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For busy moms: Rhodes marks 50 years of 'homemade' without the hassle

Years ago Rhodes made a bake and serve croissant that was absolutely dynamite. Man how I miss them.

I live in Belgium and here we can get croissants (dough form - not cooked yet) that are frozen and then you just let then thaw and bake them. They are divine. Here we can also get pain de chocolate (like a croissant but with chocolate in it) frozen in the same way. I just can't imagine why they don't sell those in the USA. We will really miss those when we return home.

Yum! I;m ready for bacon cheese nibbles right now. hanks for info on using the multi-grain rolls.

I'm living in Mexico for 3 years and Rhodes Rolls are the #1 item I miss from SLC. Wish they'd find a way to deliver here!

How come nobody has mentioned how bad the carbs are in all of these products.

America leads the world in type II diabetes and obesity. Companies like this help contribute.

McDonalds, BurgerKing, Pizza Hut, (you get the idea) contribute more due to the Fat Grams content than Rhodes does by carbohydrates. The body expends energy in converting carbs to eventually metabolize to sugar. Fat goes straight to fat.

it was the consumers' choices that lead to their good/bad health.

Thanks for this article, Valerie. The Rhodes story is inspiring for the ingenuity and spirit of can-do. I like many of their recipes and generally make my dough from scratch, but find Rhodes dough to be a great product when I'm pressed for time. Yummy additions to a well-balanced eating plan.

It's not carbs that are bad, it's overeating of carbs that is bad. You diet queens don't realize how your extremism is contributing to the entire problem that Americans face in determining what they eat. It's not so much as what they eat but how much they eat that is the problem. For years it was people like you who told us to avoid fat at all costs. The result was that Americans moved from fats to sugars -- do you know how much sugar is in a fat-free yogurt? Consequently Americans got fatter. Nutritionists even advised no more than one egg a week, and some said even that would be bad. Later we found out they were wrong. We've been told to avoid salt; then we found out that salt is not a problem for most people unless they have certain medical problems. What we've finally learned is that we should eat moderately but not overeat, and when we do so, combined with regular exercise, we can eat whatever we want, just not too much of what we want. Lynn, if you're an extremist who believes in entirely avoiding carbs, I'm sure your body is developing other problems.

I thought this was a great article. Very helpful...I like it when you include the recipes discussed.

Trouble is, now I'm hungry! And I'm still at work!

(Think I'm going to the store on the way home...)