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I often complain about things in the kitchen. The toaster that doesn’t toast evenly, the dirty spoons my husband leaves on the counter and more often than not … the fact that we pay more for food each day but seem to get less.

I understand prices rise, and though I never like it… I expect it. What I don’t expect is to start cooking, reach for the 16 ounce can (box or bag of whatever) only to find it’s shrunken to 14. Two ounces short of what I need forcing me to downsize my recipe or worse yet, buy another full can (box or bag of whatever) and waste most of it.

Grrr.

The insanity needs to stop… because today I discovered it’s gone one step too far.

My husband likes the old fashioned Shake and Bake barbecue chicken so every once in a while I throw him a bone and make it.

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There I was with my foil wrapped pan, my chicken leg quarters and and a box of seasoning packets. I was primed and ready to shake.

Problem was… there was no shaker bag in the box. You know the ones – they were flimsy, never closed properly and weren’t big enough for whatever you needed to shake?

Nada.

Zip.

Nothing.

Even though the side of the box clearly states you should use it.

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This is egregious marketing.

If you no longer include the shaking apparatus? You should no longer be able to call yourself Shake and Bake.

That’s just false advertising.

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