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xfundy

(5,105 posts)
6. Yes!
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 08:41 PM
Feb 2012

Many frozen breads are surely dumb, but I've bought them in the past, even TX Toast, for my dad, and he loves frozen biscuits, so I get those too, but just for him. He's in his late 80s and his arteries are 90% blocked with bacon, sausage, gravy, etc., so I figure he can eat whatever he likes, but I cook him lunch and dinner from scratch, never adding salt or too much fat, at least six days a week.

As to the people who routinely buy the TX Toast and other wastes, even if they had an automatic machine that coated thick slices of white bread into a vat of butter, chemical goo, fat, butter and lard, I bet they'd still buy it. YUK.

Another stupid thing I used to buy before I got less dumb was frozen french fries. I mean, damn.

Rice terrifies a lot of people Warpy Feb 2012 #1
Excellent examples! xfundy Feb 2012 #4
I nominate "Fruit by the Foot" Denninmi Feb 2012 #2
Good one! xfundy Feb 2012 #5
Frozen toast! Suich Feb 2012 #3
Yes! xfundy Feb 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #7
Those are the worst. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #9
That's modern branding at work. xfundy Feb 2012 #10
those potatoes have been a pet peeve of mine noamnety Feb 2012 #8
GAHHH! I forgot about those! xfundy Feb 2012 #11
Many of these "foods" are things I see Cairycat Feb 2012 #12
Yay for lunch ladies! xfundy Feb 2012 #19
Thanks! Cairycat Feb 2012 #24
How silly! Employees have no say in any decisions xfundy Feb 2012 #29
Oh, and the already-made peanut butter & jelly sandwiches Cairycat Feb 2012 #13
Peanut butter isn't allowed? pipoman Feb 2012 #14
No. There is a student who has a very severe allergy. Cairycat Feb 2012 #15
I know! xfundy Feb 2012 #20
Rice is simple to cook. Dumbest? Wow, now THERE's a challenge. So many choices. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #16
I know. xfundy Feb 2012 #23
I know I really shouldn't buy it, but I find that the pre-washed hedgehog Feb 2012 #17
I hear ya-- xfundy Feb 2012 #21
It' hard to find some of those greens any other way. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #27
Gotta soak spinach and most greens xfundy Feb 2012 #30
Yep. And, I still can't get out all the dirt. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #34
Especially true when one is cooking for only 1 or 2 people eridani Feb 2012 #40
Microwave popcorn: surrealAmerican Feb 2012 #18
Damn, you caught me. xfundy Feb 2012 #22
I used to, at least occasionally, myself ... surrealAmerican Feb 2012 #25
True, very true. xfundy Feb 2012 #31
I use a microwave popper. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #26
I have an early 1990s Black and Decker Handy Pop 'N Serve air popper that works just great! CottonBear Feb 2012 #47
Hamburger/Tuna/Chicken Helper GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #28
YES. xfundy Feb 2012 #32
My mother depended on it Retrograde Feb 2012 #33
It's kinda sad, kinda funny. xfundy Feb 2012 #58
that salt is just atrocious Whisp Feb 2012 #38
Easy Cheese, Cheez Whiz and other like products invented to free us from the beac Feb 2012 #35
LOL a "difficult" cheese! nt blaze Feb 2012 #36
And... xfundy Feb 2012 #53
K-cups noamnety Feb 2012 #37
oy i have a keurig The empressof all Feb 2012 #41
I found one of these coffee makers. Makes a good cup of coffee and you can use Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #44
That's what I use at work. noamnety Feb 2012 #45
pop tarts and those pizza pockets. Whisp Feb 2012 #39
twinkies will exist forever. xfundy Feb 2012 #54
I have never seen frozen rice!... Phentex Feb 2012 #42
I could see it if you're out camping... xfundy Feb 2012 #56
Kool Aid, Velveeta, Cool Whip, soft serve ice cream. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #43
Water in sealed plastic bottles. It's just a marketking ploy. If you really need to have a bottle japple Feb 2012 #46
And the plastic pollution has skyrocketed with the popularity of these products. cbayer Feb 2012 #51
Pasta that cooks in 3 minutes. peacefreak Feb 2012 #48
they seriously make it? maddezmom Feb 2012 #49
yup, saw it in the store last week. peacefreak Feb 2012 #50
Yes. It's more convenient, apparently. xfundy Feb 2012 #55
More junk food claiming it's "healthy" xfundy Feb 2012 #52
Corporate heads of food companies--an idea xfundy Feb 2012 #57
I wanted to tell you guys how the jicama and yam sticks went over Cairycat Feb 2012 #59
I would not make it about marketers "tricking" consumers; too much victim-mentality for the reader, I am the OP Feb 2012 #60
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