And to think, I've always enjoyed it so much plain. I'd never have thought to make it fancy.
(By the way, if you don't understand why this is an odd name, please don't ask me to explain it. Ask Google. Or go ask Dolores. She was probably in the consumer focus group.)
Not that I'm promising anything, but you might consider having a package of that in the kitchen when I come to visit.
ReplyDeleteI saw the picture. I paused. I looked again...it still said the same thing. I choked back a laugh and read the post..........It's a for real product name. Somehow that makes it so much more surreal.
ReplyDeleteOMG... LUVLUVLUVLUV mojitos! If you come visit Providence, RI, I will be sure to drag you to 10 Prime Steak and Sushi. Their mojitos are worth every penny spent!
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Around our house, we call this kind of thing "food pornography."
ReplyDeleteI was walking around Whole Foods with a friend once and we saw a product called Bone Suckin' Sauce. And the companion product: Rib Rub.
ReplyDeleteI swear to god.
I had to sit down.
The secret perversions of the grocery store.
So of COURSE you bought some...
ReplyDeleteROTFLMAO!! You bought a case, right?
ReplyDeleteawesome! And ew--I guess it could use some sugar
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the term is used in the same way here as it is in the UK, but I have always found the idea of 'toss lotion' (a hair care product) quite amusing!
ReplyDeleteLet's do a survey--so far, how many of your readers have gotten that it's not about mojitos?
ReplyDeleteDear me, I do love Whole Foods. I wonder if they might have stuffed sausage?
*snicker*
ReplyDeleteHere in Texas, there is a bbq marinade called "Woody's". I was in Whole Foods with a friend and we were looking for the sauce and she turns to the guys at the meat counter and says, "Y'all got any Woody's?"
ReplyDeleteI had to shop somewhere else for a while.
I love it when you get all nasty.
ReplyDeleteAll jokes aside, what would anyone need this product for? How hard is it to wet a glass and dip it with sugar?
ReplyDeleteLiz's comment reminds me of the time I was in produce section of my local Safeway when a woman walked up to young man who worked there and said, loudly, "Do you have nuts?" The expression on the young man's face was priceless.
Who knew Whole Foods was so sexy? Maybe they'll start carrying the different colors of rimming sugar :) Or glow in the dark rimming sugar could be practical, ya know.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making my snort water through my nose. Next time no drinking while I read blogs.
When I was a bartender we used to have lots of rimming salt for margaritas. It was the chunky kind, which seemed like it might chafe. Sugar is definitely better.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until Franklin tries it out and reports back.
ReplyDelete::falls down in hysterics:: Oh...dear...goddess. And now I'm desperately trying to figure out how many friends I can share the joke with - who'll understand. Lovely way to start a Monday!
ReplyDeleteLove the note re Dolores and the focus group, too!
(Two. I think it's just two. Maybe three...)
(you know--- I thought I was just being sick when I thought the same thing when I saw this in my local grocery store.)
ReplyDeleteBe sure to share the pictures when you ---ahem -- taste test it..
Heh!
ReplyDeleteAHAHAHA! You know, I asked my teenager what something meant the other day and she said to me, "Just Google it, Mom." and then after a pause, added, "But maybe not Google Image, okay?"
ReplyDeleteSomewhere, some marketing exec is either having a really good laugh or has egg on his very sheltered face.
Oh goodness, I think I hurt myself.
ReplyDeleteYour posts never ever fail to entertain & educate.
ReplyDeleteI snorted hot tea when I saw that picture. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIck ! Yetch! Bleh !
ReplyDeleteFranklin, this is totally gross. Everyone knows you use salt for that.
Oh my lands. That company either has hilarious staff meetings -or none at all.
ReplyDeleteAH HAHAHAHHA. I have no words.
ReplyDeleteBut where does the sprig of mint go?
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I first learned that word's meaning from my mother. She and my dad had been the recipients of some safe sex literature around 1987, and it was an eye-opener for them.
ReplyDeletePresumably one could have hours of fun arranging the lime wedge just so.
ReplyDeleteI almost got kicked out of a South African grocery store for hysterical laughing when confronted with a snack product called "Salty Krax"...
ReplyDeletePatrice, you killed!
ReplyDeleteMercy. I guess I need to get to Whole Foods a bit more often..
:o
Time to walk the dog!
Well, you'd sort of have to have a product like that in a place called Whole Foods, no?
ReplyDeleteI can't stop snickering. Or hee-heeing. Too freakin' funny.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of our trip across the country this winter - went by 2 great establishments: "Kum and Go" and "The Butt Hut" which had a drive-through!
I howled with laughter before even reading the post! thanks for a good laugh.
ReplyDelete"I'd never have thought to make it fancy."
ReplyDelete*snort*
And for juno: I have had Bone Suckin' Sauce. Yum.... You gotta try it!
Sweet!
ReplyDeleteabout that happy place . . .
ReplyDeleteHeh heh. Some years ago Crate and Barrel was selling "citrus rimming sugar." We enjoyed giving it as a gift and learned a bit about our friends' characters by observing their initial reactions (double take? or placid, unquestioning acceptance?) to the gift.
ReplyDeletehehehe
ReplyDeletei'm quite sure you are sweet enough as is....
LMAO! That is too funny!
ReplyDeletegives a whole new meaning to the phrase "gimme some sugar"
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Last time this blog went (ahem) down there, you claimed it had been hijacked. I'm not complaining, mind you, I like it down here, just waiting for the other pant leg to drop...
ReplyDeleteAlmost like a test. . .
ReplyDeleteYour mind is:
a) Sweet and pure as natural sugar
b) Naughty AND Nice
c) dirty, dirty, dirty!!!!
(sigh) You know you're in trouble when you end up with (c) without even thinking about it.
I've always loved your blog Franklin. Now I think I love you and must marry you.
ReplyDeleteSmooches Robert
*gigglesnort!*
ReplyDeleteI was in Beaver Creek, Colorado this summer for a rafting trip, and we stopped to buy snacks at their local liquor store. Yep. Beaver Liquors.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, my husband and his pathologically straight friend just looked over my shoulder as I was laughing and both said, "I don't get it."
Eh, men.
Hahahahahahaha! Now I will probably snort the drink up my nose every time I'm going to drink a mojito!!! *ROFL*
ReplyDeleteI don't get it.
ReplyDeleteOften, that is.
The picture of the product is quite felching, I mean, fetching.
i saw a movie once where they used honey, rather than sugar. i believe the title was "bear hunt".
ReplyDeleteOf course, I had to pass this along to a friend known for his mojitos. I'm sure he'll never look at them the same way again. Or maybe, like many of us, he'll just realize a new use for the sugar.
ReplyDeleteOf course, nobody's mentioned the lotion sold as Crack Creme. You could box the two together and have quite the party favor.
ReplyDeleteI'll make sure I bring some on my visit home.
ReplyDeleteI find it completely hilarious that I, the Yank in the couple, completely got it, and my husband, Monsieur le Col Roulé Noir, had no freaking clue what that was.
ReplyDeleteClearly, I am the fancy one.
From an imaginary commercial:
ReplyDelete"Howzabout some rimming, Sugar?"
[voiceover] "Rimming Sugar. You'll thank us."
oh shit
ReplyDelete(snark snark snark snark snark)
excuse me
I MUST pass this on to a former bartender friend of mine....
anne marie in philly
Holy crack! I mean holy crap.
ReplyDeleteMy 5-yr-old daughter is asking me: mama, why are you laughing so hard? Can I see? Read it to me!
yikes. Rimming sugar. RIMMING SUGAR!!! Does nobody copy edit anymore??????
Not only have I shopped in the aformentioned Beaver Liquors, I can also proudly report that a nearby town has a fishing outfitter called... (wait for it)... Master Bait and Tackle.
ReplyDeleteYup.
Please don't do that; like an earlier commenter I now know the pain of a beverage going somewhere it has no right to be. You nearly cost me a new keyboard. I should know better than to drink and read your blog at the same time.
ReplyDeleteYep, my girlfriend ran over to me at Target yesterday with a similar package, laughing too hard to breathe. Apparently E. coli is suddenly all the rage!
ReplyDelete3 comments.
ReplyDelete1) roflmfao
2) seriously, y'all do know it's not the mojitos, right?
3) my verification word is unmash.
Almost lost it at the local Target this morning. Sitting boldly on the shelf - Candy Appletini Rimming Sugar, Scary Berry Cosmo Rimming Sugar and Mummy Mango Mojito Rimming Sugar. Oh, Mummy! I'm sure the folks around me thought I was nutz when I dragged out ye olde digital camera to grab a couple of photos. You're corrupting me, Franklin. Can I adopt you?
ReplyDeleteIn the same vein as the Master Bait and Tackle, we have a friend who plays chess. Serious chess. He's rated Expert. He likes to play against higher rated players-Masters. He especially likes to win against a Master rated player. Then he can claim he's a Master Beater.
ReplyDeleteFranklin, I love your blog. Today was a real snarkle.
Oy. It took me a long long time before it occurred to me that maybe it wasn't "mojito" I should be googling.
ReplyDeleteBack to my sheltered life.
I believe this is comment #69. It would take a far, far stronger woman than me to resist. I think it's the "dipper kit" part that really sells the product, but who wouldn't enjoy a sugar encrusted rim?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely did a double-take on that one.
ReplyDeleteI'll confess to Mar - I didn't get it until the second visit. I guess my mind doesn't go there before sunrise. But at night, after a glass of wine, I didn't even need to Google.
ReplyDeleteNaughty, naughty boy, Franklin!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Franklin. I am much wiser now, but hey, I have an excuse -- I am French-speaking and not quite attune to the subtleties of the English language. It's like the first time I heard my children talk about "rainbowing", a "cool activity" often practiced in high schools. Ah, how boring school was in my days...
ReplyDeleteGet in line, Robert.
ReplyDeleterecently while shopping in my local meijer store i found a british product called "spotted dick."
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ROFLOL! Oh my. Yes, I had to look twice, I'm a sheltered soul. Nana's usually are.
ReplyDelete(((hugs)))
>I've always enjoyed it so much plain.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I needed to know that.
Folks just don't know, do they?
ReplyDeleteOr, on the back end, some product developer put a reeeeeaaaaaalllllyyyy
funny private joke out there.
They GOTTA be sitting at home, laughing their asses off!
We developed a new product for use in dental labs. It was a wax solvent. We already sold a product called "WaxSol" so we needed a new name for the new (and better) formula. The boss thought about how it was to be used, that is, to remove wax, and named it "Wax Off" PR pieces were produced, ads were ready to be placed and then someone noticed. The name was changed.
ReplyDeleteI have missed you for this past week, and hope you are doing well. I love your blog, Franklin.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've used rimmers for my cosmos for a while and I always feel a bit dirty when I ask my friends, "Do you want the rimmer on it?"
ReplyDeleteThere are several wonderful rimmers available.
ReplyDeleteMojito, margerita, cosmo, Which shall i try tonight.