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Phentex

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42. I have never seen frozen rice!...

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 11:11 AM

Feb 2012

Wow. Learn something new every day.

I would go with the microwave popcorn as well. That stuff is nasty. I mean, it tastes fine, but the smell is awful and it cannot be healthy.

Convenience foods don't bother me much. At least the potato IS a potato.

It's the things that are supposed to be time saving but aren't really foods that seem so odd to me.

My neighbor gave me a bag of soup mix. Dehydrated carrots and potatoes with a seasoning packet. Aside from being extremely salty, the texture was weird with the dehydrated stuff. I attempted to doctor it up but nothing helped so I threw most of it out. (Nobody wanted seconds.)

I also think Lunchables should be banned.

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Stupid "food" products? Highly unhealthy ones? Need your help, please. [View all] xfundy Feb 2012 OP

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