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platedlizard ([info]platedlizard) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-07-02 18:28:00


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Attention Associates, wank spill in the freezer section.
A bit of a mini wank that's a tad old, fortunately it freezes well.

Life Hacker posts a tip from Lunch in Box about a nifty way to freeze ground meat. Take your ground meat, put it in a gallon ziplock bag, pound it flat, and use a chopstick or ruler to press four lines into it to create nine square patties. Freeze. A nifty little hint that just takes a moment to do, saves bags, freezer space, and makes it easy to watch your portions.

It starts off well, with people posting their own helpful hints, but quickly goes downhill.

lionalbob,
Isn't this precise measuring procedure anal retentive or OCD symptoms?

People respond politely:

johnydover,
Or if you're on a diet and you're counting calories, or you can use the pre-proportions to make sure you don't break yourself off too much red meat at once, etc. It's a way of being aware of exactly how much you're eating.

A lot of people have dietary restrictions due to illness, too. Diabetics don't have to keep too much track of protein, but they're required to have a certain amount to balance out their limited carb consumption


Naturally, this doesn't go over too well:

Deprog Mori,
You don't need this for dietary restrictions. If you can't figure out how to limit your intake of X ingredient just by using common sense, you're screwed.

This is the OCD/AR version of portion control, but it really doesn't convey any sort of advantage to anyone.


Bruce A,
@Deprong Mori: Are you serious? OK, so let me run this by you: which is better? Being able to break off a couple patties which will thaw quickly or having to thaw a whole pound of ground beef when you only needed half a pound? I don't know about you, but I'm going to say option #1 is more advantageous.

Deprog Mori,
Nah, you don't freeze a whole pound of ground beef. Portion it any way you want, but don't be so AR/OCD about the whole thing. Duh.

Just portion your ground beef quickly. Just form a hamburger patty in the size and shape of a hamburger patty. Whether or not it's within 50 grams of a baseline amount is irrelevant.

Jesus, are you folks that fucking lame to not understand this?


And it goes on from there. Good times.


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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-07-03 06:28 am UTC (link)
Also, uh, 50 grams is a lot. Most "serving sizes" are around 30g.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2008-07-03 07:06 am UTC (link)
And how many of the rapidly-ballooning American people actually consider that a serving?

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[info]mireille
2008-07-03 07:19 am UTC (link)
Well, okay, granted most people don't think ~1 ounce of hamburger is a serving, but even if you're making Quarter Pounders--50 grams is about 45% of a serving, then. Which is a lot to be "off" by.

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[info]ryuutchi
2008-07-03 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Dude, do you have to go with the random fat-insulting?

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2008-07-03 09:30 pm UTC (link)
*glances down at 260lb self*
"Random"?
I speak from personal experience (and eating habits) and observed demographic trends.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2008-07-03 09:34 pm UTC (link)
(Continued thought - tempted to delete and repost, but will instead add in separate comment:)

Anyway, part of the thrust of the original comment was that while nutritionists and people employed by food manufacturers might like to define servings in such a way that the individual portions, and thus the listed content of Things That Are Bad For You, are very small, I do not believe that most consumers consume just one such portion at a sitting. This sort of disingenous labeling/advertising practice was subject to some reform in years past, but I'm not entirely convinced it "took."

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[info]doire
2008-07-04 09:20 am UTC (link)
Some cynical speculation on why manufactures may make small packs at the end of this recent hot off the press New Scientist article.

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[info]gunshou
2008-07-03 09:57 pm UTC (link)
Every generalization you make burns 300 calories. Trufax. Don't worry, you'll shrink to nothing in no time at all.

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[info]fools_game
2008-07-03 12:24 pm UTC (link)
Really? I work in a butcher, and we make hamburger patties up to 150 grams.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-07-03 03:33 pm UTC (link)
Not for hamburgers specifically - there are some pretty big ones. But 50 grams is still a significant amount if you're trying to keep portions within a certain size.

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[info]lirazel
2008-07-03 03:50 pm UTC (link)
On both Weight Watchers and LA Weight Loss, a standard serving of lean red meat (cooked) is 3 ounces, or approximately 85 grams. And they generally advise that you lose a bit of weight in the cooking, so...

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-07-03 04:39 pm UTC (link)
Precisely. 50g is more than half the starting weight. It's not insignificant.

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[info]gunshou
2008-07-03 09:59 pm UTC (link)
Either you or I am missing something basic here in this math. If a standard serving is about 85g, how can 50g be "a lot" more?

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[info]gunshou
2008-07-03 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Oh, never mind. I just reread the quote and I understand what you mean now. *is hungry-stupid*

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-07-04 03:35 am UTC (link)
Ack, sorry, didn't see this comment.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-07-04 03:34 am UTC (link)
More than what? A standard serving of, say, chips or crackers is around 30g. A small hamburger patty is about 85g. 50g is, therefor, a non-insignificant amount of food, and in the specific case of hamburgers, more than half a serving, thus quite a lot to be off by.

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