Spyke
feddit.org

Pretty sure the ingredients of a $60 charcuterie board are way higher quality than the content of a pack of lunchables, though.

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rafoixreply
lemmy.zip

This just proves that highly processed food addiction turns the brain and taste receptors to useless trash.

I know people that are literally addicted to processed trash. They literally hate the taste of everything that is remotely natural.

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Donjuanmereply
lemmy.world

Original poster doesn't know a good deal on iberico ham when it slaps him in the face.

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Venatorreply
piefed.social

to get a good deal you have to buy a whole leg, so it's more of a bludgeoning than a slap.

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I'm talking overall, including things like their crackers, and relative to weight, in terms of if you were to eat a similar amount of food off a charcuterie board.

Regardless, lunchables tend to have highly processed cheese and meat that has a lot of saturated fat, added sugars, and yes, a lot of added sodium. About 33% of your daily sodium in a tiny pack with 3 few millimeter thick slices of meat, 3 of the same of cheese, and 3 (small) crackers.

That same pack also contains 35% of your max total daily intake of saturated fat, in just 250 calories, which is over two and a half times the daily max recommended rate of saturated fat compared to calories.

I do think that lunchables tends to have lower fat content relative to other meats, like hard sausages, salami, or prosciutto, but a higher sodium content relative to them. The overall lunchables sets tend to have more calories than their respective weights in other foods often found on charcuterie boards.

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lemmy.ca

Only one country could think there is a similarity between lunchable and a charcuterie/cheese plate 😆

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Even the cheapest Prosciutto is light-years ahead of whatever the fuck that Lunchables meat is made out of.

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lemmy.zip
  1. Those sausages look Spanish, not French; they're Castilian chorizo and Serrano ham.

  2. In some restaurants in Spain, for €60 you'd get something slightly larger, but not much more. You can find cheaper places, but the products are expensive, and if they're good quality, they don't give them away.

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Sorry, but nobody calls it Chorizo de Castilla, because there are two regions in Spain that start with Castilla (Castilla-la Mancha and Castilla Y León). Hence, queso manchego or Cecina de León. I would say that, by the looks of the pink color, the ham is probably a type of prosciutto crudo from Italy. The pepperoncini next it would not be served anywhere in Spain, but they are a staple in Italy, so I'm leaning towards an Italian influence, although the cheese on the right looks more French, but I can't say for certain.

Typically in Spain you'd get a ración, which is a single item on a plate (like jamón or chorizo ibérico). That way you only get what you ordered, and not extra filler items.

Also, I googled the image, and seems to be from a restaurant in Florida, so each item could be from a different country, and my whole argument is pointless.

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Good points and that chorizo looks tasty as hell. But the French reference was referring to it being called a "charcuterie" board.

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This person Spanish-es. And they are right: you ain't never gonna see this on no menú del día.

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tiramichureply
sh.itjust.works

It's an unholy testament to the hubris of man, and an affront to the very concepts of 'meat' and 'cheese' - but yes, also kinda cute ☺️

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My new headcanon is now that this is what aliens say, as a meme, whenever they see a human do anything they don't understand.

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Cutting meat into smaller pieces and putting it back together again is...a lot of cuisine, actually.

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MBechreply
feddit.dk

Agreed, there needs to much more cheese

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Empricornreply
feddit.nl

What's the ratio of Stanley Nickels to Schrute Bucks?

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And avoids dangerous expressions of intelligence later in life, which could threaten the integrity of the empire.

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feddit.org

US-Americans and Canadians are weird for putting crackers instead of bread.

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sh.itjust.works

And they're more on theme for being more heavily processed than your standard HIGH QUALITY breads. Ick

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