I promised my cousin Heidi that I would blog about this - apparently her hysterical laughter on the phone wasn't enough humiliation - so THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, HEIDI!
First, a little backstory...
Everyone in my little family, including myself, is allergic to milk.
We deal with this unusual phenomenon by drinking "milk" products made from soy, rice, or almonds most of the time.
Lately, many new products are coming out in the organic variety, and we like to try these whenever possible.
One of my husband's favorite treats is those little boxes of chocolate soy milk. So when I was shopping at Costco the other day and saw what I thought was a new product - little boxes of ORGANIC chocolate "soy" milk - I grabbed a box and stuck it in my cart without really looking at it.
The next morning as I was trying to find a place to store the box (since nothing purchased at Costco is small enough to fit in a standard-sized pantry), I noticed something odd: on the box it states, "Produced without the use of dangerous pesticides, added growth hormones, or antiboitics."
Sounds good, eh? After all, who wants that stuff in their milk??
But I started to wonder, "Strange... when did they start giving growth hormones and antibiotics to plants?"
Strange indeed!!
So I went back to look at the box and noticed a teeny, tiny, little "D" with the word "Dairy" in it, way up in the corner.
"Dairy? Soy isn't dairy... is it???"
It was at that point that I noticed all the little pictures of cows floating around on the box.
11.5 little cows, and 2 big cows, to be exact. One with the word "ORGANIC" in it, and the other with the exciting news about no growth hormones or antibiotics.
Sigh...
In my defense... I was shopping with a cranky toddler.
'Nuff said.
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