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once youve strained it a whole can of creamed corn gives you barely a third of a cup why isnt anyone talking about this

i think it has to do with government corn subsidies


edit you people arent getting it so ive created a diagram

creamtcorn

look at all that blue thats wasted space between the creamed corns and it takes up over half the can

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 19 hours ago
[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

slow clap

Even KenM would envy this.

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

Um, dude thats just creamed corn, the cream is part of the product, it isn't supposed to be 100% corn Just buy canned corn:

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Milk is the real scam. Once I strain it there is basically nothing left. Unless you let it mature like a fine wine.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Are you Mongolian? Feels like you're Mongolian....

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

time makes fools of us all

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hate having to repeat this over & over, but chip bags are NOT 50% wasted space. They’re 50% larger than their contents, and then filled with 50% air for extra padding, so you don’t get a bag of crumbs.

You pay for the weight of the chips in the bag, not the amount of fullness.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

They are not filled with air, they're typically filled with nitrogen

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I was going to say nitrogen but didn’t want to come off as too pedantic.

[–] Mescalito@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago

It’s got less oxygen and moisture in it so that bacteria doesn’t have the energy to breed and spoil the contents.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

Great, start a chip company and start filling your bags with air.

You'll learn quickly that there's another predominant element in air besides nitrogen (surely it won't matter though, it's only 20.8%).

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

even more so when you open the bag

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

They mean 100% nitrogen. If they just filled chip bags with regular air they would be more sensitive to pressure changes.

[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

my point is that everyone talks about that but no one talks about the same thing happening with cans of creamed corn despite cans being sturdy enough to not need padding

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Because then it won't be creamed.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The cans are sold by weight of the content, not size of the can.
Other reasons they may be putting the small amount in a larger can (since padding isn’t an issue):

  • that’s the size of cans they have on hand from the factory.
  • packing/shipping & stacking/displaying that standard can size might be more cost effective.
  • They want dupe customers into thinking they’re getting more for their money.
[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  • the government is meddling
[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Genuinely curious: why are you straining creamed corn? If you want corn kernels, why not buy that instead?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

That's what I'm thinking. That's like buying buttermilk and complaining that there's only half a stick of butter in it after you strain it!

[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (13 children)

You can buy cans of just corn in water. Those are mostly full of corn, with water filling the space between. Creamed corn is a whole other thing, and while it has some corn kernels in it, it's mostly meant to be eaten as-is or used as-is in a recipe. The liquid in creamed corn is not meant to be discarded.

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

And nobody talks about candy corn bags being 100% wasted space.

Once you discard all the inedible garbage you are left with nothing at all.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait until you hear about atoms.

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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

It’s creamed corn, not corned cream. Creamed is the first ingredient. One could argue that the corn is stealing space from the creamed.

[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Government trying to take away our cornographic material

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I am desperately curious about the life that leads up to this question

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey are you the real Chad McTruth or some half dicked imposter trying to ruin His great name?

[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (6 children)

i cant keep track anymore to be honest

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Chip bags have all that air in them, so the chips don't get crushed as easily.

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[–] dmention7@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago

I didn't know KenM was on the Fediverse!

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