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Homeless Friend posted:ahahah is that what happened, makes sense now. yup. the title of ice cream is actually quite regulated by FDA/USDA or something because it has to contain a certain amount of actual cream fat (10%?). they used to be actual "ice cream" but now it's just high fructrose corn syrup, water, and lots of gum stabilizers to pretend like it's ice cream. they don't even have to put in milk fat anymore if they don't call it ice cream, milk fat is expensive, hfcs and water is cheap. now they're even not putting in toppings. so what used to be good in the 90s/00s is now really bad. same reason american cheese can't be legally called cheese, it's american pasteurized cheese byproduct. i didn't post the hagendaaz ones but their pint-size is now like 4oz since this is going to be a hot rear end el nino summer, next time you're stocking up on the frozen goods to chill out, keep an eye out of which are called "frozen dairy treats" and "pint-size" and which aren't. you want ones that can be legally called ice cream and the higher the milk fat content, the better. tillimook or aldens is still a good choice for something cheap that's actual ice cream (for now). e: also to add, actual ice cream with egg as an ingredient are usually better. though it's not entirely required if there's enough guar or arrowroot gum to stabilize it Xaris has issued a correction as of 23:08 on May 14, 2023 |
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May 14, 2023 22:57
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my old man had that crap and i was like what the gently caress is this lol. its almost sci fi in its flakey dryness. so i just went to the store and went to the most expensive ice cream which was tillamook
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May 14, 2023 23:02
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Homeless Friend posted:my old man had that crap and i was like what the gently caress is this lol. its almost sci fi in its flakey dryness. so i just went to the store and went to the most expensive ice cream which was tillamook
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May 14, 2023 23:03
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breyers has always been awful imo
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May 14, 2023 23:04
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I just get those talenti gelatos if I am hankering for ice cream, hard to overeat when they're little tiny cups vs a bigass tub
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May 14, 2023 23:10
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you'll never guess how they did it! https://twitter.com/elbarbie/status/1657739620061265924 https://twitter.com/jomicheii/status/1657844275650916353
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May 14, 2023 23:21
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the bitcoin of weed posted:the current crisis is because tuition costs have steadily and significantly increased over 40 years while wages stayed completely flat. it kind of mirrors everything else in the economy extra infuriating that the burden on public institutions is way above private, which is just states refusing to fund public higher Ed and ensuring less poor people can get college education. Win/win. gently caress!
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May 14, 2023 23:25
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It's basic but I like ben and Jerry's. It's gotten crazy expensjve in the last 3 years tho
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May 14, 2023 23:26
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In Training posted:It's basic but I like ben and Jerry's. It's gotten crazy expensjve in the last 3 years tho B&J has sucked a lot since unilever bought them out imo. used to be good pre-Unilever
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May 14, 2023 23:30
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I posted about my cat food in the cat threadde and it’s hilariously shrinkflated, perfectly in keeping with the theme 50% more expensive ($40 to $62 a flat since NOVEMBER 21) and 10% fewer calories in the same serving. My cats eat better than I do!
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May 14, 2023 23:31
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Xaris posted:so what are some examples of shrinkflation that everyone has been noticing? yeah this is basically everything. i had some saltines due to illness a while ago and im pretty sure they’re just unsalted sawdust these days.
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May 14, 2023 23:31
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holefoods posted:breyers has always been awful imo it was good in the 90s
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May 14, 2023 23:32
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Lansdowne posted:a powell's dozen
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May 14, 2023 23:32
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lol at everything but especially the “10 oz” meat
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May 14, 2023 23:32
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In Training posted:extra infuriating that the burden on public institutions is way above private, which is just states refusing to fund public higher Ed and ensuring less poor people can get college education. Win/win. gently caress! also Public costs are a shitshow because out-of-state/international pricing has gotten massive but in-state may not have changed a whole lot. e.g. UC in-state tuition is about the same in 2023 as it was in 2013, but they're now trying to rope in far more out-of-state/international students because it's better $$$$. also depends so much by state. CSU's are still 'affordable' to the in-state public as an example  
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May 14, 2023 23:33
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Xaris posted:bankers dozen
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May 14, 2023 23:35
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Xaris posted:bankers dozen
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May 14, 2023 23:37
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In Training posted:It's basic but I like ben and Jerry's. It's gotten crazy expensjve in the last 3 years tho yah I used to get a little container every once in a while and then I noticed they were $5.99, then $6.99, then $7.99 and recently I saw some epstein-level brand for $9.99 lol
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May 14, 2023 23:37
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Homeless Friend posted:my old man had that crap and i was like what the gently caress is this lol. its almost sci fi in its flakey dryness. so i just went to the store and went to the most expensive ice cream which was tillamook Tillamook is still pretty good and only costs a buck or two more. If you have a local creamery they may make something also, but they're often insanely bougie.
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May 14, 2023 23:39
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Gunshow Poophole posted:I posted about my cat food in the cat threadde and it’s hilariously shrinkflated, perfectly in keeping with the theme pet food inflation ftw 
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May 14, 2023 23:40
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Vox Nihili posted:If you have a local creamery they may make something also, but they're often insanely bougie. they're bougie but you definitely get what you pay for w/r/t ice cream these days. with a few exceptions like jeni's brand which is just expensive and not great (not bad though). so usually paying $10/pint for a local creamery means you do actually get something really good with actual real bountiful toppings. which is a lot but isn't out of line with the $8 hagendaaz or B&J "4 oz pints"
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May 14, 2023 23:41
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there was a really good local place near me that tried to expand exponentially after like 3 years of success, ate poo poo on their debt and got purchased by a crane manufacturer Lol.
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May 14, 2023 23:42
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In Training posted:there was a really good local place near me that tried to expand exponentially after like 3 years of success, ate poo poo on their debt and got purchased by a crane manufacturer Lol. Xaris has issued a correction as of 23:52 on May 14, 2023 |
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May 14, 2023 23:44
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I think Breyer’s was always a little weird tasting but it looks like they just added a bunch of water to it? It isn’t smooth like actual ice cream. The US is starting to get a bit uncomfortable to watch. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 00:08 on May 15, 2023 |
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May 14, 2023 23:47
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Ardennes posted:I think Breyer’s was always a little weird tasting but it looks like they just added a bunch of water to it? It isn’t smooth like actual ice cream. Imagine living here!
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May 14, 2023 23:52
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quote:if you're not actively working on your cooking skills right now you are going to get eaten alive. Processed food has never been shittier and never been more expensive. We all have to take control of our food, now, not later imo. even the Costco thread's getting Doom-y
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May 14, 2023 23:53
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these are mostly brand names if you make your products from scratch in your spare time, you can mostly avoid these issues
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May 14, 2023 23:55
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Ardennes posted:I think Breyer’s was always a little weird tasting but it looks like they just added a bunch of water to it? It isn’t smooth like actual ice cream. not just water! also air.
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May 14, 2023 23:56
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Ardennes posted:The US is starting to get a bit uncomfortable to watch. the experiment has failed
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May 14, 2023 23:56
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euphronius posted:your spare time most americans are working 2 jobs or 60+ hours a week. no one has spare time except the wfh big figgie computer touchers
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May 14, 2023 23:57
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euphronius posted:these are mostly brand names Ingredient prices are also skyrocketing. But it's still by far the best way to make food if you can spare enough time away from selling your labor to afford rent.
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May 15, 2023 00:01
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I love how every single product you interact with increased by 100% but inflation is recorded as 4%.
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May 15, 2023 00:05
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Ardennes posted:The US is starting to get a bit uncomfortable to watch. don’t worry, you’ll soon have to subscribe to america+ if you want to keep watching
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May 15, 2023 00:07
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Salt Fish posted:I love how every single product you interact with increased by 100% but inflation is recorded as 4%. Food is too volatile. Also gasoline. Also cars and rentals and mortgages. Therefore we exclude these prices and focus on the truly essential product to American living: the television set.
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May 15, 2023 00:07
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SKULL.GIF posted:Food is too volatile. Also gasoline. Also cars and rentals and mortgages. Therefore we exclude these prices and focus on the truly essential product to American living: the television set. what is the most recent inflation tracking breakdown anyways? ofc they change it every month
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May 15, 2023 00:10
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Salt Fish posted:I love how every single product you interact with increased by 100% but inflation is recorded as 4%. for pet food what you do is wait for rakuten promos where its like universal 15% cash back+abuse promo codes auto shipping deals and stack em up one at a time, boom back down to pre covid pricing!
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May 15, 2023 00:11
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Xaris posted:what is the most recent inflation tracking breakdown anyways? ofc they change it every month CPI and PPI was last week We have FOMC in a month then the May CPI/PPI a week after(?) that
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May 15, 2023 00:12
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Homeless Friend posted:for pet food what you do is wait for rakuten promos where its like universal 15% cash back+abuse promo codes auto shipping deals and stack em up one at a time, boom back down to pre covid pricing! That sounds great, but I would prefer not to have to eat cat food.
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May 15, 2023 00:14
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Centrist Committee posted:don’t worry, you’ll soon have to subscribe to america+ if you want to keep watching I have been trying to cancel, it keeps on billing my card.
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May 15, 2023 00:15
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Xaris posted:they're bougie but you definitely get what you pay for w/r/t ice cream these days. with a few exceptions like jeni's brand which is just expensive and not great (not bad though). so usually paying $10/pint for a local creamery means you do actually get something really good with actual real bountiful toppings. which is a lot but isn't out of line with the $8 hagendaaz or B&J "4 oz pints" we have a local place that yeah sells an $11 pint and I don’t even really enjoy sweets but god drat is their ice cream good. with actual "treats" or desserts in america there’s some additional pastiche of pathology overlaid wrt being BAD for you or treating food like it should be a reward that really fucks people up. like, four bites of this extremely good ice cream is divine.
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May 15, 2023 00:17
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