once youve strained it a whole can of creamed corn gives you barely a third of a cup why isnt anyone talking about this

i think it has to do with government corn subsidies


edit you people arent getting it so ive created a diagram

creamtcorn

look at all that blue thats wasted space between the creamed corns and it takes up over half the can

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[–] 64 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Genuinely curious: why are you straining creamed corn? If you want corn kernels, why not buy that instead?

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (14 children)
  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    You can buy cans of just corn in water. Those are mostly full of corn, with water filling the space between. Creamed corn is a whole other thing, and while it has some corn kernels in it, it's mostly meant to be eaten as-is or used as-is in a recipe. The liquid in creamed corn is not meant to be discarded.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    am i being punkd are you punkding me

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    You're not being punked dude. Creamed corn is a thing, you don't strain it, and when you buy a can of it the can is full. This was a swing and a miss.

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  • [+] [S] -12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    youre not making any sense AT ALL

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I recommend you google creamed corn and make sure it is what you think it is. If that doesn't clear things up then I have to assume you're trolling now.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Creamed corn... you don't strain it

    why wouldnt you strain it dont you strain your peas and stuff

    and when you buy a can of it the can is full.

    FULL OF WASTED SPACE okay i get it the realist says the glass isnt half full its all the way full because its full of 50% water and 50% air but thats just semantics

    This was a swing and a miss.

    what

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The cream is part of the creamed corn. You're supposed to cook with it. It's not a brine or something like that. It's like how orange juice has pulp, but you don't buy orange juice to strain out the pulp.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    i want creamed corns not corn cream

    please see post edit for diagram

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wait until you hear about atoms.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    I hate having to repeat this over & over, but chip bags are NOT 50% wasted space. They’re 50% larger than their contents, and then filled with 50% air for extra padding, so you don’t get a bag of crumbs.

    You pay for the weight of the chips in the bag, not the amount of fullness.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    my point is that everyone talks about that but no one talks about the same thing happening with cans of creamed corn despite cans being sturdy enough to not need padding

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The cans are sold by weight of the content, not size of the can.
    Other reasons they may be putting the small amount in a larger can (since padding isn’t an issue):

    • that’s the size of cans they have on hand from the factory.
    • packing/shipping & stacking/displaying that standard can size might be more cost effective.
    • They want dupe customers into thinking they’re getting more for their money.
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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    putting all that wasted space in between the corns because of corn subsidies

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    They are not filled with air, they're typically filled with nitrogen

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

    Great, start a chip company and start filling your bags with air.

    You'll learn quickly that there's another predominant element in air besides nitrogen (surely it won't matter though, it's only 20.8%).

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Government trying to take away our cornographic material

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    It’s creamed corn, not corned cream. Creamed is the first ingredient. One could argue that the corn is stealing space from the creamed.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I am desperately curious about the life that leads up to this question

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Milk is the real scam. Once I strain it there is basically nothing left. Unless you let it mature like a fine wine.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Hey are you the real Chad McTruth or some half dicked imposter trying to ruin His great name?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    i cant keep track anymore to be honest

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Look in you pants is it a full dick or a half dick?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    well the libs tried to steal it when i was just a child but they only got away with the tip

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    My sister and I used to play the just the tip game.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You think that's bad try some cream of mushroom. I swear some cans didnt even have anything in them after straining

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I didn't know KenM was on the Fediverse!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    And nobody talks about candy corn bags being 100% wasted space.

    Once you discard all the inedible garbage you are left with nothing at all.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Chip bags have all that air in them, so the chips don't get crushed as easily.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    if the chips has such a simple explanation then how come everyone talks about that and no one questions why cans of creamed corn have all that wasted space this is what im getting at i think its being surpressed

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I have personally never opened a can of creamed corn, so this whole post is new information for me. The chips thing though...that was solved decades ago. Not sure why the confusion persists.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    a can doesnt need cushion liquid because cans are hard but cans of creamed corn are mostly liquid and i think its a scam

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Why are you straining it? It's like saying your bottle of fresh orange juice has hardly any pulp after you strain it.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    what the fuck are you talking about

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Maybe creamed corn is different where you are, but the creamed part is a sauce that goes with the corn. It's meant to be eaten with the corn and not supposed to be discarded, so I don't know why you're straining it.

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    Um, dude thats just creamed corn, the cream is part of the product, it isn't supposed to be 100% corn Just buy canned corn:

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    slow clap

    Even KenM would envy this.

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    It's the demo-rats fault. They are eating all the cream and just leaving corn in the can.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I have the same problem with orange juice, there's hardly any orange in it. It's like the pork in Pork N Beans.

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