"Meat candy" does not sound very enticing, at least not to me.
Gross. We have to get over this ‘convenience’ packaging of stupid food items in plastic. Just like the peeled fruit in plastic wrap, this is straight up harmful.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
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Sure, if by "get over" you mean support legislation to heavily regulate the use of plastic packaging. Otherwise, it doesn't matter what we do, as long as it's more cost effective to continue to use plastic, companies will.
That's exactly what I mean. The problem obviously won't solve itself, enforcement will be required.
Hold on, peeled fruit in plastic? Nobody would be that stup...
Ohhh sorry, yeah
As you were
Nobody would be that stup...
I get the joke but it's mostly people without the hand strength or dexterity to peel the fruit that get them.
At least that's the only people ive ever seen or heard of getting them. Most people who willingly eat fresh fruit also like to peel it themselves for that freshness
Oof ouch owie my planet.
Japan is the worst for this. They are obsessed with individually wrapping everything. You want to buy a box of cookies? Plastic packaging for the whole thing. Plastic tray that helps separate and display each individual cookie, so less than 50% of the space is actually used.. And each cookie has its own plastic packaging.
I didn't go and buy M&Ms but I wouldn't be surprised if each one was in its own sealed plastic.
You're not kidding. I went to a local grocery store when I stayed in japan and it was the same with a lot of vegetables and fruits too. My local Korean market in the US also has a lot of that.
it was the same with a lot of vegetables and fruits too
This blew my fucking mind. Went to a BIG ASS Don Quixote (for anyone not familiar with Japan: it's like a Walmart crossed with the dollar store crossed with a shady store run in a tourist trap where there's 1.5 ft of walking space between crap) and they had a produce section on par with my California Walmart, but EVERYTHING was wrapped in plastic. Individual apples? Individual small bunches (like 5-7) of grapes? Carrots? individually wrapped plastic bags. A few of the items came in larger packs wrapped together, but none were anywhere near a "family size" you'd see here in the US, and even that often feels like too much plastic being used.
Getting a box of pocky or hello panda also made me feel so goddamn wasteful.
And I know it's not Japanese but KINDER is doing this shit with their Joy bars and similar now and it's not ok
For anyone not aware, you're 100 percent spot on with your description. I went to like 3 of them including the absolutely massive ones and it's sorta surreal.
Although they shouldn't use that much plastic we also gotta keep in kind that they separate ALL of their trash and recycle more or less all of it as well. I stayed at an air bnb and like 90 percent of the plastic we ended up using was recyclable and chucked in the proper bins.
Quite a few east Asian countries unfortunately. The Asian grocery store down the street is probably 50% plastic wrap by weight. .
On an American note, I recall buying compostable Keurig pods in bulk from a company that advertised how comparing is good for the environment. I had previously bought them in 12 pod batches which came in one resealable plastic bag. I received a box of 72 individually plastic wrapped pods. I emailed them to check to see if maybe those were made off industrially compostable plastic. Nope.
Also looking at my kids' string cheese being wrapped and then individually wrapped makes me cringe. I have to find another solution for that.
I guess that last part would depend on how picky your kids are.
https://nourishingjoy.com/homemade-string-cheese/
Personally, I'd be like "fuck that, mom. I'm just not eating lunch today." Except without the "fuck" part.
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Meat Candy would be a sweet strip club name.
Going to meet Candy at Meat Candy
.....fuck it....I'm in
Fuck this.
This shit is as ridiculous as those small potatoes that are plastic wrapped for you to microwave at home. What a waste of goddamn plastic.
To all who are offended by this new addition to the world of jerky offerings:
If you are repulsed by the packaging: Needless waste, totally agree, I'm right there with you.
If you are repulsed by the contents: More for me.
Put like at least 5 of them in a bag that is appropriately sized and appropriately priced and I'm all over this shit. Until then, this is the most worthless addition to the world of jerky I have seen and as a jerky lover I take personal offence. Then again, I get offended by lots of piss-poor jerky products.
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You might could even post this in Mildly Infuriating as all that packaging is just gonna go in a dump somewhere or end up in the ocean.
Dumb idea...start mailing all the garbage back to the companies that produce it. Attention of the CEO. I'd love to see thousands upon thousands of packages flood companies with the garbage they make.
But then you end up making more garbage by using packaging to mail the packaging.
We deserve everything that’s coming for us this century
$25.99 + shipping for a box of 12 from their website.
What a terrible price, why the fuck do people buy this shit and how is it even legal?
Gotta be 2x the weight in plastic vs bacon
Toxic masculinity is one hell of an economic driver
Be a man and cook your bacon shirtless!
Let's work against em!
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I never like when displays like this don't have a price anywhere. I bet that single slice of bacon costs almost as much as a whole big package of bacon from a grocery store.
As for calling it meat candy: Sounds good to me. You ever have candied ham? Shit's delicious. 🤤
Looks like dog treats.
Idk, I'd love to get my mouth around a builder's meat candy
I guess it's a great marketing gimmick to hook people who have more money than sense lol I'm pretty sure buying a pound of bacon at the store would use a lot less plastic and cost much less though
These seem flavored, hence 'candy'
Somehow that makes it seem even less worth getting lol
Next time you fry up some bacon, put just a little bit of brown sugar on it. Doesn't take much. I rarely make it because I wouldn't be able to control myself if I didn't limit it to special occasions.
I have a friend who makes sweetened bacon. It is delicious, but that’s the only way I’d eat it. Not this garbage.
Yeah homemade candied bacon is amazing.
Ate honey with beef bacon before and it was pretty good
The bacon at the store means you need to buy the whole pack, cook it yourself, clean up. This is a precooked on the go snack like beef jerky.
Paying a premium per slice for the convenience of the snack.
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Should be posted in midly infuriating.
This is bacon abuse. Respect the bacon.
It's a better term for it than "Human Chew Snacks".
Bet they're like $10.99 too
You're probably gonna wanna pick up a pack of that Charmin as well.
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