"Todd" > wrote in message
...
> On 02/21/2013 04:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Todd" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Came across a funny mislabel. I was looking at TJ's uncured
>>> bacon pieces for a project I am thinking of. It was
>>> a 12 oz or 1 lb package, I can't remember.
>>>
>>> What struck me as hysteria:
>>>
>>> Servicing size: 1 tablespoon
>>> Servings per container: 65 (Sixty five!)
>>>
>>> Chuckle, chuckle
>>>
>>> -T
>>
>> I guess I don't see what is funny there. And how is it a mislabel?
>
> Hi Julie,
>
> Yes, I am easily amused at times.
>
> 1) 16 tablespoons per cup. That would be 4 cups of bacon. That is
> a lot of bacon!
>
> 2) Have you ever laughed at the servings per container on various
> packages? One can of soup serves one person, but the label says
> four. I have seen some pretty ridiculous servings per container
> before, but SIXTY FIVE? That takes the cake!
>
> 3) Remember how much you paid to read this.
>
> :-)
>
> -T
>


Yeah, they usually pull that with high calorie items, a very small container
that says 1/4 of container 200 calories, servings 4, it always cracks me up.

Cheri