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I saw $6.99 for a pack of 12 flour tortillas yesterday. Could not believe it. At that price I'll try making my own.

jlengrand 4y ago
Trying to be positive in an ocean of poo, making your own tortillas is cheap, fast, kinda fun to do with kids and you can augment them for extra flavour. You can even batch prepare them in advance as long as they're not in contact with air. Many of those are the same. Pizza dough : once a month take 30 minutes preparing 10 rolls and in the freezer. And as a bonus, less chemicals in your system.
- bruce343434 4y ago
  By far the most abundant chemical in any modern human is dihydrogen monoxide, I'm not sure that any hydrocarbon you will find in a tortilla is really even a comparison.
  - jlengrand 4y ago
    Hey, incidentally that very chemical is a major part of the recipe! My bad, English isn't my native language. I guess I meant additives?
    - fknorangesite 4y ago
      > My bad Nah, it's just that the comment you're responding to is being insufferably pedantic. Your colloquial use of "chemicals" here is perfectly well understood.
      - andy_ppp 4y ago
        Exactly, I despise people who say things like "everything is made of chemicals" or "vegetables are carbohydrates" when they perfectly know exactly what I mean.
      - ben_w 4y ago
        While the colloquial is well understood and @jlengrand shouldn't feel bad about using the word "chemical" in this way, on a nerd forum like this I think it's valid pedantry — our bodies are massively complex chemical reactions, and half the stuff I've borne witness to people in my life complaining about are genuinely useful one way or another, for example by preserving the food or making it taste better.
        fknorangesite 4y ago
        While it may be useful to call out mystical woo when we see it, in this context the only thing doing so succeeded in was derailing the conversation. We all understood the first time.
        jlengrand 4y ago
        I understand and appreciate that you want the terms used to be correct. I feel that the tone you used probably rubbed people the wrong way. Had you for example corrected me and given me the correct terms and definitions, I'm quite sure people would have appreciated the gesture. Actually, even up to now I'm not 100% sure what I should have used :). Additives, preservatives, ...? BTW, interestingly in a previous life I studied chemistry... Only always in French
symlinkk 4y ago
I find comments like this weird, I never think about purchases that small. I honestly have no idea how much I pay for tortillas normally but $7 would not even be a blip on my mental radar
- willismichael 4y ago
  It's just one banana. What could it cost, ten dollars?
  - justsocrateasin 4y ago
    you've never actually set foot in a supermarket, have you??
    - Tade0 4y ago
      This was a reference to some politician (I don't recall which) not knowing the price of a single banana.
      - CamelCaseName 4y ago
        No. This is a reference to the show "Arrested Development" Link to the scene: https://youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw https://youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw
        samstave 4y ago
        Love that scene. Can't seem to find it - but some time ago there was a short vid on why the price of bananas world wide was a good litmus on the shipping/economic trade - it went into detail on how banana prices could be used to measure certain stress points in global trade... I cant seem to find it though. However, in looking for it I found this, which is kind of interesting: >>"Are there more international laws on the trade of bananas than conventional weapons, like AK-47s?" >>"The short answer is astonishingly, yes. The global trade in bananas or banana plants is governed by at least three binding global agreements and the non-binding, though strictly adhered to, Codex food code. The arms trade is not governed by any binding global agreements." - https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/comparing-bananas-to-the-global-arms-trade/ https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/comparing-bananas...
chasd00 4y ago
on a tangent, either buy fresh tortillas (the package should be very warm, almost hot) or make your own. Get some good tortillas and you'll want the others outlawed as a crime against humanity. I'm fairly anti-government but i would be ok if a law was passed in the fine state of Texas requiring all restaurants to make their own tortillas fresh when ordered.
tonguetrainer 4y ago
Interesting point. With high inflation and many professions being made obsolete by AI, cooking and baking authentic cultural foods at home may become the new obsession.
tomxor 4y ago
Flour and sugar based products are both absurdly high profit margin and the cause of the obesity pandemic (not a coincidence), you could make your own stuff for cheap, or just cut so the majority of flour based products from your diet - either option is a positive direction.
tiborsaas 4y ago
This weekend I got a pack of 4 for $4.18 in Budapest ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Trying to be positive in an ocean of poo, making your own tortillas is cheap, fast, kinda fun to do with kids and you can augment them for extra flavour. You can even batch prepare them in advance as long as they're not in contact with air. Many of those are the same. Pizza dough : once a month take 30 minutes preparing 10 rolls and in the freezer. And as a bonus, less chemicals in your system.

bruce343434 4y ago
By far the most abundant chemical in any modern human is dihydrogen monoxide, I'm not sure that any hydrocarbon you will find in a tortilla is really even a comparison.
- jlengrand 4y ago
  Hey, incidentally that very chemical is a major part of the recipe! My bad, English isn't my native language. I guess I meant additives?
  - fknorangesite 4y ago
    > My bad Nah, it's just that the comment you're responding to is being insufferably pedantic. Your colloquial use of "chemicals" here is perfectly well understood.
    - andy_ppp 4y ago
      Exactly, I despise people who say things like "everything is made of chemicals" or "vegetables are carbohydrates" when they perfectly know exactly what I mean.
    - ben_w 4y ago
      While the colloquial is well understood and @jlengrand shouldn't feel bad about using the word "chemical" in this way, on a nerd forum like this I think it's valid pedantry — our bodies are massively complex chemical reactions, and half the stuff I've borne witness to people in my life complaining about are genuinely useful one way or another, for example by preserving the food or making it taste better.
      - fknorangesite 4y ago
        While it may be useful to call out mystical woo when we see it, in this context the only thing doing so succeeded in was derailing the conversation. We all understood the first time.
      - jlengrand 4y ago
        I understand and appreciate that you want the terms used to be correct. I feel that the tone you used probably rubbed people the wrong way. Had you for example corrected me and given me the correct terms and definitions, I'm quite sure people would have appreciated the gesture. Actually, even up to now I'm not 100% sure what I should have used :). Additives, preservatives, ...? BTW, interestingly in a previous life I studied chemistry... Only always in French

symlinkk 4y ago

I find comments like this weird, I never think about purchases that small. I honestly have no idea how much I pay for tortillas normally but $7 would not even be a blip on my mental radar

willismichael 4y ago
It's just one banana. What could it cost, ten dollars?
- justsocrateasin 4y ago
  you've never actually set foot in a supermarket, have you??
  - Tade0 4y ago
    This was a reference to some politician (I don't recall which) not knowing the price of a single banana.
    - CamelCaseName 4y ago
      No. This is a reference to the show "Arrested Development" Link to the scene: https://youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw https://youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw
      - samstave 4y ago
        Love that scene. Can't seem to find it - but some time ago there was a short vid on why the price of bananas world wide was a good litmus on the shipping/economic trade - it went into detail on how banana prices could be used to measure certain stress points in global trade... I cant seem to find it though. However, in looking for it I found this, which is kind of interesting: >>"Are there more international laws on the trade of bananas than conventional weapons, like AK-47s?" >>"The short answer is astonishingly, yes. The global trade in bananas or banana plants is governed by at least three binding global agreements and the non-binding, though strictly adhered to, Codex food code. The arms trade is not governed by any binding global agreements." - https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/comparing-bananas-to-the-global-arms-trade/ https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/comparing-bananas...

chasd00 4y ago

on a tangent, either buy fresh tortillas (the package should be very warm, almost hot) or make your own. Get some good tortillas and you'll want the others outlawed as a crime against humanity. I'm fairly anti-government but i would be ok if a law was passed in the fine state of Texas requiring all restaurants to make their own tortillas fresh when ordered.

tonguetrainer 4y ago

Interesting point. With high inflation and many professions being made obsolete by AI, cooking and baking authentic cultural foods at home may become the new obsession.

tomxor 4y ago

Flour and sugar based products are both absurdly high profit margin and the cause of the obesity pandemic (not a coincidence), you could make your own stuff for cheap, or just cut so the majority of flour based products from your diet - either option is a positive direction.

tiborsaas 4y ago

This weekend I got a pack of 4 for $4.18 in Budapest ¯\_(ツ)_/¯