Mark Thorson wrote:
> Some of you may remember my technique for buying
> Jeno's Pizza Rolls. I'd hold the box horizontally
> and gently rock it from side-to-side to measure
> the amount of free space inside. The more free
> space there is, the fewer pizza rolls.
>
> I haven't eaten those in a long time, in fact,
> they're no longer made. But I do eat lots of
> Trader Joe's Chicken Shu Mai, and I use the same
> technique on them.
>
> A confounding factor is the frozen shu mai are
> in a plastic bag inside the box, which restricts
> their movement. (Jeno's Pizza Rolls had no bag
> inside the box.) Nevertheless, the technique is
> useful.
>
> Today, I got a box that when I picked it up,
> I could hardly sense any movement inside, so
> right away I knew this one was a keeper, but
> I've had boxes like that before which only
> had 18 shu mai inside. Most boxes contain 17
> or 18. A few have 19, and a very few have 20.
> This one had 20! Only the second time I've
> found a box with 20 shu mai inside! It must
> be the harbinger of something good! I must be
> living right, and the gods are smiling on me!

Why don't you just weigh the damn boxes (like ... in the produce or bulkl
foods section)? The number of pieces is irrelevant.

Did they give you 5 nickels in change on the way out?

-sw