Chemicals in this case is another one of those vague amorphous things to be scared of, right up until you know what it is... Could be anything really, baking soda, 5G mind control powder, dusted Bin Laden, your aunties fingernails.

Everything in the world is chemical, including all your natural GMO free organic foods, got that adenosine triphosphate, cellulose, chlorophyll, dihydrogen monoxide.

Gonna go around scaring people by telling them I've been buying skewered avian carcasses to eat instead of beef, and showing them a rotisserie chicken.

Ah yes good old tens of thousands in debt and property costing ten times what it used to when boomers bought them, cost of living souring, wages not climbing, and of course it's the cheap tasty chicken keeping the young folk from owning their own home. Yeeeesss. Great financial logic there, (checks notes) Wall Street Journal.

pretty sure your boss is splurging human babies so shut the fuck up

yeah its one of the cheapest foods out there. are they splurging on rice and rice cookers too?

Did Lucille Bluth write that article?

Funny you say that, I just got this horrible GI stomach bug with a fever, but that was the first time I've been sick since 2019 excepting getting covid once in 2021. Nary a cold, a sniffle, or an upset stomach.

I hardly ever get sick otherwise. But got sick as a dog just a week back, 2 days without eating, raging fever, lots of ass falling as you so poetically coined it.

The article also points out that grocery stores price rotisserie chicken at very aggressive prices because it's a great way to get people to come into the store and walk past everything else in the hopes they'll pick up some more items. So the stores know they're selling them at a very low price, that's an engagement model.

Or it's another tool to divide the working class.

You have more in common with normal people from other generations than you do with the wealthy!

TIL that people actually buy boxed mashed.

It’s a dumb restriction that is based on flawed logic regarding what can be purchased.

Can’t buy a warm meal from a deli, but apparently sushi boxes are more than okay.

Not arguing one way or another, just highlighting how stupid the whole thing is.

I have a rice cooker and they're kinda overrated. Do I use it? Yes, but you can always boil water and make rice that way, or even microwaving rice with water can cook it.

Also rotisserie chicken lasts a long time when you break it apart, shred it and freeze it for future recipes. I love to make this Southwest Chicken Skillet from Budget Bytes. Its so filling and the family loves it, I add in sour cream and stir it in at the end.

oh I disagree. boiling water in a pot and you have to watch it but the rice cooke is set it and forget it. Rice cooker is the most often used gadget for us followed by the slow cooker.

Unless the raw whole chicken is on sale, I've never seen one cheaper than a cooked rotisserie one at a grocery store.

Remember to cook fatty meat extra long so it becomes tender :3

Ah yes the famous food, one other thing. But hey at least the DOW is up

I also make broth with the rotisserie scraps.

Some places (Walmart being one) chill the ones that don't sell for the next day and mark them down. And since they are no longer hot they are SNAP eligible.

I hear some of the poors own more than one fork.

Wallstreet journal... is Microsoft stock going down again?

Best thing in my house and the only appliance coming with on the move. I adore my lil rice cooker more than life itself.

Boil, rice in, lid on, low heat for 18 minutes, off for 8 minutes, lid off, fluff with fork. No watching. If you burn some, lower your “low”. If you’re getting crazy and making some basmati or rosematta you just look up how much time your new strain of rice needs. If you have an always-too-hot electric stove I’m sorry I lied; I’ve been there, and I would probably buy a rice cooker too.

Yeah it never works out that way for me for whatever reason although we do currently have electric this was with gas too. Rice cooker is load it and turn on. 30 minutes later hot meal. Always, every time, no further intevention and if you forget it and don't come back for 45mins its in stay warm mode and is fine.

Personally, I like to buy crates of Bibigo rice bowls from CostCo. You just toss them into the microwave for a minute and thirty seconds, vio'la, you got carbs to go with whatever you pair it with.

They know their audience. After all it's hard to find "undesierabes" to look down on when their standard of living is alarmingly close to your own.

Whoa, they're loss-leaders? That's good to know. I usually pass them up since I get better results at home but I appreciate that I'm not exactly pinching pennies to make the budget happen. I've been broke and/or between jobs before, so who knows? That is handy information.

Budget Bytes is incredible. I have a bunch of recipes from there that I make on the regular

Yeah, but if you're cooking a meal it's pretty trivial to time your stove rice properly.

the rice is the meal. all the cooking is in the cooker. as I said in another one you don't need to time it as it automatically goes into keep warm so you can be 10 or 20 minutes late.

I'm filipino, a simple rice maker is a staple in my household. We even have rice dispensers

I used to have a bread machine and it came with a recipe for potato bread that used instant mash and it was so damn good.

I got rid of it after I gained like 100lbs. Still have the 100lbs but don't have the bread.

Or just get educated and look at the list of shit they put in the chicken. Your choice.

Also, below weight QC for raw chicken roasters

You'll save on medical bills in the long run. Meat eaters get far more chronic diseases

Eat slop and work harder, Serfs! Your CEO needs a new Bentley!

Costco chicken ingredients: chicken, water, salt, sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed casein, modified corn starch, sugar, dextrose, chicken broth, isolated soy protein lecithin, and mono-and-diglycerides.

That seems like a totally legit use of instant mashed. I just feel like I’ve never known anyone to make “mashed potatoes” from instant (maybe as a backpacking thing). Maybe there are people out there that are overthinking mashed? Super easy if you do just a few things right.

Definitely buy a variety of spices, but don't underestimate the different flavor profile of different types of beans

Yes, true on all points. Many people do not recognize when they are being sold to and also when they are being manipulated to spend more. I personally will never enter a store without a list of what I need. Then as I shop if I do see something that looks worth trying, I weigh whether it is worth the price. I am the exception rather than the rule though as a shopper :) I personally do not enjoy shopping, so I like to complete my list and get out.

Most likely yeah. But they won’t keep on over buying chickens forever. At least at my local store, there is a rack of rotisserie chickens at all times. They can’t all be opportunistic waste prevention.