Bizarre question of the week for those of you that eat Van Camps canned beans...

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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2014
    Oh man, those BBQ Charles Chips were GREAT! We get the Cape Cod chips here in Tx.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited June 2014
    So I have tomorrow off after probably putting in 60 hours already this week, and I'm thinking some kielbasy on the grill, B&M beans, some waffle chips, sauerkraut and a few beers.... Good thing it is nice enough here in NJ to open the windows tonite!!!
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2014
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    Dats dem!
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2014
    That's them George! We used to pay something like $5 or $10 bucks for a big tin of them back in the late 60's.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited June 2014
    I don't think I've even seen B&M Beans in the store here in Kansas. just van camps & bush's or some no name beans.

    going to smoke a couple pork butts if I get a long enough break in the rain. I seen where others have put a pan of Beans in the smoker to add some flavor to them.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited June 2014
    Yup I have that tin here somewhere....
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited June 2014
    Yep, we'd get a tin of Charles Chips delivered every week. Always gone by the next day, with me getting most of 'em! My 3 sisters never had chance :loneranger:
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited June 2014
    you can't just eat 1! then there is no stopping.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,938
    edited June 2014
    since the bean discussion has morphed from beans to potato chips :-P
    ... may I just take this opportunity to put in a good word for good ol' Utz?

    I haven't had 'em for a long, long time... but the ripple-cut BBQ Utz always worked for me...

    on topic :-P Our recipe for "home made" baked beans has always been B&M, adulterated with carefully adjusted portions of -- various things... including ketchup, brown sugar, mustard (yellow or powdered mustard, if you're really into it), finely minced onions, and -- bacon. Top the baked beans with a few strips of top-quality bacon* before throwin' 'em in the oven. Bake 'til they're frighteningly hot through and through and just a little black around the edges... mmm...

    * Two exceptionally good bacon options (IMO, of course)
    http://ncsmokehouse.com/bacons.html (the BMW of bacon?!)
    http://www.garfieldssmokehouse.com/gasmme.html (... at least, the Audi of bacon?!)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,068
    edited June 2014
    Pork or pork fat makes everything taste better. Beans are no different. After all....bacon anyone ?

    Don't get me started on chips though. I'm up to my neck in aggravation over paying hefty prices for a half filled bag of chips.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,068
    edited June 2014
    Bizarre question of the week ?

    I was expecting something.....well, more bizarre. Like what DO you do with toe jam ?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,938
    edited June 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    Pork or pork fat makes everything taste better. Beans are no different. After all....bacon anyone ?
    ...everything but the squeal.
    Don't get me started on chips though. I'm up to my neck in aggravation over paying hefty prices for a half filled bag of chips.
    Funny, I've never conflated economics with snack food ;-)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,068
    edited June 2014
    Come on man, that doesn't piss you off ? We can talk chips....taste wise and all that, but damn....half filled bags of anything get my goat. Kinda like cookies too. You open the bag and there's like 16 cookies in this big bag, wtf ?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2014
    I think I heard a banjo!
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited June 2014
    I know the price I pay is based on weight, so when it says 0.5 ounces Its not going to be a lot, but when you buy a bag of chips from a vending machine and open it up to find 5 little bitty chips inside it does make me say WTF!
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited June 2014
    Keiko

    Well THAT was strange :)
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited June 2014
    Why would someone do that to a can of beans?

    now a bag of chips! I'd understand :)
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2014
    Reminded me of Higgins,lol.
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  • Xanthor
    Xanthor Posts: 53
    edited July 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    Come on man, that doesn't piss you off ? We can talk chips....taste wise and all that, but damn....half filled bags of anything get my goat. Kinda like cookies too. You open the bag and there's like 16 cookies in this big bag, wtf ?
    your right. back then that bag was filled and cheap. but know a days u see all snacks mostly chocolate bars (snickers, milkyways, res cups, and what ever else, where there raising the price big time n those bars r getting smaller and smaller. same thing with chips to
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    Xanthor Posts: 53
    edited July 2014
    Keiko wrote: »
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    Come on man, that doesn't piss you off ? We can talk chips....taste wise and all that, but damn....half filled bags of anything get my goat. Kinda like cookies too. You open the bag and there's like 16 cookies in this big bag, wtf ?

    Those bags have been "dieting" for years and continue to lose 1/2-2 ounces a year in weight depending on what size bag we're talking about. Soon what used to be a 13-14 ounce bag will be filled with a snack sized portion (1-1 3/4 ounces).

    On another note. How did we get from a Half gallon of ice cream to 1.25-1.5 quarts? And we seem to be moving toward a half gallon becoming a quarter gallon with a more curvaceous container?

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited July 2014
    cnh wrote: »
    Those bags have been "dieting" for years and continue to lose 1/2-2 ounces a year in weight depending on what size bag we're talking about. Soon what used to be a 13-14 ounce bag will be filled with a snack sized portion (1-1 3/4 ounces).

    On another note. How did we get from a Half gallon of ice cream to 1.25-1.5 quarts? And we seem to be moving toward a half gallon becoming a quarter gallon with a more curvaceous container?

    cnh

    Well although I agree that we shouldn't have to pay the same price for less, 1. its all about marketing of course. As the price of potatoes, milk, etc. rises they don't want to just shoot up the price of the package so they shrink the contents and raise just a little to trick the typical idiot American; and 2. its not like most Americans couldn't stand to eat less chips and ice cream, so maybe they're doing us a favor and helping to lower health-care costs :eek:
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,068
    edited July 2014
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    2. its not like most Americans couldn't stand to eat less chips and ice cream, so maybe they're doing us a favor and helping to lower health-care costs :eek:

    Doubt that....if you think corporate America gives a rats arse about your health, your sadly mistaken. Now if we are talking about your wallet, corporate America is all ears.

    The shrinkage is product size is directly related to your dollar buying less. In order for it to look like your dollar is buying the same and for them not to raise prices, they have to shrink content. Phony marketing ? Manipulation ? Call it what you will, your dollar doesn't goes as far as it did just 5 years ago.

    That's been the trend for decades though, coupled with stagnant wages and less good paying jobs, how do you think that equation works out in the end for the majority of folks ?

    Trending off topic....back to your regular scheduled programing.

    Bizarre questions......

    Is it wrong to rub your junk all over Speakers in a showroom....when nobody's looking of course ?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,938
    edited July 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    ...
    Trending off topic....back to your regular scheduled programing.

    Bizarre questions......

    Is it wrong to rub your junk all over Speakers in a showroom....when nobody's looking of course ?

    No. This is only socially acceptable if there are witnesses. Cell phone camera video is de rigieur.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2014
    voltz wrote: »
    Why would someone do that to a can of beans?

    You didn't hear that accent from down south? They've obviously got a lot else to do.
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