Pillsbury may be evil, but they make some tasty cupcakes. I’m alluding to the cupcakes at Thomas’ party, of course. (I boycott Pillsbury and its parent-company General Mills due to their heavy-handed legal department.)
I don’t hold it against him for buying Pillsbury cupcake mix since he probably wasn’t aware of their past history. Nonetheless, the yellow-cake cupcakes had a fluffy denseness. The texture was almost like a pound cake, but not quite that dense. And, they had a pleasant degree of sweetness though not overwhelmingly so.
Still, I find it amusing that supermarkets tend to feature only three brands among cake mixes (in addition to the store’s house brand). Generally, there’s Betty Crocker and Pillsbury, but those are both the same company (General Mills). The third brand is often Duncan Hines (which is evil-free, as far as I can tell).
Actually, that is incorrect. In the sale of Pillsbury to General Mills, the Pillsbury cake mix division had to be sold in order to gain FTC approval. Pillsbury Cake Mix is now actually owned by JM Smuckers. So I suppose you can enjoy it guilt free. But it gets even more difficult than that. The consumer food products industry is a complex web. Eating out at a restaurant in the US? Eating food on an airline or at a hotel? Chances are you are eating at least one food product manufactured by General Mills.
Wow, very tricky. All the same, thanks for the analysis, Josh.