Necrotic Obsession

1. The original recipe was way better.
2. I never wanted you to change the goddamn recipe in the first place.
3. You probably only "improved" the recipe to remove the trans fats, which are the new evil thing that we're not supposed to be eating.
4. Trans fats taste good, damn it, and if I want to eat 'em, I should have the choice.
5. Stop ruining the food products I like, you bastards.
6. Stop discontinuing my favourite things too; it's not cool.


Tonight I had a frozen entrée that was one of my favourite frozen entrees, and I saw the dreaded "New Improved Recipe" phrase stamped on the box, a phrase I've been seeing on a LOT of foodstuffs I like as of late. And just like every other "improved recipe" I've eaten lately, it's just the opposite.

If this weren't happening so frequently, I'd think it was merely a matter of other consumers not liking the food I do (which is probably why so many of my fave things get discontinued altogether), but I'm seeing it everywhere, in entire brand lines. I think it's because a pile of food companies are eliminating trans fats from their food, because we've all been repeatedly told how bad trans fats are, and they are considering banning trans fat altogether.

I am getting really tired of hearing about the latest "bad foods/ingredients" and the latest "superfoods". There's always some new freaking food fad coming down the line and it's getting ridiculous. Some information about all these new and wonderful discoveries is fine, but stop taking away my ability to choose what I eat.

And stop trying to tell me it's an "improved recipe". It's not. It tastes like crap.
Bastards.

The new improved recipe for Hungry Man dinners' barbecue sauce tastes like cigarettes. Never eat it again.

Man..
Has anyone ever eaten anything claiming to have a new improved recipe where it was actually an improvement?

I think from now on, I am going to call the companies to complain about each and every new and improved recipe that's actually a "tastes worse" recipe.

Although, I guess the best I'll get from that are coupons for free crappy tasting "improved recipe!" products from their company.
Like when I've had nasty experiences with something, and I call to complain and they give me coupons for a replacement.

Oh yes, after finding maggots in your hot chocolate mix, I most definitely want to buy more of it!
The bit of glass in the canned tomatoes were quite scary, but I look forward to taking another chance!
Finding feathers still attached to my take out chicken from your restaurant (after I'd eaten a bit of it!!) made me retch, but I can't wait to indulge in your gourmet offerings once again!

But my past food horror stories aside, I'm still pissed off about these people ruining the taste of my food with their supposed improvements. I don't want a coupon for another, I didn't like it the first time.
They should make me an original recipe version and send it via courier.
Or give me my money back. Money is good too.
Then again, they'll probably send me new and improved money that's worth less than my original money.

I once found a nail in my nachos at this taco bell, and they told me to bring the offender in a plastic zip bag to "prove" it and offered me a free meal. I was like, uhm,

FUCK YOU BUDDY. Havent been back since. Well not that location.

^5 Mae, I like fat with my meals.

Lol ever watched the movie Waiting?

yeah that was disturbing.
Never piss off the people who prepare your food.
They may add pubic garnish to it...

*shudders*

i make new and improved food all the time..

and its always good..

Complaining about your food at a restaurant or take out/delivery place can be scary, and it's rare I would, because at that point I would expect them to do something nasty to my food on purpose.

I don't worry as much about calling a food product company, since the person you speak to is not going to be near the food products. They probably aren't even in the same city.

Speaking of bizarre consequences, when I was 7 months pregnant, (so close to 13 years ago), I was craving a donair like crazy, and it had to be a donair with pickles. I looked through piles of delivery menus, trying to find one that specifically said it came with pickles, and was decently priced.
I order one, get it, it costs more than advertised, which annoyed me but I paid the extra anyway, then the delivery guy leaves and I sit down to eat.
NO PICKLES.

Since I was rather pregnant, and we all know you don't rob pregnant women of their pickles, I decided to call the place. I call, and tell the guy that his menu said there were pickles and that it cost less than I was charged. He tells me it's an outdated menu. Well, I just had it shoved under my door 2 months prior. I tell him I specifically ordered from them because I wanted the pickles and some other places didn't include them. He starts getting pissy with me, then finally decides he's going to send the delivery guy back to take back my food and give me back my money.

Now I am without my food, and I call my boyfriend at the time at the time was over at his parents place and tell him about it. He was the type to react, hmm, "strongly" to about any situation, so he tells me he's going to call them.
Then he calls me back and says the guy started yelling and swearing at him on the phone and was saying he was going to send the delivery guy over to beat me up.
Beat up a pregnant woman over pickles? WHAT?

He comes back home and calls them from our place, and he holds the phone away from his ear, while the guy and apparently his wife too (who also sounded like a guy) yell, swear and call us names in English and Lebanese. The whole thing was outrageous, but I have to admit, that's the first time I've heard someone yell "You cock! You pimp!" as an insult. And of course I've never been physically threatened over pickles before.

Needless to say, I haven't ordered from them since. I still get their menu flyers under my door on a regular basics, and yes, they still advertise pickles in their donairs.

on occasion 'new improved recipe' can also mean they took out a few ingredients to make it cheaper
my bf works at a pizza shop and the owners have slowly been removing ingredients from some of their recipes ex. no more milk in the pizza dough, less spices in the pizza sauce... and upping the price while they are at it

Ah, of course, there's that too! It seems to be easier to notice that when it's a fresher food product, but now that I think about it...
The frozen entrée was penne with pesto chicken, and one of the ingredients was pine nuts, and I don't think they are in there anymore. That could have been part of the fat level reduction, but pine nuts aren't the cheapest thing either, so they could've taken them out to reduce costs.

It's still a crock to tell us it's an improved recipe though, but I guess stamping "New Cheaper Recipe!" on the package isn't a great marketing move.

Edit- My favourite brand of canned baby clams changed too, and I called them about it, since I'd been buying that brand for years because it was the best, and they told me they'd switched to using a different type of clam. A less expensive type.

its the suck!
When i first moved to st. john's (almost 9 yes ago) my cousins and I would get pizza almost once a week and it was always at this particular pizza shop ... its not the same anymore!
I guess we maybe seeing alot of this as I was just reading an article a few days ago about how much food prices have jumped in the last yr.