Dan Logcher wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:08:57 -0700, "Ken Blake"
wrote:


Steve Wertz wrote:


I haven't seen Mayonnaise in glass jars for quite a while.


Really? The (American) mayonnaise we have in the refrigerator right
now is in a glass jar.


I've been buying Hellman's and HEB brands (both "limonaise")
forever and they both come in plastic jars. So does all my
ketchup and some of the mustards I buy. I think only foodservice
ketchup comes in glass bottles anymore.

Only things I've seen in glass at foodservices are things like
hots. Dressings and such all seem to come in large plastic jugs.

Admittedly, I don't buy mayonnaise very often, but I can't remember
seeing American mayonnaise packaged any other way.

Check the shelves next time. I think glass may be more common for
the 16oz mayos, but not for the 32oz jars.

For Hellman's, the 16oz and 32oz at Market Baskets are plastic.


I'll have to check the nexttime I go to the store. I'll try to remember to
report back.


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Steve Wertz wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:23:07 -0500, Dan Logcher
wrote:


Haven't frequented a diner or cheap cafe for a while.. so I will take
your word for it.


Well, Hrmpf!

:-)

Either have I, really, as I hardly ever eat out. But they still
put ketchup bottles on the table at many places. Some not so
cheap.

I eat mostly Asian foods, sushi, Thai, Chinese.. no sign of ketchup or
mayo on the tables. Sriracha and hoisin, yes.. and always plastic bottles.

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Dan

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:00:43 -0600, Steve Wertz
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:52:14 -0500, Cape Cod Bob
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:09:50 -0600, Steve Wertz
Kewpie. Comes in those cheap rubber bottles. I can see why
people "don't trust" this mayo.

Why? Japanese packaging is far ahead of American products. We just
figured out that mayonnaise, mustard, and catsup are easier to use in
plastic than breakable, bulky glass.

You've never picked up a bottle of Kewpie, otherwise you'd know
what I'm referring to.

Since I have a bottle in my refrigerator, I do know what you are
referring to. And it's easy to get the last few bits out of that
bottle, never mind the saved shipping expenses.
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Steve Wertz wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:33:11 -0500, Cape Cod Bob
wrote:


On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:00:43 -0600, Steve Wertz
wrote:


You've never picked up a bottle of Kewpie, otherwise you'd know
what I'm referring to.

Since I have a bottle in my refrigerator, I do know what you are
referring to. And it's easy to get the last few bits out of that
bottle, never mind the saved shipping expenses.


And you don't think that bottle is a little strange, (not to
mention flimsy)? It feels like an underfilled silicone breast
implant.

I don't like to feel my mayonnaise through the bottle before I use
it.

Yeah, its a little strange compared to the thick plastic bottles, but
I don't worry about the contents of it. Just like the packets of mayo
I used to get from fast food..

--
Dan

this thread has gone on really long. Let me add my two cents from
Japanese friends:

1. In the 80s they'd get slightly offended that we'd talk about their
country westernizing when they said modernizing. The idea being that
the east wasn't modern. US business, up until the dotcom boom, looked
at Japanese business as ultramodern. Now it's passe.
2. Japan does not have the natural resources that the US has, hence
paper-walled houses instead of brick walls, which they were defensive
about
3. Their culture is wildly different from the US particularly their
interpretations of cute and macho vs ours- and just as kewpie freaks me
out, they were not cool with the Grizzly Adams look.

Food packaging has gone through many phases post-war and each one has
been considered modernized- frozen dinners with metal trays produced
huge amounts of garbage but were considered modern. In the late 1970s
Generic brands featured two-color limited packaging- cheap and
efficient- but were considered low-status and depressing- not modern.
Jucie boxes today are square, easily stored, but not recyclable- not a
product with legs to the future. So you know, mayonaise in a glass
container (I use so little, I started buying smaller containers) is
classy, it's extravagant, it makes me feel like a winner.

later,

Don