served with 2 sizzling pork sausages, and fluffy scrambled eggs, with a steaming home style biscuit and piping hot coffee. Fuck off and give me my crappy breakfast already. [/QUOTE] McDonald’s does this on every commercial now. I’ve actually noticed it for a few years - it was that obvious. Now you won’t be able to watch or listen to any of their commercials without it bothering you. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/42 "2007-09-20T23:24:43Z")
Often, when some joint is hawking the latest sandwich, they’ll tell us all these fabulous ingredients are “on a bakery bun.” Isn’t that where everybody gets their buns? Aside from the steel ones, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/43 "2007-09-21T02:41:04Z")
That Salmon story reminds me of this Mr. Show gag. [That’s the Fairsley Difference!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4yX2rkpBc&mode=related&search=) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/44 "2007-09-21T15:04:11Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] … “on a bakery bun.” Isn’t that where everybody gets their buns? [/QUOTE] Maybe this is just me, but I consider “bakery” to be a shop where bread is baked on the premises. I don’t consider factory-made buns sold in supermarkets to be “bakery” buns. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/45 "2007-09-21T15:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=Roboto] I’m drinking a bottle of Propel Fitness Water. In large letters at the top of the label, it says “NATURAL LEMON FLAVOR,” and below that it says in small letters “NO FRUIT JUICE.” I can’t imagine how natural a fruit flavor can be attained without any juice from said fruit. [/QUOTE] Essential oils. Far more potent lemony flavor than juice in a much smaller amount, and zero calories. What _I_ want to know is how they emulsify it in a bottle of water for such a long time. When I make lemon water with e.o., it floats to the top and I have to keep shaking it every time I pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/46 "2007-09-21T16:05:27Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Unless it’s pan-fried semen, of course. Alton Brown never told me what to expect of that. [/QUOTE] I can has \*that \*pan-fried?!?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/47 "2007-09-21T18:09:27Z")
[QUOTE=scr4] Maybe this is just me, but I consider “bakery” to be a shop where bread is baked on the premises. I don’t consider factory-made buns sold in supermarkets to be “bakery” buns. [/QUOTE] I see your point, but the fast food place buys their “bakery buns” from the same factory-size bakery that makes their regular buns. A great big bakery is just a storefront bakery that became very successful. Marvin Holsum and Jake Bunny started small, just like Hideo Panera. No, not really. I made up the part about Marvin, Jake, and Hideo. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/48 "2007-09-21T18:58:28Z")
[QUOTE=Reno Nevada] I went to get a cup of coffee after reading “beef butter”, and by the time I got back, all I could think of was **BACON BUTTER ™. Spreads like butter. Tastes like bacon.** You heard about it here first! [/QUOTE] It’s already been done. It’s called lard. Now what I really want to see is somebody with the balls to make a product that contains 100% lard and advertise it as a selling point. “Now made with 100% lard, no hydrogenated vegetable shortening, or fillers. Guaranteed the best taste! Just like Grandma used to make!” ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/49 "2007-09-21T19:27:03Z")
I don’t think there really is this magic diet food called lard, with it’s no hydrogenated fats or fillers. I would like to know more about such a product. i’m sure it must be loaded with sugars or else it has a bunch of chemicals in it. Right? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/50 "2007-09-21T20:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=t-mobileguy] I don’t think there really is this magic diet food called lard, with it’s no hydrogenated fats or fillers. I would like to know more about such a product. i’m sure it must be loaded with sugars or else it has a bunch of chemicals in it. Right? [/QUOTE] Who said anything about it being a diet food? Fuck the jingoism, adspeak, and propaganda of this so called health revolution in America. It’s just snake oil bullshit from the food companies and the Government. They can shove their studies up their ass. [Lard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lard) is neither a filler nor hydrogented, and I guarantee it tastes better. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/51 "2007-09-22T01:38:53Z")
Oh man, I just had a discussion along these lines last night with my fiance and roommate. I was making microwave popcorn and I noticed the box had “100% Whole Grain!” triumphantly plastered on the front. I showed it to the others in the house. It’s a box of corn kernels, what else is there but whole grains?! I laughed about that for a while ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/52 "2007-09-22T02:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] ‘Pan Fried’ As opposed to frying it in a hat, or a shoe. [/QUOTE] I am definitely asking that next time I see that phrase. **Mangetout** , you would have loved my reaction: I read it, felt the glee wash over me, then guffawed loudly. It was like slow motion. You’ve made my week. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/53 "2007-09-22T02:37:03Z")
The local market (=“farmers market”, I think in the U.S.) has a stall that sells “Organic Water” Ummm…I can think of a lot of organic things that might get into my water. Cowpats, for instance. Or flies. Or a dead possum. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing organic that I _want_ in there though. On the “sneaky advertising” front, one of my current pet hates is on many boxes of breakfast cereal “Low G.I. (when served with milk)”. Yes, that would be because MILK is low G.I. So just drink a glass of milk! Why add your crappy cereal to the mix? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/54 "2007-09-22T06:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=Aspidistra] Why add your crappy cereal to the mix? [/QUOTE] Because Honeycomb’s BIG! Yea, Yea, Yea! BIG BIG Tatse and a BIG BIG Bite. ---
**Author:** ![Obsidian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/55 "2007-09-22T07:07:51Z")
[QUOTE=Roboto] I’m drinking a bottle of Propel Fitness Water. In large letters at the top of the label, it says “NATURAL LEMON FLAVOR,” and below that it says in small letters “NO FRUIT JUICE.” I can’t imagine how natural a fruit flavor can be attained without any juice from said fruit. [/QUOTE] My Mom works for a company that makes flavors. Legally you can claim “natural flavoring” if you flavoring is derived from anything in nature, no matter how unrelated to the actual flavor it is. Apparently the chemists make flavors out of some seriously random things. (It is neat to know someone who can read and understand the full ingredient list on foods. Though usually when she’s done explaining I don’t want to eat it anymore) Funny anecdote: They have a slurpee/slushie machine that they use to sample & demonstrate flavors. They’ll make a batch for testing and then employees can help themselves as well. Usually people stick post-its on it to label what is in it at the moment. One of the chemist’s in my Mom’s division had a strawberry lemonade flavor in there that was very yummy and popular among the employees, so it went quickly. She went down in the afternoon and was excited to see the label still up, and got herself a glass. Someone had forgotten to change the label, and it was meat flavored. Just thinking about the meat slurpee still gives me a giggle. Talk about gross. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677/56 "2007-09-22T13:03:38Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] Who said anything about it being a diet food? Fuck the jingoism, adspeak, and propaganda of this so called health revolution in America. It’s just snake oil bullshit from the food companies and the Government. They can shove their studies up their ass. [Lard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lard) is neither a filler nor hydrogented, and I guarantee it tastes better. [/QUOTE] Devil, thanks for trying to fight my ignorance but I use lard all the time when I cook. (well maybe not all the time) My tongue was firmly in my cheek. I guess I’m just not that funny of a guy. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-grown-vegetables-and-other-wtf-ad-one-liners/419677.md?page=2)