At the blog California Eating, Amy captured a strange sign at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market. The vendor is advertising "cootie-free hot dogs" (and Buffalo Tacos, which sound great!). This probably means one of two things. Either the vendor is really going for that 6-10 age bracket, possibly because of their heavy economic clout, or "cootie-free" means something along the lines of organic, or hormone-free. I'm inclined to think that they belong in the later category, because $5 per dog seems a little steep for a 6 year old. Does cootie-free marketing sell more? It doesn't have the cache cachet of saying "organic," but it does have a certain appeal to it....
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7-26-2006 @ 2:41PM
Scott Caplan said...
I think you meant, "doesn't have the catch of..."
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7-26-2006 @ 4:48PM
Paul said...
This would be Prather Ranch, I think. Yes, I believe it means no hormones or pesticides, but as many readers will know, that doesn't necessarily make the meat organic. The "organic" label for meat requires a certain level and length of time of purity of the land and feed. Many ranchers, including those who use forest service or other government parkland for grazing cannot atain this for that meat based on lack of control around spraying. As a result, the meat might actually have the same controls as organic but no label. So... "cootie free" fills the gap.
Just try their dogs, though. They're great.
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7-27-2006 @ 4:13AM
Wenhaston Blackheath said...
Scott-
I think she actually meant 'cachet'.
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7-27-2006 @ 8:07AM
Nicole Weston said...
I did mean cachet. It was just a typo, but is now corrected.
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7-27-2006 @ 7:17PM
SleighBoy said...
Buffalo Tacos, made when no ground beef was available, delicious.
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