Re: "Half-gallon"

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:34:52 -0500, QueBarbara
<que.barbara.lanc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:13:52 GMT, Bill Kinkaid <davelister@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>wrote:
>>On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:32:40 -0600, Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>	
>>>>Remember when you could buy a half-gallon of ice cream? Then they
>>>>changed it to 1.75 qt. Most people probably never noticed it. I
>>>>bought a few packages of Bryers last week, on sale 2/$6. Oh, BTW,
>>>>now they're 1.5 qt. The container is now tapered, so you don't
>>>>quite notice it.
>>>
>>>Up here, we started with two Imperial quarts.  Then we had two litres.
>>>Now we get two American quarts (1.8 litres or some such).  Since we
>>>started at 2.5 US quarts, we're only now arriving where you ended up.
>>>
>>>Consider it a diet product.  You're getting 25% less calories per
>>>package.
>>
>>And WTF means "double churned", and why is it nearly twice the price
>>of the regular Breyer's stuff? It certainly doesn't taste twice the
>>price.
>>
>I'm cynical, but "double churned" sounds like a way for them to add
>twice the amount of air to the product

Twice the air for twice the price. Ain't capitalism grand?

-- 
Bill in Vancouver