Let's all eat trafe for Chanukah!
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Dec. 2nd, 2007 | 10:53 am
A holiday scene:
The Place: Balducci's, today.
Personae: Me, shopping for low-carb food.
Action: I'm sort of staring at the meat display, lots of salamis and sausages, and then various hams. And the hams' price signs have all been tagged with festive PERFECT FOR CHANUKAH banners. Which I blinked at for a couple of secs, trying to decide if this was an example of truly monumental cluelessness or ... nah. It's just the Department of Monumental Cluelessness, Well-Meaning Division.



Photos taken at the Balducci's on 8th Ave at 14th Street, on Sunday, 12/2.
Update: As of Tuesday morning 12/4, the hams are now tagged with green "Perfect for the Holidays!" signs.
By Popular Demand: If you're tickled by the Ham for Chanukah pic, visit my store at cafepress.com, where you can get it on a mug, or on greeting cards (stock up now for next year!).
The Place: Balducci's, today.
Personae: Me, shopping for low-carb food.
Action: I'm sort of staring at the meat display, lots of salamis and sausages, and then various hams. And the hams' price signs have all been tagged with festive PERFECT FOR CHANUKAH banners. Which I blinked at for a couple of secs, trying to decide if this was an example of truly monumental cluelessness or ... nah. It's just the Department of Monumental Cluelessness, Well-Meaning Division.
Photos taken at the Balducci's on 8th Ave at 14th Street, on Sunday, 12/2.
Update: As of Tuesday morning 12/4, the hams are now tagged with green "Perfect for the Holidays!" signs.
By Popular Demand: If you're tickled by the Ham for Chanukah pic, visit my store at cafepress.com, where you can get it on a mug, or on greeting cards (stock up now for next year!).
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date: Dec. 2nd, 2007 03:57 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 2nd, 2007 06:37 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 2nd, 2007 08:19 pm (UTC)
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Let's all eat trafe for Chanukah!
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 02:17 am (UTC)
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Ham
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 01:21 pm (UTC)
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Re: Ham
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date: Dec. 4th, 2007 02:25 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 03:52 pm (UTC)
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balduccis
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 04:14 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 05:01 pm (UTC)
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Balducci
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 04:55 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 05:00 pm (UTC)
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Balducci's
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 05:36 pm (UTC)
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nancykayshapiro
date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 05:43 pm (UTC)
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I just think it's hilarious that a food shop in Manhattan would promote ham as a Chanukah product.
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 06:55 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 06:59 pm (UTC)
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Are you really surprised
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 07:34 pm (UTC)
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 07:39 pm (UTC)
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Chappy Cholidaze
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date: Dec. 3rd, 2007 07:50 pm (UTC)
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Balduccis should definitely be mortified. However, this is obviously an honest mistake. We don't exactly need to bring in the ACLU and the Anti-Defamation League here. The public embarrassment is punishment enough.
While I am a trafe-eating-Jew -- a connoisseur of ham I am not. That product looks awfully big to be called a "petite ham."
~ Ken
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