once youve strained it a whole can of creamed corn gives you barely a third of a cup why isnt anyone talking about this
i think it has to do with government corn subsidies
edit you people arent getting it so ive created a diagram
look at all that blue thats wasted space between the creamed corns and it takes up over half the can
72 Comments
mangaskahn@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 329d
Genuinely curious: why are you straining creamed corn? If you want corn kernels, why not buy that instead?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 329d
That's what I'm thinking. That's like buying buttermilk and complaining that there's only half a stick of butter in it after you strain it!
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 329d
what
mangaskahn@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 329d
You can buy cans of just corn in water. Those are mostly full of corn, with water filling the space between. Creamed corn is a whole other thing, and while it has some corn kernels in it, it's mostly meant to be eaten as-is or used as-is in a recipe. The liquid in creamed corn is not meant to be discarded.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 329d
am i being punkd are you punkding me
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 329d
You're not being punked dude. Creamed corn is a thing, you don't strain it, and when you buy a can of it the can is full. This was a swing and a miss.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -13 pts · 329d
youre not making any sense AT ALL
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 329d
I recommend you google creamed corn and make sure it is what you think it is. If that doesn't clear things up then I have to assume you're trolling now.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -8 pts · 329d
im so fucking sick of this
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 329d
What doesn't make sense?
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -4 pts · 329d
why wouldnt you strain it dont you strain your peas and stuff
FULL OF WASTED SPACE okay i get it the realist says the glass isnt half full its all the way full because its full of 50% water and 50% air but thats just semantics
what
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 329d
Wait until you hear about atoms.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 329d
wow this goes deeper than i ever thought possible
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 328d
LLM brain rot in action. No wonder OP is straining creamed corn
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 329d
I hate having to repeat this over & over, but chip bags are NOT 50% wasted space. They’re 50% larger than their contents, and then filled with 50% air for extra padding, so you don’t get a bag of crumbs.
You pay for the weight of the chips in the bag, not the amount of fullness.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 329d
They are not filled with air, they're typically filled with nitrogen
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
I was going to say nitrogen but didn’t want to come off as too pedantic.
Mescalito@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 329d
78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 328d
Great, start a chip company and start filling your bags with air.
You'll learn quickly that there's another predominant element in air besides nitrogen (surely it won't matter though, it's only 20.8%).
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
They mean 100% nitrogen. If they just filled chip bags with regular air they would be more sensitive to pressure changes.
4am@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 328d
It’s got less oxygen and moisture in it so that bacteria doesn’t have the energy to breed and spoil the contents.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 328d
even more so when you open the bag
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 329d
my point is that everyone talks about that but no one talks about the same thing happening with cans of creamed corn despite cans being sturdy enough to not need padding
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 329d
The cans are sold by weight of the content, not size of the can.
Other reasons they may be putting the small amount in a larger can (since padding isn’t an issue):
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 329d
SpookyLights@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 329d
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 329d
putting all that wasted space in between the corns because of corn subsidies
SpookyLights@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 329d
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 329d
uh source please
ulterno@programming.dev · 3 pts · 329d
Because then it won't be creamed.
MassiveSquid@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 326d
Yes, exactly. The goo isn’t wasted space, it’s just as much part of the creamed corn as the whole kernels.
I’m pretty sure that OP is just messing around but it’s actually fun to think about.
count_dongulus@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 329d
Government trying to take away our cornographic material
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 329d
It’s creamed corn, not corned cream. Creamed is the first ingredient. One could argue that the corn is stealing space from the creamed.
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 329d
I am desperately curious about the life that leads up to this question
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 6 pts · 329d
The first mistake is eating creamed corn
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 329d
here i actually wrote about it https://lemmy.world/post/24251140
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 329d
It’s glorious
I totally ate the onion (truthion?) on this showerthought lmao
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 329d
Chip bags have all that air in them, so the chips don't get crushed as easily.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 329d
if the chips has such a simple explanation then how come everyone talks about that and no one questions why cans of creamed corn have all that wasted space this is what im getting at i think its being surpressed
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 329d
I have personally never opened a can of creamed corn, so this whole post is new information for me. The chips thing though...that was solved decades ago. Not sure why the confusion persists.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 329d
a can doesnt need cushion liquid because cans are hard but cans of creamed corn are mostly liquid and i think its a scam
harmbugler@piefed.social · 10 pts · 329d
Why are you straining it? It's like saying your bottle of fresh orange juice has hardly any pulp after you strain it.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -3 pts · 329d
what the fuck are you talking about
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 329d
You need to get back in the shower to practice thinking.
harmbugler@piefed.social · 4 pts · 329d
Maybe creamed corn is different where you are, but the creamed part is a sauce that goes with the corn. It's meant to be eaten with the corn and not supposed to be discarded, so I don't know why you're straining it.
dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 329d
Buying creamed corn and straining it to get corn is like buying salsa and straining it to get diced tomatoes
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 329d
i want the creamed corns but i just dont want all that liquid
quinkin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 329d
Milk is the real scam. Once I strain it there is basically nothing left. Unless you let it mature like a fine wine.
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 329d
time makes fools of us all
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 329d
Are you Mongolian? Feels like you're Mongolian....
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 11 pts · 329d
Hey are you the real Chad McTruth or some half dicked imposter trying to ruin His great name?
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 329d
i cant keep track anymore to be honest
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 329d
Look in you pants is it a full dick or a half dick?
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 329d
well the libs tried to steal it when i was just a child but they only got away with the tip
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 3 pts · 329d
My sister and I used to play the just the tip game.
realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 329d
sounds like a slippery slope
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 3 pts · 329d
Oh it was slippery but it wasn’t a slope.
prex@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 329d
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 329d
You think that's bad try some cream of mushroom. I swear some cans didnt even have anything in them after straining
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 329d
You need to open up the can and put it on a shelf in a dark cabinet for a few weeks first. Rookie mistake.
dmention7@midwest.social · 9 pts · 329d
I didn't know KenM was on the Fediverse!
squaresinger@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 329d
And nobody talks about candy corn bags being 100% wasted space.
Once you discard all the inedible garbage you are left with nothing at all.
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 329d
Um, dude thats just creamed corn, the cream is part of the product, it isn't supposed to be 100% corn Just buy canned corn:
HubertManne@piefed.social · 7 pts · 328d
strain?
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 329d
Jerkface@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 328d
slow clap
Even KenM would envy this.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 329d
Hello_there@fedia.io · 5 pts · 329d
It's the demo-rats fault. They are eating all the cream and just leaving corn in the can.
Jayve@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 329d
I have the same problem with orange juice, there's hardly any orange in it. It's like the pork in Pork N Beans.