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The Condiment Packet Gallery
- mc32 3y agoThat's a very nice collection! More than I'd expect. Nice to see lots of Horseradish and Sriracha in there.
- post_break 3y agoHeinz ketchup in the silver packaging just hits differently. I don't know why but it feels fancier. Also do you remember the first time you saw the new heinz packet? The big one? I remember being so happy at the amount you get per packet vs needing like a dozen of the regular ones making a packet massacre when you're finished eating.
- ftxbro 3y agoit's the build quality it gives the ketchup a warmer flavor
- jondwillis 3y agoOnce, in the mid to late 2000s, my high school English class was using some old textbooks that were fished out of some dusty closet. They had last been used apparently in the mid-80s. When I opened the book that was handed out to me, the pages were stuck together. I pried the pages apart to find a 1980s-era mustard packet that some cheeky teen from many years past had lovingly slammed shut into the to-be-time capsule of a textbook.
- Solvency 3y agoHighschool 99-03 here. There was this kid named Kevin. The big cafeteria has a small entrance and exit to the food service area. The exit was a bottleneck. So Kevin's daily modus operandi was to pick up a dozen or so ketchup and mustard packets (the soft squeezable ones). Twist tbem to be super puffed out. Then drop them coincidentally on the ground in the little exitway. It would create an utter stampede of shock and chaos within seconds, as colored condiment sauce would spray everywhere indiscriminately. This lasted for months and they still never banned the packets. Or caught Kevin.
- ftxbro 3y agohi kevin
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoWe need to talk about Kevin.
- bookofjoe 3y agoBest comment of the year
- jsrcout 3y agoHa. That kid would be proud to know what became of their prank.
- teeray 3y agoI really hate when restaurants choose to use these, but then are incredibly stingy about them. I want enough ketchup to make a puddle to dip all my fries. Yes, I will use all of it. No, two packets are not enough. Yes, I will pay extra for this luxury if necessary (not usually even an option!).
- TeMPOraL 3y agoIt's funny when one day, you get to a place that tries to measure out the packets and even charge you for extra - and then another day you go to a McDonalds or KFC (the two where this happened to me more often), where if you mention you want extra ketchup, the cashier will just absent-mindedly pull half a dozen from some cupboard and dump them on your tray without even looking or counting. BTW. it happened to me once with sauces - in a KFC, and we're talking about sauces they nominally charge for, that come in small, sealed plastic boxes. I mention I'd like some extra, and the cashier just asks me which ones, and then gives me a total of 6-8, no extra charge. To this day I don't know why they did it.
- bookofjoe 3y agoI like how Five Guys puts them out on a table in the middle of the restaurant so you can take all you want.
- sedivy94 3y agoI love posts like this. I save them in a bookmark folder called “ Internet Graveyard”. It’s filled with wonky, peculiar, vintage(-esque) websites of all sorts. Legendary GeoCities pages, enthusiast blogs, soundboards, inter-dimensional cable… This one reminds me of KnobFeel. https://knobfeel.tumblr.com https://knobfeel.tumblr.com
- anonu 3y ago> Internet Graveyard Except this site seems to be updated recently.
- beej71 3y agoIf only the Internet as a whole were more like this... :)
- ChickeNES 3y agoI for one would love to see the contents of that folder. I miss the old web
- sseagull 3y agoHow about occlupanids? http://www.horg.com/horg/?page_id=2 http://www.horg.com/horg/?page_id=2
- perfect-blue 3y agoWhat the hell. I love this.
- foundart 3y agoAt last I have discovered my next career!
- rubyn00bie 3y agoI had no idea my preferred weapon as a kid had name besides “plastic bread ties.”
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- bschwindHN 3y agoThese all suck compared to what Japan has invented: https://twitter.com/Mantia/status/1192623082801745920 https://twitter.com/Mantia/status/1192623082801745920
- irrational 3y agoDo you have a non-twitter link? As of today, Twitter no longer allows people without an account to view tweets.
- bschwindHN 3y agoHere ya go: https://imgur.com/D7g72q4.png https://imgur.com/D7g72q4.png
- InCityDreams 3y ago>Twitter no longer allows people without an account to view tweets. I've seen several tweets, linked from other sites, and I sort of got interested as i seemed to be allowed to see quite a lot (splash screen was just clicked closed). If I can't see what makes it interesting as a platform then I'm never going to use it for even longer than i haven't already (save maybe 15 mins total over the last few weeks).
- ragazzina 3y agoYou can use this: https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id= with the tweet id at the end.
- irrational 3y agohttps://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1192623082801745920 https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=11926230828...
- dkdbejwi383 3y agoThis isn’t unique to Japan, we’ve had these in Australia for as far as I can remember too
- ftxbro 3y agois this the stamp collecting of gourmandeur
- ufo 3y agoWon't they go bad eventually? How dos that work?
- anjel 3y agoThe toxic plasticizers that make the packet pliant leach over time into the condiment, serving as a microbicide/preservative.
- bookofjoe 3y agoAs I commented above: >I carefully remove the contents of my packets by making an incision along one of the short seams on the back. (I prefer the right-hand or bottom seam.) I rinse the inside of the packets thoroughly to ensure all sauce is expelled. (I employ a drop of dish soap for oily condiments.) I then wait until the packets are completely dry before I place them in baseball card cases to preserve them cleanly and safely for many generations.
- martyvis 3y agoI'm surprised I'm the first to say something about the waste they produce. They seem to be relic of the 80s or 90s where no one cared. Buying a meat pie in Australia used to mean you could get a squeeze from the tomato sauce bottle, but now the little packet is litter producing and a chargeable extra.
- calebj0seph 3y agoYes, this. Also as someone who likes a lot of sauce on my pie, the little packets are never enough!
- userbinator 3y agoMuch like current historians learned a lot about ancient civilization by inspecting their waste, so will the ones in the future.
- johtso 3y agoReminded me of this incredible collection of fruit stickers http://fruitsticker.de/4images/index.php?l=english http://fruitsticker.de/4images/index.php?l=english
- itronitron 3y agoDoes anyone know what prompted Cheetos to offer a ketchup condiment packet?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoOh, I hate those with burning passion. Beyond the waste they generate (there's often more packaging there, by mass, than the actual condiment inside), they're a huge pain to open. In my experience, 70-80% of those require applying considerable force to tear them open. This turns from hard to impossible if your hands got greasy, like they tend to get when e.g. you're mid-way through eating your fast food meal, and need to add some extra sauce. Out of those 7-8 per 10, there's always that one that won't give, no matter what, and I have to fish for some sharp object to puncture it with. No, perforations don't help - half of the packet types I've seen don't have them, and those that do, usually the perforation is made a bit too high and tears off without opening the packet. No, it's not just brute strength that's needed - it must be precisely applied, or you'll spill half of the condiment on yourself. And no, one isn't enough, you need to open 2-3 to get some reasonable amount of sauce for a serving. Multiply this by amount of people sitting at the table, since I end up opening their packets for them (see: strength requirements), and I hope you can see where my frustration is coming from. I'm actually considering getting back to having a knife always with me, just so that I have something to open those packets with - now that pandemic is "over" and I end up dealing with them semi-frequently again.
- ftxbro 3y ago> "Oh, I hate those with burning passion." Interesting that this comment is the top upvoted one. I remember reading a twitter data analysis and the sentiment that drives engagement the most by far is anger. Maybe it's true.
- autoexec 3y agoIn this case the frustration expressed is relatable. I'd be willing to bet most people here have at one point or another struggled with a condiment packet that was poorly designed or badly manufactured. Personally, I'm just happy to see the environmental impact mentioned.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoDidn't expect this to get to the top; I really just hoped for a little reassurance that I'm not the only one who has only bad experiences with those. Also, my hate towards them stems from two additional reasons: 1) they're shaped to be wasteful, pretty much maximizing the amount of packaging relative to the amount of content, and 2) they're made from some mixed material -- and both of those reasons stand in stark negative contrast to the simple, humble, tiny, transparent, plastic jar with a lid. Taking a charitable view to the point of stretching credulity, perhaps condiment packets are optimizing for transport costs, mostly because the very strength that makes them near-impossible to open by unaided human hand, also means they can be piled up in a container without the risk of breaking. But given the logistics of today, I find it hard to imagine this is worth the loss on volume of actual product shipped. The plastic containers may be much weaker, but you can stack them in layers with some padding in between, and save on the volume. Or better yet, ship the condiment with kegs, ship the plastic containers open and stacked, and have the staff (or a machine) dose out the condiment at the point of use - the same way it's done with soft drinks and coffee.
- chiph 3y agoI looked for the Heinz Dip & Squeeze packets there but didn't see them. Maybe they don't meet the site owner's selection criteria since they're a plastic tray not a foil/plastic pouch? I rate them a solid 8 - you get a good amount of ketchup, the packaging is innovative, but tearing the top open to squeeze can be difficult. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110228006276/en/Heinz%C2%AE-Dip-Squeeze%C2%AE-Ketchup-is-Available-Nationally%21-Heinz-and-Chick-fil-A%C2%AE-Invite-You-to-Celebrate-with-Free-FryDay https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110228006276/en/Hei...
- JackFr 3y agoI have a soft spot in my heart for foil packs after I spent a summer working in a factory that produced foil packets of vitamin A&D ointment and sterile surgical lubricant. For eight hours a day I would stamp empty boxes with expiration dates and give them to a dozen or so people sitting at conveyor belts. When they had filled the boxes, I’d take them away and put them in larger boxes, seal those boxes and put them on pallets. The machines that make them were pretty cool.
- bookofjoe 3y ago>I carefully remove the contents of my packets by making an incision along one of the short seams on the back. (I prefer the right-hand or bottom seam.) I rinse the inside of the packets thoroughly to ensure all sauce is expelled. (I employ a drop of dish soap for oily condiments.) I then wait until the packets are completely dry before I place them in baseball card cases to preserve them cleanly and safely for many generations.
- tzs 3y agoSpeaking of condiments, if you are in a restaurant where they have a ketchup dispenser and provide those little paper cups for you to put it in, there's about a 99% chance you are using those cups wrong. Here's a short (38 seconds) video demonstration of how they are designed to be used [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp5jhS_OqI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp5jhS_OqI8
- nebula8804 3y agoThese older packets have transported me to earlier times in my life when times were more free and easy going. Maybe its because I have many fond memories of childhood hanging out with friends at various fast food places. In little ways the quality of everything has degraded so these older designs harkins back to a time when things felt better.