*** Quoting Weatherman from a message to Boraxman ***

There should be nothing left to recycle if you eat the box.

- Mark

I once ordered a gluten free pizza. I'm pretty sure I was eating the box.


Jay

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I once ordered a gluten free pizza. I'm pretty sure I was eating the box.

That is what they make out of the recycled boxes. Gluten free pizza. :)

- Mark
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*** Quoting Adept from a message to boraxman ***

But, yes, back when I ate meat I did try things like eating crickets
(it kinda felt like eating sand, though a chocolate-covered cricket
was like eating a Kit Kat.

I tried these protein bars awhile back that are made from cricket flower,
they were actually pretty good. These days they are advertising that they're made with "Acheta Protein" which I guess sounds less gross that "made from crickets".

"Acheta is a genus of crickets. It most notably contains the house cricket."

https://exoprotein.com/products/high-protein-bar-variety-box


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Hello Warpslide!

** On Sunday 30.10.22 - 20:09, Warpslide wrote to Adept:

"Acheta is a genus of crickets. It most notably contains
the house cricket."

https://exoprotein.com/products/high-protein-bar-variety-box

Still sounds like a lot of processing has to go into them (and preservatives).

I've noticed that canned soup is now in smaller cans. Used to
be 545ml, now down to 515ml.

I bought some bottled apple juice for the first time in over 6
months.. and notice that it tastes quite watered-down.

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*** Quoting Ogg from a message to Warpslide ***

I've noticed that canned soup is now in smaller cans. Used to be
545ml, now down to 515ml.

I bought some bottled apple juice for the first time in over 6
months.. and notice that it tastes quite watered-down.

Yeah, that's part of this whole shrink-flation trend that seems to be happening. Give the customer the exact same packaging but with less product in it and keep charging them the same price.

I noticed that with the toothpaste I use, I used to buy the big 170ml tubes
of toothpaste, but they discontinued those in favour of smaller tubes. My
old ones used to be 144ml, they're now 136ml. Did the price drop? No, in fact it's gone up.


Jay

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Yeah, that's part of this whole shrink-flation trend that seems to be happening. Give the customer the exact same packaging but with less
product in it and keep charging them the same price.

Actually we have gone past shrink-flation now. It is the norm to charge more for less now. In many cases, much more for much less.

- Mark
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Yeah, that's part of this whole shrink-flation trend that seems to be happening. Give the customer the exact same packaging but with less product in it and keep charging them the same price.

Actually we have gone past shrink-flation now. It is the norm to charge more for less now. In many cases, much more for much less.

- Mark
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Soon we'll be paying a premium for anything that is more than a scrap or morsel of food. Unless you want to go bulk Costco.

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Re: Re: Food
By: Weatherman to Warpslide on Mon Oct 31 2022 04:21 pm

Yeah, that's part of this whole shrink-flation trend that seems to be
happening. Give the customer the exact same packaging but with less

Actually we have gone past shrink-flation now. It is the norm to charge more for less now. In many cases, much more for much less.

That's exactly what shrink-flation is.. I'm not sure what you mean by "gone past shrink-flation"?

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Soon we'll be paying a premium for anything that is more than a scrap or morsel of food. Unless you want to go bulk Costco.

Yes, at the rate we are going, you will need tweezers to pickup a Tastecake and will need to eat the entire box just to equal what used to equal a single pack. All for a higher price, too.

- Mark
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That's exactly what shrink-flation is.. I'm not sure what you mean by
"gone past shrink-flation"?

Gone past shrink-flation is when it is no longer something new, but expected and the norm. People expect to pay more for less now and are more shocked if you can actually get more for less.

- Mark
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Soon we'll be paying a premium for anything that is more than a scrap o morsel of food. Unless you want to go bulk Costco.

Yes, at the rate we are going, you will need tweezers to pickup a Tastecake and will need to eat the entire box just to equal what used to equal a single pack. All for a higher price, too.

- Mark

And it will be made from insects, and you'll be needing to eat the box too. IF you fail to recycle, -10 social credit points for you!

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boraxman wrote to Weatherman <=-

And it will be made from insects, and you'll be needing to eat the box too. IF you fail to recycle, -10 social credit points for you!

As I suspect I will need all of the social credit points I can get, that
would be a big hit! :)

I wonder what will happen once they decide that insects have feelings and
we shouldn't eat them any more? :O


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I wonder what will happen once they decide that insects have feelings and we shouldn't eat them any more? :O

Probably also decide that insects actually produce more methane than all
other animals put together and suddenly try to eliminate them all. :P

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And it will be made from insects, and you'll be needing to eat the bo too. IF you fail to recycle, -10 social credit points for you!

As I suspect I will need all of the social credit points I can get, that would be a big hit! :)

I wonder what will happen once they decide that insects have feelings and we shouldn't eat them any more? :O

You'll go vegan. I'm seeing a trend in "veganism", not sure if an actual trend, or a manufactured one. Funny, it's like *we* are the sheep in the abattoir now.

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And it will be made from insects, and you'll be needing to eat the box
too. IF you fail to recycle, -10 social credit points for you!

There should be nothing left to recycle if you eat the box.

- Mark
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Lordy, so much chatter about food, it's 2.47pm as I type this and dinner time can't come soon enough.

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Avon wrote to All <=-

Lordy, so much chatter about food, it's 2.47pm as I type this and
dinner time can't come soon enough.

Yeah, reading the Fido COOKING echo first thing in the morning is a
temptation as well.





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On 16 May 2024 at 06:32a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

Avon wrote to All <=-

Lordy, so much chatter about food, it's 2.47pm as I type this and dinner time can't come soon enough.

Yeah, reading the Fido COOKING echo first thing in the morning is a temptation as well.

Here I am a few days later, having not yet eaten lunch (again running late) and still talking about food... it's certainly a universal language / interest for all of us when it comes to putting stuff in your tummy :)

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