Food You're Not Really Sure Anyone Even Buys

[Space A. Lizard]

Potatoes in glass jars, why would you buy them? You can have potatoes stay good in the fridge for quite a while.

 

[saralovesjuicyfruit]

Potatoes in glass jars, why would you buy them? You can have potatoes stay good in the fridge for quite a while.

On that same subject: canned potatoes



I remember seeing these as a kid and being somewhat shocked that they existed. I still don’t see the point. Potatoes are cheap and aren’t a pain to cook, plus like you said they last a long time in the fridge. What would you even use these for?

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

On that same subject: canned potatoes

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I remember seeing these as a kid and being somewhat shocked that they existed. I still don’t see the point. Potatoes are cheap and aren’t a pain to cook, plus like you said they last a long time in the fridge. What would you even use these for?

Emergency supplies for natural disaster (tornado, flood, etc), Preppers (first thing but to an extreme), old people who can't peel potatoes any more, people who shouldn't be trusted to handle peelers (or knifes) because they are too clumsy.

 

[Miss Misery]

Emergency supplies for natural disaster (tornado, flood, etc), Preppers (first thing but to an extreme), old people who can't peel potatoes any more, people who shouldn't be trusted to handle peelers (or knifes) because they are too clumsy.

Amberlynn Reid.

 

[Zelmek]

The canned potatoes aren't too bad. It's mostly for long term storage and ease of cooking sinse ya can just dump them in a pot.

What I'd like to know is who the hell is buying all of those pudding-looking things beside the jello with the fruit in it? The stuff that looks like sherbert but is in a ring-shaped container. I know those things gotta expire eventually but I have not once seen someone actually buy one.

 

[CWCchange]

Who the hell buys Necco Wafers?

Cheapskates on Halloween.

 

[Ofelia]

Gerber meatsticks. Everyone makes fun of me but fuck them. They’re a delicious snack.

 

[MidUSA]

Something I've never understood why it exist is readymade pancake batter.

No, not the powdered stuff you add water to (although you might well question why not just mix your own from proper ingredients). That at least takes up litte space, you can kepp it in room temperature and it will last forever. Unlike fresh milk and egg.

No, I mean the completely finished batter, in a bottle or can. You still need to store it in the fridge. And it doesn't last forever.

You do save a miniscule amount of time not having to mix the batter, but the main time sink in making pancakes is frying them, which you still have to do!

So what's the point? Either make the batter properly from scratch, or buy completely readymade pancakes.

 

[Vexillology]

Something I've never understood why it exist is readymade pancake batter.

Laziness, like pancake mix to an extreme. No containers to clean, no measuring involved, no surprise lumps of powder and no risk of overmixing. Hot pan, oil, pour it. I'd use it if it didn't taste like ass.

 

[User 67204]

In some store I went to, many moons ago, I saw an octopus in a bucket. I always wanted to know from that point forward how one was suppose to cook it.

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

In some store I went to, many moons ago, I saw an octopus in a bucket. I always wanted to know from that point forward how one was suppose to cook it.

Boil it, I presume

 

[Orange Rhymer]

Cheapskates on Halloween.

People that don't like paying tolls

(if you know, you know)

Something I've never understood why it exist is readymade pancake batter.

No, not the powdered stuff you add water to (although you might well question why not just mix your own from proper ingredients). That at least takes up litte space, you can kepp it in room temperature and it will last forever. Unlike fresh milk and egg.

No, I mean the completely finished batter, in a bottle or can. You still need to store it in the fridge. And it doesn't last forever.

You do save a miniscule amount of time not having to mix the batter, but the main time sink in making pancakes is frying them, which you still have to do!

So what's the point? Either make the batter properly from scratch, or buy completely readymade pancakes.

Excuse the 2x post. This is becoming one of my fav threads.

Have you ever seen the 'pancake machines' at cheap motels / some shitty college cafes ?
They all use a premade pancake batter bags with an auto squeezer (think 'Juicero' but with a roller).
Has a teflon-coated conveyor that passes over a heated surface.

INFINITE PANCAKES!!!! (at least until the bag runs out).

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

In some store I went to, many moons ago, I saw an octopus in a bucket. I always wanted to know from that point forward how one was suppose to cook it.

You boil and eat the tentacles. Octopus is very tricky though. It cooks super quickly like most fish and once overdone it gets a chewy. You basically want a soft bratwurst like texture. If it gets overdone it gets hard grilled hot dog texture. Killing them is virtually the same as squid. It's very tasty, good with sauces. I like it but I don't want to eat it often. Octopuses are very sentient and eating them feels akin to eating dog or monkey.

 

[Less Nasty Old Person]

You boil and eat the tentacles. Octopus is very tricky though. It cooks super quickly like most fish and once overdone it gets a chewy. You basically want a soft bratwurst like texture. If it gets overdone it gets hard grilled hot dog texture. Killing them is virtually the same as squid. It's very tasty, good with sauces. I like it but I don't want to eat it often. Octopuses are very sentient and eating them feels akin to eating dog or monkey.

Yeah but turns out they only live a year, then they mate and die. Who the fuck's idea was that?

Something that smart that has such a comically short lifespan deserves to be eaten. And yes, octopus is delicious. So is squid.

 

[WonderWino]

In some store I went to, many moons ago, I saw an octopus in a bucket. I always wanted to know from that point forward how one was suppose to cook it.

Octopus can be a bitch to cook because it involves alot of time getting the slime off. Basically after you kill it you rub the octopus with salt, then wash it off, then salt it again and repeat this until you get the slime off (this can take alot of time if you don't know what you're doing) then you gut it and remove the head (don't ever eat octopus head its loaded with horrifying amounts of cadmium), cut the legs off and boil them in salted water, sometimes with a bit of white vinegar, until the tentacles start to curl up and the skin takes on a purple hue

Don't ever eat the small ones they boil whole and never eat any octopus that is willing to cook any octopus that way. That shit will give you cancer cause the cadmium from the head will end up in all of the tissue

That said my advice for cooking octopus is don't. Ever. Its not worth the effort. Its easier and almost always cheaper and safer to just buy tentacles precooked

Emergency supplies for natural disaster (tornado, flood, etc), Preppers (first thing but to an extreme), old people who can't peel potatoes any more, people who shouldn't be trusted to handle peelers (or knifes) because they are too clumsy.

They are also frequently ordered in huge amounts by the US navy for use on submarines. They're easier to store that way, keep longer and you don't have all the waste generated from peeling potatoes for months at a time

I keep a case of them on hand for emergencies. Mainly because I got them for 10 cents per can so at that price it was worth it

I also saw some salted fish in the international section. I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy a packet of that.

That is probably salted cod. Its one of those things where most people never touch it, at least these days, but its very popular in a few places, mostly northern europe, iceland, greenland and newfoundland in canada. The newfies eat this utter shit and act like its gourmet, which says alot about the kind of food you can expect in newfoundland:

Fish and brewis (pronounced "brews")[1] is a traditional Newfoundland meal consisting of cod and hard bread or hard tack. With the abundance of cod around the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador it became synonymous with many Newfoundland households as a delicacy to be served as a main meal.

The recipe varies between communities and households, but the primary ingredients are always the same. The typical recipe calls for salt fish that is soaked in water overnight to reduce the salt content of the fish, and hard bread that is also soaked in water overnight. The next day, the fish and hard bread are boiled separately until tender, and then both are served together.

Variations[edit]​

The traditional meal is served with scrunchions,[2] salted pork fat which has been cut into small pieces and fried. Both the rendered fat and the liquid fat are then drizzled over the fish and brewis.

Fisherman's brewis is the same as fish and brewis, but the fish and bread are chopped while hot and mixed together with the scrunchions, and often fresh cod is used instead of salt cod.

Drawn butter is sometimes used instead of scrunchions. Drawn butter in this instance is a mixture of melted butter and chopped onions that is thickened into a roux by adding flour in a saucepan, then served hot over the fish and hard bread.

In some Nova Scotia households, a similar dish is known as "salt cod and pork scraps", where the mixture can also be served on a plate next to a mound of plain boiled potatoes and carrots or turnip. The potatoes often substitute for the hard bread. Fresh chopped onion in vinegar is served as an accompaniment.

and they wonder why the rest of the world calls them idiots

 

[Absolutego]

Boil it, I presume

They're actually way better if you cut them up and then sauté them. If you're not trying to be wasteful maybe boil the head but all the tentacles are less rubbery if they've been fried over boiled.

 

[Trombonista]

Cocojune coconut "yogurt," since I keep pulling tons of it when it expires.

 

[Unfiltered Sunshine]

I seem to be one of the few around my way that regularly buys tofu, Balkan style Jerry, and chicken gizzards.

 

[Yamamura]

My local Asian supermarket has energy drinks that sound like they're from various Eastern European countries. I'm tempted to just try one to see what it's like. I know it's probably anti climactic and they'll just taste like some variation of soft drink, but the curiosity is what makes it exotic.

 

[booklover]

Cocojune coconut "yogurt," since I keep pulling tons of it when it expires.

Have you tried it?

I tried CoCoYo when it was half price. It tasted OK, but the texture? UGH! That crap was CARBONATED. I understand kefir, but that stuff was vile.