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12606009 No.12606009 [Reply] [Original]

What are the biggest food scams. I will start, wings. They literally tricked everyone in the country to overpay for the objectively worst part of the chicken.

>> No.12606019

It's not a good scam if it's genuinely enjoyable and tasty enough to make you want to buy it
No Big Chicken Wing coalition tricked you into buying chicken wings. People just like them.

>> No.12606020

>>12606009
Shhh, you'll drive up the price for legs and thighs.

>> No.12606022

>>12606020
My favorite

>> No.12606045

>>12606022
>>12606020
>Eating a piece of chicken that you need to pull apart instead of just eating drums like an alpha male.

>> No.12606052

>>12606019
I refuse to believe people genuinely like wings beyond them just being a meme food.

>> No.12606079

>>12606052
I only get them at bars cuz its there, its a good sauce delivery and tastes good with beer. I rarely eat out and have made them at home all of one time. That said I really like whole roasted chicken at home and enjoy gnawing a wang after dinner.

>> No.12606085

>>12606009
>>12606052
Interestingly enough, some people may have different preferences than you. This will happen often throughout life. Be prepared!

>> No.12606088

>>12606052
Pure autism

>> No.12606117

>>12606085
/Thread

>> No.12606145

>>12606052

Truly and sincerely concentrated autism right here, folks.

>> No.12606154

>>12606009

pork belly

>> No.12606157

>>12606009
>He eats bone-in wings
Why waste your time with that shit when you can get some delicious saucy nuggets?

>> No.12606159

>>12606009
Why is it only fat fucks actually like wings?

>> No.12606167

>>12606009
Pizza. It's overpriced for what you actually get. Papa Johns is the worst offender.

>Better ingredients
>Better pizza

my ass. That is straight up false advertising. Shitty pizza that is pretentious and overpriced.

>> No.12606168

Wings get my fingers dirty i don't like eating them

>> No.12606180

>>12606168
The fun thing about eating fried chicken or wings, is after you eat them, sniffing your fingers. It's almost like you can taste it, and then lick and suck your fingers clean until the delightful smell is gone.

>> No.12606182

>>12606085
Yes, and there are a lot of low IQ people in the world too. Those people spend money on overpriced food with fat sauce.

>> No.12606185

>>12606167
Pizza started out as just bread with a little tomato sauce and parmesan. Then a grocery store got the idea to put a bunch of stuff that was about to expire on top, and sell it as a savory pie. Brilliant business move: you can actually charge more for people to buy the stuff you were going to throw away.

>> No.12606206

>>12606045
>he doesnt eat a chicken thigh like he would a drumstick
Your doing it wrong

>> No.12607118

>>12606157
>why do you enjoy dark meat why not white meat instead?
anon i know this is 4chins /ck/ and no one actually knows anything about food except the weirdo excons that "plate" their food in an attempt to trick themselves that they have a "skill" but come on now.

>> No.12607123

>>12606009
Wings are the third best part after the thighs and parson's nose. What you depict there, however, is an abuse of the wings. It's like putting ketchup on a steak.

>> No.12607141

>>12606009
I love chicken wings, its a hundo percent a power move. My family hated me buying chicken wings in bulk when on sale and then perfectly cooking said chicken wings low an slow the next day. Proceeding to eat every last one of them. Having realize there is no true power in the household. I ventured outside the house to acquire a job, i have now taken to eating my meal of 80 wings in a container that is usually reserved for multitude of baked goods. They hate me, and that hate makes for the best marindade.

>> No.12607145
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12607145

>>12606009
Chicken breast is the only edible part of a chicken.

>> No.12607395

>>12607145
D R Y
R
Y

>> No.12607398

>>12607145
You sir, are a dumbass fuckface.

>> No.12607678

>>12606052
Since I was 9 I've been ordering wings at nearly every restaurant I go to. You're just autistic.

>> No.12607680

>>12606182
How doesenjoyment of food correlate with IQ? You're a fucking retard

>> No.12607690

>>12606079
>gnawing a wang

You want to try that again, champ? Or is that your final answer?

>> No.12607695

>>12607678
>Since I was 9

So your defense is that they're appealing to a childish palate and those who never advanced their palate beyond that? Cool.

>> No.12607696

>>12606180
>sniffing your fingers. It's almost like you can taste it, and then lick and suck your fingers clean until the delightful smell is gone.

Just like pussy

>> No.12607699
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12607699

>>12606009
this pic says all you need to know

>> No.12608542

>>12607678
You eat chicken wings at a restaurant, is this an American thing? Fastfood joints are not restaurants.

>> No.12608599

>>12608542
Its bar/pub food meant to be washed down with beer.

>> No.12608620

>>12607680
People enjoy trash food. That doesn't make it any less trash food. Wings are the most tryhard meme food ever created.

>> No.12608848

>>12606009
>the objectively worst part of the chicken
The same could be said about spare ribs, literally bones with a tiny little amount of meat to gnawl off. So why would I pay for that? Because it's fucking tasty, that's why.

>18 oz t-bone steak
you know the bone is included in the weight, right? you're paying for a bone! but it's alright, because it tastes oh so fucking good

I could go on, but you get the idea.

>> No.12608912

>>12608848
Actually, I will go on...
>ragout / gulash
The meat is half a step above dog food and you certaintly wouldn't want to use that for, say, a fondue, but by god are there some mean tasty ragouts if prepared right.
>Pasta alla puttanesca
It's pasta... whore style. Literally pasta with leftovers, (almost) anything goes, before you throw it away, throw it on a puttanesca, it's time to experiment and if you have any sense of what ingredient goes with what condiment, you'll have your mind blown once you taste it.

tl;dr: don't judge a final dish on the quality/price of its ingredients, you'll miss out

>> No.12609105

>>12608848
Nothing on a bone tastes good. But cope how you will when throwing your money away.

>> No.12609136

>>12609105
>Nothing on a bone tastes good
Your mom would like to have a word with you.

>> No.12609148

ITT: autism

>> No.12609517
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12609517

flats are objectively better than drums and anyone who disagrees is wrong

>> No.12609537

>>12609136
Obviously anons mom feels the same way and doesn't swallow and that's how we ended up with her genetically autistic son. Yet another reason to dump a bitch that won't swallow her brood is likely to be just as autistic as her.

>> No.12609546

>>12606182
How's the asperger's???

>> No.12609561

>>12607695
so you don't like any food that you liked when you were 9 years old? just clarifying.

>> No.12609576

>>12609517
they do taste objectively better, but i also don't know how to eat them

>> No.12609582

The tenderloin is the superior sauce delivery mechanism. Objectively the best part of the chicken

>> No.12609583

>>12609576
eat the top or bottom first then use your finger to push the meat out from between the bones, wa la

>> No.12609599

>>12609576
I bite the meat off the outsides then tongue punch the meat in between the bones out while making intense long eye contact with the Hooters waitress.

>> No.12609618

>>12607699
no it doesnt
chickens from 50 years ago were wimpy lil things compared to taday
your top pic still has the "wing tips" which todays gargantuan chickens actually store meat in
so its an even better deal!

>> No.12609671

>>12609582
pay attention virgins, this guy fucks

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>>12606052

>> No.12609839

>>12606020
Legs are already overpriced.

>> No.12609843

>>12607678
The pot said to the kettle.

>> No.12609867

>>12609839
I paid 50 cents per pound the other week

had to throw some away cause I got so sick of eating so much chicken legs

>> No.12609948
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12609948

>>12606052
its almost like you can just slather something mediocre in with anything that has flavour and then enjoy it

>> No.12609981

>>12606154
Pork belly is not a good scam. You buy a pound and after cooking you’re left with 1/3lb.

>> No.12610003

>>12606009
I think Corn is a food scam. It’s delicious. Yes. But I think it should be left for animals. I still think that’s what natives used it for. Animals won’t touch a crop if you got corn growing there. They’ll go straight for the corn. I know some of you are thinking ‘wait until you begin growing corn by itself.’

>> No.12610037

>>12609948
If you can't enjoy pancakes without syrup, you've never had good pancakes.

>> No.12610042

>>12609981
pork belly is often soaked in water to increase the weight as well as thawing it out, this of course also includes bacon, the 'smoking' process is often done using suction pumps while immersed in liquid, it's one of the reasons cheap bacon always shreds (as well as companies slicing while too frozen)

oh, and if you get anything that uses polish bellies, don't eat it, especially from "pini polonia"
we repeatedly had issues with things like bugs being found in the meat, but the higher ups kept, and still do buy them because of how cheap the shit is.

on the other side of the spectrum, danish crown bellies are fantastic, incredible in size, with great distribution of meat to fat and even when raw smell nice.

>>12610037
while this is true, good pancakes are rare compared to mediocre ones.
but you can enjoy good wings seasoned very simply as well so the point stands

>> No.12610050

>>12607695
>i drank water when I was nine therefore water is for nine year olds. I've upgraded to cum since then.

>> No.12610086

Beer brats
Burgers
Pizza
Queso
Pulled pork
Chicken TENDERS
= good

Wings are the only gameday/party food I turn down when offered. And I LIKE them. Just not enough to be bothered with picking them clean.

>> No.12610114

wings themselves are decent, very tasty on some occasions but overpriced in 90 percent of contexts. there's nothing you can do to a wing to make it so good that it's actually worth what places like buffalo wild wings charge for it.

>> No.12610224

>>12607123
their is nothing wrong with the addition of a little tomato vinegar with added spices puree to a good steak, it is almost mandatory for the full flavor experience .

>> No.12610252

>>12608620
really ? a try hard food ? how do you figger that ?
wings have been around longer then most of you useless millennial door knobs have been alive , I can remember them being around since the early eighties,
you mindless wads of meat are memeing them into popularity because you idiots keep rediscovering them every couple of years and are to stupid to remember that you did.

>> No.12610255

>>12606009
Nothing like 25 cent wings and 2 dollar pitchers at the local bar. Bring a fat alcoholic friend or two to cause a scene and you have yourself an evening.

>> No.12610259

>>12606009
Everything in food is a scam, but I will give a favorite of mine
>buy shredded cheese for $3.00
>buy a block of the same volume of cheese for $1.50
There's a 50% markup for having pre-shredded cheese. Furthermore, real shredded cheese will clump together, so the shredded cheese in a bag has a lot of additives put into it, including cellulose, which helps to prevent clumping, but it also is unhealthy filler.

As a real of thumb, any step along the way that prepares the food for you, makes the price double. Look at the price of a watermelon, then price the exact same amount of watermelon already cut up in chunks and sold in plastic trays. It costs twice as much for them to cut it up, and the chunks are older and they have to spray them with more preservatives.

Any time you eat out, just remember you paying at least twice what it would cost you to make it at home, sometimes as much as 10 times more. And you're still expected to tip, and the actual cooking staff is probably illegals making less than minimum wage. And despite those low labor costs, most restaurants are financially struggling!

>> No.12610269

>>12607118
Can you explain, "plate" excons i dont get it youngman

>> No.12610296

>>12610259
Don't be a soccermom, cellulose is fine and probably provides more fibre in the diet of amerilards.

>> No.12610302

>>12606009
>They literally tricked everyone in the country to overpay for the objectively worst part of the chicken.
It is not the worst part of the chicken, that would be the neck and/or feet.

Also, not american, how much do you guys pay for these?

>> No.12610314

>>12610296
The fiber is cellulose has no improvement on your bowels. Not all fibers are there same, there's a difference between soluble and insoluble fiber.

>> No.12610352

>>12610314
both insoluble and soluble fiber have their benefits, though the small amount used as anti-caking agent in pre-shredded cheese won't really help with constipation or anything. It won't harm you either, the main problem with pre-shredded cheese is that the added fiber will sometimes ruin what you're making. Fondue, queso dip, or mornay sauce can end up grainy with pre-shredded cheese

>> No.12610394

>>12609618
If you look close you'd see the bottom pic has wingtips too

>> No.12610510

Wings are healthy because the skin and cartilage contains lots of amino acids. Also the flavour is best because it has a balance between fat and lean meat. If anything, chicken breast is the overrated part, which is why you always see it battered, or many recipes call for stuffing it with cheese or butter, or wrapping it in bacon -- all ways to cover up the dryness and blandness of the lean meat.

>> No.12610527

>>12606009
>not being boneless wings master race
They're just mini tendies covered in sauce. Chuckling at all you bonecucks eating around ineatable material.

>> No.12610534

>>12610527
But then you miss the cartilage and marrow on the tips. You're just getting a drier, less nutritious product for a tiny increase in convenience

>> No.12610538

>>12606009
Clearly, you've never been drunk at a Korean wing joint.

>> No.12610540

>>12610352
I wonder if it'd help out to balance the constipating effects of the cheese

>> No.12610574

>>12610527
its breast meat. wings are dark meat, have a different amount of fat and entirely different taste. Youre a retarded man child or just poor.

>> No.12611253

>>12609576
Fucking easy, twist until you can pull the smaller bone out, then just suck the meat off like your father does on saturday nights at the club

>> No.12611512

>>12610259
Convenience is worth a lot of money to me. And it's worth 10 times as much to people with kids.

>> No.12611520

>>12606085
Based boomer detected.

>> No.12611879

>>12608848
Ribs are fucking terrible and not worth the money. There's a reason they're slathered in sauce.

>> No.12611884

Kebab is usually bad quality meat and vegetables covered in sauce.

>> No.12611913

>>12606052
Wings are the easiest bone-in part of the chicken to eat and their small size allows maximum sauce coverage. People don't eat them because of the quality of the chicken, they eat them because you can eat a bunch in one sitting and they're great bar food.

>> No.12611914

>>12606019
not really, wings aren't tasty on their own - it's all just artificial flavouring and forced taste. you can put the same flavouring on a block of tofu and it will taste exactly the same.

>> No.12611929

>>12609517
I just prefer drums because you get max sauce coverage and they're easier to gnaw on. I'm also extremely picky and those veins you get in flats kind of make them less appetizing to me.

>> No.12611932

>>12606052
They're soft, juicy and tasty if done right. And raw they are cheap. I would never order them at a restaurant or bar though.

>> No.12612538

>>12606019
>No Big Chicken Wing Organization
You stupid, stupid, naive fuck
https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org

>> No.12612544

>>12609618
The pic shows that raw wings are cheap to buy but expensive to buy prepare. Thats why its a scam, a company like Wings Etc or Buffalo Wild Wings has an insane markup per item

>> No.12612572

>>12606085
I just really like how kindly-worded this post is

>> No.12612577

>>12606085
Passive aggressive and ignorant retard. Wings were literally pushed in the industry in purpose to make sales out of commonly wasted and undesirable parts of the chicken. This isnt corruption or tastelessness or anything, its basic awareness of your nations's changing eating habits, and the role of industry in food production.

>> No.12612584

but the breast is the worst part of the chicken

>> No.12612713

Why do people act like the basic functions of their industries and economy are big conspiracy theories? Like, you really think nobody works on selling wings?

>> No.12612719

>>12606009
Those aren't the necks

>> No.12612739

>>12609839
Not where I live. I can get a kilogram for 5 dollars, which is like 3.50 american.

>> No.12612742

>>12606009
Ok 'woke' guy totally fucking up the wing industry.

>> No.12612765

>>12606009
wings are fine if you're cooking them yourself. just had them tonight. 2kg for about $2.50 USD (converted from dollarydoos). 4 per person, had two servings and still had about half left to freeze.
I prefer them to drumsticks.

>> No.12612850

>>12612742
There is literally a council dedicated to selling every part of the chicken, and wings have never been this popular since they were introduced as a sports food in the media

>> No.12612887

>>12606020
>>12606009
I exclusively eat chicken tenders

>> No.12612901

>>12610259
This is false, shredded and block are the same price, however block cheese has flavor and moisture locked in, compared to the shredded cheese which is constantly exposed. Also shredding cheese takes fucking forever, it's not a scam.

>> No.12612973

>>12606052
this, pretty much anything eaten with your hands is for children

>> No.12613890
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12613890

Wings are a fun food to eat.

>> No.12613913

>>12606009
Buckwheat

>> No.12613922

>>12606009
Chicken is a children’s meat anyways.

>> No.12613937

>>12613922
Or just for blacks

>> No.12614161

>>12606009
Red Delicious apples are a lie from the Devil himself.

>> No.12614173

>>12606085
Wingshill detected

>> No.12614174

>>12606009
If anything they tricked everyone into paying a premium for chicken breast. The dark meat is way tastier and just as good of a source of lean protein if you take the skin off

>> No.12614181

>>12607690
I laughed

>> No.12614309

>>12614174
>taking the skin off
Anon...

>> No.12615248

>>12609517
this is a fucking based post

>> No.12615269

>>12606009

>country

imagine having an internet connection and being this retarded

>> No.12615517

>itt: people who cant cook complains about bad pieces cause they cant cook it.
Sounds like /ck/ murica edition

>> No.12615575

>>12606182
>>12612577
>>12614173
A lot of people will have different likes and dislikes. You can find this in all aspects of life; please remember that everyone is different and personal opinion is subjective.

>> No.12615589

does anyone know that youtuber’s channel of the guy who force feeds himself a ridiculous amount of food for no reason?

>> No.12615626

>>12606019
the first sentence is right, second is wrong, wing prices have gone up dramatically actually

>> No.12615681

>>12606009
i enjoy boneless wings (breaded breast meat) because i can shovel them in my mouth quicker :^)

>> No.12615722
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12615722

$8-9 at a diner for a plate of these is an obscene scam

>> No.12615751

I once went to a bar, and I found they had "boneless fried chicken wings", so I got that.

What I got was pretty much mostly batter and panco fried in kinda-wing-shaped forms and slobbered in hot sauce.

I ate them and left to never return, did not feel like arguing with anyone at the bar while having to scream over the trash music they were playing... I still miss those 6 bucks I spent there...

>> No.12615754

There's this wing place closer to town that I frequent. They're great, but not for their wings. The boneless option isn't the nuggets you get elsewhere, it's actually giant pieces of breasts and thighs. 10/10.

>> No.12615887

>>12615751
explain what you thought you were supposed to get when ordering "boneless wings"

>> No.12615896

>>12615887
Hmmmmm, how do I explain this. It's kinda difficult to describe it now that I think about it.

It's kinda like.... chicken wings... but boneless.

No, that's not right, maybe more like.... chicken wings without bones in them? Not quite right either.

I think what I want to say is I expected exactly what was written in the menu, silly me.

>> No.12615900

>>12612577
No shit, you fucking retard.
>have untapped market
>market the shit out of product
>get dosh
Welcome to capitalist America, you dipshit Commie.

>> No.12615906

>>12615896
i bet you also believe buffalo wings means the wing meat off buffalo?

>> No.12615907
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>>12615906
That's kinda funny, I chuckled.

>> No.12615908

>>12606009
Eggs. They cost a penny a piece and charge dollars.

>> No.12615924

>>12607145
How can you be on /ck/ and not appreciate chicken thighs? They have more flavor, easy to prepare and cook (if you're not completely useless in the kitchen), hold their moisture better, still has the skin on it, and you can leave the bone in or take it out pretty easily.

>> No.12615940
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12615940

>he doesn't blend the chicken, bones and organs included, to make a delicious chicken slurry for nuggets

>> No.12615941

>>12615940
i do. main reason i bought a meat grinder. i get to enjoy mcnuggies whenever i want

>> No.12615942

>>12607699
That's like $10-$25 worth of prepared wings max. If you paid $50 for that, you're the dumbass. Most places have 25 - 75 cent wing nights. Even if you somehow paid a fucking dollar a piece that'd be around $30.

>> No.12615945

>>12609981
>>12610042
Is there a way to know if your butcher is based enough to not sell you meat-shaped water tankers? Or does asking an actual butcher fixes the issue?
But Srls i made homemade bacon to try it out and cooked the skin on its own with salt and shit, i had a gigantic piece and it cooked into this tiny-ass piece smaller than my palm.

>> No.12615968

>>12615945
You really have to know a butcher. My cousin is one and the meat she sells is day and night compared to the stuff you get in a regular store. Only problem is that it's really expensive, and you only get a discount if you work for her.

>> No.12615969

>>12612901
I would kindly disagree sir. In my own experiences it is a much better value to shred your own.

>> No.12615972

>>12610302
I'd say they average about 50 cents each at sports bars. Usually you buy a dozen or so and just keep buying small baskets of them while drinking and watching a sports game.

>> No.12615994

>>12612901
It takes like a couple of minutes. You use a thing called a grater, move the block of cheese back and forth over the holes and after a few minutes you have shredded cheese for about half the price.

>> No.12616224

>>12615896
Literal autism.

>> No.12617438

>>12606052
I can tell you don’t go out and socialize

>> No.12617448

>>12612538
Kek

>> No.12617661

When our parents died, me and my brother had to find jobs and a place to live. We were right out of high school. We didn't know a lot about cooking, but we both knew how to make a huge pot of spaghetti and fry chicken wings. So that's what we did. This was in the early 80s before chicken wings were so expensive. We'd buy 10 lbs. for just a couple of dollars. They were considered nigger meat. Barely edible even as scraps for making stock. Boy did we feel like we'd stumbled on the greatest secret at the grocery store. We'd take scissors and cut off the tips. Then we'd cut them at the knuckle to separate the flat from the drum. A little bit of salt, toss, just enough flour to rough up the surface, deep fry in vegetable oil, and then drain on paper towels. The result resembled the complimentary wings you get with Chinese takeout. We'd each have a huge plate of spaghetti in front of us, and a platter in the middle of the table with wings. We'd eat this once a week as a treat/departure from the pot of beans we normally fed on.

>> No.12617823

>>12606052
i like the skin. i don't care that much for the other parts.

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12617865

>>12606167
Shit founder.
Shit ingredients.
Shit pizza.
Papa Johns.

>> No.12617867

>>12606052
I eat wings just for the crunchy cartilage on the end. It has the highest proportion of cartilage to meat out of any part of the chicken. I don't particularly care for the meat, but I'll eat it anyways on a wing.

>> No.12617871

>>12609583
>wa la

Hehe! Surely you jest!?

>> No.12617872

>>12611914
By that logic ALL food that is seasoned is artificial flavouring and forced taste