"Farm-Picked" Broccoli…

[skippy66]

I just saw a Stouffer's Lean Cuisine commercial on TV where one of the selling points was that it was made with "farm-picked" broccoli. Is there another kind I don't know about?

Does Stouffer's really thing I'm that stupid?

[CanadaGirl]

Yes ;)

[beevod]

Free range broccoli raised irresponsibly is acceptable.

[Karl S]

I too prefer naughty free range broccoli for that extra frisson on the plate.

[iluvcookies]

Personally, I prefer my broccoli ocean-fresh, but farm-picked will do in a pinch.

[Karl S]

Just be very careful about free-range broccoli.

[debbiel]

I find the free-range broccoli tastes a bit too much of broccoli to suit me.

[smartie]

I prefer battery raised broccoli!! All those poor stems squashed together in a small cage.

[DGresh]

I noticed the same thing. I kind of wonder if the marketing person who wrote that copy felt kind of "dirty" after they did it! I mean they must have known it was just meaningless space-filling words!

[Karl S]

No, they more probably had an internal competition in the agency to come up with the best meaningless filler.

[DGresh]

unfortunately, I think you're right!

[AverageJo]

Reminds me of The Simpsons episode where Homer's watching TV and the commercial voiceover keeps purring about "rich creamery butter".

[babette feasts]

Yeah I thought that was odd too. Just say no to test tube broccoli? Seems like they are trying awfully hard to make broccoli sexy.

[smartie]

I don't like those marketing tools either
farm fresh eggs
Doorstep Fresh Milk (British Milk Marketing Board slogan)
cafes that announce 'freshly cut sandwiches' - were they made last week and freshly cut today?

[LindaWhit]

LOL! I'm laughing at the "freshly cut sandwiches" - that seriously WORKS for those cafes?

[cstr]

I saw a good one recently, a jar of honey with 'all natural' on the label. Where the heck do you think that honey came from anyway??

[LindaWhit]

Oh now THERE is where I think I'd call the company and ask if they had any fake stuff.

[mpjmph]

My favorite was a bag of candy corn I saw a few years ago that proudly proclaimed "made with real honey." The one time it's appropriate for a candy to boast about being made with real corn (syrup) and they focus on the honey...

[Tripeler]

Besides, where else would broccoli be picked?

[small h]

They don't think you're stupid, just susceptible to marketing. And hey, you noticed, right? And reminded us that Stouffer's Lean Cuisine exists? It worked!