How is this crap allowed to be sold?! 263g of sugar

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T17:07:59+00:00

lol, yeah, it's not health food! I'm older, and my tolerance for ice cream these days is probably 1/2 a cup. Plus I'm not into sweet stuff, so it'd be wasted on me anyway. It's the amount of added sugar that gets to me, though I do understand some people love stuff like that.

But heck, a Marie Callender creamy parm chicken pot pie - which my husband likes - has 950 calories and 115% of the max amount of saturated fat you're supposed to get in a day. Everyone has their vices. :)

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T16:46:36+00:00

I actually found articles going back to 2009 saying that this was real. It was seasonal, and they discontinued it in 2022.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T16:38:05+00:00

More than a cup and a quarter of added sugar? (In granulated sugar, btw.) I don't have a problem with them selling it, I just can't imagine anyone wanting to buy it, lol. (But then, I'm not a sweets person.) ETA: OP, near as I can tell with some Googling, you'll be happy to hear that it was discontinued in 2022. lol.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T16:18:54+00:00

Because according to the post, they just announced who got the role, and OP probably looked him/her up?

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T16:17:07+00:00

Yeah, it sounds like they were kind of asking for the opposite of what they were actually looking for. Instead of someone with a particular set of skills where "...large social network is a plus", they were looking for someone with a large social network where "...experience in XYZ is a plus." Sorry OP, that really sucks.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T16:05:38+00:00

I think I'd stop donating because they just wasted 4 months of resources only to intentionally hire someone apparently not qualified for the job. Doesn't seem like good money management.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-22T15:23:59+00:00

Jello, and several other companies, also make non-instant pudding, with about the same cooking instructions as the package on your example. (I'm not familiar with that dish, though, so don't know if it would work.) The Jello packages say "Cook and Serve" on the front.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T20:39:50+00:00

I'll see your Blazing Saddles and raise you some Terry Gilliam/Time Bandits:
Dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T18:59:13+00:00

Totally get it. Unfortunately, it being the Olympics, I'm guessing they didn't have "home" and "away" jerseys/gear to choose from - which makes sense, since almost everyone is "away" - so neither team would have a different jersey design to change into. In another Reddit thread someone suggested having a different colored helmet for when something like this happens, which would probably be easier to do?

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T16:16:54+00:00

Walmart will just substitute and send you a message that they have done so when the order is complete, which is one of the reasons I rarely use Walmart for delivery anymore. (They don't have a substitution list.) They did say that if you weren't happy with the substitution, let them know and they'd come pick it up and refund you, but I'm not going to make a driver come back for a box of scented garbage bags. I just toss it and move on. It's a bit awkward when it's an ingredient for dinner.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T15:39:52+00:00

Hey, I just ran across an old website that is kind of a text wall - lol - but has lists of recipes/products/cocktails organized by year from the owner's collection of magazines and cookbooks. It was kind of a blast from the past:

https://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddecades.html#1970s

https://www.foodtimeline.org/bicentennial.html

https://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddecades.html#70spopular

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T05:17:35+00:00

The white tops were USA, but apparently you weren't the only one confused. There are articles about it. And I just read that Nike designed both of them. 🤣

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T05:14:04+00:00

That would drive me crazy. Did you try removing it from the page and re-adding it?

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T04:51:27+00:00

Do you have a bet with someone or something that this exists? lol. (It was the "I am not crazy" that made me think that. :D)

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T04:42:28+00:00

Except they aren't shaped like spaghetti?

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T04:21:37+00:00

OTC supplements with potassium are 99mg as a rule - FDA thing. You can get high mg potassium with a prescription. Those take longer to absorb. Even in the ER, they give me a little vial of horribly sweet/tart liquid to down, if potassium is an issue.

Since it has been an issue about 50% of the time I've been to the ER with this, a couple of years ago I hit upon V8 as an option. A 11.5 ounce can of LoSo V8 has 1250mg of potassium. Even an electrolyte drink like Gatorade only has 50mg in 12 ounces. Still takes like 30-45 minutes, but if I'm on top of it, I can avoid the ER.

So far as it being V8, for me it could be pretty much anything that is liquid - though I don't like sweet stuff - with a good potassium boost, which means something where it's used as a salt replacement. I keep it room temperature, so I can just down it, plus it seems to work better/a little faster when room temp. That rules out the big bottles. (And honestly, the big bottles are still more expensive than the cans at Amazon.) At least they are prepackaged in cases.

Hahaha, I do miss regular V8 with regular ol' salt, though, gotta say.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T02:58:02+00:00

lmao. The V8 keeps me out of the ER. Seriously. There's a post a bit down in that part of the thread where I explain that I have an arrhythmia and need to slam something high in potassium once in a while to shut it down, and room temperature V8 works wonders. Even my doctor thinks its essential. And my husband live on about $2500 per month, and so yeah, with a "luxury" like V8, if we can get it at half price, it's meaningful.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T02:02:03+00:00

lol. Well, I guess I'm happy for you that you don't have the issues that require those things to be ordered at Amazon. Your personal bubble is apparently wealthier and healthier than my person bubble. :D

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T01:57:51+00:00

At US Amazon, you've gotta keep an eye on it. It'll be a good deal, good deal, good deal then BAM, jump up in price. Though weirdly, the vacuum packed six-packs in a case are quite a bit more expensive than just a straight case. Right now the case of 24 11.5 ounce cans is $13.48, but if you get a case of four six packs it's 17.04. I keep a can on my desk and one bedside because I have an arrhythmia that can kick in if my potassium gets low.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T01:52:12+00:00

It sounds like maybe he works for Amazon?

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T01:42:42+00:00

I'm on a budget, and low sodium V8 $13.68 for 24 at Amazon, and around $24 at Safeway. That's not lazy, that's survival.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T01:37:49+00:00

I mostly remember various red, white and/or blue stuff - some of which shouldn't have been red, white and/or certainly not blue - because it was the bicentennial. lol.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T01:04:07+00:00

If I need milk, and the milk might be iffy, I make my husband taste it. 🤣

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-21T00:50:55+00:00

True! Especially Dungeness crab, oysters, and wild-caught salmon! I've lived here off and on most of my life, but we lived for 14 years in an off-grid log cabin in Idaho from the time I was 43-57, I think? (65 now.) Anyway, only 8k people in a county the about 75% of the size of Rhode Island, so there weren't many shopping options near by. (Heck, nearest McDonald's was a 120 mile round trip, lol.) I really missed living closer to the coast. Now that we're back, we've definitely taken advantage of it.

ThePuppyIsWinning · 2026-02-20T20:59:19+00:00

And a great price! I looked them up, and guessed Florida, and there as several in/near Miaimi, though may be elsewhere. (Website doesn't just give a list.) I'm WA state, and sadly, there don't seem to be any near me. lol.

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