• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    8 months 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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      8 months 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.

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      8 months ago

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

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        8 months 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.

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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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    8 months ago

    This is why we need an ISO Toilet Paper Standard.

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      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.

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      Or just buy a bidet spray. Simple to install, no waste of paper and you can control the angle without having to touch the crevices.

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        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.

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          Bidet towel? Just clean the bottom real good and all you have to do is just pat-dry it. Am I going to meet more people who aren’t aware of this?

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            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

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              • The jet spray from a bidet removes shit thoroughly from the ass cracks. Since bidets are effective at cleaning, it should not leave any poop stains.

              • You don’t use them while sitting. After you’re done with ass-washing, you get up from the toilet seat and dry your butt.

              • You’re not supposed to rub it, unless you want a bloodied, dangling rectum. It is used to absorb water, because the debris has already been dealt with by the bidet.

              • People shit only once or twice per day. The towel is replaced after 12 hours, or sometime even after every use, so what’s exactly wrong with it?

              • It isn’t supposed to be shared. I mean, you wouldn’t share a hanky or a body towel with someone else, would you?

              • Most people from around the world, especially in Europe and Asia, do this, so it is normal?

              • Eco-friendly? No paper is being wasted. Also no jammed toilets.

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                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

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                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.

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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.

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                  I think you should give this a read. This should convince you to switch to a bidet towel. What I’m surprised about, is that you fail to see how regenerating forests is more difficult than regenerating water. It is very hard to repair the uprooted ecosystem. And no, new trees can not solve climate crisis. You can substitute an eco-friendly detergent. You can clean multiple bidet towels together. Forests, however, takes years to grow, changes in the eco-system can lead to ecological disturbances, and it has to be monitored carefully. This is not the case with water being contaminated with detergent - excess phosphates can cause eutrophication of algae.

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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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    8 months ago

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

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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.