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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: bedlamite on December 17, 2013, 07:51:22 AM
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/13/health/soylent-hunger/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/13/health/soylent-hunger/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
I suppose it's possible with a long shelf life this could be portable temporary emergency rations, but it still deserves a :facepalm:
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marketing slogan for gamers "soylent, the new doritos!".
The product has gotten the attention of big investors who see a future for the product and customers who are tired of cooking and chewing.
i guess we have reached a new plateau of laziness.........
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i guess we have reached a new plateau of laziness.........
I think you mean, "rolled down a hill into a new swale of laziness."
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marketing slogan for gamers "soylent, the new doritos!".
i guess we have reached a new plateau of laziness.........
I really have nothing to add to that.
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Prison food.
They either work the prison farm and grow good food to eat or they get that stuff.
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Did the guy used to work for Veridian Dynamics?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_bPobs8T5w&list=PL40FCDF2860CD4AB3&index=3
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Prison food.
They either work the prison farm and grow good food to eat or they get that stuff.
We do it for much less. Its called Nutriloaf and even has taste and texture.
Take a standard portion of everything that's on the serving line, dump it into a blender and rough chop. Plop into a loaf pan and bake at 375* for 90 minutes. It comes with all the water yu can drink from your sink.
As for prison-wide food choices - sorry, but between Dept of Ag, FDA, EPA and several other special interest groups, prison farms are nowadays pretty much reduced to contract feeder operations for commercial vendors. Virginia, for example, raises Va Tech's beef cattle till they are ready to head to the feed lot, milks dairy cows for two local commercial dairies but has to buy milk via contracts that neither of those two bid on, and raises soy & corn for sale to Va Tech for their feed lots. There are also some historical orchards that remain in operation but very litlte of the fruit reaches the prison dining halls.
Almost forgot - Va Corrections also raises soy for their texturized vegetable protien product substitute for meat so that the halal & kosher diets can be run off the standard serving line.
stay safe.
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Where's the 15% alcohol?
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I can't believe it, but he said he deliberately chose that name even knowing its implications.
Lotsa luck, marketing genius!
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Meh, I'll stick with my bachelor chow.
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WTF? Just sounds nasty
Rhinehart said the initial interest is coming from people in the same situation he was when experimenting with Soylent -- young, busy and broke.
Ramen noodles, blue box macncheese, spagghetios, canned chicken, tuna fish, the cheap freezer dinners, etc...I'd rather have that than a nasty goop that tastes like PlayDough.
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At around $3 per meal, the product could be a real money saver for some people.
...or it could be a money saver for a lot of people.
Make it and similar products the only things that can be purchased on EBT cards. >:D
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http://diy.soylent.me/
Take a look at the recipes and photos! These people are serious!
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I wonder how much it will cut into SPAM sales.....
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http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/46983
Your Soylent update.
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$3 per meal? I can eat for less than that and it still taste good.
Let me just run a list off the top of my head:
Spaghetti (or any other pasta and sauce)
Tuna Noodle Casserole (or ANY other casserole)
Stir fry (with anything other than beef, given beef costs right now)
Pizza (Red Baron provided 2 meals, even with my heightened Cross Country running metabolism and it was $3 for one pizza)
Cereal
Eggs and toast
Any lunchmeat sandwich and chips
Meatloaf (even at the current high price of hamburger)
Nachos
Pretty much any crockpot meal. (Roasts, Chicken, etc...)
Chili
Macaroni and Cheese (even cheeseburger mac, again, at the current high price of hamburger)
I'm going to stop there because I could go on and on at this point, given that I haven't even started in on potatoes...
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$3 per meal? I can eat for less than that and it still taste good.
I'm going to stop there because I could go on and on at this point, given that I haven't even started in on potatoes...
Yes, but all of those require actual effort on the end user's part.
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Supposedly, once you switch to a full-Soylent diet, you no longer have need to defecate. Gigabuist may wish to suggest it to his relatives.
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Supposedly, once you switch to a full-Soylent diet, you no longer have need to defecate. Gigabuist may wish to suggest it to his relatives.
And his customers.
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That is a way better joke. Way to upstage me, bro.
I am informed that Mr. Gigabuist's relative has passed on. As my post has now been quoted, I will refrain from removing the reference. I hope it does not offend.
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Yes, but all of those require actual effort on the end user's part.
OK, how about a Subway five dollar footlong sub? Eat half and put the other in the fridge for the second meal.
Which leads to their new ad campaign: "It taste better than Play Dough!"
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"Make it and similar products the only things that can be purchased on EBT cards."
Ooooo, that was somehow...deliciously nasty.
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$3 per meal? I can eat for less than that and it still taste good.
Pour bag of black beans in crock pot
Add Ro-Tel
Add small can of chipotles in adobo sauce
Add whatever else might happen to sound good
Wait a day or two
Eat
Wait
Regret that black beans are so high in fiber while trying to decide if you just pooped out a useful organ
I think I'm on day 6 of this batch, and might toss the remaining 3-4 days worth. After the first day or two of edibility, it thickens up to the point where you can scoop it onto bread for pretty darn good sandwiches. Just leave the crock pot on keep warm (might want to verify the temp yours keeps is high enough) and it stays good, though you might want to add water or broth every couple days.
Grab handful of $1/pound pasta
Break in half so it fits in rice cooker
Add water
Push cook button and walk away
Drain pasta
Add a good scoop from the dollar store can of pasta sauce
Eat
Be thankful for a break from the chili
Mid size handful of $1/pound linguine
Use rice cooker again
Dice pork chop, chicken part or whatever
Stir fry meat bits and whatever else you want with teriyaki sauce
Drain pasta and toss with a teaspoon of toasted sesame oil to make a quite passable lo mein
Eat, being smug about your talent with chopsticks
Fry patties of HEB Skillet Mix (ground beef, cut with TVP, but somewhat seasoned - not too bad if you're not eating it every day, and $1.56/lb)
Mix $0.50 brown gravy packet into $0.88 can of cream of mushroom soup
Makes about 2 meals for $3
If you just want to fill up and/or carb load, the Idahoan instant mashed potatoes can be easily hydrated in the bag with hot tap water. Bacon cheddar chipotle is my current favorite, though they have other good flavors. $0.88-$1.09 per pack depending on your local stores.
...or it could be a money saver for a lot of people.
Make it and similar products the only things that can be purchased on EBT cards. >:D
Just take the EBT cards away and give them a weekly ration of nutriloaf.
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My weeks lunches and a few dinners on the cheap, prepared ahead of time:
Fresh Broccoli
Baby carrots
3lbs cheap chicken breast
Cut chicken into approximate chicken tender sized pieces
Marinate chicken in Italian dressing
Grill chicken
Steam veggies until they are about 3/4 the way done in the microwave
Put ~6oz of chicken in single serve container and fill the remaining volume with veggies and a dab of BBQ sauce.
Dust veggies with black pepper and garlic powder.
Add about a tsp of water and close lid
Nuke until hot and eat.
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3lbs cheap chicken breast
That one can be tricky around here. Seems like the only thing I find on sale is the boneless thighs.
Been sort of watching for a cheap-or-free chest freezer to put in the garage so I can go to the university meat lab and stock up. Got a few local friends that would go in on a larger bulk order if they're still giving discounts for whole-animal purchases of beef and pork. (Fully butchered, since that's what they're using the critters to teach once they're done teaching how to raise them.)
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Mostly I buy the frozen stuff on sale and stock up (in a chest freezer). Once in a great while there will be a deal on fresh stuff.