Food You're Not Really Sure Anyone Even Buys

[Cheerlead-in-Chief]

Gogurt

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

Not long ago, I was at a meetup and one woman told a story about her daughter making some kind of cake that had instructions to soak it in brandy daily. What it meant was, "Pour brandy over the cake every day." What she thought it meant was, "Pour enough brandy in a bowl to submerge the cake" and then wondered why she had brandy/fruitcake soup. Oops!

Every day would probably do almost as much to turn it into soup. I only do it once a week when I make them, and they turn out quite good.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

Gogurt

Back in the late 90s-early 00s nearly every kid who brought their lunch had that shit

 

[Sea creature]

Back in the late 90s-early 00s nearly every kid who brought their lunch had that shit

Even my old elementary schools had gogurt.

 

[GenociderSyo]

I used to attend a church that served dinner once a month at a soup kitchen (before COVID, of course). There's a woman who has made this, using her own special recipe, since the mid 1990s when I first met her. It's actually very good, and IIRC is canned fruit cocktail, drained, in Dream Whip and some instant pudding.

Can be I've also had it with just mandarins and cherries. It's very sweet sometimes.

 

[CrippleThreat]

Tapioca Pudding.

Even amongst the other flavors, it's still well stocked.

 

[Agoodpotroast]

I used to attend a church that served dinner once a month at a soup kitchen (before COVID, of course). There's a woman who has made this, using her own special recipe, since the mid 1990s when I first met her. It's actually very good, and IIRC is canned fruit cocktail, drained, in Dream Whip and some instant pudding.

My mom makes something similar for holidays. Canned mandarin oranges, strawberries, crushed pineapple, pudding mix, cool whip with crushed oreos on top. I think it sounds horrifying but I've never been to keen on sweets.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Jello salad and Ambrosia. I have literally never seen a single person buying it ever. Though I haven't ever seen anyone other than me buying Lox at a store either so I might just be going to the wrong stores. Would also add Malt-o-meal, never seen anyone else ever buy it, I love it though if not just for the texture it's like eating a bowl of sand but in a good way.

I assume most people make their own for either a family get together or potluck, rather than buying it.

 

[Agoodpotroast]

I'm not sure whether people actually BUY Yakult. You see it in asian restaurants all the time because it's supposed to be good for digestion but I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy it from an actual store.

 

[Pond Scum]

I'm not sure whether people actually BUY Yakult. You see it in asian restaurants all the time because it's supposed to be good for digestion but I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy it from an actual store.

Yakult gets bought all the time around here, you see it in children's school lunches. Maybe it just depends on the local Asian population.

 

[The Littlest Shitlord]

Any of those Dinty Moore and equivalent canned goods are unappetizing even from the pictures. I suspect a lot of people are buying them under current circumstances, however.

Dinty Moore utterly vanished from the only store around here that carried it then instant the COVID hysteria began and has not returned since. I am not pleased; it's the only brand of beef stew that actually has a decent amount of beef. Not quality beef, of course, but beef nonetheless. The "good" brands apparently spend their ingredient budgets on advertising and miscellaneous promotions instead of actual meat.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Gogurt

Freeze them and you have a yogurt popsicle.

 

[Molester Stallone]

I've never seen anyone else buy Dinty Moore stew. I bought it once and tried it for the hell of it. I looked and smelled like dog food. Didn't taste horrible once I heated it up and gave it a quick stir. I have seen exactly one person buying pigs feet. I didn't even know the store stocked the damned things. Kinda surprised the hell out of me to be honest.

 

[World's Smallest Violin]

I'd cast my vote for imitation crab.

 

[White Baby]

I'd cast my vote for imitation crab.

I have eaten imitation crab cakes for most of my life and at this point prefer it to actual crab cakes.

 

[saralovesjuicyfruit]

I'd cast my vote for imitation crab.

I actually buy it occasionally to eat as a quick snack or to use on salad. It’s convenient, inexpensive (often on BOGO), and calorie count & protein per serving is about the same as an egg.

 

[Pizdec]

I'm not sure whether people actually BUY Yakult. You see it in asian restaurants all the time because it's supposed to be good for digestion but I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy it from an actual store.

I've bought it. They aren't bad, just.... interesting. Digestion wise, I had to take more dumps, but that's it, it was more annoying then helpful.

Now, as someone who worked overnight stocking, the section of items I don't see anyone buying ranges quite a lot, but from my observation, no one really buys:

- Maza ball mix, and other weird kosher foods.
- Neufchatel cheese, cause why the fuck would not just buy cream cheese.
- chicken wings from the deli, cause they're kind of gross and sit under a heated lamp for a long time.
- pickled green beans.... because... why?
- deviled ham, I've literally never seen anyone buy this.

 

[Super Hans]

I'd cast my vote for imitation crab.

Every once in a while, I get some to shred and mix with Cheese Product for cheap seafood nachos.

 

[I can't imagine]

Yakult gets bought all the time around here, you see it in children's school lunches. Maybe it just depends on the local Asian population.

I work at a grocery store with a large hispanic customer base, and it's surprisingly popular with them for their kids' lunches. We sell 20-30 five-packs a day.

 

[Coffee Druid]

I work at a grocery store with a large hispanic customer base, and it's surprisingly popular with them for their kids' lunches. We sell 20-30 five-packs a day.

My local store stocks both Yakult and the hispanic off-brand. The latter is cheaper. It's an easy way to get probiotics in I guess. I get it occasionally. The name brand has a weird citrus flavor, but the off brand is strawberry and better.

As for contributing to this thread, banana milk? Like not flavored like banana per se (I want to try that too though), but vegan milk like oat or soy milk but made with bananas. No one else seems to know it exists. Granted, it's twice the price of regular milk but I really want to try it.

Also yucca root.