Posted on 03/07/2013 11:15:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
This has all the makings of a tempest in a Nutella jar, which may not be as appealing as a Nutella milkshake, Nutella fudge or Nutella-stuffed French toast. Or stolen Nutella, which, apparently, has mouthwatering appeal at Columbia University.
Last month one of Columbia’s undergraduate dining halls began serving Nutella every day, not just in crepes on weekends. For the uninitiated, Nutella is a creamier-than-peanut-butter, chocolate hazelnut spread from Italy that a college student might eat a whole jar of in a single sitting when the pressure is on.
The problem was that the Columbia students went through jars and jars of Nutella — at least 100 pounds a day, according to a freshman member of the Columbia College Student Council who had urged the university’s Dining Services operation to provide it in the first place. Apparently they were not just eating it in the dining hall. They were spiriting it away in soup containers and other receptacles, to be eaten later.
For Dining Services, the unexpected demand was an unexpected expense. And before you could say chocolate-covered Nutella marshmallow cookies, the council member, Peter Bailinson, heard from Vicki Dunn, the executive director of Dining Services. The subject was how much Nutella students were taking back to their dorms, or wherever they were taking it, and how much all that Nutella was costing.
“People take silverware, cups and plates, and that adds up over the course of a year to a lot of money,” he said. “With Nutella, it added up much more quickly. Where Dining might have to spend $50,000 to replace silverware and cups, they were spending thousands of dollars on Nutella in one week.”
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Diabetes in a jar.
Couldn't handle c-rations without hot sauce. Or powdered eggs.
My wife and daughter tried the JIF version and were definitely “thumbs down” on it.
I think that stuff’s already available over here...under the name “Cosmoline”. :-)
I am just waiting for the food police to take it away from him.
Mmmmmm..... diabetes.
“try Nutella on Vanilla Wafers Oh my....”
Oh... wow. Hadn’t thought of that!
salty pretzels, ginger snaps, fingers, etc.
I am in my 70’s and I walk 20 miles on the golf course every week! I require no ongoing medications, my blood sugar and blood pressure are the same as when I was in my 30’s. And best of all, I can wear the suit I wore in my wedding 35 years ago! So I watch sugar and sodium in everything I buy. If that makes me a hectoring nanny, I will laugh all the way to the bank with it! I have literally no medical expenses! My health insurance company must be ecstatic having me as a customer!
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