So the other day I was going to heat up some Uncle Ben’s 90-second rice (AKA “rice for people who don’t plan ahead”) to go with some frozen coconut shrimp from Trader Joe’s (AKA “dinner for people who don’t plan ahead”).
Uncle Ben’s Last-Minute-Pilaf-In-A-Bag
You may have seen some other posts here and elsewhere about possibly-tainted pet food products coming from other countries (notably China), so we try to keep an eye on where our own food comes from as well. Hmm, I wonder where Uncle Ben’s Rice-For-People-Who-Don’t-Plan-Ahead is made …
I’m No Geographer, But …
What’s this? It’s made in Cananda? Where on earth is that??? Let me scurry off and check my atlas … hmm … not there … it must be one of those new countries that splintered off from some other country. Let me check Google … hmm … Google can’t find a country named Cananda either! What is this? And where does “MARS Food” enter into the equation? Is this extraterrestial food being imported from outer space, like The Stuff? I’m not eating this!!! But I will sing about it (with apologies to the Canadian national anthem):
O Cananda?
This place does not exist!
Who did not proofread your label, Uncle Ben?You could spell-check or look it up
And see that it was wrongBut instead you
Just shipped it out and made me write this songI may be nitpicking but must say:
O Uncle Ben, your spelling is sloppy!O Uncle Ben, your spelling is sloppy!
If only this food were made in Canada … now, Canadian food, that I would trust …
The Oceanside Animals 
i once met a canandese fellow while i was over seas. it was years ago.
he was full of national pride, and in his thick and magical accent, he told me tails of his nations.
once every 25 years cananda wakes up and visitors to its remote and fabled locale are able to see its splendor.
they are a private people.
apparently they appear every 25 years with the single purpose of peddling their very safe and very convenient grains.
i haven’t thought of him in years until seeing your post just now. thank you for waking up this very precious memory….
i suddenly have a craving for their national dish: orchid and rice mash with boysenberry thyme dressing.
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My dear dada o’ Denni$,
May I point out two additional facts o’ interest?
Fact #1: The ‘premium rice grains’ were grown in the USuvA. Which leaves me wondering what, precisely, was made in Cananda. Perhaps Cananda is a second label for the USuvA. Or perhaps, the rice was grown in the USuvA, shipped to Cananda, wherever it is, to be put in a bag so it could be shipped back to the USuvA. Which is both probable and mind-bogglingly inefficient. Did your rice cost about $30?
Fact #2: Nothing ‘wild’ comes in a plastic bag with a little picture of a microwave on it.
Annoyingly superiorly yours,
B3
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Hmmm. Even Yahoo Travel Has Heard of Cananada.
http://travel.yahoo.com/trip-view-1180422-options_for_cananda_2008
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Cananda is where the goonooses wininter. Hononk! Hononk!
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I buy that all the time (because it is for people who like to cook easy stuff) and I never noticed it was from Cananda.
I just went and looked on my Cajun Style Uncle Ben’s rice and it had a “use by” date and numbers where your Cananda was. What’s worse, Made in Cananda or no info about where it is from? I’ll take Cananda.
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Haha..funny.
Going to ‘Cananda’ for a holiday this August. Maybe i should chnage my tickets 🙂
http://costech.wordpress.com/
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I hanven’t thne slighntest indea wheren Cananda isn.
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as a Canadian, I am used to the entire world knowing nothing about my country, but I thought at least they could spell it’s name! C eh N eh D eh… not that hard!
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It takes a village…Idiotic.
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brigadoon shmigadoon. it takes those turkeys 100 years to roll around. cananda is much better.
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