Consumable Pet Peeves?
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amusedmonkey wrote: »This is actually the exact opposite of a pet peeve, but I didn't know where to put it and starting a whole new thread about it isn't worth it.
I was shopping today, and I saw sugar-free cookies. It stated on the package "For diabetics, not low calorie, not for weight control". I was pleasantly surprised to see honest packaging.
That's a good one.
My somewhat related peeve is that every food seems to have a gimmick to appeal to a certain phobia (or it seems that way).
Apparently we're all supposed to be deathly afraid of the things in the supermarket.
"Low sugar" (to appeal to the sugar "addicts" (we need a rolleyes smiley)).
"Low fat" (to appeal to the people still living in the eighties).
"Gluten free" (apologies to the celiacs).
"Organic" (derp derp derp).
"GMO-Free" (derp derp derp).
"All-natural" (could you be more vague and annoying please?).
"Pure" (GTFO clean freaks).
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.
Yes, and similarly, all the recipes which don't actually tell you how many grams is one serving size.
It would be nice to have at least an estimate.
I import these recipes into the recipe creator on EatThisMuch. All the cups and pieces have a gram value, and you can view nutrition per a certain gram amount (after saving the recipe). I know it's not accurate because anything being cooked ends up losing weight, but it's such a useful number to compare things. If the original number of servings results in a low weight, I either ditch the recipe or edit the number of servings. Sometimes I don't even go by servings, I enter "600 grams" for example, and it gives me the ingredient amounts for that rough amount, or even keep playing with the weight until I'm at the exact calorie amount I want. Such a handy tool. If I make something there, I just quick-add the calories here because they are from official databases that can be trusted.
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Bad vegan protein powder0
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Small, Medium, Large as measures. My idea of small may be vastly different from someone else's idea of small.
Or, "a handful..." of nuts (or raisins, etc.) as a suggestion for a healthy snack.0 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »When I'm browsing the internets for food ideas and low cal recipes have pictures of bounteous dishes of food instead of showing what one serving of it looks like.
Yes, and similarly, all the recipes which don't actually tell you how many grams is one serving size.
It would be nice to have at least an estimate.
"Serves 4-6." Not so helpful.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »MelanieCN77 wrote: »estherdragonbat wrote: »ladyhusker39 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Anything like Lenny and Larry's cookies, where they make one cookie two servings. I'm not gonna eat a half of a cookie and save the other half for later, especially when the packaging doesn't reseal. Same thing with Poptarts, although I haven't had those in years.
This is probably my biggest. For example, what is clearly a single serving size of chips but when you read the label it says 2 1/2 servings. Just list the calories for the whole bag for pete's sake!
Microwavable lasagne in a 6x8 tray that's 300 calories per serving... 2 servings. In that one tiny tray. And if you've brought it with you to work for lunch? What are you to do with the leftovers?
Have the second serving tomorrow? Just saying....
I don't think you're supposed to re-microwave microwaved food.
Really?!? Is this truly a thing? I do it all the time.
Me too; just not in the same container I originally cooked it in.
The plastic in the microwave thing has been debunked, I think. Another of those miniscule issues that the media blew up into a major "cancer-causing threat."
I thought it was to do with food poisoning not cancer but to be fair my continuing education on microwaves appears to have stopped some time in the 90s.
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Mangoes. I love them. They are often on really good sale around here. But I am horrible at cutting them up and feel like I am wasting SO much of the fruit.1
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I had a can of soup the other day. It said the serving size was one cup and there were "about 2" servings per can. According to the label, calories for a cup were 130. and calories per container were 300. Made my head hurt.
But I ate the soup anyway and just logged 300 calories. I was not up for more math than that.0 -
Mangoes. I love them. They are often on really good sale around here. But I am horrible at cutting them up and feel like I am wasting SO much of the fruit.
if it's mangoes, i do the hedgehogged slices off the flat sides, and then i go somewhere private and gnaw on the pit until i am sure i haven't wasted an atom of it. me and a mango - it's kind of a primal sight, but i do try not to do it in front of children.
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My biggest food pet peeve is the size of a serving of peanut butter. I wish I could magically make the whole jar 190 calories instead of a paltry little 32 grams!
There are few things sadder than the first time you actually weigh a serving of peanut butter on a food scale.6
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