I recieved this comment on the "billboard" post. It represents a different opinion on Krust Buster. I think it only fair to let others read it and decide for themselves the facts of the matter.





Anonymous said...
Actually it is called a Krust Buster - not a crust waster. Waste is something thrown away. There is nothing on the website at Krustbuster.com that encourages people to throw anything away. Actually the website encourages the user of the product to use the crusts for croutons, stuffings and casseroles or spending some quality time with a child feeding the ducks. It even posts a recipe for bread croutons. Brown eyed girl praises you for sharing such interesting "facts." Facts are a childs stomach is much smaller than an adults. To force them to eat the same size sandwich as an adult would be slightly short of child abuse. Fact. 4 out of 10 children don't eat their crusts - regardless of the krustbuster that would make them the target of your critical blog. To Get perspective try reading your blog again and replace Krustbuster with "4 out of 10 children." The Krustbuster was invented to curb the appetite of this waste. The Krustbuster actually makes something useful out of a crust before kids get their mouth and germs on the sandwich. Facts are that the 4 out of 10 kids that don't eat their crusts do it because of a flaw in the sandwich, which flaw is it's greatest strength. Bread is not just something to eat, it becomes a utensil - a sort of plate. ( see Wikepedia reference below. ) For this reason the insides of the bread ie. peanut butter, jam, meats, tuna fish, tomatoes etc. do not usually extend out past the edge of the bread. This leaves the "utensil or plate" naked or without the added taste of the desired insides. Sandwiches are made to be held without the insides touching the hands -unless you dine at Carl's Junior. For this reason and because some adults sometimes expect a child to eat the same size bread they just ate and becasue a child's stomach is so much smaller - the child who is not necessarily wasteful but resourceful says " hey if i am going to fill up on a big sandwich - I am going to fill up on the best parts which to them happens to be the parts insides protected by the crust. Which by the way are the most expensive parts of the sandwich and the most expensive parts to grow and produce.To further stress this point join me at a restaurant with wife. She orders a oriental chicken salad. 3/4 is lettuce the rest are seasonings and chicken. She picks at it and leaves most of the lettuce but totally finishes the chicken and seasonings. She leaves the restaurant stuffed but leaves half of the lettuce. Hmm... could she be the target of your next blog. Applebee billboards might catch your eye next. The Krustbuster tackles this problem head on by creating a child friendly "toy" that encourages children to make their own sandwiches so they will get an early consciousness in food preparation. What better place to start than at a sandwich. My personal experience with the Krustbuster. Watching my 5 year old's face light up when he made his first pocket sandwich- that's priceless. Going to feed the ducks or watching him see his mom use it to make a casserole - priceless again. Voluntarily seeing him put his sandwich in the Krustbuster and using it as a protective device to keep his sandwich fresh and "unsmushed" until school lunch- even more priceless. I wonder how many other kids threw away their sandwich after it had been "smushed" by their apple or drink ? Knowing I am going to be spending less money on zip lock bags that will end up in a landfill. Hmmm... Now that is what I call "saving waste". Don't try to tell the worldwide web what waste is when you don't understand it. Nothing is waste until you throw it away.To brown eyed girl there is nothing "easier or quicker" about the Krustbuster sandwiches. They take more time and planning to prepare and as a child friendly device it encourages interaction between child and adult. It also encourages "eating in" instead of "eating out" and since we are reaching epidemic proportions of overweight children in the U.S., the Krustbuster might be the revolution we need to get kids in the kitchen and out of the restaurant booth. The krustbuster is anything but lazy and unselfish. un humane..hmmmm ?Sorry to blog in on what looks like a very tight family-friend website but seriously- cars that do more harm than good? You driving by the billboard three times a day making a living so you can afford to raise a family. That is more harm than good ?You have no leisure time but you can spend time blogging about a product you have neither researched, used or cared to look at except at 65 miles per hour. Looks like the blinds might be hanging a little heavy over your eyes.Reference:Wikipedia describes the early history of the sandwich in part, "During the Middle Ages, thick slabs of coarse and usually stale bread, called "trenchers", were used as plates. After a meal, the food-soaked trencher was fed to a dog, or to unfortunate beggars, or eaten by the diner. Trenchers were as much the harbingers of open-face sandwiches[3] as they were of disposable dishware."


I didn't know a simple opinion on a simple subject could cause such ill will toward me. I'm sorry for stepping on the shoes of the president of the company.