/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Meme Man No.6177738]

Pinnacle of food engineering

[Anonymous No.6177758]

>>6177738
Calorie Mate?!

[Anonymous No.6177802]

The fruit and chocolate ones were good. Chocolate was amazing, I want more. Cheese flavor was bad. It was not cheesecake flavored, like I read.

[Anonymous No.6178215]

>>6177738
>soylent green is people

[Anonymous No.6178223]

>>6177738

>calorie mate is naturally suited for people on-the-go who need an easy source of energy

Its a fucking joke, if you have time to eat this you have time to eat anything else.

You cannot physically chew or digest this quicker than any other food.

If you buy and eat these it's because you cannot be bothered to pre-make a lunch.

[Anonymous No.6178228]

>>6178223
>If you buy and eat these it's because you cannot be bothered to pre-make a lunch.
I think that's the point, genius.

[Anonymous No.6178244]

>>6178228

except it's marketed at people supposedly for its nutritional value because they're busy when in actual fact its just made for the very laziest of people.

The bar should come with a hologram of gordon ramsay shouting insults at the person as they eat it.

>it takes 5 minutes to make a sandwich, but only 5 seconds to see you're a disappointment to your parents you lazy fuck

[Anonymous No.6178247]

Wut? I thought this was a metal gear thing only. Nasty.

I can hear Snake enjoying it now ;n;

[Anonymous No.6178523]

>>6177738
You'd be better off with a high end chocolate bar and some almonds or something. 3 bucks, tops.

-Almonds are a source of fat and various macro nutrients, quite a lot of energy can be harvested
-Raw cane sugar (not refined) gets pushed through normal metabolism and is accompanied by all the proper nutrients to turn it into energy without leaching them out of your stores, as is the case with refined sugar.
-Chocolate, aka cocoa beans, drastically your body's preference for lipolysis, elevate your mood, sharpen your mind, and dilate your blood vessels (slightly stimulating your heart). Suppresses appetite as well.

End result, your metabolic pathways are stimulated on both fronts, there's no real crash it's just a smooth up and down to slightly below baseline (probably because it takes ~ 6 hours to do so, by which point you're fatigued anyway), and can even allow you to function at a higher level than merely being "energized".

Yes, I see that contains chocolate, but I'm not at all keen on the rest of the ingredients. They aren't necessary, and you can do better yourself. Probably is overpriced (at 5+ dollars per unit, it certainly seems it) and tastes terrible as well. Besides, it isn't an inexpensive pill that has an entire day's nutrition packed inside in a readily bioavailable form. Therefore, it is not the pinnacle of food engineering, and it isn't even all that impressive when viewed by modern standards.

Pic related. Just a chocolate bar that I can get for 2.90 or so per unit.

[Anonymous No.6178533]

>>6178244
>>6178223
>being this mad

I've never even seen calorie mate in real life, but holy shit you're mad

Also

>it takes 5 seconds to make a sandwich

You've never actually made a sandwich, have fun pretending to be a patrician chef de cuisine on a sardinian farming discussion newsgroup

[Anonymous No.6178540]

Pillsbury Master Race checking in.
>Space Food Sticks ftw

[Anonymous No.6178542]

>>6178540
>Pillsbury
>Master anything

[Anonymous No.6178543]

>>6178540
moar

[Anonymous No.6178546]

>>6178523
>organic
>equal exchange
>he paid extra for that
>laughing marketers dot jpg

SJW detected. I would literally rape and murder dozens of third world villagers to provide for my family. Organic can't support an entire globe.

[Anonymous No.6178547]

>>6178542
bow down
>pleb

[Anonymous No.6178552]

>>6178542
(Pretty neat package design though)
Package design has reached pathetic levels lately. It's a mess, I don't even know where they find the people to do so. Unfortunately the answer is "fresh out of college", and in this case, a prime example of when education leads to greater delusion.

[Anonymous No.6178559]

>>6178552
>these days
>complaining about a package from 40 years ago
>back in my day

Back in your day, the iPhone 3 was considered a cutting edge phone. Stop trying to sound old.

[Anonymous No.6178562]

>>6177738
BOW DOWN TO THE WIZARDRY OF IDAHOAN!

[Anonymous No.6178564]

>>6178552
There was a day when the young padawan would gather for the midday sup around a bountiful table of glorious Tang and Space Food Sticks.
>be me / 8 yo
>yfw the true inventors of the internets walk among you

[Anonymous No.6178565]

>>6178546
I paid for a well made chocolate bar without bullshit in it, something I haven't been able to have for the last half a decade. Not that I spent too much time looking. Besides, 2.90 per bar? Go show me another chocolate bar that cheap, and I'll show you why it's made of garbage.

We live in a broken world, and I'm no more trusting of the notion of an "equal exchange" than I buy that "free range" means anything. Stop making such blanketed assumptions. There could be any number of reasons someone would buy that very chocolate bar, you just chose the one that you liked best and that made the best target. Your own illusions only blind you, by choice.

[Anonymous No.6178570]

>>6178533

what is reading comprehension

>i was taking the piss out of the product
>5minutes not 5 seconds

[Anonymous No.6178574]

>>6178559
I'm only barely into my twenties...

I never said "these days" to begin with. Address what was said or don't bother.

>Your body when

[Anonymous No.6178575]

>>6178565
You've defeated yourself. You expect cheap. You wrote it yourself.

There's a difference in language between "cheap" and "inexpensive."

You seem like that type that will never understand that.

Rage at the machine maaaaaannnnnn!

[Anonymous No.6178578]

>>6178574
>I'm only barely into my twenties...

See >>6178559

[Anonymous No.6178582]

>>6178575
That difference lies in arbitrary semantics with very little meaning in this context. I buy what I want for what I can get it for, and comparatively, it is quite cheap. Within my budget as a whole, it is also quite cheap.

You seem like you're having trouble forming coherent thoughts and are more focused on feeling like you've "won" our conversation. Stop and think about that.

[Anonymous No.6178602]

>>6178223
>>6178244

are you trying to argue that premade food is not more convenient than food you make yourself?

[Anonymous No.6178603]

>>6178582
English does exist because of it's ability to express. Your failure to understand that isn't my problem you fucking nigger.

Did I wake you up or are you going to play the whambluance race card now?

[Anonymous No.6178611]

>>6178565

#rekt

[Anonymous No.6178619]

>>6178603
>>6178575
>>6178546

>start shit with someone for no reason
>try to "defeat" him in an argument so you can look cool on 4chan

you're fucking pathetic

[Anonymous No.6178622]

>>6178602

I'm pointing out that its marketing itself as speedy when it takes 5 minutes to make a sandwich.

Whos that lazy that they'd rather eat a "balanced food block" than a sandwich.

[Anonymous No.6178627]

>>6178619
It's 4chan and it's funny.
You sir take things way too seriously.

[Anonymous No.6178635]

>>6178622
>Whos that lazy that they'd rather eat a "balanced food block" than a sandwich.

No one does this, are you high? It's usually down to a "food block" or a bag of potato chips because you're stuck at the office at 11 PM and all the nearby takeout spots are closed.

inb4 I would never get into that situation in the first place because {insert /pol/ rant here about work ethic or librul arts or social issues warlords or boot strap lifting}, yes, we get it, everything always goes exactly according to plan

[Anonymous No.6178637]

>>6178622
Not everyone is around a kitchen or one that's clean that's useful, some of us work ya know.

Maybe in your utopia everyone can have stuff made by robots or something, but in that book by Thomas More, that doesn't exist and it never will, that's the point.

[Anonymous No.6178650]

>>6178635
>It's usually down to a "food block" or a bag of potato chips because you're stuck at the office
or your office is a space ship.
>>6178543

[Anonymous No.6178662]

>>6178650
bu... bu... pringles!
You can never eat just one!

[Anonymous No.6178687]

>>6178662
God Tier Pringles
>Sour Cream & Onion
>Salt & Vinegar
all others are fail

[Anonymous No.6178708]

>>6178687
Cheddar cheese would like to have a word with you.

[Anonymous No.6178709]

>>6178637

you don't have a spare 5 minutes the night before work to make a sandwich and put it in a lunchbox or paper bag?

If all you do is go to work come home brush your teeth and go to bed only to go to work the next day you should quit.

[Anonymous No.6178710]

Aren't Calorie Mates mostly military leftovers/hiking snacks? They make me think of hard tack.

[Anonymous No.6178718]

>>6178709

I dislike sandwiches made 10 hours prior to consumption. If I wanted a sandwich I'll go to the 50 sandwich places around my office. 99 times out of 100 this is very possible. 1 out of 100 times, shit gets crazy at work and I'm not able to eat at a normal time.

The only times I ever bring my own lunch that I made at home, it's soups or stews. Stuff that doesn't become unappealing by sitting in a container for 11 hours.

Enjoy your soggy nasty awful horrible refrigerator slime sandwiches.

[Anonymous No.6178730]

>>6178718
>I dislike sandwiches made 10 hours prior to consumption

Me too. But It sure beats the cost and time wasted to go to a local place.

[Anonymous No.6178737]

>>6178718

Your ignorance is astounding

Youd eat an item that describes itself as a "food block" where one of the ingredients is "edible vegetable fats" rather than a sandwich because you say the breads going to get soggy.

They had to make the distinction that one of the ingredients is edible for fucks sake.

Also separate the wet and dry ingredients and keep the bread in a ziplock bag, you can put lettuce or whatever on the sandwich at your work in less than 10 seconds.

[Anonymous No.6178746]

>>6178244
Making a sandwich or something like that, I agree, but I get sick of sandwiches, and especially the very simple kind that won't turn into a sogged up mess by the time I can eat it. Besides that, there's soups, cold foods, and pantry items that I would prefer over a meal bar. Just about everything outside of that turns into a soggy, horribly cooked mess when microwaved. If it comes down to turning decent food into shitty food or going straight for the shitty food, eh.

[Anonymous No.6178747]

>>6178709
It's not about time m8. As long as I get there sometime and show a presense I'm good to go.

Not every job is about clocking in at some shit hour, I was done with that crap at 18.

It just doesn't work that way now, stuff is project based... most of the time unless there are changes to things I get done way ahead of time, the rest of the time is my own. That's just a fact. Take that as you will.

One of these days you might understand but somehow I doubt it. You come across as seriously stupid with a guilt complex.

[Anonymous No.6178748]

>>6178730
>cost

Debatable. For the variety of fresh, good bread (not sliced supermarket stuff), the amount of effort it would require to keep a constant and consistent supply of delicious and diverse bread and ingredient styles to rival what I can buy near work would be inordinate.

If it's the same sandwich every day, then the benefit of buying at the corner deli goes way down and the cost difference is worth thinking about.

I hate eating the same shit day in and day out. I could save a lot of money if I didn't mind it. But in all honesty I spend almost as much on alcohol as food, and at least food is necessary for survival.

[Anonymous No.6178752]

>>6178737

As I said before, I've never eaten calorie mate. I'm merely explaining why I don't sperg out over sandwich meats every morning. Sure there's a 1% risk that at the traditional lunch hour, I won't be able to go outside and get whatever the hell I want. That's fine with me, I don't mind eating 99 good meals in a row followed by the random unexpected preserved food from Duane Reade.

>separating the ingredients and putting the bread in a ziploc bag

I seriously hope you are joking or something. All that effort and creating a Mt. Everest of garbage, just for a goddamm sandwich? No, fuck off.

[Anonymous No.6178771]

>>6178747

Beleive what you will.

>>6178752

As opposed to the mountain of rubbish you would create from the food truck or sandwich shop you order from, are they not served in wrappers, do they not give you napkins, disposable cups, straws with paper wrappers and receipts?

[Anonymous No.6178779]

>>6178771

Usually, if I'm getting a sandwich, it's either in a simple paper bag shaped like the sandwich, or wrapped in a sheet of butcher paper. No receipt. The napkins I would have had to use anyway. Disposable cups and straws are not necessary for the consumption of a sandwich, but since you asked, I use a water glass (made of actual glass) when I get back to the office, and fill that with water. I detest the feeling of disposable cups against my lips.

[Anonymous No.6178793]

>>6178709
Here's a bit of reality for you.
When I'm working I bill for my time, so if I have to be on some site I like to bill for it. I can't bill if I go out to some restaurant, in the end it doesn't matter too much but still, I'm not a bazillionare so bill when I can.

You should too instead of being a twat. Get good at something and then you can bill over $100 /hr.

The point is that my time is valuable to me and as much as I like to joke around it's apparently valuable to others as well. As long as I get programs written and jobs done, it doesn't matter all that much what the fuck I do.

As I wrote before, you'll likely never understand this but you might someday. Hopefully you will, but that remains to be seen.

So yeah, why not make money while I can?
Usually I don't just work and go home to brush my teeth. I used to have a really hot girlfriend who was smart too, she kept me on my toes. Why not now? I don't know, shit happens and I don't want to deal with the bullshit right now.

I engineered our breakup, I made it look it would be to her advantage for her to break up with me. It looked good for her family and mine that way, plus I didn't want her to pump out my kids. I got off without a marriage on that one.

[Anonymous No.6178799]

>>6178771
Nice response... I don't have to "believe" I've been there and done it, in NYC too. It's just another dreary day.

[Anonymous No.6179092]

>>6178603
I've come to believe language and logic are two sides of the same coin. Each mutually expands the other, and somewhere, there was a spark wherein perhaps it could be said both brought each other into existence. In the past I was always inclined towards intrinsic logic being that spark, but perhaps it was more random than that.

English owes its existence to the concept of verbal communication, it evolved from this desire. It'd be more accurate to say English exists because it evolved in a region, was viable, and is extremely good at communicating and considering temporal concepts.

Unfortunately you dilute and misunderstand language to a point where it might as well be worthless, and worse, use that twisting to go around looking for a fight or false leverage. You use it as an excuse to indulge your lust for conflict. I've done a lot of fighting with myself, and in many ways done a lot of fighting with other people. It happens. Your failure to reconcile whatever is inside of you isn't my problem, and I'm not impressed you seem to think it should be. Learn to deal with your own issues.

[Anonymous No.6179098]

>>6179092
You missed the plot on one major point.
I don't know you, therefore I don't give a shit about reconciling with you or explaining myself to you.

You can take that to the bank and flush it for what it's worth.

[Anonymous No.6179105]

>>6179098
You aren't reconciling with me, you're reconciling with you. You aren't explaining or justifying to me, you're looking in the mirror and doing so with the only person you can never truly be rid of.

Look at how you started this exchange and what you've done during it.

[Anonymous No.6179107]

>>6179098

Then why are you on a discussion board?

[Anonymous No.6179110]

>>6179105
Keep thinking that while you yammer like a fucking nigger. Think whatever you're little heart desires, it doesn't make it true little girl.

Do you fart rainbows and pixie dust? From your silly assertions it most certainly seems that way.

[Anonymous No.6179114]

>>6179107
You're not discussing, you're asserting. There's a difference.

[Anonymous No.6179115]

>>6179110
It all falls to you at this point, anon. Conversation is over, at least for me. Nothing left to say.

Have fun.

[Anonymous No.6179118]

>>6179115
I try to. There's no point in life if one can't have a bit of fun.

[Anonymous No.6179124]

>>6179114

No, I just asked a question. >>6179107 was my first post on this thread. This is my second.

[Anonymous No.6179131]

>>6179118
There's a lot of places to derive value from in life, but yeah, without even a bit of fun they all tend to wither away into nothing or fall apart at best. Funny it took me until my twenties to at least understand and admit that.

Wonder if I lost something, or gained something. Probably both.

[Anonymous No.6179135]

>>6179124
I already answered your second.
Some anon nailed you on your first... maybe that was me, I don't keep track, I've already been out and back to buy beer and smokes.

[Anonymous No.6179138]

>>6179131
It takes longer for some of us dumb guys and the loss of family members or a love. Don't let that happen to you anon. I used to think that I knew everything, how wrong I was.

[Anonymous No.6179221]

>>6179138
I did what I had to to continue on, and I wonder to what extent I really had real choices. I may talk a lot about reconciliation, but some part of me sees in many ways it's already too late.

Off I go.

[Anonymous No.6179320]

>>6178793
>I engineered our breakup
What method did you use?

[Anonymous No.6179335]

>>6179320
Probably subtle emotional abuse and the silent treatment, it works pretty well for me when I want to announce that the relationship is over.

[Anonymous No.6179354]

I like eating granola bars because they fit in my pocket. Plus they come wrapped so I don't need to worry about how filthy my hands are.

[Anonymous No.6179529]

>>6177738
>69 kcals per dollar on order of one
>283 kcals per dollar on a bulk purchase of forty

Fuck that shit I'll just go to mcdicks.

[Anonymous No.6179690]

>>6179529
snickers brah

or just white sugar

[Anonymous No.6179718]

>>6179690
Refined sugar requires nutrients to make energy out of, so you end with a net loss of bioavailable nutrients. It makes leaches it out of your stores.

[Anonymous No.6179723]

>>6179718
more or less leaches*

[Anonymous No.6180003]

>>6178662

I don't think I had a Pringles since they came out in the 1970s, as I didn't like the taste right off the bat and prefer buying locally made, but what's the cost - per - weight of Pringles compared to regular potato chips? They have to cost more per chip, as the packaging and production is much more complicated.

"Pringles were first sold in 1967, and distributed internationally by 1975.[3] P&G wanted to create a perfect chip to address consumer complaints about broken, greasy, and stale chips, as well as air in the bags.[4] The task was assigned to chemist Fredric Baur, who, from 1956 to 1958, created Pringles’ saddle shape from fried dough, and the can to go with it. Baur could not figure out how to make the chips taste good and he eventually was pulled off the Pringles job to work on another brand. In the mid-1960s, another P&G researcher, Alexander Liepa of Montgomery, Ohio, restarted Baur’s work, and set out to improve on the Pringles taste, which he succeeded in doing.[5] While Baur was the true inventor of the Pringles chip, according to the patent, Liepa was the inventor of Pringles.[6] Gene Wolfe, a mechanical engineer-author known for science fiction and fantasy novels, developed the machine that cooks them.[7] Their consistent saddle shape is mathematically known as a hyperbolic paraboloid.[8] Their design is reportedly aided by supercomputers to ensure safe aerodynamics while packaging.[9][10]"

[Anonymous No.6180019]

>>6178533
they are small and dont taste very good

i was severely dissapoint

[Anonymous No.6180021]

>>6178635
>It's usually down to a "food block" or a bag of potato chips

"Usually"?

Where does one actually find "food blocks", as I've never seen them outside of this thread.

[Anonymous No.6180034]

>>6180021

They call them "nutrition bars" and various other things. Look more carefully. Any gas station, drug store, or convenience store stocks them.

[Anonymous No.6180041]

Have /ck/ tried plane flavor calorie mate?
it taste slightly like apple

[Anonymous No.6180048]

>>6180041
sorry, i correct plane to plain

[Anonymous No.6180398]

How is it that no one mention instant noodles and MREs?

[wat !A9aM56sYi2 No.6180426]

>>6180398
because they often has shit for nutritional value

[Anonymous No.6181482]

>>6180003
Pringles used to be roughly the same price per ounce as other nationally sold brands like Lays. A few years back the price went up like 50% a sleeve. Now they are 2x more per ounce.

[Anonymous No.6181492]

>>6181482
it's because everyone is making cantennae out of them