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Mx. posted:people from the UK need to form opinions on important things instead, like the acceptability of knock-off colin caterpillars The Co-Op one is very good, Aldi and Tesco both pretty good, the ASDA one is dry and nasty. But quite frankly, if you're going to buy a birthday cake in the shape of a caterpillar (the only acceptable shape for a birthday cake, to be honest), just buy the original Colin and avoid disappointment and ridicule. Next question is: why can no other supermarket accurately replicate the deliciousness and texture of M&S Percy Pigs? We have come to blows in our family when Granddad ate a full packet of the M&S versions and tried to fob the 8 year old off with a packet of Sainsburys' gummy foam sweets, and could not understand why this was entirely unacceptable.
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The whole name brand vs. generic depends on what the item is and what you're using it for. Like if I'm making something with marshmallow like rice crispy treats or sweet potato casserole the cheap poo poo just doesn't melt right and it throws everything off.
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May 11, 2024 11:17
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Mx. posted:people from the UK need to form opinions on important things instead, like the acceptability of knock-off colin caterpillars People have this incredible amount of affection and enthusiasm for Colin Caterpillar, Percy Pig etc. for them being such generic confectionary with no distinctive qualities at all.
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May 11, 2024 11:23
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nonathlon posted:People have this incredible amount of affection and enthusiasm for Colin Caterpillar, Percy Pig etc. for them being such generic confectionary with no distinctive qualities at all. Childhood nostalgia is like that. Plus, knockoff candy tends to be a special kind of terrible.
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May 11, 2024 11:27
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Also, sometimes the cheaper option tastes awful. For example, if I asked for hotdogs for a bbq and you brought me a pack of bar s I would legally be able to murder you.
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May 11, 2024 11:32
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Biplane posted:One of my bosses when I lived in florida brought her familys signature dessert to a potluck one time, it was a huge bowl of cool whip with bite sized snickers stirred in
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May 11, 2024 12:15
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I remember as a kid when the vending machine outside the local supermarket swapped from coke to LA Ice or something, like a cheap version of Pepsi. It didn't cost much (or any?) less than what was there before though so I can only imagine some soft drink baron eventually managed to put an extra storey on their mega-yacht thanks to kids like me
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May 11, 2024 12:16
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Recipes that call for Cool Whip to be used instead of whipped cream do so because the recipes will come together in a certain way with the Cool Whip - there's a pretty infamous chocolate pudding pie that's just chocolate jello and Cool Whip and if you replaced the Cool Whip with whipped cream it would just be a runny mess. Are these likely recipes likely from the Cool Whip packaging that Auntie Gayle has made into a family recipe? Yes. But if you replace Cool Whip with whipped cream in those recipes - and it's for anything besides the top of the cake or pie - you could absolutely get something that doesn't set right. THAT is why people go bonkers about it needing to be Cool Whip (TM). They likely have a recipe that needs the non-melting property as a stabilizer. If you know how to bake you absolutely easily could (and probably should) use whipped cream in pretty much any recipe that would call for cool whip. Cool whip is just aimed at people who want to make a dessert by mixing two premade ingredients together and call it a day, not that there's anything wrong with that. mystes fucked around with this message at 12:35 on May 11, 2024 |
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May 11, 2024 12:30
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I think it was on the MIL to specify she meant Cool Whip and not just frozen whipped topping. Since we, as a culture, ubiquitously use brand names as a shorthand for the items themselves and not specifically the store brand (if I need a ready-made adhesive bandage with an absorbent pad inside I ask for a Band-Aid, Kleenex for facial tissue, large swathes of the US refer to any type of highly sweetened carbonated beverage as ‘Coke’ or ‘cola’, chapstick, Vaseline, Tupperware, etc…) it’s not unreasonable to think that, unless specified, a request for something like Cool Whip (which can only be one thing—a stabilized frozen whipped topping) is a request for that general type of item and that if you can’t get the original any will do.
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May 11, 2024 12:54
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Mx. posted:people from the UK need to form opinions on important things instead, like the acceptability of knock-off colin caterpillars My Mum had some form of classism where she judged pubs/my friend's parents for having salad cream instead of mayo. Of course, she has Dijonnaise in the house. Whipped cream is also unforgivably lower class, she always made her own and now only with rosewater which to be fair is utterly fantastic, so I'm with her on that one.
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May 11, 2024 12:55
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My boyfriend said he’d sleep with another girl for his pledging processquote:I (18F) have been dating my boyfriend (19M) for almost 6 months. Since we’re both in college, we aren’t short of our fair share of “hookup” stories. We’ve both shared them with each other pretty openly. It never really bothered me.
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May 11, 2024 13:01
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TA for being excited about Greek life
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May 11, 2024 13:05
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Malachite_Dragon posted:That one's easy: "Every state other than mine is poo poo". Unless you're from Ohio or Alabama, in which case it's "Get me the hell out of here" As a queer AFAB person that has spent the vast majority of her life in Ohio, I can confirm that one. There's endless jokes about how lovely and/or boring Ohio is, and you can tell that they're made by actual Ohioans instead of outsiders like other states' jokes. Dunno about Alabama, I'd believe either way. Mx. posted:My boyfriend said he’d sleep with another girl for his pledging process ...Isn't this sort of hazing illegal? Not that it stops frats from trying it, or whatever, but that's full-on sexual coercion, right? Regardless, she should dump him.
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May 11, 2024 13:28
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tbh i read it more as the boyfriend making it up so he can sleep around
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May 11, 2024 13:33
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Maybe this food obsessed thread can solve a family problem for me. Just walked in on my dad grabbing a grey piece of meat from a boiling pan of water and throwing it onto a frying pan. When I asked him what he was doing he said it was "A boil and burn steak!". Is that an actual thing, or a sign of senility? He's bought two steaks in his last shop, with the second being a really luxury aged one. How can I stop this?
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May 11, 2024 14:06
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Fatty posted:Maybe this food obsessed thread can solve a family problem for me. Just walked in on my dad grabbing a grey piece of meat from a boiling pan of water and throwing it onto a frying pan. When I asked him what he was doing he said it was "A boil and burn steak!". Is that an actual thing, or a sign of senility? This sounds kinda like a horrible version of sous-vide. In that you seal the steak in a vacuum bag, cook it in hot water over an extended period so it remains beautifully tender, than give it a very quick sear at the end for surface character. But precise temperature control of the water is very important.
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May 11, 2024 14:12
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Fatty posted:Maybe this food obsessed thread can solve a family problem for me. Just walked in on my dad grabbing a grey piece of meat from a boiling pan of water and throwing it onto a frying pan. When I asked him what he was doing he said it was "A boil and burn steak!". Is that an actual thing, or a sign of senility? There’s a method of cooking sausages called “boil and burn”, perhaps he thought it could be done with any kind of meat.
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May 11, 2024 14:20
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Fatty posted:He's bought two steaks in his last shop, with the second being a really luxury aged one. How can I stop this? Actual answer: swap the luxury one with a cheap one, he almost certainly can't taste the difference anyway.
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May 11, 2024 14:32
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DreamingofRoses posted:I think it was on the MIL to specify she meant Cool Whip and not just frozen whipped topping. Since we, as a culture, ubiquitously use brand names as a shorthand for the items themselves and not specifically the store brand (if I need a ready-made adhesive bandage with an absorbent pad inside I ask for a Band-Aid, Kleenex for facial tissue, large swathes of the US refer to any type of highly sweetened carbonated beverage as ‘Coke’ or ‘cola’, chapstick, Vaseline, Tupperware, etc…) it’s not unreasonable to think that, unless specified, a request for something like Cool Whip (which can only be one thing—a stabilized frozen whipped topping) is a request for that general type of item and that if you can’t get the original any will do. And as specified earlier, it's completely reasonable to pick up this 3 dollar item on the way there and not worry about making a special trip out for it ahead of time. Literally at most he could've added a "Sorry, they were out of Cool Whip I hope this is fine" and that's it. It's not his fault the parents are so suburban brained they think it's wrong if it's not the name brand.
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May 11, 2024 14:33
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mystes posted:No they aren't aldi and trader joes are "not the same company" and "owned by two separate brothers" but they also literally work together for bargaining for discounts and sourcing poo poo and sometimes food shows up at aldi's in trader joe's boxes because, again, they throw their weight around together at their suppliers. so they're "not the same company" but they effectively ARE. it feels shady.
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May 11, 2024 14:46
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Biplane posted:One of my bosses when I lived in florida brought her familys signature dessert to a potluck one time, it was a huge bowl of cool whip with bite sized snickers stirred in My mom would occasionally make this but would also include cut up granny smith apples and cherries in it. It was quite good.
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Fatty posted:Maybe this food obsessed thread can solve a family problem for me. Just walked in on my dad grabbing a grey piece of meat from a boiling pan of water and throwing it onto a frying pan. When I asked him what he was doing he said it was "A boil and burn steak!". Is that an actual thing, or a sign of senility? My family does that for tough cuts of meat like short ribs. Boil for a few hours, then toss on the grill or in the convection oven to finish them off, add sauce. I did a batch basically unsauced the same way once out of curiosity and they tasted a little weird but fine if that's what you're expecting (and that is mostly because of my terrible attempt at gravy which only worked enough to make it "basically"). Haven't tried it with a steak but I get the cheap tough cuts often, so I think I will. I'm one of those weirdos who likes their steaks at least a light pink, boiling would help with that, so I suspect your dad is the same. Bruceski fucked around with this message at 15:19 on May 11, 2024 |
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May 11, 2024 15:01
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limp_cheese posted:My mom would occasionally make this but would also include cut up granny smith apples and cherries in it. It was quite good. growing up in ND at least one person would bring this to every potluck or barbecue. I’m not sure it even had a name other than “that thing everyone’s mom and grandma makes” but it rules
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Fatty posted:Maybe this food obsessed thread can solve a family problem for me. Just walked in on my dad grabbing a grey piece of meat from a boiling pan of water and throwing it onto a frying pan. When I asked him what he was doing he said it was "A boil and burn steak!". Is that an actual thing, or a sign of senility? If he likes that general approach maybe get him a sous vide circulator
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zynga dot com posted:growing up in ND at least one person would bring this to every potluck or barbecue. I’m not sure it even had a name other than “that thing everyone’s mom and grandma makes” but it rules I've always heard it called "snickers salad" but I think I like your name for it better
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Biplane posted:One of my bosses when I lived in florida brought her familys signature dessert to a potluck one time, it was a huge bowl of cool whip with bite sized snickers stirred in Malachite_Dragon posted:... I would try this. At least one spoonful. But I've also never made a secret of being a thundering fatass either Same, and same.
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I think it's just one of those party foods that's easy to whip up out of whatever's in the kitchen that looks neat and vaguely fancy. The famous fairy bread of Australia is exactly that. (and you do NOT dip the buttered bread in the sprinkles, I have no loving idea how Americans got that idea)
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May 11, 2024 15:37
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Bruceski posted:My family does that for tough cuts of meat like short ribs. Boil for a few hours, then toss on the grill or in the convection oven to finish them off, add sauce. Cheap tough cuts of meat can mostly be saved with a wet or dry brine, and cheap tough beef greatly benefits from dry aging in the fridge on a rack for a day or two (if you don't have a specific room/regulated container to age meat in). Boiling it seems insane cause it is.
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May 11, 2024 15:43
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carrionman posted:My paternal grandfather was like that, it was absolutely a power play to see how long he could get people to wait for him. lol
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May 11, 2024 15:54
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Desert Bus posted:Cheap tough cuts of meat can mostly be saved with a wet or dry brine, and cheap tough beef greatly benefits from dry aging in the fridge on a rack for a day or two (if you don't have a specific room/regulated container to age meat in). Full boil is probably always a bad idea but a vigorous simmer/low boil is plenty good for those.
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I really want to try snickers salad and also fairy bread. Will make rosewater whipped cream next time I have a reason to make whipped cream, and post trip report.
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May 11, 2024 16:10
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coronatae posted:I really want to try snickers salad and also fairy bread. Your reason is that you want to make whipped cream. Go for it.
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May 11, 2024 16:13
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mystes posted:Oreos are a knockoff of hydrox and I personally think that oreos actually taste worse than most store brand copies I bought a packet of Oreos from the Ämeriikka-aisle in Citymarket once and they taste like "what if Dominos only tasted of sugar".
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I bought a packet of Oreos from the Ämeriikka-aisle in Citymarket once and they taste like "what if Dominos only tasted of sugar". My gf got me a package of dominos and yeah they rule imo
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It you have a tougher cut just braise it or stew it with broth and seasonings don't boil it in water like a maniac
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AITA for telling my family to shut up, get over themselves and to accept that I never wanted my son to have the names they like?quote:My wife (25f) and I (26m) welcomed our son Callum into the world just over a week ago. I had expected our son's name wouldn't be a favorite among my family but I had believed and hoped they would just love us enough to accept that the name isn't one of the more vintage/old timey names my family loves. But they expressed their dislike for the name immediately and were asked to leave by me because my wife was in recovery and didn't need to deal with their bullshit. They called me up the next day and asked why we had gone so different from the rest of the family. I told them we went with a name we both loved and felt would work for our son his entire life.
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big mean giraffe posted:It you have a tougher cut just braise it or stew it with brother and seasonings don't boil it in water like a maniac Ok this sounds like a worse idea than the hydrogen peroxide
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May 11, 2024 16:37
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how the gently caress is Callum a "little boys name" compared to loving Reginald?
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DreamingofRoses posted:AITA for telling my family to shut up, get over themselves and to accept that I never wanted my son to have the names they like? So, they like names that sound like 18th century British nobles, and Callum sounds too… Gaelic? It's really no different from Desmond.
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the holy poopacy posted:I've always heard it called "snickers salad" but I think I like your name for it better There's taffy apple salad, which is red and green apples, crushed pineapple, peanuts a whipped topping, and snickers salad is the same thing without pineapple or peanuts. If you ask me anyway. My mom made taffy apple salad every summer for parties...I miss that poo poo, I'm going to make some myself. And use better apples than loving red delicious.
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