• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I discovered yesterday that they no longer sell 16 ounce containers of ricotta cheese. They’re all now 15oz or 30oz. So if you have a recipe that needs four cups of cheese you have to either adjust the rest of the recipe down or deal with having a 1/4 cup less cheese than you really need.

    Fuck capitalism.

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      This is literally “buying gems” in free to play games never amounting to the cost of a typical item, slightly under or over.

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        Someone gave me a Hello Fresh gift code. It doesn’t fully cover the large meal plan so I have the choise of paying 5 bucks extra or taking the smaller deal and leaving money in the table

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          You’re not leaving money on the table if you take the smaller deal. If you buy the large meal plan, you were successfully manipulated into buying something you wouldn’t have considered otherwise.

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      You could buy 240 containers of ricotta cheese and 60 cups of cheese that way you’ll have the exact amount you need.

      This is the Hebrew National 7 hot dog to 8 hot dog bun pack solution.

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      You can always just have more or less cheese in the recipe. Or use the leftover cheese for something else later.

      I’m not defending capitalism here, just defending cheese.

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        Ricotta isn’t a block cheese that you can buy pre-shredded like cheddar. It’s a pretty wet cheese and is usually sold in tubs in your basic markets, kind of like cottage cheese.

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        I’ve made obscene amounts of home make macaroni and cheese over the last 20+ years and haven’t had a problem with it. I know it’s a funny place some people get passionate about, but the “anti-clumping agents” are typically some form of vegetable starch or fiber. If I’m making a cheese sauce I’m already using flour to help thicken and stabilize it anyway, so I don’t think the trace amounts really matter.

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          It matters more, in my opinion, for stuff like pizza because there isn’t already flour. The melting is noticeably different between shredded mozz and a block of low-moisture you cut or shredded yourself. But for cheese sauces and stuff I agree there isn’t really a difference

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      Make your own with whole milk and vinegar/lemon juice.

      Edit: downvotes from scaredycats who think cheese grows on trees

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    2 years ago

    This is why we need an ISO Toilet Paper Standard.

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    1 mega plus = 4.5
    1 “roll” =4.55555556
    1 double plus = 2.26666667
    1 super mega = 6.

    Sorry for formatting I’m on mobile

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    It usually says price per total area, but this whole thing is why I just buy the recycled ones. If someone’s going to cheat me it may as well be for a good cause.

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      Yeah but then the store uses different measurements on all the price tags so you need a fuckin calculator to actually compare them.

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    We need a new metric standard. Introducing the 💩.

    112.6 standard rolls = 1k💩

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      Even if it doesn’t, all these packages have the total area listed somewhere on the package. If the $/area isn’t listed on the price tag, you can still calculate it manually.

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    2 years ago

    I normally buy Charmin ultra soft at Costco.

    I was at target and we were low, so just grabbed some there.

    Turns out the rolls (cardboard tube and all) were like an inch less wide. For some reason that extra inch makes me comfortable, and I’ve been so angry at the Target rolls while I try to use them up. I have big hands… this kind of shrinkflation can get messy.

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      It means they either roll it more tightly (more layers per inch) or they make the roll bigger (hope it still fits your roll holder) to stuff more paper on each roll. So they are advertising the package as “72 regular rolls” when it’s only 12 physical rolls.