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Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why?

From Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why?
Date 2026-06-23 06:58 +0100
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Le 22/06/2026 à 22:44, Ross Clark a écrit :
> On 23/06/2026 1:04 a.m., Adam Funk wrote:
>>  From Patti Smith's _Woolgathering_:
>>
>>     I fired up a pan of Joan of Arc beans; poured olive oil over some
>>     shredded lettuce and opened a bottle of Gatorade. I was hungry so I
>>     stood as I ate, then scraped my plate and left it in the sink.
>>
>> I assumed this was a recipe I hadn't heard of, so I googled it, & I
>> was surprised to find that it's a brand of canned beans.
>>
>> <https://bgfoods.com/brands/joan-of-arc/products/>
>>
>> It seems like an odd trade name, but I can't find any explanation of
>> it on the website. According to Wikipedia, the current owner bought
>> the brand from Pillsbury in 1999.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%26G_Foods
>>
> 
> "Actually burnt at the stake!"?
> 
> Probably wouldn't work, but it was inspired by the Quaker Puffed Wheat I 
> ate for breakfast as a boy, which actually did say "Shot from guns!" on 
> the box.


Joan of Arc has long been used in advertising and propaganda, it seems, 
and not always successfully…

'Objet de réclame et de propagande' -
<https://www.larep.fr/orleans-45000/actualites/objet-de-reclame-et-de-propagande_1152720/> 
:

« Avec quelques ratés : les laxatifs orléanais Jeanne d'Arc ont disparu, 
la 'Brûlerie Jeanne d'Arc' aurait vite été rebaptisée 'Cafés Jeanne 
d'Arc', quant à la 'Rôtisserie Jeanne d'Arc', rue de Bourgogne, elle a 
fait long feu. »

Joan of Arc laxatives no longer exist, the Joan of Arc (Coffee) Roastery 
has been renamed Joan of Arc Cafés, and the Joan of Arc Rotisserie… 
misfired.

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"Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2026-06-22 14:04 +0100
  Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-22 16:28 +0000
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-30 23:53 +0000
  Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-06-23 09:44 +1200
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-23 09:35 +1000
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-23 06:58 +0100
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-23 08:59 +0200
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-23 08:27 +0100
          Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-23 10:24 +0200
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-26 07:22 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-26 07:34 +0000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-26 15:52 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-26 14:59 +0000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 12:29 -0400
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-27 08:26 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-06-27 08:09 +0100
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-27 14:23 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-27 14:31 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-27 18:04 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-28 09:39 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 13:07 +0200
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-23 09:52 +0200
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-23 20:21 +1000
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2026-06-23 12:43 -0400
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2026-06-24 14:54 +0100
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-24 14:34 +0000
          Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-24 16:22 +0100
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-24 15:46 +0000
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-25 09:15 +1000
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-06-26 09:29 +0200
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-26 12:52 +0200
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-23 08:59 +0200
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-23 20:08 +1000
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-06-23 23:02 +0100
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2026-06-24 14:48 +0100
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-06-24 23:29 +0100
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-25 06:26 +0100
          Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-06-25 01:50 -0700
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-06-25 22:55 +1200
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-25 16:04 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-26 09:43 +1000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-26 07:18 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-26 13:35 +0000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-26 16:37 +0100
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-26 15:02 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 13:41 -0700
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-25 09:44 +0200

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