Separated by 200 Miles and Roundedness
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gnomiI had cause to call the OU's consumer hotline this afternoon to ask a question regarding a home-brand whipped butter that used to have a hechsher and no longer does.
"Can you give me the name of the company, please," the guy on the other end of the phone said.
"/ʃɑz/," I said.
"Could you spell that, please?"
"S-H-A-W-S," I said.
"Ah," he said. "/ʃɒz/."
He was then able to give me an answer. Which is that the store, regardless of how you pronounce its vowel, sources its butter from various packing plants, some of which are hechshered and others of which are not, so one should be m'dakdek about checking for the hechsher.
"Can you give me the name of the company, please," the guy on the other end of the phone said.
"/ʃɑz/," I said.
"Could you spell that, please?"
"S-H-A-W-S," I said.
"Ah," he said. "/ʃɒz/."
He was then able to give me an answer. Which is that the store, regardless of how you pronounce its vowel, sources its butter from various packing plants, some of which are hechshered and others of which are not, so one should be m'dakdek about checking for the hechsher.
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:42 pm (UTC)