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An interesting fact that you may not know about fruit cocktail

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Azndude51

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It is illegal to sell canned fruit as fruit cocktail unless it has a certain percentage of pears, pineapple, peach, grapes, and cherries. If it is missing any of them or has a disproportionate percentage, it is illegal to sell it as fruit cocktail. That is why the kind you see with extra cherries will not be called fruit cocktail.

PDF containing the US gov's fruit cocktail regulation.
 
Thats good to know. Now I finally have something to talk about at the next bridge party.


The staring at each other with nothing to talk about was getting uncomfortable.
 
is there regulation for pork and beans?

every can that i have ever opened in my life only has maybe 2 to 3 bits of "fat slice" of pork.
 
Originally posted by: Squisher
I'm posting right now from a federal prison. I've been doing time for shorting fruit cocktail of grapes.
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you beast! you should get the electric chair!
 
Sectors of pineapple: The length of the outside arc is not more than three-fourths inch but is more than three-eighths inch; the thickness is not more than one-half inch but is more than five-sixteenths inch; the length (measured along the radius from the inside arc to outside arc) is not more than 1-1/4 inches but is more than three-fourths inch.
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jeezuz christ...
 
It is nice that the government solved all major problems nearly 30 years ago and decided to work on fruit cocktail regulation that was sorely needed.
 
I want the bastards that charge 3X for a tiny little can of sliced olives to join the illegal fruit cocktail canners.
 
Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
is there regulation for pork and beans?

every can that i have ever opened in my life only has maybe 2 to 3 bits of "fat slice" of pork.
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That's the Queen Bean. All of the others are the little worker beans who serve her.
 
Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words
The 10 Commandments: 179 words
The Gettysburg Address: 286 words
The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

Don't make me restart the tip of the day now.
 
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: Evadman
Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words
The 10 Commandments: 179 words
The Gettysburg Address: 286 words
The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

Don't make me restart the tip of the day now.
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http://www.snopes.com/language/document/govmemo.htm
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What's funny about that is Snopes never tells us how many words are in laws/regulations pertaining to the growing, distribution and sale of cabbage.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: Evadman
Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words
The 10 Commandments: 179 words
The Gettysburg Address: 286 words
The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

Don't make me restart the tip of the day now.
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http://www.snopes.com/language/document/govmemo.htm
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What's funny about that is Snopes never tells us how many words are in laws/regulations pertaining to the growing, distribution and sale of cabbage.
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yeah, thats exactly what i was thinking.
 
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