So I'm on Creamette Pasta Company 's Sh!t List...

[LaraMN]

(aka "New World Pasta".)

The back-story: I lost my recipe for lasagna, so I went to their site in search of a good alternate one. What I found......was shocking. Their basic lasagna recipe called for FIVE CUPS of ricotta cheese! It's not a large batch, and I felt that five cups was an insane amount. I thought it must be a typo, so feeling amused, I e-mailed them....

Being the jovial gal I am, I pointed out the odd directions, and I jokingly asked if they were being covertly funded by the ricotta cheese industry.

THEY GOT MAD AT ME!!!:rofl:

I got a STINGING e-mail in which they sent me a RIDICULOUSLY long list of "other lasagna recipes that might be acceptable" to me.

Holy shit! Some people have no sense of humor. I e-mailed them back, clarifying that I had been "joking around with them," and I
never. heard. back.

LOSERS!
:rofl:

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Well, that settles it then. It's nothing but Barilla in this household!

:D

[LaraMN]

2. I appreciate your support.

:hug: :rofl:

[Redstone]

19. Just be advised that Barilla's advertising is misleading.

They go on and on about being "italy's favorite pasta," but the Barilla pasta you buy here is not made in Italy.

Go with DiCecco if you want the real Italian stuff.

Redstone

[DainBramaged]

24. HEY, can't we just ENJOY without the caveats?

fuck their advertising, the pasta is great, and even with just margarine or Olivio.

[Redstone]

30. No, you can't. You must be SERIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING!

And nothing can be good enough!

Redstone

[DainBramaged]

38. OK, now I'm SERIOUSLY depressed my pasta is FASCIST PHONY

and not even real Fascist. Boo hiss.:dilemma:

[Beware the Beast Man]

25. Um. I was making a joke.

[Redstone]

31. No jokes. We must be outraged about things, remember?

Redstone

[LaraMN]

32. that's right!

:hurts:

[Beware the Beast Man]

36. Yes. Let us not fried-chicken this thread.

:D

[DainBramaged]

39. OUTRAGE OUTRAGE OUTRAGE OUTRAGE

was that enough for today??


:woohoo:

I love this little guy

[Redstone]

43. Works for me.

Redstone

[DainBramaged]

23. Their new Vegetarian sauce is wonderful. Love their pasta.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

28. You got some fucking nerve pal.

Do you work for Barilla? Are you a fucking shill?

[Fenris]

29. HOW DARE YOU PIMP YOUR AMERICAN PASTA HERE?!?!

:grr:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. D'at's a spicey meat-a-ball!

[LoZoccolo]

3. Wow. I thought you had to know...

...how to deal with matters such as that politely when you work in customer relations.

[ET Awful]

4. Now that's alotta ricotta

:evilgrin:

[LaraMN]

5. So, it's not just me, then!

I also see that they changed the recipe to four cups.:eyes:

[Elidor]

44. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

They changed it to FOUR CUPS just to make you happy. I hope you're satisfied. Or should I tell them to make it three?

Actually, that's pretty amazing. They must be very thin-skinned over there.

[kick-ass-bob]

6. It must be TRUE!!!

:o

[RevCheesehead]

7. One summer many years ago,

my mom opened a package of Creamettes pasta shells (for the dreaded summer Tuna Salad). It was full of bugs. Mom was mad enough that she sat down and wrote a letter, detailing how she was so looking forward to sharing that Creamettes dining experience with her family, only to be disgusted with a box full of pasta and bugs.

We thought that was funny enough, but the company actually sent her a full case of pasta, in many varieties, along with a heartfelt letter of apology.

I see things have changed over there. :)

[LaraMN]

14. Oh Gross!!!

I'm sure the company's probably still decent- I just got a crazy lady on a bad day...or two...

[RevCheesehead]

15. Actually, I was kind of glad...

I hated tuna salad, and had a good excuse for that summer for not having to eat any of it. (I love tuna salad, but I HATE peas!)

Wonder if that phone call was monitored for quality assurance?

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Have fun. Print the stinging e-mail out and mail it to the CEO.

Accompany it with a nice letter explaining that you were surprised that your attempt at humor was met with such defensiveness.
Hey, there could be free noodles in your future if the company finds the customer service response wanting.

My guess is that their recipe was developed when they were owned by Borden, back when they needed to keep Elsie employed.}(

[LaraMN]

10. I'd have to be mad to do that. I think it's hilarious that I pissed off

some crazy, uptight, snobby lady. Although free noodles would be nice...

[nickgutierrez]

9. Oh jeez...

:rofl:

You're kidding, right?

[LaraMN]

11. 'Fraid not. Now I just want to keep e-mailing the lady to bug her.

I probably won't, though.

[fudge stripe cookays]

41. Ever heard of Ted L. Nancy?

If not, do a google search. You could have some SERIOUS fun with this woman.

One of the funniest times I spent with reprehensor was an antiquing weekend in East Texas, where our B & B had a copy of "Letters From a Nut" and the sequel in their bookshelf.

In the evening, we sat and read the letters to each other until we had tears running down our faces. He's THAT funny.

fsc

[Blue-Jay]

12. You should put her on your email list.

Everytime you get a stupid "FW:FW:FW OMG! Must read! Funny joke!" email from someone who thinks they're your friend (they couldn't be a real friend or else they wouldn't send you those dumb shitty unfunny emails, am I right?), forward it to her. Start acting like she's your best friend. Invite her over for Thanksgiving at Gramma's house. Send her a Christmas card. Ask if she wants to be your roommate.

[LaraMN]

13. That's great! My SIL sends me horrible fw's.

I'd have a plethora of material.

[Kellanved]

16. Technically Ricotta isn't cheese

Usually cheese refers to products made from curd created due to coagulated casein.

Ricotta uses another, high-temperature coagulation. Its curd doesn't contain casein at all, as the casein is already part of some other cheese made before the ricotta.

</smartass>

[LaraMN]

21. Ok, interesting, however, there doesn't need to be five cups of ANYTHING

ecept maybe sauce, in a modest sized pan of lasagna! Now I'm going to re-read your post and absorb your fun fact so I can pass it on.

[no name no slogan]

17. You didn't know about the Ricotta-Creamette-Industrial complex?

Eisenhower warned us about it in his farewell speach, IIRC

[SoCalDem]

18. Yikes.. I think my recipe has MORE than that

Please don;t write me an angry e-mail :scared:

[billyskank]

20. Lasagne is FUCKING SERIOUS business! ;)

You mess with these fuckers at your peril!

:rofl:

[LaraMN]

22. Oh for Gouda-ness sake!

I think I can take 'em. How fast can they move being full of that much cheese!?

[KitchenWitch]

26. "No soup for you!"

[bertha katzenengel]

27. Use Barilla.

Losers.

on edit: what losers they are, over there at Creamettes. At least the person who answered your email.

[LostinVA]

34. I personally think ricotta in lasagna is sacriledge....

[bicentennial_baby]

35. why?

[alphafemale]

40. I'm with you. Way too bland.

[hippywife]

51. Not mine...

When I make lasagna, I mix parm cheese, salt, pepper, garlic and an egg into the ricotta. I don't use 5 cups, tho...just two but it really could use a little more. I'm just too cheap to buy another carton. I wish they would start packaging things in the portions you need them in!

[swag]

37. I wonder if you could figure out a way to similarly piss off Cremora.

http://www.cremora.com/recipes.html

Good heavens, they have recipes.

To get shitlisted by both Creamette and Cremora in the same month - that is a calling.



on edit: "5 cups reconstituted Cremora® Non-Dairy Creamer* "

That seem like a fuckload of Cremora for Broccoli Cheese Soup to me. Does it to you?

[FuzzySlippers]

42. Oh shit! I looked at those recipes.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[swag]

46. Well, then. You've got Thanksgiving dicked!

Redstone

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

49. Wow!

Redstone

[OzarkDem]

47. You don't like Cremora Chicken A La King?

complete with imitation chicken bouillon powder and chopped pimentos?

:o

[swag]

48. Mmm. Mock apple pie dessert!

Redstone

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

50. Mock-Turtle soup

Redstone

[baldguy]

45. Havn't you ever heard of the Ricotta Mafia?

[hippywife]

52. Maybe

that recipe was brought to the New World by Grandma Creametta from the Old Country. ;)