/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19236379]

Why do pre-diced veggies from the grocery store always taste weird? Even the onions are weird.

[Anonymous No.19236407]

preservatives

[Anonymous No.19236423]

>people buy pre-diced veggies from the grocery store

[Anonymous No.19236425]

>>19236379
>pre-diced veggies

[Anonymous No.19236446]

>>19236379
because black hands diced them

[Anonymous No.19236473]

Because they're likely a day or so old and also I can tell you with 100% certainty that they absolutely do not ever wash them before cutting them even though they're supposed to.

[Anonymous No.19236494]

>>19236423
Its for old people, and people with hand-problems.

[Anonymous No.19236502]

>>19236494
I'd rather bash a slap-chop with my head.

[Anonymous No.19236518]

>>19236494
It's exclusively for lazy retards. People that cook but have chopping issues have tools to assist them instead of living off shitty pre-cut veg

[Anonymous No.19237410]

>>19236379
A combination of oxidation and other chemical reactions specific to the type of vegetable. Especially with alliums like onions and garlic, much of the distinctive flavor comes from chemicals that are released when the vegetable is damaged. These are volatile and lose their punch quickly. Take two garlic cloves and smash them. Eat one immediately and put the other in the fridge for a day or two. It'll taste like nothing.
Carrots are about the only vegetable I can think of that's resilient to this, but their texture is terrible if not kept at the proper humidity after chopping.

[Anonymous No.19237470]

>>19236379
Jeez there sure are a lot of people in this thread talking out of their ass...

Pre-diced vegetables are considered a ready-to-eat product and because of that they are held to a higher standard than whole vegetables. In order to be considered safe to eat, they are typically soaked in any number of food safe sanitizing solutions. This is why it tastes weird. This is why Burger King lettuce tastes like bleach.

Large manufacturers have more sophisticated methods for doing this, but your typical grocery store is doing the bare minimum and yes, you're ingesting residual sanitizing solution.

Chop your own vegetables.

[Anonymous No.19237495]

>>19236379
these have really short shelf lives, 5-6 days from when they are received
If you have to buy these, just get the ones in the back of the shelf
light and heat significantly deteriorate them
any kind of moisture or sweating in the package is a bad sign if you intend to consume them raw
If you are going to be cooking with pre-diced veggies, just buy frozen

[Anonymous No.19237512]

>>19236379
Because you're lazy. That's why.

[Anonymous No.19237549]

>>19236379
My guess is that they are packed in nitrogen gas like some of the bagged salad mixes are
The nitrogen gas prevents oxidation, but the cells die from asphyxiation. When you open the package, nothing has browned/oxidized and no bacterial or fungal growth has occurred, but the plant material tastes weird because the plant cells have been dead for a while

[Anonymous No.19237877]

>>19236379
I bought a bunch of celery and I have no idea what to use it for, what should I make?

[Anonymous No.19238306]

>>19237877
celery goes in a bunch of sauces, soups, and salads. Just use it as a base

[Anonymous No.19238316]

>>19236379
Why would you buy this junk?

[Anonymous No.19238333]

>>19237549
Would a supermarket even have this kind of gear to pull this off? Those packages always look like they're done on site rather than shipped in. Like, if it was done at the same place that does premade salads, it would probably be in a bag as well rather than those plastic tubs. Besides, I've never seen any of these pre-chopped vegs that didn't have like a 2 day expiration date.

[Anonymous No.19238824]

>>19236379
they lick the knives before they chop it as punishment for being a lazy fuck who can't even chop their own vegetables.

[Anonymous No.19239023]

>>19238824
Joke's on them that's my fetish

[Anonymous No.19239184]

>>19236379
I'll buy pico but nothing else pre sliced

[Anonymous No.19239237]

This post is amazing

[Anonymous No.19239276]

>>19236473
Uh-huh. What other conspiracies are you working on?

[Anonymous No.19239311]

>>19236379
You know when you see a pepper or onion with a bruise or soft spot and decide not to buy it?
Well that part gets chopped off and the rest of the vegetable get diced.

[Anonymous No.19239313]

>>19236423
this

i can understand premade salads at lunchtime or whatever but what is the point of pre chopped produce? it's like 5x the price and, as you say op, always tastes a little funny (probably because the guts of the veg are hanging out oxidizing or something)

[Anonymous No.19239315]

>>19239311
it's not a country wide thing but here in canada the famous No Name brand now just sells that stuff whole under a subbrand called Perfectly Imperfect

i like it because you can get like 10kg of frozen mixed fruit or a similar sack of potatoes for like 3$

[Anonymous No.19239650]

When I worked at a super market as a kid the presliced veggies and fruits were the ones about to go bad so the would chop them up and repackage them to try to sell them.

[Anonymous No.19239651]

>>19236379
disgusting

[Anonymous No.19239663]

>>19236473
Get a load-a-this-guy! What OTHER conspiracy theories are you cooking up in the ol' Brain Case (tm) buddy?

[Anonymous No.19239665]

>>19236473
>I can tell you with 100% certainty that they absolutely do not ever wash them before cutting them even though they're supposed to.
it's all automated and they are constantly being flushed with water as part of the process. I used to do maintenance for such a place.

[Anonymous No.19241194]

>>19239315
mmm a sack of potatoes that are starting to rot or sprout

[Anonymous No.19241271]

>>19236379
because they take the produce thats about to expire and cant be sold normally, chop it up, and repackage it as fresh and new. its literally old food.

[Anonymous No.19241384]

>>19236379
>pre-diced veggies
Fucking zoomers

[Anonymous No.19241412]

>>19236379
i used to work for safeway fresh cut department. It depends on what day are made and lack of oxygen.

[Anonymous No.19241420]

>>19241384
No this has been a thing since the Greatest Generation
It took off with second-wave Feminism, though, what a curse
This was a staple for Boomer moms, and was passed onto Gen X parents

[Anonymous No.19241433]

>>19241420
Seems to me that you're the curse with your gen this gen that, you're nothing but marketing terms.

[Anonymous No.19241439]

>>19241433
Second-wave feminism replaced good teachers with bad teachers
The good teachers sought upwards mobility, and made two-income households taxable
What looked like an opening turned out to be a closed door on fathers working while mothers mothered
Now we live in dystopian times, why are you defending dystopia?

[Anonymous No.19241446]

>>19241439
Check out "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" it's a movie available for free.

[Anonymous No.19241448]

>>19241439
What I don't understand is why "teachers" need to live tax free, I have to pay taxes, that's fine, but are they some kind of protected class and where does that end?
We all pay the same and that's that.
End of story.

[Anonymous No.19241457]

>>19241448
Teachers pay taxes in the US, I don't know about the rest, but it's all shit, only activists teach regular kids at regular schools

[Anonymous No.19241470]

>>19241446
I will and I'm Catholic
Talk about being between a rock and a hard place
There will be a schism, unless the promise of a schism rights the ship

[Anonymous No.19241477]

>>19241470
I think it's called between the scylla and chyribis, and the schism right there in the middle if you can get through. If you dont go burble burble burble then I'm was and once was catholic but that wasn't me, my family sure but not me. I was never believied in some "church." The send you money and pence or whatever to get closer to god types.

[Anonymous No.19241492]

>>19241470
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Please enjoy