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#3130250 21-Sep-2023 17:54

Tinkerisk:

My collar size. Who needs canned spaghetti then? 😉

Actually, I do. This thread was making me hungry so I just opened a can for dinner.

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#3130262 21-Sep-2023 18:44

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Wattie's Spaghetti , what happened to quality control. Some cans are just all sauce and some just come out in a clump, i presume they all come from the same factory .

I dont use Watties spaghetti as I'm Coeliac. But from a past career where we did No Frills, many of the budget products are made where the premium brands are. I can still recall my spreadsheet that covered one wall of my not small office. No Frills vs premium brand comparison was packaging/labelling which was extremely minimal

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#3130266 21-Sep-2023 18:47

Tinkerisk:

Spaghetti from a can? Really? In Italy you would be excommunicated, tarred and feathered for that.

Did some shopping the other day. 3 pack of mini Watties spaghetti was (I can't actually remember) but say $5 . Cheap. MIL likes it as not many teeth lol. But I bought 3 x full cans of Oak for less.

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#3130267 21-Sep-2023 18:53

Rikkitic:

Actually, I do. This thread was making me hungry so I just opened a can for dinner.

It has a place. Perhaps not in a food museum. Busy, need a quick meal where a lot of it is tomatoes (very healthy) then microwave a can with a an egg mixed in (poke the yolk and the raw white) and cover for splatter. On a grain based toast, it covers the basics.

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#3130283 21-Sep-2023 20:31

Rikkitic:

Tinkerisk:

My collar size. Who needs canned spaghetti then? 😉

Actually, I do. This thread was making me hungry so I just opened a can for dinner.

Nah, I posted a quick, inexpensive, simple but fresh spaghetti recipe in the "Recipes" section. I always have that much appreciation, even if I should be starving one day. 😄

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#3130285 21-Sep-2023 20:57

Tinkerisk:
Rikkitic:

Actually, I do. This thread was making me hungry so I just opened a can for dinner.

Nah, I posted a quick, inexpensive, simple but fresh spaghetti recipe in the "Recipes" section. I always have that much appreciation, even if I should be starving one day. 😄

They are different things used for a different purpose and a recipe for pasta isn’t very useful.

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#3130292 21-Sep-2023 21:21

Handle9:

They are different things used for a different purpose and a recipe for pasta isn’t very useful.

Why? The little common denominator of the conversation between rikkitic and me was "hungry". What do you want to tell me about different purposes now? Can't you cook or did you just want to say something … uhm „smart“?

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#3130300 21-Sep-2023 22:02

tdgeek:

Rikkitic:

Actually, I do. This thread was making me hungry so I just opened a can for dinner.

It has a place. Perhaps not in a food museum. Busy, need a quick meal where a lot of it is tomatoes (very healthy) then microwave a can with a an egg mixed in (poke the yolk and the raw white) and cover for splatter. On a grain based toast, it covers the basics.

Watties has a higher sodium and sugar count than Oak I noticed the other day. Actually that was for baked beans I just realised.

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#3130301 21-Sep-2023 22:05

Tinkerisk:
Handle9:

They are different things used for a different purpose and a recipe for pasta isn’t very useful.

Why? The little common denominator of the conversation between rikkitic and me was "hungry". What do you want to tell me about different purposes now? Can't you cook or did you just want to say something … uhm „smart“?

You are continually criticising something you haven’t eaten and don’t
understand. You’re coming across as patronising at best.

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#3130311 21-Sep-2023 23:45

Handle9:
Tinkerisk:

Why? The little common denominator of the conversation between rikkitic and me was "hungry". What do you want to tell me about different purposes now? Can't you cook or did you just want to say something … uhm „smart“?

You are continually criticising something you haven’t eaten and don’t
understand. You’re coming across as patronising at best.

Dear Handle, you don't have to "understand something I haven’t eaten" to not think canned food is the smartest thing in the world nutritionally. But if you enjoy eating the stuff, fine. But I prefer to do without it (except in survival packs), no matter what childhood memories or "great feelings" you personally associate with it. It is and remains canned food. Just as I don't have to be a chef to be able to judge the taste of food at Noma or Jordnær, whether I like it or not (hint: I liked it).

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#3130312 22-Sep-2023 01:14

Lol. Now it’s about nutrition. Okey dokey.

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#3130313 22-Sep-2023 01:34

Handle9: Lol. Now it’s about nutrition. Okey dokey.

That was the point all along!

I'm just as happy eating simple fried potatoes as I am enjoying a complex 5-course menu in France (or elsewhere). All that matters to me is the quality of the ingredients and how they are handled, and that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with luxury.

On the contrary, great dishes with as few ingredients as possible impress and excite me the most. A decent lobster is almost unaffordable here and also ecologically hardly justifiable, but if you drive through Maine, you can get fresh lobster in almost every place, just like there are sausage stands in Germany. That's why I eat the sausage here and the lobster when I'm/was in Maine, at least as long as it's reasonable.

Is that why I go to Maine? No. Do I buy Canadian/American lobster here? No. Canned food? No. Food chains? No. Selfmade food? Yes. I fish and hunt. Canteens? After decades, not anymore. (Seated) restaurants with local products? Of course!

If everyone "hands over" the responsibility for their food to third parties, they should not be surprised at what they eat. I would even say that civilisation diseases are increasing worldwide because of irresponsibility. It is not the increased costs (I have tested, you can cook very well for little money). So it can only be time as an excuse (looking @rikkitic 😉). And just because "everyone" does it that way doesn't mean it's right to shovel the stuff in. That’s BTW something small that really annoys me. 😄

Time and health is a luxury. :-)

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#3130339 22-Sep-2023 08:33

allan:

Watties has a higher sodium and sugar count than Oak I noticed the other day. Actually that was for baked beans I just realised.

Back to the "small things that really annoy you", Watties baked beans contain wheat, but it's in very, very, small print on the label and easy to miss. I believe there's an update to the food labelling standards in NZ which means they have to make allergens more visible, currently voluntary but due to become mandatory in 2024.

In February 2021, the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code was amended to introduce new requirements for the labelling of allergens in food. These plain English allergen labelling changes will help people find allergen information on food labels more quickly and easily, so they can make informed and safe food choices.

Food businesses have 3 years from 25 February 2021 to implement the new requirements. During this transition period, businesses can comply with either the existing allergen declaration requirements in the food standards code, or the new requirements.

On the plus side, Oak baked beans do not contain wheat, so that's what we buy.

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#3130349 22-Sep-2023 08:44

Tinkerisk:
Handle9: Lol. Now it’s about nutrition. Okey dokey.

That was the point all along!

I'm just as happy eating simple fried potatoes as I am enjoying a complex 5-course menu in France (or elsewhere). All that matters to me is the quality of the ingredients and how they are handled, and that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with luxury.

On the contrary, great dishes with as few ingredients as possible impress and excite me the most. A decent lobster is almost unaffordable here and also ecologically hardly justifiable, but if you drive through Maine, you can get fresh lobster in almost every place, just like there are sausage stands in Germany. That's why I eat the sausage here and the lobster when I'm/was in Maine, at least as long as it's reasonable.

Is that why I go to Maine? No. Do I buy Canadian/American lobster here? No. Canned food? No. Food chains? No. Selfmade food? Yes. I fish and hunt. Canteens? After decades, not anymore. (Seated) restaurants with local products? Of course!

If everyone "hands over" the responsibility for their food to third parties, they should not be surprised at what they eat. I would even say that civilisation diseases are increasing worldwide because of irresponsibility. It is not the increased costs (I have tested, you can cook very well for little money). So it can only be time as an excuse (looking @rikkitic 😉). And just because "everyone" does it that way doesn't mean it's right to shovel the stuff in. That’s BTW something small that really annoys me. 😄

Time and health is a luxury. :-)

They do have lobster in the North Sea so you ought to be able to get it there! Crab too.

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#3130350 22-Sep-2023 08:46

The phrase “co-parents” when talking about divorced couples.

If they’re the biological parents, they remain “parents” after divorce, not “co-parents”!

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