The Awesomeness of Penzeys

[pamela]

Check out this Facebook post from Penzey's Spices...

https://www.facebook.com/Penzeys/posts/10156227895772834:0

Our Sunny Paris offer is part of our celebration of the 75th anniversary of Casablanca. It may well be the best love story ever, but it's also a roadmap for fighting the totalitarianism now taking hold of the Republican Party in America today. In love there is hope, and hope is the only force capable of beating the despair that allows fascism to take hold.

I get emails, lots of them. Some people have a hard time getting their heads around what standing up for humanity has to do with being a Spice business. And I get that this answer won't make sense to everyone, but what standing up for humanity has to do with being a Spice business is pretty much everything. Cooking is where we learned our humanity. Through cooking we came to understand that strength was not driving others away, strength comes from welcoming others in. Up until a year ago that's how America worked, too.

The good thing about Nationalists, Fascists, Nazis and their like is that they are never in the majority. The bad thing is that they are pretty good at demoralizing the majority to the point where they can seize control. What hope means in times of despair is also everything. The origins of our Embrace Hope pin go back to well before the time that publicly supporting the equality promised to all by the US Constitution was seen as supporting one party and attacking the other. Originally this was to be a plaque we placed above the doors to our stores.

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And please be ready for a time when we will have to Embrace Hope more than ever. The coordinated Republican attack we are seeing right now against the first amendment’s guarantee of a free press and against America’s dedicated law enforcement agencies is a clear indication that there is a lot more about to be revealed than simply vague meetings with Russians that went nowhere, and states’ voting databases being hacked for no reason.

The desperation of these attacks on the press and law enforcement are the signs of a party in great fear of the public learning the true extent of its actions. They are labeling the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s support of the Republican Party as un-American. This is a party fighting for its life. Good chance there will be times where many find themselves in despair ahead. You’re a Cook, Embrace Hope instead.

Thanks for reading,

Bill

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[FSogol]

1. K&R. n/t

[nolabear]

2. They are fantastic. Theres a storefront near me. Fabulous spices!

I was even shopping for a spice rack online recently and the description included “Perfect for Penzey’s Bottles.”

[MontanaMama]

3. Haven't bought from Penzey's

in quite some time. Time to get back on board with them again if only to support a forward thinking company. Thanks so much for posting this!!!

[AJT]

4. It's a great Wisconsin company. I buy all my herbs and spiced from their store down the street.

Thanks Bill!

[Greybnk48]

5. My nephew works for them in Milwaukee.

According to him, the owner is awesome and so is the company. He's told us this for years. Super high quality products! We buy all of our spices there and many Christmas gift boxes too, to support an excellent employer and a loyal Democrat.

[EarnestPutz]

6. Just compared the Penzeys website to Penderys in Texas....

....who I've been buying spices from for years. Don't
know about their politics or what kind of employer they
might be. Very old company, excellent products, especially
the chili powders. Prices seem to quite a bit lower than
Penzeys. Any thoughts?

[BumRushDaShow]

9. When you order from Penzey's

not only do they offer free jars of certain products with a low minimum order (recently something like $5) or as a promotion if you bring a coupon into the store, but they always throw in some other freebee jar of something in the box.

They have a lot of spices that are often hard to find at other spice stores (although as Amazon has expanded, they also offer many of these).

[pamela]

10. I don't know much about Pendery's

I looked at their Facebook page and there wasn't anything political in their feed but their "likes" had a few right-wing pages added and nothing even remotely progressive. Could just reflect the tastes of their social media person though.

[HAB911]

7. +++++++++++

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Bill Penzey has literally been pounding hard

since before the election and all through this past year (not just on social media but in his customer emails). He has NOT let up one bit nor held his tongue when pushing back against the loon bigots and their hate. I have multiple shelves filled with his spices.

[pamela]

11. The comments on his posts always give me hope.

Easily 99% of the comments are very supportive of his message. That's refreshing.

[displacedtexan]

12. Their Vietnamese cinnamon is incredible.

Every time I use it in baking, people go absolutely crazy. They sell several different kinds, but the Vietnamese is absolutely outstanding.

Good to know they're sharing their values, despite possible backlash from dumbass deplorables.