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I discovered yesterday that they no longer sell 16 ounce containers of ricotta cheese. They're all now 15oz or 30oz. So if you have a recipe that needs four cups of cheese you have to either adjust the rest of the recipe down or deal with having a 1/4 cup less cheese than you really need.

Fuck capitalism.

This is literally "buying gems" in free to play games never amounting to the cost of a typical item, slightly under or over.
- Someone gave me a Hello Fresh gift code. It doesn't fully cover the large meal plan so I have the choise of paying 5 bucks extra or taking the smaller deal and leaving money in the table
You could buy 240 containers of ricotta cheese and 60 cups of cheese that way you'll have the exact amount you need.
This is the Hebrew National 7 hot dog to 8 hot dog bun pack solution.
- That's a lot of lasagna...
They're doing the same thing with sauces and broths. Assholes.
- I’m an old and remember when smoked sausages were a pound. Then 14oz. Now 12oz.
You can always just have more or less cheese in the recipe. Or use the leftover cheese for something else later.
I'm not defending capitalism here, just defending cheese.
- less cheese leftover cheese
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Wouldn't using that pre shredded stuff not be good for recipes though because of the added anti-clumpimg agents though?
- Ricotta isn’t a block cheese that you can buy pre-shredded like cheddar. It’s a pretty wet cheese and is usually sold in tubs in your basic markets, kind of like cottage cheese.
- I've made obscene amounts of home make macaroni and cheese over the last 20+ years and haven't had a problem with it. I know it's a funny place some people get passionate about, but the "anti-clumping agents" are typically some form of vegetable starch or fiber. If I'm making a cheese sauce I'm already using flour to help thicken and stabilize it anyway, so I don't think the trace amounts really matter.
The good old hot dog dilemma.
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Fluid ounces or ounces?
- Fluid ounces
Make your own with whole milk and vinegar/lemon juice.
Edit: downvotes from scaredycats who think cheese grows on trees
- that makes buttermilk

This is why we need an ISO Toilet Paper Standard.

There are several:
DIN EN ISO 12 625-4: 2005 (Dry tear resistance and perforation resistance)
DIN EN ISO 12 625-5:2005 (wet tear resistance)
DIN EN ISO 12 625 -9:2005 (Puncture resistance)
DIN EN ISO 12 625-3:2005 (Paper thickness in use)
EN ISO 12 625-8:2004 (Water retention capacity)
Yet there seems to be no standard for the size or number of sheets in a roll.
- https://xkcd.com/927/
- I like my bidet, but I have no interest in letting my labia drip-dry so I will continue to buy toilet paper thank you.
- Are you walking away with wet butt? I have to dry with at least 2 squares post bidet
- Bidet has reduced my toilet paper usage, but it's absolutely not a replacement.

1 mega plus = 4.5
1 “roll” =4.55555556
1 double plus = 2.26666667
1 super mega = 6.

Sorry for formatting I’m on mobile

Double space (at the end of the line) = line break
 
Easy, regardless of the device you are using.
- Hmm, doesn’t seem to be working. Might be specific on the apps maybe

All these brands talking about how much length of tp there is, but they're cutting the width. So now tp rolls are stumpy and small

Just floss your cheeks, bro.
Bro, rolls are TINY now. They used to fill up the width of my holder, and now they fill up less than 60%. They've just cut off 40% of the product lol.

Hmm is the average toilet paper roll empty?

If you account for all rolls that ever existed, it's pretty close to empty

It usually says price per total area, but this whole thing is why I just buy the recycled ones. If someone's going to cheat me it may as well be for a good cause.

Yeah but then the store uses different measurements on all the price tags so you need a fuckin calculator to actually compare them.

It's just meaningless marketing.

I usually just buy half a roll or so at a time from the guy behind the mcdonalds drive through.

Paper towel crowd is just as evil.

Toilet paper is just small paper towels that don't scratch your butt
- Now splinter free!

Just pick the ply you want and look at the sq.ft. of the roll. Odds are you want the most length per roll.

We need a new metric standard. Introducing the 💩.

112.6 standard rolls = 1k💩

This is why you always have to show your units!

I can show you my unit ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Doesn't the price tag on the shelf usually have a break down per sheet or sqft?

Even if it doesn't, all these packages have the total area listed somewhere on the package. If the $/area isn't listed on the price tag, you can still calculate it manually.
- Who do you think I am? Einstein??

Bidet

What does this even mean, I buy them separately

It means they either roll it more tightly (more layers per inch) or they make the roll bigger (hope it still fits your roll holder) to stuff more paper on each roll. So they are advertising the package as "72 regular rolls" when it's only 12 physical rolls.

I normally buy Charmin ultra soft at Costco.

I was at target and we were low, so just grabbed some there.

Turns out the rolls (cardboard tube and all) were like an inch less wide. For some reason that extra inch makes me comfortable, and I've been so angry at the Target rolls while I try to use them up. I have big hands.. this kind of shrinkflation can get messy.

As gemers nexus put it "Bigger number better"

12 units of imperialism. Use metric.

As much as I hate paper products check the total square footage and weight vrs price to help make your decision. It's literally on the package.

The only question that really matters for toilet paper is "texture". If you have to start worrying about how much you're spending on toilet paper get a bidet and a better diet.

No. I had all the links from the beginning.

Diameter of roll

I find it scary that some people are afraid to do simple arithmetic and the most basic geometry...

Do you not see the made up measurements?
Mega Plus
Rolls
Double Plus
Super Mega
Regular
You'd have to sit there for 8 minutes converting all of the "measurements", figure out how much is in each package, and then only after doing it for all rolls and brands, you'll be able to compare.
Easy math, but takes time. No one said it's hard. It's just time consuming.
- There is no standard roll of toilet paper so it's impossible to compare that way between brands. That's why everyone says to look at how many square feet are in the package.