They've Ruined Tropicana Orange Juice (Again)

[JoeWras]

It does make sense for food and small items bought quickly in shops or online.

What confuses me is the trend over the last quarter century of obtaining the biggest house and vehicle possible. Seems to be the opposite. Perhaps that has to do with the fact that the "price doesn't matter, just the monthly payment." I think I answered my own question. Size does matter, but price matters more. A loan smooths out the price shock. Cheese is not bought with a loan.

 

[audreyh1]

It does make sense for food and small items bought quickly in shops or online.

What confuses me is the trend over the last quarter century of obtaining the biggest house and vehicle possible. Seems to be the opposite. Perhaps that has to do with the fact that the "price doesn't matter, just the monthly payment." I think I answered my own question. Size does matter, but price matters more. A loan smooths out the price shock. Cheese is not bought with a loan.

Yes, going for the biggest house, massive square feet, etc., has always seemed very odd to me.

The big vehicles - I always assumed that was kind of a safety issue. Drivers would rather mow someone down than be mowed down and the pay feel safer in a larger vehicle. Of course that creates a vicious cycle with vehicles getting bigger and bigger.

 

[Trailwalker]

I don’t drink much orange juice any more or any fruit juices for that matter. I eat the entire fruit.

The best OJ I ever had was in Spain where they had this Ferris-wheel type device. When a customer ordered an OJ, the worker would put about 4 oranges into a tube that fed into the Ferris-wheel. As the wheel rotated the oranges were cut in half, squeezed, and then the juice come out the spout and into a glass. The spent oranges were dropped into a catch box. Very good OJ.

When I was 16, I worked at a specialty grocery store in Milwaukee. It was my job to break down the fresh squeezed juice machine, clean it, and get it ready for the next day. The owner used Valencia oranges. That made the best orange juice that I ever tasted.

 

[Cerys]

Very true.

Years ago I told dear wife I was OFF of table salt. I was getting plenty in food already. She was skeptical but agreed to join me. After a week "suddenly" (and that's the right word) we both agreed that we did NOT miss the added salt. We don't even have a salt shaker any more.

You brought up a memory. My mother-in-law was told to lay off the salt shaker. She found it impossible. Where we live it’s very common for people to stick a teaspoon full or so of dried rice in the salt shaker to prevent the salt from clumping up in the humidity. Well her solution was to remove all the salt but leave the rice. Now she could pick up the salt shaker while she was cooking, shake it with wild abandon into the thing that she was making, and not put any salt in it. Solved her problem. She could still “salt” and not salt. I guess you’d call that Schrodinger’s salt.

Thanks for giving me that smile. I miss that woman! Best mother in law ever.

 

[strathglass]

Can you say "Concentrate"?

Actually, I stopped drinking OJ quite some time ago. Too expensive AND too high a glycemic index.

Shrinkflation is here to stay, unfortunately. Thanks for sharing.

DING DING DING!
(Yes, shrinkflation sucks, shame on Tropicana.)
But the real crime is people drinking this stuff - quite unhealthy!
I used to love OJ as a kid, drank it some as an adult (less and less over time), but of late getting into healthy eating and realized how bad this stuff is - never touch OJ now.

 

[slowsaver]

This is why I drink liquor. It would be illegal to change the size of a 5th or a handle!

 

[meleana]

Hannafords hadn’t had the big bottles of Tropicana with the handles for three weeks now. I always buy two of them. Now had to switch to Simply Orange.

 

[JoeWras]

Am I the only one who never really liked orange juice?

 

[CaptTom]

Am I the only one who never really liked orange juice?

Nope. It's never been high on my list, either.

 

[audreyh1]

Am I the only one who never really liked orange juice?

Nope. Processed orange juice is not very good. Fresh squeezed infinitely better.

Regardless I avoid juices in general because I don’t like drinking my calories, especially sugar.

 

[Samtex]

Very true.

Years ago I told dear wife I was OFF of table salt. I was getting plenty in food already. She was skeptical but agreed to join me. After a week "suddenly" (and that's the right word) we both agreed that we did NOT miss the added salt. We don't even have a salt shaker any more.

I did the same thing many years ago, stopped using salt out of the salt shaker thinking it would be helpful. I'm my case, the next time at my yearly health check up, my doctor said I was low on sodium. He said to start using more salt. I understand what you are saying that we get use to the taste of salt but in my case I went too far for my body

 

[Healthy Lifestyle]

Nope. Processed orange juice is not very good. Fresh squeezed infinitely better.

Regardless I avoid juices in general because I don’t like drinking my calories, especially sugar.

I am with you audrey. I dislike the taste of all processed juices. Plus who needs all that sugar?

 

[rembrandt]

I did the same thing many years ago, stopped using salt out of the salt shaker thinking it would be helpful. I'm my case, the next time at my yearly health check up, my doctor said I was low on sodium. He said to start using more salt. I understand what you are saying that we get use to the taste of salt but in my case I went too far for my body

 

[JoeWras]

I am with you audrey. I dislike the taste of all processed juices. Plus who needs all that sugar?

It is just more modern living short cuts. Modern processed juice is pretty new. Most of us grew up with concentrated orange juice, but we didn't walk around school with boxes attached to our mouths.

It wasn't but a hundred years ago that citrus was precious. People may have juiced their fruits, but then they'd find a way to have the rest, even if it was to kill the taste of their bootleg liquor.

 

[audreyh1]

I didn’t grow up drinking orange juice. Processed food like that was too expensive overseas. We had tons of fresh fruit to eat, including homegrown. So it’s not like we were deprived at all. We didn’t juice anything.

Of course in the States my relatives had it every morning from that frozen can of concentrate. Florida OJ has spent massive amounts of $$ convincing American consumers that their OJ is healthy and essential every day.

 

[MarieIG]

It is just more modern living short cuts. Modern processed juice is pretty new. Most of us grew up with concentrated orange juice, but we didn't walk around school with boxes attached to our mouths.

It wasn't but a hundred years ago that citrus was precious. People may have juiced their fruits, but then they'd find a way to have the rest, even if it was to kill the taste of their bootleg liquor.

I remember my grandmother telling me that one year she got an orange for her Christmas present.

 

[audreyh1]

I remember my grandmother telling me that one year she got an orange for her Christmas present.

Yes! My parents too. An orange in their Christmas stocking - a big treat!

 

[Texas Proud]

You know you can get fresh squeezed OJ... I know they sell it at Sam's as I see them bottling it... I also buy at HEB... my DW loves it... too much sugar for me though as I am diabetic... I get way too much sugar from all the sweets that I eat...

 

[Koolau]

This is why I drink liquor. It would be illegal to change the size of a 5th or a handle!

IIRC they DID go to the "liter" (metric) format at some point. That was quite a change.