Kraft Dinner question

[jmowreader]

Must it be made by Kraft to be called Kraft Dinner?

[EvilAL]

1. Nope, I blew my

nose in some Kleenex the other day that was made by someone else.

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Actually, writers who don't get permission to use the trademarked name of "Kleenex"...

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... MUST use the generic term "tissue" or face potentially serious and costly litigation.
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[EvilAL]

14. I believe that, hmmm

maybe I should trademark the word 'tissue'. heheh

[Honeycombe8]

2. I've never heard of a Kraft dinner, period. I get Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine, etc. nt

[Suich]

3. You know Kraft Macaroni and Cheese? Those boxes?

For some reason Canadians call it Kraft Dinner.

Weird, huh?

[Honeycombe8]

4. Oh, is that what you mean? I've seen commercials on tv about mac & cheese Kraft.

I wonder why people buy those things. I mean, it's so simple to make mac and cheese. You cook some mac, and add some cheese. Sort of like why buy a cake in a box? It's the same thing to make it from scratch.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Yep - us Canucks be different alright

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And proud of it!!

CC

[Iggo]

7. I had no idea we called it that because Mom is Canadian.

Learn something new every day.

Thanks!

[Locut0s]

9. We do indeed :P

[jmowreader]

16. The name comes from World War II

During The Big One there was severe food rationing, most women worked outside the home and no one had any money. Kraft Dinner was seen as a good way to feed your family for little money.

[tonekat]

6. Trademark Patrol, Pull Over!

What's all this then? I see you're throwing around brand names without acknowledgement!

Remember campers, when using brand names such as "Kraft" and "Kleenex", it must be accompanied by the trademark symbol.

Here's some examples:

Wrong: Bob tells his kids he's making Kraft dinner for them while his wife's away.

Right: Bob goes into the kitchen and makes his kids a delicious Kraft ® Deluxe Mac & Cheese Dinner!

Wrong: Patty needs a Kleenex, so she reaches for an inferior store brand that rips on her first blow.

Right: Patty specifically reaches for a Kleenex ® Facial Tissue and has a satisfying blow.

Right then. Carry on.

[applegrove]

8. I was once looking for an apartment. We were viewing the place of some male university

students. They had cut off the façade of each box of KD they had and put it up on the wall. It was like wallpaper. LOL!

[Denninmi]

10. I always wanted to ask a Canadian this:

If you actually had a million dollars, would you still eat Kraft Dinners? Would you eat more? With really expensive Dijon ketchup?

Or, is talk of all that mere propaganda designed to mollify the weak, stupid Americans until you purchase an arsenal with the million dollars, ready the invasion forces, and strike?

[Quantess]

11. Krafty question, there.

I was going to knee jerk answer with NO! Thinking that every Kraft Dinner Question must be answered with NO!

[OriginalGeek]

13. I've said it before and I'll say it again

No matter what the Canadians call it, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is a side dish, not dinner. If you invite me over to your house and serve Kraft Dinner, I'ma be looking for some dinner dinner too.


I won't be rude and comment while there if there is no real dinner. I love Kraft Mac and Cheese and will happily eat it and compliment you on your fine taste. But on the drive home I will grumble about having side dishes for dinner. Probably stop at a Tim Hortons for breakfast for dinner.

[jmowreader]

15. All that is well and good, but it still dodges the original question, which is...

If a Canadian goes to Foodland, buys a box of Foodland-brand mac & cheese mix, and turns the contents of the box into mac & cheese to serve alongside hamburgers, when asked by her children what is for dinner will she say "we're having hamburgers and mac & cheese" or "we're having hamburgers and kraft dinner"?