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
Wait until you hear about atoms.
everyone talks about chip bags being 50% wasted space but no one talks about creamed corn cans being 50% wasted space
Submitted 2 weeks ago by realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
wow this goes deeper than i ever thought possible
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
LLM brain rot in action. No wonder OP is straining creamed corn
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
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 weeks ago
Because then it won’t be creamed.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They are not filled with air, they’re typically filled with nitrogen
Mescalito@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was going to say nitrogen but didn’t want to come off as too pedantic.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Government trying to take away our cornographic material
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Chip bags have all that air in them, so the chips don’t get crushed as easily.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
if the chips has such a simple explanation then how come everyone talks about that and no one questions why cans of creamed corn have all that wasted space this is what im getting at i think its being surpressed
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I have personally never opened a can of creamed corn, so this whole post is new information for me. The chips thing though…that was solved decades ago. Not sure why the confusion persists.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am desperately curious about the life that leads up to this question
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
The first mistake is eating creamed corn
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
here i actually wrote about it lemmy.world/post/24251140
Broadfern@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s glorious
I totally ate the onion (truthion?) on this showerthought lmao
quinkin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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 2 weeks ago
Are you Mongolian? Feels like you’re Mongolian…
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
time makes fools of us all
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Hey are you the real Chad McTruth or some half dicked imposter trying to ruin His great name?
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
i cant keep track anymore to be honest
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Look in you pants is it a full dick or a half dick?
dmention7@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I didn’t know KenM was on the Fediverse!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You think that’s bad try some cream of mushroom. I swear some cans didnt even have anything in them after straining
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You need to open up the can and put it on a shelf in a dark cabinet for a few weeks first. Rookie mistake.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Keep working at it and you’ll get there as a satire artist one of these days
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
strain?
Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
slow clap
Even KenM would envy this.
Harvey656@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hello_there@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
It's the demo-rats fault. They are eating all the cream and just leaving corn in the can.
Jayve@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have the same problem with orange juice, there’s hardly any orange in it. It’s like the pork in Pork N Beans.
mangaskahn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Genuinely curious: why are you straining creamed corn? If you want corn kernels, why not buy that instead?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
what
mangaskahn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.