• Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    1341 year 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      901 year ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        291 year ago

        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

        • Karyoplasma
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          91 year ago

          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.

    • @[email protected]
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      391 year ago

      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.

        • @Death_Equity
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          81 year ago

          No, that’s a prospective hustle that pays for your habit.

          • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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            31 year ago

            I mean, the Garfield movie did just come out so there’s gonna be demand.

            Plus it’s a good holiday meal you can keep in the freezer and reheat when you have company.

      • @humorlessrepost
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        101 year ago

        I’m an old and remember when smoked sausages were a pound. Then 14oz. Now 12oz.

    • Decoy321
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      221 year ago

      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.

    • @asteriskeverything
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      51 year ago

      Wouldn’t using that pre shredded stuff not be good for recipes though because of the added anti-clumpimg agents though?

      • @[email protected]
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        121 year ago

        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.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        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.

        • @asteriskeverything
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          31 year ago

          I’ve made obscene amounts of frozen Mac and cheese and that’s it. Thank you!

        • @Legge
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          21 year ago

          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

    • idunnololz
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      1 year ago

      The good old hot dog dilemma.

      sexy

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

      Edit: downvotes from scaredycats who think cheese grows on trees

      • @Num10ck
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        -21 year ago

        that makes buttermilk

        • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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          41 year ago

          No, it makes acid-set cheese, of which ricotta is a type. Buttermilk is the liquid leftover after you make butter.

          • @SpaceNoodle
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            11 year ago

            Queso fresco, too. It’s all the same cheese, just different levels of moisture!

        • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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          11 year ago

          You can sorta make cheese with just acid but yeah rennet or a rennet replacement is the way to go

    • @[email protected]
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      831 year ago

      There are several:

      • DIN EN ISO 12 625-4: 2005 (Dry tear resistance and perforation resistance)
      • DIN EN ISO 12 625-5:2005 (wet tear resistance)
      • DIN EN ISO 12 625 -9:2005 (Puncture resistance)
      • DIN EN ISO 12 625-3:2005 (Paper thickness in use)
      • EN ISO 12 625-8:2004 (Water retention capacity)

      Yet there seems to be no standard for the size or number of sheets in a roll.

      • @[email protected]
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        281 year ago

        I like my bidet, but I have no interest in letting my labia drip-dry so I will continue to buy toilet paper thank you.

        • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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          301 year ago

          My fancy bidet air dries.

          I mean, I still wipe but I just wanted to flex over my bidet that blasts warm air all over my booty hole.

          • @whereisk
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            -41 year ago

            Sounds like fecal particulate matter everywhere… if flushing spreads it, can’t imagine what an air blower does.

          • Simbomba
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            31 year ago

            Many people ain’t aware oft bidets and most of those who do know them assume they only exist in Japan or in Japanese toilets

          • @Death_Equity
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            -21 year ago

            You have a towel covered in poop just chilling in your bathroom and call it normal.

              • @[email protected]
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                21 year ago

                I use a bidet daily and sometimes theres still some poopy left after a few long sprays, I use toilet paper to dry off and do a check and then if its clean Im good to go, otherwise I hit it with some more sprays and check again. a few sheets of toilet paper is a lot better than no bidet but Im still not convinced a bidet by itself is good enough. at least here in the states bidets are simple bolt on squirters not a separate thing that might do a better job

              • @Death_Equity
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                -11 year ago

                I challenge you to get poop on your finger, wash it off under the shower head, and then rub your eyeball directly with that finger. Your towel has poop residue on it.

              • @[email protected]
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                Sorry you have to hear it this way, but a butt towel requiring a wash in detergent and even more water than you just flushed is less eco-friendly than two squares of toilet paper.

  • @bl4ckblooc
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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

    • Wistful
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      101 year ago

      Double space (at the end of the line) = line break

       

      Easy, regardless of the device you are using.

      • @bl4ckblooc
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        81 year ago

        Hmm, doesn’t seem to be working. Might be specific on the apps maybe

  • @Son_of_dad
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    261 year ago

    All these brands talking about how much length of tp there is, but they’re cutting the width. So now tp rolls are stumpy and small

    • DrMango
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      241 year ago

      Just floss your cheeks, bro.

        • @AngryCommieKender
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          11 year ago

          I call shenanigans. I haven’t even seen SpongeBob (it came out when I was in highschool/college) and I’m pretty sure that Mr. Krabs loves money too much to ever defile it like that. Or is that not an extra stretchy bill?

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Bro, rolls are TINY now. They used to fill up the width of my holder, and now they fill up less than 60%. They’ve just cut off 40% of the product lol.

    • Nailbar
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      81 year ago

      If you account for all rolls that ever existed, it’s pretty close to empty

  • Rustmilian
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    201 year ago

    It’s just meaningless marketing.

  • @[email protected]
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    191 year ago

    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.

    • @Thteven
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      121 year ago

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

  • @DanglingFury
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    171 year ago

    I usually just buy half a roll or so at a time from the guy behind the mcdonalds drive through.

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    Just pick the ply you want and look at the sq.ft. of the roll. Odds are you want the most length per roll.

  • uphillbothways
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    91 year ago

    Doesn’t the price tag on the shelf usually have a break down per sheet or sqft?

    • Decoy321
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      81 year ago

      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.

      • @instamat
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        31 year ago

        Who do you think I am? Einstein??

    • edric
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      61 year ago

      Yeah. I just look at the price and how many layers (i.e. 2 ply, 3 ply) there are, and decide from there.

    • brianorca
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      131 year ago

      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.