Submitted 1 day ago by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Don’t judge my dinner lol. It was a long day and I wanted something quick and easy. Defrosted the chops, got them ready to coat, and, what’s this? No bag? Surely this must be a manufacturing anomaly.
Nope. I go back into the pantry and grab the newer box, open it, and…also no bag.
Had to waste one of the good Ziploc gallon size bags for this.
How many fractions of a penny did they save by not including the shake bags? Ugh!
Cheapflation them back and learn that you don’t need these stupid products. They’re not “convenient” they’re just a way to charge you 10x for the constituent ingredients.
I’m with this guy. Just buy some seasoning salt or whatever and apply it with some oil. At this point the only advantage they’re giving you is that they’re pre measured portions.
The ingredients of this are going to be white flour, salt, thyme, paprika.
And probably a bunch of other useless shit you don’t want or need to eat.
I noticed recently that Hot Pockets at some point in the last ~ 8 years removed the crisping sleeve for cooking them in the microwave (I hadn’t bought them in a long time). They claim that it was done to reduce packaging waste. In reality, they just made the product shittier to save a few cents per unit. Now you have to cook it in the oven for 30 minutes to have it be crispy, or have a rubbery hot pocket if you use the microwave. It was the first time I bought them in ~ 8 years, and I won’t be buying them again.
Hilariously there was minor backlash about this, they sent out silicone hot pocket holders as a gesture of goodwill if you requested it.
Imma hit em up so I’m prepared in 8 years for my next pocket.
Haven’t had those in forever but you could probably pop them in the air fryer or even the toaster oven for half that time.
The last time I recall eating a Hot Pocket was in like 2014 during a week-long power outage. Was using a propane heater to not freeze to death and put the hot pockets over top of that on a wire rack. They came out surprisingly good 😆
I think they added an air fryer cook method to the instructions as well. I didn’t want to deal with getting the air fryer out for a freaking hot pocket of all things.
Air fryer seems like it would be good here
Shake 'n Bake doesn’t come with bags, either.
Used to
Name brand did that shit too so at least Kroger kept it going for a while.
Didn’t know that, but I rarely buy name brand these days.
Don’t you have a bowl with a lid for that, you wasteful slop?
Isn’t it illegal to provide plastic bags in a bunch of states now? I wonder if this is a snowball affect of that.
That’s for grocery stores and the like. 95% of Chinese imports would be banned if plastic bags weren’t allowed in products
Those bags contain goods, it’s being an empty plastic bag. The laws are pretty broad, and you wouldn’t want to create an issue, so just go nuclear.
Honestly not sure. I’d have to splurge on the name brand to compare.
They also don’t include the oven for baking 😡
cheapflation means they are using cheaper, crappier ingredients for the same price. i think you mean shrinkflation.
I’ve been re-using ziploc bags for years. Just wash them.
I use a food storeage container incase of chicken bones piercing the bag.
borosilicate containers, pyrex is inferior to borosilicate, many brands have it besides the og PYREX,.
Thats a really good idea, easy to clean and easy to seal so nothing falls out. Thank you
not good if the plastic is leached from washing and heat.
Same! I also reuse bread bags and the like. Plastic grocery bags work for most things.
No idea when I last bought kitchen bags, but it’s been at least a decade.
That’s a DLC extra buy.
Interesting, I don’t think I knew these ever had bags, we have always just mixed cheap canned breadcrumbs with seasoning powder
Besides being annoying, it seems too easy to absorb moisture and be a pain in the ass to try and work with it , not being sealed in a bag.
The actual seasoning crumbs are still sealed in a bag (for now? lol). It just doesn’t come with the “shake” bags you pour that into in order to coat the food.
Dude, just use a bowl. Like, I get it, fuck corporations and all that. But this seems a little petty to get upset over when my groceries are $150 a week and beef is $10 a pound.
I’m guessing those seasoning crumbs are a pretty standard mixture, one that is easily googled, and can be bought for pennies compared to that bag. Some olive oil, that seasoning, and a bug bowl and you could have weeks of it ready to go
nogooduser@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They’ll probably say that it’s for the environment and that you should use a reusable bag for it.
Companies are good at doing things to benefit the environment when it also benefits their bottom line.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 day ago
I’ve lived long enough where I definitely see this as the reason.
It starts with one person saying “hey wait, if we do this thing we waste a little less!”. Good intentions and idea. It grows and catches on. Companies see that and see the triple hitter: they can
Happens all the time. Tipping is the best example. You feel bad for the driver or server so you tip a little more. Companies see this and make it easier for you to tip, saying they really value their workers and want to let you tell them. Meanwhile they do nothing for actual pay, screwing you and the employees at the same time.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d take no issue with it, but if it came to fucking over the environment to save cash, well then fuck the environment it is.
big_slap@lemmy.world 1 day ago
money is the root of all evil
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Or just roll them around in a bowl
Shaking is not required
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I use a mixing bowl (with a lid) for my shaken-on seasoning needs