"Stale" Cheetos

jmcquown

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Sep 3, 2022, 8:26:31 AM9/3/22

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I bought a bag of Cheetos Puffs yesterday. This isn't something I have
as a snack on a regular basis but I've always liked Cheetos.

They were "stale". No crunch to them at all! I can only guess they
were stored in a very humid warehouse. The Best By date on the bag is
29 November 2022.

I called the Questions/Comments toll-free number printed on the bag. I
told the person who took the call the Best By date and some other info
printed on the bag, answered a few questions. They're going to send me
some coupons for Frito-Lay products.

Meanwhile, rather than simply throw them out, I put some on a baking
sheet in a 250°F oven for about 10 minutes. Voila! They crisped back
up again. :)

Jill

Dave Smith

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Sep 3, 2022, 10:08:50 AM9/3/22

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It pays to complain. I once complained to a local company about a cherry
pit in a jar of jam. They sent a letter with an apology and included a
whole bunch of coupons for their products. Another complaint did not
work out as well. I had complained about a cream horn that had bluish
green fuzz that spotted inside after I had taken a bite. They sent a
nice letter and a package with a dozen butter tarts. The tarts had been
in transit for a while so they were less than fresh, but the worst part
was that the box had been bent and squashed so the tarts were in sad
shape.

Bruce

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Sep 3, 2022, 10:56:58 AM9/3/22

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I guess it all started when I was about 11 years old.

Although I had heard of it, I wasn't masturbating then, because I thought you had to
have started puberty before you could get an orgasm.

So I hadn't even tried it.

Ed Pawlowski

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Sep 3, 2022, 12:31:27 PM9/3/22

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On 9/3/2022 10:08 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2022-09-03 8:26 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> I bought a bag of Cheetos Puffs yesterday. This isn't something I
>> have as a snack on a regular basis but I've always liked Cheetos.
>>
>> They were "stale". No crunch to them at all! I can only guess they
>> were stored in a very humid warehouse. The Best By date on the bag is
>> 29 November 2022.
>>
>> I called the Questions/Comments toll-free number printed on the bag.
>> I told the person who took the call the Best By date and some other
>> info printed on the bag, answered a few questions. They're going to
>> send me some coupons for Frito-Lay products.
>>
>> Meanwhile, rather than simply throw them out, I put some on a baking
>> sheet in a 250°F oven for about 10 minutes. Voila! They crisped back
>> up again. :)
>>
>>
>
> It pays to complain.

Not always. I once complained to my wife about how dinner was cooked.
She told me to make myself a sandwich. This was before Google so I could
not look up some of the words she said at the time.

jmcquown

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Sep 3, 2022, 1:00:16 PM9/3/22

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LOL!

Jill

Sheldon Martin

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Sep 3, 2022, 1:31:07 PM9/3/22

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On Sat, 3 Sep 2022 Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>On 9/3/2022 Dave Smith wrote:

I'll bet you never complained again about your wife's dinner. My wife
is not a good cook but I never complain about her dinners. Women know
how to deal with such complaints, they close their sandwhich shop. LOL

jmcquown

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Sep 3, 2022, 2:08:59 PM9/3/22

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On 9/3/2022 10:08 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2022-09-03 8:26 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> I bought a bag of Cheetos Puffs yesterday. This isn't something I
>> have as a snack on a regular basis but I've always liked Cheetos.
>>
>> They were "stale". No crunch to them at all! I can only guess they
>> were stored in a very humid warehouse. The Best By date on the bag is
>> 29 November 2022.
>>
>> I called the Questions/Comments toll-free number printed on the bag.
>> I told the person who took the call the Best By date and some other
>> info printed on the bag, answered a few questions. They're going to
>> send me some coupons for Frito-Lay products.
>>
>> Meanwhile, rather than simply throw them out, I put some on a baking
>> sheet in a 250°F oven for about 10 minutes. Voila! They crisped back
>> up again. :)
>>
>>
>

> Another complaint did not
> work out as well. I had complained about a cream horn that had bluish
> green fuzz that spotted inside after I had taken a bite. They sent a
> nice letter and a package with a dozen butter tarts. The tarts had been
> in transit for a while so they were less than fresh, but the worst part
> was that the box had been bent and squashed so the tarts were in sad shape.
>

The difference there is they shipped you a replacement product which was
perishable and got squashed in transit. They won't be mailing me a bag
of Cheetos.

Jill

Dave Smith

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Sep 3, 2022, 2:46:11 PM9/3/22

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The coupons were a much better deal.

Bruce

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Sep 3, 2022, 3:30:40 PM9/3/22

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Bruce

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Sep 3, 2022, 3:31:08 PM9/3/22

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On Sat, 3 Sep 2022 13:00:02 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Oh sorry, you already LOLed.

Sqwertz

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Sep 3, 2022, 10:58:19 PM9/3/22

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On Sat, 3 Sep 2022 08:26:20 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> I bought a bag of Cheetos Puffs yesterday. This isn't something I have
> as a snack on a regular basis but I've always liked Cheetos.
>
> They were "stale". No crunch to them at all! I can only guess they
> were stored in a very humid warehouse. The Best By date on the bag is
> 29 November 2022.

Humidity generally doesn't affect unopened bagged snacks. The
package had a hole in it.

-sw

jmcquown

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Sep 4, 2022, 11:34:38 AM9/4/22

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No, it it didn't! The bag still "popped" when I opened it and released
the air inside. The product was soft and mushy. It was weird. I was
able to re-crisp them in the oven.

Jill