/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>7690163

>>7690164

>>7690167

>>7690163
Sorry, not all of us have mommy to make lunch for us every day before high school.

>>7690170

>>7690173
...?

>>7690163

saw a package of boiled peeled eggs being sold at the store last time i went shopping

stupid people gonna stupid. smart business doesn't care just give them whatever their lazy chubby hands will pay for.

>>7690167
How is this one convenient at all?

>>7690167
styrofoam tray
You don't even need to put your kiwifruit in your lunchbox

>>7690170

not a bad idea

>want avocado on something
>have to use the whole avocado in minutes or it turns to brown mush

still that price is fucking stupid

>>7690163
>>7690164
>>7690167
>>7690170
>>7690178
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

>>7690191
You can use ascorbic acid (vitamin C powder) to keep apples, pears and avocados fresh.

>>7690178
They're pre-cooked

>>7690163
people with arthritis shouldn't be able to enjoy oranges

>>7690178
eh, pre-boiled and peeled eggs are legit.

>>7690240
I'm sure these are produced for people with arthritis.

>>7690173
Wat

>>7690240

you mean type 2 diabeetus with finger numbness right?

>>7690241

>eat a bunch of preservatives so i dont have to wait for water to boil for 8 minutes

>>7690202
or just plain lemon juice

>>7690251
I choose to believe that the only people who would purchase these at the markup are people who need assistance

>>7690258
No, but that's also a possibility. Though what person with dahbeetus eats oranges?? Lets be real

Private contractors with more money than sense and time I suppose.

>>7690265
yeah, but you can really just go
>eat a bunch of preservatives so i dont have to [blank]
and describe half a grocery store.

It offer a lot more convenience than pre-peeled oranges and bananas

>>7690265

>>2016
>>not putting your eggs in and then boiling the water

>>7690167
This one just doesn't even make sense.

This is almost as bad as the diced onions and peppers I see all the time

Why is this funny?

My grandmother has SERIOUS arthritis and can't do anything by herself. We used to hire a babysitter for her and he couldn't open oranges due to having a citrus allergy. His hands would get puffy and red everytime she wanted an orange. She started harassing him because of it and one day pretended to be a pirate with scurvy for the entire fucking day just to bully him.

He quit. Now I have to live with her. I would KILL for that guy back. Imagine if he had access to these products? He could just leave them in the fridge for her.

>>7690352
see >>7690240

Beat ya to it.
People who are capable of doing something without thought can't fathom anyone possibly needing help with regards to these seemingly simple things

>>7690352
I'm having a mental breakdown right now. She's allergic to oranges? So she can't peel it? Her hands swell up and have an allergic reaction peeling them? But she still eats? She does this without dying? I don't understand.

>>7690352

you can hire CNAs to show up for a few hours. its pretty sweet. they are basically slaves that make like $8/hr to do your laundry and make food for you. your insurance will probably even pay for it.

keep a close eye on your stuff/prescriptions though, most of them will probably try to steal from you.

>>7690352
your grandpa is an allergic pirate?

>>7690366
>I don't understand.

That's evident.
Grandmother has arthritis and wants to eat oranges.
Babysitter has the allergy and therefore couldn't open oranges for grandma.

Your reading comp needs work, anon.

>>7690367
for 8$/hr yeah they're stealing

>>7690163

how do you get the trees to grow oranges in containers instead of peels?

damn Monsanto keeps fucking blowing my mind

>>7690352
Yeah I can't believe people are forgetting about all those arthritic grandmas with babysitters that have a citrus allergy.

>>7690182
those are actually useful if you want eggs nao. a prepeeled orange is for retards

>>7690352
sounds like both you, him, and grandma are all retarded for not getting the guy some fucking latex gloves how the hell do you have an allergy against something that you need to live?

It's great for people with disabilities or difficulty with motor skills.

>>7690178
this one makes sense, you cant boil an egg in a 45 minute lunch break and i would rather starve than get one from the buffette section, i was a highschool kid once, i remember what those fuckers did to that food

>>7690163
>>7691808
those are actually useful if you want oranges nao. a prepeeled egg is for retards

>>7690270
Or just not worry about it because it's mostly just discolouration on the exposed surface.

I don't think it's at all a bad idea for shit like oranges. The bananas in the other picture look iffy. If I couldn't properly open the peel, I think I'd rather go for them frozen

>>7690167
this is the most wtf thing ITT

I buy sliced up melon at my local asian grocery. Its a buck and there's nothing wrong with that

>>7691898
Could be some stupid health code BS.

>>7690202
Blanching actually will retain color on stuff way better than citric acid can. 30 seconds in boiling water, then shock it. It's obviously not as useful for avocados, but other stuff like basil for pesto works rather well.

>on the road
>need a quick snack
>want orange
>no time to stop between destinations
>no time to spend 20 minutes peeling an orange while driving

I see no problem with this

>>7690185
conveniently wrapped, obv

>>7690170
>3.99
in Zulu dollars I hope

>>7690294
>No, but that's also a possibility. Though what person with dahbeetus eats oranges?? Lets be real

my diabeetus gives me terrible pins and needles in my fingers. there's no way i can eat oranges because of the thick plastic peel.

this is ultimate lazy. I totally approve.

>>7690191
Nigger, just remove the pit and wrap it in plastic wrap.

>>7690352
Hire that guy back and get his ass to put on some gloves when he needs to handle citrus.

I feel like anyone who buys this shit doesn't have a right to complain about peeled oranges.

>>7692431

i bet you own a garlic press, fag

>>7692431
There are times where you don't want the water and oil that comes with fresh garlic

>>7692437

Nope.

>>7692437
>garlic press
and wtf is wrong with that?
You think chopping and mincing with your knife gives you a different result in the end?

>>7692431

i'm not poor, so i can afford this.. mincing garlic is a pain in the ass and it's a mess, especially if you have to do it every single time you need raw garlic.

it's SO MUCH EASIER to just buy the jar for a couple bucks and use it all month rather than:

>buy head of garlic
>make a mess peeling the skin of the head off to get down to the actual clove
>cutting the stem end of the clove off
>smashing the clove with a knife
>removing the outer peel (making more mess)
>finally mincing the clove of garlic

fuck you. you're a retard for comparing this process to that of peeling an orange.

>>7692431
The problem with it isn't its convenience, but you have to use more of it to get flavor than you would with fresh garlic.

>>7692431
God that stuff tastes like shit

peeling garlic is a pain but that stuff is no substitute

>>7692487
this
fucking plebs with their pre chopped garlic...

>>7692480
Dude.. You don't need to peel it at all.
1)Twist and snap cloves away from head
2)mince in garlic press
3)wala

>>7692480

Buying jars of minced garlic doesn't have a whole lot to do with whether or not you have money.

>>7690164
This makes me so goddamn angry.
It's not more convenient than peeling a banana yourself and it creates trash for no fucking reason.

>>7692557
My grandma's babysitter has a banana allergy, so she buys those bananas.

>>7690363
The packaging on all of these products would be harder to open than the fruit/vegetables themselves.

>>7690170

i love the gluten free meme, and how they plaster it all over fucking everything

my cock is gluten free ladies

>>7690163
>Americans can't even peel their own oranges

>>7690170
To be fair tho'

>>7690163
>condensation on the inside
>"fresh"

it's gone off
throw it away

>>7690182
>saw a package of boiled peeled eggs being sold at the store last time i went shopping
>stupid people gonna stupid
I know someone who buys those and makes scotch eggs that they bring to parties. It's pretty inferior. The whites are kind of tough or something weirdly wrong in texture so I would never buy them for making egg salad or slicing on top of a chef salad. But, for someone like him who hates peeling eggs and/or never mastered it without ripping the whites to pieces...it does work as a filling. He wraps the eggs with the sausage, bakes and no one of any taste is the wiser. I know though!!

>>7693034
>Never mastered peeling an egg

Is that a thing? That can't be a thing.

>>7690185
>How is this one convenient at all?
Ready to eat in hand, including the peel and all. No unwashed hands picked through the produce pile in choosing a kiwi to buy, and cashier with e.coli-money-exchange fingers isn't touching it either.

>>7691812
>sounds like both you, him, and grandma are all retarded for not getting the guy some fucking latex gloves
This. I was thinking, huh? If you can't peel some citrus because the oil burns your delicate skin, then wear gloves. Also switching to something like a tangerine that peels like butter is a fine alternative to a tough thick navel orange for instance.

Tupperware citrus peeler FTW anyway. That thing will section peel slices off a grapefruit without leaving any pith.

>>7692487
>peeling garlic is a pain but that stuff is no substitute
This. It's like artificial garlic vs garlic. Or like artificial cinnamon or artificial vanilla. There is simply no comparison between fresh garlic and any convenient way to buy it. As far as it being a pain in the butt? It could be not that bad with the right press if crushed fits your recipe. I drop that clove (or two) right in there, skin and hard end and all. Flick out the peel with a fork or knife edge, and go to town with clove after clove. And, a gentle crush or side whack with your chefs knife will loose a peel too, if your goal is slicing. Big deal unless cooking for a giant crowd. That jarred stuff tastes pickled and tinny.

>>7690352
>She started harassing him because of it and one day pretended to be a pirate with scurvy for the entire fucking day just to bully him.
Underrated part of an overrated post.

>>7692988
How in the fuck do you even do that

Never forget

>>7693067

i don't know but i wish every hipster man bun wearing faggot did this when trying to pretend he can cook by putting massive amounts of avocado on shit

>>7693310
fucking what how does that work

>>7693036
Of course it's a thing. Peeling an egg perfectly is a legitimate challenge.

>>7693347
Like this; you had to assemble it yourself.

>>7693379
what the fuck, it isn't at all
this must be an american thing

>>7693379
>Peeling an egg perfectly is a legitimate challenge.

Do your hands not function?

>>7692988
I love how the avocado is still there, it's so telling.

>>7693423
Peeling an egg depends on freshness vs old eggs, as much as a skill. Stop talking now. You obviously have limited life experiences.

The sooner corporations are held responsible for the environmental impact of their products, the better.

>>7693410
>sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar, and sugar

Great for kids!

>>7690164
only a fucking american degenerate can come up with such an idea

>>7693492
>You're not a gorilla handed moron who can't peel an egg like me, so you must be stupid.

No but seriously. Do you have motor neurone disease or something? Parkinson's?

>>7693556
>BILLA

it's austrians, degenerates nonetheless

>>7693514

>corporations

Are an entity that exists to seek profit. It isn't their fault people want to buy this kind of shit. Vote with your wallet. It's easy to blame corporations--harder to take a look in the mirror. I bet you drive everywhere and buy bottled water, too, you shit.

I go out of my way to make responsible choices and influence others to do so, even if it's harder or less convenient for me, even if it's more expensive. I don't blame the big evil corporations because bob and trish want to buy the extra-styrofoam packed plastic-wrapped produce to eat on disposable styrofoam plates with plasticwear. (This is more common than you think...nearly everyone I know uses some form of disposable dish or silverware. Fucking human garbage.)

The environmental impact should be reflected in the price of the item. Corporations will naturally and willingly switch to environmentally friendly products. Whereas if you just slap them with a "stop making trash producing products o-or-or we'll fine you! Really, I mean it!" bill, you need a patchwork of these bill bandaids because the corps will find a way around them.

Oh, but anything that would introduce an ounce of change to the common braindead drooling consumer taxslave is bad, wouldn't want to trouble the cattle. God forbid people have to change their habits... Bitch and bitch about "evil corporations" and corrupt politicians, expecting them to wave a magic wand to fix everything, but still want to drive a minivan all over and eat plastic wrapped food on disposable plates. Change means CHANGE. You want to fix a problem, that necessitates some form of CHANGE. Fucking change your daily habits before bitching for someone else to do something about it...but in a way that oh gosh doesn't inconvenience you. Even as little as an extra cent an item at the store. Heaven forbid!

>>7693586
>It isn't their fault people want to buy this kind of shit.

Those poor blameless not-people-people. You're right, we should feel sorry for them.

>>7693598
fuck off

>>7691826
>you cant boil an egg in a 45 minute lunch break

Maybe if you're an incompetent retard.

>>7690352
>and one day pretended to be a pirate with scurvy

Just drink a glass of orange juice dumb bitch, if it's her health she cares about she can just take a Vit C pill.

>Imagine if he had access to these products?

Imagine if he had access to a pair of disposable gloves!

>>7691818

Because the packaging doesn't exist right?

>>7693593
Yeah but answer their point about addressing the demand for convenient garbage rather than the supply.

>go to store to buy produce
>everything in styrofoam trays with plastic wrap, or in plastic baggies
>go to fancy grocery store with loose bin produce
>people act like I'm crazy if I don't put the fucking apple or lettuce in an additional plastic bag
>also, all mushrooms and berries always come in a plastic or styrofoam container, always always always

Literally no way to eat without encountering plastic and foam. You can say farmer's markets but they're only open in the warm season, so am I supposed to starve the other 2/3 of the year?

If a store started using all compostable packaging like paper or cardboard, no plastic or foam at all, I would buy everything from them I could.

>>7691826

Oooor just pack some hardboiled eggs with you.

I bought the plastic container hardboiled eggs once. I was an hour from my house at uni and my lunch had turned foul in the car, so I had to toss it, and the caf was disgusting so I went to wawa. Being a poorfag, the 1.50 thing of two boiled eggs was better than paying over five dollars for a sandwich.

>>7693649
You fuck off with your lack of appreciation for Albinoblacksheep archaeology memes.

>>7693731
>bite the bullet and get a set of plastic bags
>reuse it each time you buy produce until they fall apart and you can shove it into the bag recycling bin
>nobody gives a shit

>>7690182
peeled boiled eggs in individual packages with mild preservatives are great lunchbox items.

>>7690163
How about:
Selling fruit with imperfect peel.

"Fast-track" trash being made for the sake of keeping the skin on. Absolutely shameful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qvf_zesN9Y

>>7693067
he tried pitting the avacado while holding it in his hand like a dumbass instead of putting it on a surface

>>7690163
>>7690164
>>7690170
>>7690178
>>7692431
An extremely aged population who struggle to have the mobility to cut, peel, and dice foodstuffs with their hands?
Handicapped people who can't afford personal chefs?
People in Murrica who work three jobs and can't rationally find the mental energy to cook for themselves and let alone do menial tasks like egg-boiling and fruit peeling?

True the non-recyclable packaging is pretty bad for the environment, but how blind can you fuckers be to not see how this benefits SOMEBODY. How the demand for this type of shit has such a market that they put this stuff on the shelves to sell in the first place.

>>7694714
>How the demand for this type of shit has such a market that they put this stuff on the shelves to sell in the first place.

The demand was horrible so they stopped selling it. There was a big stink about it when those peeled oranges were first sold; it was all over the news.

Remember that not every product exists because someone wanted it. It exists because someone created it, and thereby created a market for it.

My guess is that it was a creative way to sell oranges with blemished peels. Either that or a new way to get money from hipsters.

>>7694724
>The demand was horrible so they stopped selling it

I thought it was because a bunch of people bitched and so as not to turn itself into a media circus, which is what those news articles were gearing towards, the grocery store pulled the products before it got too much bad PR.

Either way it really didn't deserve the outrage it got.

>>7690170
lol 3.99 for one? You can find them for like 2-3 for dollar where I live You gotta halve them yourself though!

>>7692871
Fucking kek'd

>>7690178
boil 2 eggs
>20 mins
let cool
>5 mins
peel
>5 minutes
It cost 2 dollars to just buy a couple pre cooked and peeled. fucking children just simply never actually worked.

>>7690178
>this actually costs more than a carton of twelve eggs

>>7694704
More like he tried pitting the avocado the wrong way.

>>7695280
I agree, fucking children is no way to solve this.

>>7690164
I can't fucking believe this is real
rolfing right now.

>>7692988
I feel bad for laughing but it's hillarious.

>>7695280

>be lazy fuck
>fill up a pot with water
>boil a shitload of eggs
>put them in the fridge

ta-da, eggs in 30 seconds for the next week

>>7693529
4 sugars is fine. Please don't feed your children that 5th sugar.

>>7692988
Judging by the nails it's a woman so it's not surprising. Only a complete retard would have done this.

Base product is cheap, so you add convenience to it and sell it for a premium. It's not exactly rocket science. It's like a 4chan pass but for eating.

Man, those oranges would be great for a lunch snack!

It's a shame I've already figured out to just bring a fucking knife to work with me so I can cut mine into quarters in ten god damn seconds, however. Sucks to have a brain senpaitachi.

>>7697642
>bring a fucking knife to work with me
>pic related at lunch

>>7697949
It's an orange. You want an fruit knife, not a butcher knife, idiot.

>>7697949
>>7698019
yea, ididot. butcher knives wont cut an orange.

>>7698025
Are you >>7692988? Because you sound like you want to just fling a knife at the problem and not care where it ends up.

>>7692988
> white people

>>7693310
>white people

>>7698032
no I just came and saw that pretentious post and wanted to respond.

>>7692431
buying this shit is almost a necessity if you cook indian food

>>7692480
Use a fucking microplane, you can do a clove like 5 seconds.

>>7692480
>buy garlic
>peel garlic
>smash garlic with a fucking spoon

dunno
also why the fuck corn from thailand? Doesn't north america have enough cheap corn?

>>7690163
Looks convenient, the real crime are 1-2 orange slices on a foam tray, wrapped in plastic.

>>7690191
Just use one half and leave the seed in the other one. It' ll keep it green.

>>7698398
it only does because the seed covers part of the surface, limitting oxidation. Fully and properly sealing it does the job better.

>>7692262
who the fuck takes 20 minutes to peel an orange?
Most importantly; Your 20 minutes is not worth the cost of plastic packaging.

>>7694625
how about it?

>>7690352
let her be fine you soulless white boy

>>7698048
Whitey American here, never seen this shit before

>>7690352
honestly I enjoyed this post a lot

I'm guilty of buying prepared shit. My dad has Huntingtons disease so preparing anything is complicated for him. It's like taking care of a retarded Michael J. Fox. So i just buy a bunch of premade shit so that all he has to do is open and eat. He can't even peel an egg, takes him like 20 minutes.

>>7690363
I see satire is over your head.

>>7690163
seems like an ok idea

>>7699295
How does it feel to know you have a 50% chance of becoming your very own retarded Michael J. Fox?

>>7693067
the nut of the avocado IS hard, but like other nuts they have a natural split down the center

he most likely thought he could stab and twist it out and managed to stab right through that center with little resistance

>>7692262
>he doesn't have a tesla with autopilot

>>7697176
Quite the contrary

>>7690170
I just bought a dozen of avocados for $4.
put a little lime on the avocado and wrap in plastic wrap, no air contact. it'll keep. Even if it browns its still good so it no loss truthfully.

>>7693016
They add artificial moisture to keep it from drying out

>>7693586
I use plastic cups and paper bowls and plates daily

literally lmaoing at your life

>>7692262
If you had time to buy a pre-peeled orange before leaving, you had time to buy a regular orange and peel it before leaving. It takes less than a minute, and you don't even need to use a knife if you don't have one.