On Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:43:53 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:22:10 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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> > "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 02:43:04 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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> >>> I have been asked to look for Farman's brand Homestyle Dill pickles. The
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> >>> large whole ones. I am thinking they are a discontinued item and that
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> >>> perhaps even the company is no longer operating. They appear to have two
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> >>> websites with two different contact numbers and they seem to have merged
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> >>> with other companies such as Nalley.
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> >> I don't understand why you're having a hard time with it. The first
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> >> hit in Google clearly says that they are manufactured by Bay Valley
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> >> Foods who co-pack their pickles for a bunch a regional name brands and
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> >> grocery store/generic brands.
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> >> In essence, there are probably at least 40 regional and store brands
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> >> that are made by the same company and most of them taste exactly the
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> >> same - Nalley Pickles being one of them.
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> >> http://www.bayvalleyfoods.com/produc...l/pickles.html
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> >> -sw
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> > Well, I hadn't seen that one. That is not the first hit that I got. I got
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> > these:
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> I'd be willing to bet that most everybody gets Bay Valley Foods as the
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> first hit if they enter "Farman's Pickles" into Google.
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> That is unless you have all sorts of browser hijackers installed, like
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> swagbucks.
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> > At any rate, the particular pickles I need are not listed. I did check
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> > Amazon Fresh and Costco as well. Although they do carry that brand (as do
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> > many stores), they do not carry the particular pickle I need.
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> I guess you missed the point of my post - that all those pickle brands
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> are the same product just with different labels.
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> I'm probably going to regret asking this, but why do you HAVE to find
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> that exact label on a pickle that you have never even tried?
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This is The Bovine. You are judging her as if she's a regular person.

Anyone who gets excited about a brand of shelf stable pickles...
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> -sw

--Bryan O|O