Trump administration deregulates frozen cherry pie

National Post ^ | Dec. 18, 2020 | Emily Heil - WAPO

[rickmichaels]

YUM!!!

[exnavy]

Heading to kitchen for snack.

[lee martell]

A big slice of Freedom Pie sounds nice, but I’m guessing the regulations were in place to prevent someone selling a
10 inch “Cherry Pie” which contained only 5 whole cherries.
Most of the contents being nothing more than cherry flavored gel.

[NewJerseyJoe]

this better not be the storm we were told to expect 😠

[who_would_fardels_bear]

It's one thing when the FDA has a regulation that protects the average citizen from something they are unable to verify themselves, e.g. that a product contains a small amount of something that is known to be carcinogenic.

However, if the regulation prevents something that the average citizen can confirm for himself, then it needs to go. If I get a cherry pie from a company that is mostly crust and sugar with very few cherries, then I will not buy from them in future, and may very well return the pie I just bought for a refund.

The government can't hope to protect us from every underhanded action by greedy corporations.

[Yo-Yo]

If I get a cherry pie from a company that is mostly crust and sugar with very few cherries, then I will not buy from them in future, and may very well return the pie I just bought for a refund.

I don't think that McDonalds accepts returns in their Drive-Thru windows.

[Michael.SF.]

Give me some, some Cherry, Cherry Pie --- Marvin and Johnny

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I bought one of those once.

I didn't need the FDA to tell me it wasn't sufficiently "cherry pie".

[Yo-Yo]

In college, we would buy them, cut them open, and count the number of cherries inside.

I think the average was around four.

[mac_truck]

Warrant approves...

[Yo-Yo]

Warrant - (She's my) Cherry Pie

[Viking2002]

Warm apple pie. With a side of French vanilla ice cream.

[Blurb2350]

As a kid, I loved those Hostess "fruit" pies; the chocolate was my favorite. Just for fun I bought one recently. It was nasty . . . mostly a sickly-sweet high-fructose corn syrup goo.

[House Atreides]

You just HAD to post that picture, didn’t you. Now I’m going to have to make an unplanned trip to the store. ;-)

[Fiji Hill]

Cherry Pie --- Marvin and Johnny

Like little Jack Horner sitting in a corner
Eating his cherry pie.
Only I didn't put in a thumb and pull out a plum,
So I guess I'm not as great as he was, no, no.

[Cold Heart]

I have heard of unsatisfied McDonalds customers crawling through the drive thru window to beat up employees. Is that considered a return?

[rdcbn1]

I like pie

[Fiji Hill]

As a kid, I loved those Hostess "fruit" pies; the chocolate was my favorite. Just for fun I bought one recently. It was nasty . . . mostly a sickly-sweet high-fructose corn syrup goo.

The same is true with me. I also liked Synthetic Processed Artificial Meat (Spam), but I wouldn't eat either today.

[gundog]

Truly disgusting. There are off-brands that still taste like fruit, though.

[exnavy]

That’s the ticket, add a dollop of whip creme, I am game!!