How about a line of food based on The Andy Griffith Show?

by Bob Sassone, Posted May 9th 2007 @ 2:40PM

The more I think about this idea, the more I like it: a line of food you can buy at the grocery store based on the food Aunt Bee used to make on The Andy Griffith Show.

Mayberry's Finest will include canned food like beef stew and mustard greens, and they''ll also have packaged cake/muffin mixes for buttermilk buscuits and lemon icebox muffins. The food is targeted to baby boomers (and younger people who really love the show, I assume) and each package will include pics of a certain character, script excerpts, and trivia.

Sounds like the ultimate comfort food for TV fans.

Filed Under: Television/Film, Stores & Shopping
Tags: andy griffith show, andy taylor, AndyGriffithShow, aunt bee, aunt bee's cooking, barney fife, beef stew, BeefStew, don knotts, DonKnotts, floyd the barber, helen crump, lemon icebox muffins, mayberry rfd, mayberry's finest, mustard greens, opie taylor, ron howard, stores-and-shopping

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5-09-2007 @9:18PM Mike said... I can understand the nostalgia. While I tend to notice food in TV shows or movies, Aunt Bee's cooking doesn't ring a bell for me.

Unfortunately, a line of prepared foods is about as far opposite what I'd expect Aunt Bee to serve at home. Their web site mostly shows canned goods now. Re-branded Dinty Moore stew or just another cake mix with folksy slogans sounds more like a sell-out than dishes fans have been dying to eat.

Me, I'm more likely to try Vitametavegamin. At least it's got alcohol.
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5-10-2007 @12:07PM Cira said... I personally love the idea. Being a Boomer myself, I purchased "The Mayberry Cookbook" approx. 10 years ago, for purely nostalgic reasons. I decided to try some of the recipes submitted by the cast members, and they were great(although I can still feel my arteries slamming shut even as I write!) Nevertheless, it's good, clean fun---if you stick to the credo of "all things in moderation"!
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