Comments on: What Am I Missing Here? http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298 Eating, Cooking and Figuring Out Food for Real People Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jan http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-534 Jan Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:58:24 +0000 http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298#comment-534 Admitted -- I hate shopping, except for food, which I love. Ikea is supposed to be all about utility and savings (done with taste). Why is most of the food extraneous stuff, especially useless in this day and age to people who are trying to make ends meet? These are the exact people in Ikea. So I don't get it. (But OK, the orange elderflower marmalade IS nice.) Admitted — I hate shopping, except for food, which I love. Ikea is supposed to be all about utility and savings (done with taste). Why is most of the food extraneous stuff, especially useless in this day and age to people who are trying to make ends meet? These are the exact people in Ikea. So I don’t get it. (But OK, the orange elderflower marmalade IS nice.)

]]> By: zoe p. http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-533 zoe p. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:29:36 +0000 http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298#comment-533 I'm annoyed by the housewares, too. In New Haven they seem to move quickly from the store to college dorm rooms and grad student apartments, to the curb, to the dump. I swear, the New Haven dump must be 75% Ikea these days. And you can find better, cheaper housewares at Goodwill. Or, if you really like the Ikea things, you can find them at Goodwill or on Craigslist too!! But would it be out of line to suggest that you were, perhaps, missing your sense of humor on that particular visit? I'm not a fan of the food or food products, but I can see the appeal. Kind of like a Korean bakery? Nostalgic and comforting for some, exotic and wacky for others . . . or a mix of the two . . . http://www.ctbites.com/home/2009/10/20/an-ikea-smorgasbordno-assembly-required.html I’m annoyed by the housewares, too. In New Haven they seem to move quickly from the store to college dorm rooms and grad student apartments, to the curb, to the dump. I swear, the New Haven dump must be 75% Ikea these days. And you can find better, cheaper housewares at Goodwill. Or, if you really like the Ikea things, you can find them at Goodwill or on Craigslist too!!

But would it be out of line to suggest that you were, perhaps, missing your sense of humor on that particular visit? I’m not a fan of the food or food products, but I can see the appeal. Kind of like a Korean bakery? Nostalgic and comforting for some, exotic and wacky for others . . . or a mix of the two . . .

http://www.ctbites.com/home/2009/10/20/an-ikea-smorgasbordno-assembly-required.html

]]> By: Sheri http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-510 Sheri Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:28:03 +0000 http://www.ctfoodblog.com/?p=298#comment-510 Oh, you are missing the Daim Cake (almond biscuit cake layered with bits of chocolate Health Bar-like candy) with coffee. And if you are really hooked on the cake you can bring home a Daim bag ;) for late-night nibbling. Oh, you are missing the Daim Cake (almond biscuit cake layered with bits of chocolate Health Bar-like candy) with coffee. And if you are really hooked on the cake you can bring home a Daim bag ;) for late-night nibbling.

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