Again, today I step away from Second Life to look at food.
I’m not a picky eater. I’ll dig into Kraft Dinner as eagerly as a proper macaroni dish, and not complain that it tastes like petrochemicals. After all, Kraft Dinner has no pretentions of being more than it actually is: crappy dried pasta with fake cheese powder. But sometimes there’s a huge difference between what’s advertised and what’s actually in the package.
Take this example of Lilydale “Latitudes” pre-cooked chicken breast. I assume it’s aimed at busy professionals who enjoy a grilled chicken breast in a “chef prepared sauce”, but don’t have time to grill or saucify anything. Me, I’m just lazy, so I picked up a package of the “fajita” style chicken breast. The photo of a juicy, tender chicken breast with red and yellow peppers was irresistable to a lazy twit like me.
Well, I got my just desserts, and before the main course even. Inside the package was not a whole breast of chicken, but catfood-style chicken shreds in a homogenous goo. Was this package supposed to be in the petfood section? It looks horrible!
Obviously, this is an extreme case of false advertising. The package clearly says “whole chicken breast”, but it actually contains pulped and shredded… something. I guess it might have been chicken at some point, but then again, it might just be yak vomit.
Note to self: next time, just buy the chicken and grill it yourself. That or buy the same thing for a fraction of the price from Miss Mew.