grocery surprise

[cellio]

Recently I was surprised to find edamame for sale in a local grocery store. Score! This seems like a food that would be easy to take to work for lunch.

Tonight I opened a bag to find that it contained sub-bags. Boo for the packaging waste! But still, edamame... yum.

Then I pulled one out and saw the packaging. I don't know whether to be amused or disturbed. I do know that it is likely to affect just how I take this to work. :-)

Comments

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the latest thing they are pushing at kids.

It doesn't work too well, either.

[cellio]

On the kids, you mean?

I had to use a knife to get the pouch open, too. I guess kids use teeth.

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

I tried this trick on mine with Dora the Explorer.

Not happening. Daddy shouldn't play tricks like that. :P

[dsrtao]

Kids should learn to use knives, then. I hate bits of plastic in my teeth.

[cellio]

At home, definitely. Putting a knife into the lunch pail for school, probably not -- might well get the kid expelled.

[hlinspjalda.livejournal.com]

Sparky adored edamame from a very young age. But, being our child, she probably would have criticized both the packaging waste and the advertising angle had she been faced with this.

[cellio]

I would expect no less of her. :-)

[devreux.livejournal.com]

All I really have to say is: ROFLOL! :-D

[cellio]

Yeah, I'm going to have to either transfer the contents to another bag for work, or take this in and tack it up somewhere for public comment. :-)

[steven.livejournal.com]

On one hand, I'm all for pushing more nutritious snacking for children, but on the other hand, it seems to me that most children would be excited by the packaging and then horrified by the contents.

[cellio]

That would be my guess. Plus, I've never actually eaten them right out of the bag like that; I eat them lightly steamed. I wonder how much of a difference that makes in taste. Will investigate.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Well that's freaky.

[cellio]

Possibly clever, though -- the outer bag advertises "organic" and "nutritious" and "easy", for the shopper/parent, while the inner bag is kid-facing.

But yeah, still freaky. I was expecting just a bag of edamame, no frills...

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Edamame are very good - Anna has liked them since she was weaning.

[(Anonymous)]

I had several kids in my preschool class who were exposed to edamame as a common food and both brought it and ate it in lunches. I think the early and frequent exposure is key.