"Family Size" has no meaning anymore

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• ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “Family size” simply means “can serve an entire family”. It doesn’t mean “Can stuff 4 American bellies full”. It’s hard to judge the size of the box in your photo, but I can see serving one of those enchiladas per family member, along with pasta and salad or something.

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Enchilada and pasta. GTFO

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    • M137@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Then OP goes and suggests mac and cheese as a side for it, that’s many levels worse.

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    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You do realize this is to enchilada what Papa John’s is to pizza right?

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Brits don’t eat as much as Americans do because all their food is shit

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Fair point, but here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides and if you wanted to go from satisfied to “stuffed full” then you could whip up a quick side of Mac and cheese or something

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    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Well okay, maybe I wasn’t clear. I agree with you that you certainly aren’t getting enough nourishment for an entire family - and in fact, even if you have enough food volume for an entire family, this crap wouldn’t count as nourishment anyway. And you’re probably paying this box of goopy shit dollars on the pennies it cost to make.

      I was just pointing out that, like most things the agro industry puts on boxes, “family size” has no legal meaning and therefore is technically correct depending on how you interpret it.

      Incidentally, another thing that means jack squat on your box of dubious food is “Now with more cheese”. If they started out with zero cheese (and no, the stuff with a cheesy taste used in ultra-processed food isn’t legally cheese) then adding a flake or two of real cheddar makes it technically possible to say “Now with more cheese”.

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    • M137@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Your 'Murican is showing, very clearly. Mac and cheese as a side to chicken enchiladas? How do you not realise the obesity mental illness level that is?

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    • DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m old and I don’t think that’s true. Frozen entrees have ways been on the light side. And frozen dinners for one would be 3 oz of meat, and a couple of spoonfuls of boiled peas or something.

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Mac and cheese with “cantina style”? Throw some Texas toast in there why don’t ya, and hit dairy queen after

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    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides

      American in his fifties here. No idea what you’re talking about. Family size has only ever meant “larger pack.” It has never meant “complete on its own with nothing accompanying it.”

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    • Cenzorrll@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A family size meal should have enough to at least be the entree for four people. With enchiladas that means two per person, not one. It’s a corn tortilla with stuff rolled in it, barely larger than a taquito, you need two for it to not look like a depression meal (we’re already cooking frozen enchiladas, we’re there already, it doesn’t need to be rubbed in).

      I’ve noticed that sizes are shifting. Party size is now what used to be family size and can actually feed four, sometimes it’s called mega family size or some bullshit. Family size now means two adults and maybe a child <10 yrs. I remember a family size lasagna had leftovers when I was a kid.

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    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s 300 calories per serving (4 servings per box). If you’re on a 2000 calorie diet, a meal is 500 - 700 calories, so this would be a snack or a dish that requires a side. Or eat the whole box yourself and it’s about the same as a Big Mac combo.Image

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• lemmymarud@lemmy.marud.fr ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The real term here is : Family size but you’re divorced and it’s not the week the kids are with you

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  • thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why call me out like this

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• MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “Family Size” has no meaning anymore

  Never did.

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  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It means more calories than we can justify for a meal in a 2000 calorie day.

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• RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Any phrasing that isn’t regulated is subject to abuse by marketing.

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• h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  But it has more cheese

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  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m afraid to ask how little it had before, because the amount i see are rookie numbers.

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  • toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s got what families crave.

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s what I’m saying! One more tooth with experience the delight of biting into food. I don’t see what’s wrong. 🤷‍♂️

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There are 1200 calories in that tray. Yes, it’s a main course for a family of 3-4 people. Put the fork down, fatass.

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    1200 calories / 4 people is 300 calories. 300 calories times 3 meals per day is only 900 calories. According to the American Heart Association, that’s the recommended calorie intake for a 1 year old.

    So unless your “family of 4” consists of 4 babies and no older children or adults, this is not a family size meal.

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    300 calorie main course

    How’s life in 13th century Poland?

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• hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If one must emphasize that the cheso is indeed cheesy, I would be suspicious.

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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “Cheesy queso” is there for a very specific reason: they can’t legally put “cheese” on the box because that has a legal definition, and there must be a minimum percentage of cheese in the product for the box to legally bear the word “cheese”.

    “Cheesy queso” has no legal definition. So even if the product only has 0.1% cheese in it - or no cheese at all - it’s not illegal to write “cheesy queso”.

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    • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It does say “now with more cheese” so maybe it’s 0.2% even!

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  • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    IMHO, that orange liquid Kraft garbage doesn’t count as cheese.

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• Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Family of one

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  • Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There’s 4 items in that package…wtf are u all talking about.

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    • tacosplease@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Somebody get this guy 4 grains of rice so he can feed his family!

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• RevolverSly@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How do you translate “cheesy queso”? …queso quesoso?

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Queso caseoso I think

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  • heavydust@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I guess they write it like that because queso means nothing legally, and cheesy means “almost like cheese” to confuse customers while selling fake cheese.

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• odelik@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “Latina Favorites” huh?

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Cantina style

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    • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Could be Lantina

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  • M137@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    How do you not see that’s not an “L”? It’s curved. And you ignore a whole word, which changes the meaning and makes it clear what the actual word is.

    You’re incredibly stupid.

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    • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Note to self: If I ever need to push @M137@lemmy.world 's buttons, food packaging typography misunderstandings is a great option.

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• Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Family of mice

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• westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My expections would be extremely low based on the brand. The less in the box might be a good thing.

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It was actually ok, not terrible, but also not great. If it was a bit better I could have forgiven them on the portion sizes lol

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    • westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t think I could eat stoufers, I find that stuff really not good.

      Besides its so easy to make. Beans, rice, a rotesserie chicken if you want to get fancy cheese and enchilada sauce. Make in advance and freeze portions of it. Cheaper in the long run and actually tastes good.

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Gnomes have families too

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• rei@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What is this? A family size for ants???

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• AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  For my family of three, I’ve had to start buying “party size” of too many things.

  Family size cereal is ok though, since I’m the only one who eats it

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• lemmylommy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  „Now with more cheese“ - so 0.1% instead of 0.09%?

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  • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Are you kidding. This is murica! Cheese is practically a waste product of our over subsidized dairy industry. Theres a reason that there’s 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in our strategic cheese reserves. Theres no reason those enchiladas couldn’t be 50% cheese ~product~.

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    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yes there is: chemical cheese flavor is cheaper than cheese.

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• Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It looks like each enchilada +cheese sauce is like 500+ calories (I would bet closer to 700). All it needs is a small side to make a meal.

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Family size - probably as an intermediate course between the soup and the main course.

  Out of curiosity: how much does it weight?

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• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Family sized, if your a single parent with no kids 😂

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• yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, you are supposed to eat them with rice or some other side

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• Shortstack@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What are these, enchiladas for ants? Yes, it is. For a family of ants

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• Floey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are you trying to feed your family on just enchiladas?

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• HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Was it any good? Never had and just wondering.

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It was alright, not terrible, not Great lol

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