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Most people probably try to concentrate on their checklist or what to make for lunch when grocery shopping, yet sometimes they can’t help but spot something they see no purpose in or think they would never pay for themselves. 

Naturally, though, as pointed out by some commenters, it is mostly about people’s preferences, yet others may still have questions about the purpose, price, or impact on health, which in some cases has a very informative explanation, as with pre-chopped vegetables, given by this Redditor.

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#1

30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Douches and perfumed vaginal products. Please, please do not use them!! vaginas are self-sufficient cleaning machines! scent and mucus changes are completely normal and change with hormones and menstrual cycle phases. if there is a health concern or you aren't sure, please just visit a doctor. and for the love of god, disposable pads and tampons are iffy enough but DO NOT get scented ones! your flower does not need to SMELL like flowers lmao

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JB
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1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be way, way higher! A healthy “clam” smells, generally, lightly briny outside of period time. The mucus discharge should be semi-opaque whitish. Strong, unpleasant odour; discoloured (yellow, grey) &/or excessively thick discharge; anything unusual for *you* that persists for more than a week, go to the doctor. Also, don’t wash inside; not even with just water. The vagina is self-cleaning. You need the mucus barrier to protect against bacteria and fungal infections.

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    #2

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Thinking of opening a grocery store for singles, where you can buy only the amount you actually need of a food item. A single clove of garlic, 2 scallions, 2 carrots, a cup of rice, 2 eggs, etc…. It’s crazy how much food gets thrown out because it gets funky before you can use it. Of course, this place would also have a coffee bar, serve local brews, wines & tapas & have local art and be open till 1 am….maybe some live local music…what do you think?

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    JB
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would 100% go for this! People have said, “why don’t you just cook a full batch and freeze in single portions for the rest of [whatever]?” I don’t want to eat the same thing for the next x days. My freezer is relatively small, there would be no room for much on top of the frozen fruit, veg, bread and ice cream, etc. I keep in there. I know I’m privileged to be able to afford good food but it still annoys me having to throw out rotting food because I can’t get through it fast enough. Some food just doesn’t freeze well; lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers... all come out discoloured and soggy 🤮.

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    #3

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase It’s worthwhile to consider that a lot of items you see in the grocery store as a useless markup for something someone could do themselves (eg, shrink wrapped potatoes, already peeled hard boiled eggs in a bag) are convenience items for people who do not have the time to cook 100% from scratch for themselves or their families, and/or they are someone with a disability and that item helps ease a burden. I used to work in the produce section of a grocery store, and we sold these pre-chopped up vegetables. They were annoying to stock, sold out fast, and had fast expiration dates, so us employees didn’t really love those items in our department. I got to talking with a woman who was purchasing them one day though. She said they were for her elderly mother who struggles to chop vegetables up, and the already chopped vegetables allowed her to actually still make fulfilling meals the way she wanted. Working there for longer I interacted with more people buying them for the reasons stated, convenience when they don’t have time and disabilities. Empathy goes farther than you’d think.

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    Stephanie Did It
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm having more mobility issues with my hands, especially the inability to chop or slice without cutting myself. So in December I ordered one of those choppy gadgets with the grid to press veggies through, plus all the blades to julienne, etc. It's all packaged wiith slots and compartments for the blades and accessories, but being molded plastic there's NO way to put everything back where it came from without slicing yourself to ribbons. I can't even take the pieces out of the container, let alone assemble them to prepare a meal. I'm terrified of the thing! Those pre-prepared veggies are looking mighty good.

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    #4

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase I used to think shredded lettuce was stupid because can’t everyone just shredded their own lettuce!? But now that I’m paralyzed on my left side after a stroke caused by a brain bleed, that shredded lettuce may come in handy for sandwiches and wraps that I always shredded lettuce for.

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    #5

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase One day, when I was like 38, I was at the grocery store looking at these little tubs of cubed butternut squash. I was standing there for a minute thinking, “okay. If I’m gonna have (x) tonight and (y) tomorrow, will the squash still be good the next day, or should I come back and buy it fresh the day I wanna eat it?” The adolescent who worked in the produce department came over and stood next to me, mimicking the way I was standing until I finally looked right at him. Then I reached for a container of squash and turned it over to look at the date. He pulled out some handheld machine and started punching numbers in, then exclaimed, “look at this!” He talked at me for a good three minutes about how the whole butternut squash is cheaper, including showing me some calculations. When he finally came up for air, I just said “right but I have tendinitis in my wrist so unless you’re going to come cut it for me, I can’t actually use a whole butternut squash.” A lot of you strike me too much like that dude.

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    SlothyK8
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Butternut squash also secretes a substance that, for some people, coats their hands while peeling said squash in a way that mimics superglue (cyanoacrylate). It's annoying, hard to clean off and gross. I love butternut squash, but every time I'm tempted to buy a whole one I remember how awful my hands felt and...nope.

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    #6

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase The dairy aisle has sticks of pre-made *butter*. Doesn't anyone churn anymore?

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    #7

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase A lot of people in this thread are not realizing that some people are disabled and simple stuff like cutting vegetables is not something they can do or do easily. Egg yolk in pourable cartons, pre-cut veggies/fruits, pre shelled hard boiled eggs, pre-seasoned meals you put in the oven-it’s not meant for you.

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    Sand Ers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Enh, shelled hard boiled eggs are for me. I can't peel an egg to save my life. (and yes, I've heard all the secret tricks.)

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    #8

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Canned whole-chickens. An entire chicken in a can the size of a soup can. That ain’t right

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    Luke Branwen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen one of those unpacked. It looks downright nasty.

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    #9

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase As a transplant in Southern Appalachia I cannot get over the appalling amount of soda people will have in their carts. So. Much. Mountain Dew.

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    Paul Pienkowski
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost 80lbs when I stopped drinking soda. I'm still 300lbs, but now I can walk without pain!

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    #10

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Canned mackerel. I bought some to bait a trap for feral cats (for a trap, neuter, return program.) The smell is indescribably awful, except to say that it absolutely would knock a vulture off a manure wagon. Feral kitties gave it two paws up, though!

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    Bec
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When our cats got elderly and sick and we were desperately trying to get them to eat and drink, chicken flavored baby food - stinky and wet.

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    #11

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase I remember back in the late 1980s I'd wander the canned food aisle (I was trying to lose weight, so I'd walk to the grocery store, buy a couple of cucumbers and tomatoes and sometimes canned white chicken chunks to go along with them. Anyway I always saw these tiny cans of Potted Meat Food Product on the shelf and wondered what the heck it was. Curiosity eventually got the better of me and I bought a can (it was only about 40 cents at the time). Well, it was all you would expect and less from a 40 cent can of "meat"....looked sort of like a mushy liver-colored hockey puck, smelled like cat food. (The serving suggestion on the label showed it being spread on a cracker with a parsley sprig. Maybe the missing parsley was the reason the stuff tasted like Satan's jockstrap when I actually tried it...)

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    Hphizzle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvote for “Satan’s jockstrap”.

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    #12

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase S’mores kits for $10 or more. Why?? Just buy the chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows separate. It’s cheaper and you’ll get way s’more.

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    StrangeOne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not really that cheap anymore to buy it all separate.

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    #13

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Cans of "Pig brains in gravy."

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    #14

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Canned escargot (snails) in dollar stores. I just imagine that in a venn diagram of ‘people who buy ingredients from the dollar store’ and ‘people who prepare and cook their own escargot’, there wouldn’t be a lot of overlap, no? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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    Steve Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been very hungry before but I've never been eat a snail hungry.

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    #15

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Anything with politicians' faces, or names, on it.

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    MontanaMariner
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get a good laugh from all the "Made in China" Trump c**p. My 'Murica coworker loves wearing his Let's Go Brandon hat to work. "Made in People's Republic of China." Haha.

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    #16

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase 4 cobs of corn, individually wrapped in plastic, set onto a foam tray which is also wrapped in plastic.

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    lawrence Andrew
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Corn come conveniently wrapped in an easily removable husk. Single ears, perfect for one person. It amazing

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    #17

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Single shrink-wrapped potatoes.

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    Corey Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are specifically for the microwave. The plastic serves a purpose.

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    #18

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase The racks of tabloids, usually next to the checkout.

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    Marnie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember just after Trump was inaugurated, one of the US tabloids by the register read something like "Finally, dignity restored to the White House." Talk about your thinly-veiled racist comment! Nobody could say the Obamas were not dignified with a straight face unless they just simply can't see anyone with African ancestry as ever being dignified. I was never a HUGE fan of Obama, but I wrote to the store and asked them to stop carrying that tabloid. I knew they wouldn't stop, so I also asked them to at least move them to the magazine aisle so they wouldn't be so noticeable to kids.

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    #19

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase scented toilet paper

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    #20

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase two peeled Clementines in a plastic clamshell. $4.19 You can get a 3lb bag for $4, and they practically fall out of their peel.

    darwal8817 , @satish_kraj Report

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My carpal tunnel makes it painful sometimes to peal oranges.

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    #21

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase I paid $12 for watermelon juice. It just looked so good. It was. But normally I would be like, what's wrong with that person?

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    StrangeOne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who pays that much attention to people to even care?

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    #22

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase My nearest grocery store sells three different kinds of vibrators right on the medicine aisle. I cannot believe having the guts to go through check out with your groceries and having a supermarket vibrator next to your broccoli and potatoes

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    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd make sure I also bought a large can of crisco and a comically large cucumber. I'd never break eye contact either

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    #23

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase For real, sometimes I stand in the grocery store aisle like, "People actually buy this?" Top of the list has to be canned bread. Who even knew bread needed a can? It's like they're trying to preserve the mystery of how bread is born.

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    g90814
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tbh brown bread in a can is yummy.

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason people these days think anything in a can (not fresh!) is terrible, but some things in a can are fantastic, and this is one of them.

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    Regina Holt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brown Bread in a can is a unique type of bread, it is supposed to be cooked in a can. Not to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with. If you can get past the "bread in a can" icky factor, it is quite a popular and delicious food

    majandess
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's basically a muffin, and the can is the muffin cup. It's absolutely fine.

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    Hphizzle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think canned bread is one of those emergency food stash items.

    Limey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the stuff in cans called out here may seem odd, but canned stuff keeps and doesn’t need a fridge. Camping, rv’ing, preppers (and I am sure many others who need long term storage without a fridge) find canned stuff useful.

    Midoribird Aoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Baking bread in a coffee can used to be a home front innovation. No sugar or egg in it.

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a recipe for Boston brown bread which is cooked in a large can, so I suppose it makes sense if you're going to sell it, to do it in a can

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    Rcktgirl05
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man, I missed brown bread when I moved from the east coast out to the Southwest. I grew up eating slices of this with cream cheese on it. Absolutely delicious. It's not bread like you think, it's more like a very dense cake texture with molasses. I'm back east now and this reminded me to go look for it!

    Jenn Thomas
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never tried it with cream cheese! Must add brown bread and cream cheese to the shopping list!

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    Mario Strada
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have read the whole series of books called "Expeditionary Force" with Skippy the Magnificent AI. One of the protagonists is from maine and he eats bread in a can as well as the marshmallow cream in a can called "Fluff" with which you make a so-called "Fluffernutter". Go ahead, google it. They are almost an additional character in the 18+ books series. I bought Fluff, it was very sweet. Too sweet, but I kept the jar as a memento for a good Sci-fi series of books.

    CF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fluffernutter sandwich!! I don't eat them, but that is one of the nicknames for my long haired void cat, Chibs. :) :)

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    Xenia Harley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My guess- survivalists. There are all kinds of canned goods!

    Pete Nosal
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A schmeer of cream cheese makes heaven

    Dawnieangel76
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, Squidward loves it! LOL! Seriously though, don't knock it until you've tried it. This is surprisingly palatable.

    Lin Dobbs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brown bread is baked in a can, even if homemade. It's very moist, more like a cake than bread.

    MacintoshID
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Canned brown bread is actually pretty darn good and it lasts a lot longer than normal sliced bread. When you live in the backwoods of Maine, this product is part of your shopping list. We did not have stores just down the street.

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It can be handy for the whole winter, summer camps in the wilderness, or a staple for home

    Shawn Hooper
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s delicious with cream cheese spread on it! Weird thing from my childhood that I still buy once every few years. Also, great product for “emergency” foods (earthquake, hurricanes, whatever). Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it,

    Eunice Robertson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a traditional way of baking Boston Brown Bread. I'm not American, but even I know that.

    Kerry Ericksson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve had cake soaked in Scotch Whiskey in a can ,so I would try this bread

    Isabel Care
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the 80s I had canned gluten free/ wheat free bread. It had to be toasted and had the ability to send crumbs into your windpipe as it was being eaten.

    Nancy Beck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this type of bread is actually steamed in the can, not baked.

    Janet Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It lasts forever in a can and is tasty!

    Bob Eckert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really is delicious especially so with a little cream cheese on top

    EJN
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very good emergency food. It is canned so it survives exposure to water and does not have to be cooked. In an emergency where food is no longer available in stores, this is one item you might want to have around.

    Jenn Thomas
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That right there is really good stuff! Heat it up, slather with fresh butter, and NOM!

    Jules Marten-Feldmann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought this sort of thing had more to do with longevity. Like to keep at the cottage or in case of zombie apocalypse.

    Laura Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never seen it. So, I have never tasted it.

    Stephanie Lester
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is how that style of bread is actually made. It's a regional specialty of Boston that uses a lot of molasses.

    Leonard Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone writing this is appallingly ignorant. I love this stuff. Warmed lightly and spread with butter or cream cheese. Great with beans.

    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some of those canned breads are breads that were traditionally steamed in a crock or a can...

    James Govoni
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An absolute classic! when you make homemade you steam it in a can

    Dorothy Reiser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some bread recipes call for baking in a can.

    Simeon Nevel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the very first thing I ever "baked" as a kid... There was a recipe on the back of a box of Raisin Bran that you baked in a can. It was delicious! I was a hit all the kiddie birthday parties I went to.

    Ken Beattie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to take something similar to this when we were camping. You'd start with fresh bread but it'd run out after a few days then use tinned stuff. Pretty sure there was a kind a date pudding one that was pretty nice too.

    Vermonta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we used to put a butter whiskey sauce on it

    Cynthia Kelly
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    New Englander here----Ooohhh... make it with beenie- weenies on a Friday night! Good stuff!

    Shaunn Munn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's actually baked in the can and has a great taste. Idea came from military rations.

    Jeremy Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of those Yankee things I want to try.

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be someone that has never tasted it.

    Ray Carrillo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if it would be good cut up and dried, then put in a bread pudding?

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    #24

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase My brother once texted me a picture of peeps flavored Pepsi. I don't mind peeps, but that combination just sounds odd

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    #25

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Liquid death. Why are you paying so much for water?

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    StumblingThroughLife
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was some kind of aspartame energy drink at first glance, tbh.

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    #26

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase $6.50 cent boxes of cereal when the one right next to it is on sale for $1.99 that week. Or name brand pasta.

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    JMil
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100% disagree on name brand pasta. Some discount pastas I've tried are terrible.

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    #27

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase While not a grocery product it's something commonly stocked at grocery stores: any matte-black clad product designed as a "for men" product (labeled with the word/s "Men's" or "For Men" on the label) that isn't different from the normal product besides the packaging.

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    #28

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase $6 bag of M&M's that look like they have 10 pcs. in them.

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    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As much as I try to eat healthy stuff, Winco has a bulk section where I can buy $0.62 of Reese's Peices or $14.00 worth of oatmeal. I love it.

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    #29

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Bubblegum flavored chips. I haven't seen them in a while but according to google they are still produced and sold. The same company also makes bubble gum flavored ice tea, which I tried, it was okay

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    #30

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Frozen hot dogs in a bun

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    Zophra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't even know this was an option.

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    #31

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Cheetos Mac and cheese. ** edit Bought my kiddo a box when it first came out cuz he just had to have it. It was just such a crazy shade of orange. I felt like a bad mom for letting him eat it.

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    Bec
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pssh.. this is just the regular Cheetos one, ya gotta get the flamin' hot kind. The color is truly disturbing

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    #32

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase I work in retail filling online pickup orders, so I get to see firsthand what people buy. The majority of people seem to be either very conscious of eating healthy, or totally don't care what they eat. As someone already mentioned, the amount of soda some people drink is just mind-blowing, but I think there are lots of people who have no clue about the amount of sugar in some sodas. Also, some items like bacon and egg breakfast bowls contain a ridiculously high amount of fats and calories, but those are really popular with some people. Same with frozen pizzas. During the course of my job I'm able to read nutrition labels, and it's appalling how unhealthy so many foods are, and yet they fly off the shelves. It's not surprising at all that 60% of Americans are overweight.

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    Tabitha
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless it’s a milkshake, I find you forget that what you drink has calories, if it’s not plain water. I lost 25lbs in one year (years ago) when I gave up drinking sodas and other high calorie beverages. Now I only have a glass of soda or a milkshake as a once in a while treat—-and now the carbonation of sodas bothers me plus they don’t quench my thirst, and I also have trouble even finishing a milkshake before I start feeling overly full (you know, that really uncomfortable—-on the verge of feeling sick—-overly stuffed feeling when you had just one bite too many).

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    #33

    Name brand canned goods. Why anyone would buy hunts brand canned tomatoes when the store brand tastes the same for a lot cheaper is beyond me

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    Rostit.. .
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except you're wrong. Raos and hunts are not the same

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    #34

    Those tiny cups of scramble fixings that you have to add your own egg to. Overnight oat cups - the ones where you have to add your own milk and yogurt Black licorice - I get that there are people who like it, but it seems like there is an awful lot in the stores, based on how few people claim to like it. Toilet gel stamps the ones in individual plastic containers. So much waste! Edited: Thanks for sharing reasons you buy these items. Totally makes sense!

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    Gypsy Lee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Toilet gel stamp? - I'll have to Google that one. (I'm back). So the lazy way to scrub your toilet that doesn't actually scrub your toilet. Sounds like Scrubbing Bubbles is investing in suckers now.

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    #35

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Banana ketchup. It’s actually not bad. I was disgusted at the thought but on fries it’s sweet and yummy to add into other sauces. Jungle Jim’s in Ohio will sell a whole pigs head right out in the case. You don’t even have to ask the butcher it’s right there in the pork section. Just looking at you.

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    Skara Brae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original ancestor(s) of ketchup had no tomatoes in it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup#Etymology

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    #36

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Expensive furniture. Who is buying a sectional couch on a whim at Fries?

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    Skara Brae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No thanks. I'd kick and trip over those legs in the dark.

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    #37

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase I think I was an adult before it occurred to me that there might actually be people who bought the Twinkies and other related cakes. I'm in my 40s and I've still never seen anyone buy them, but they've got to be taking up shelf space for a reason, right?

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    #38

    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Eel loaf lunch meat — basically baloney (bad enough) but made from Eel meat.

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    Leviathan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well it's common in Asian countries, this is like if I posted a picture of a pork product and said "Wow Americans eat weird stuff made from pigs"

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    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Pre-crushed graham crackers. And I’m not talking about a premade pie crust. Literally just a tub of crumbs.

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    Bec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, so you can make the crust? They have a much more consistent texture than crushing your own.

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    30 People Shared Which Grocery Store Items They Cannot Believe People Actually Purchase Hard boiled eggs are a great purchase when on a road trip. I would not buy them for home.

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    Robert Trebor
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are handy for an emergency egg sandwich when you get busy and forget to eat. Suddenly brain says, "oops, hungry here, want egg." Slice a couple onto mayonnaised bread (how can you butter bread with mayonnaise? You butter butter, so in the same way you can mayonnaise mayonnaise), and as they say, "Viola! Lunch." (I know it's 'voila', but if you said "Viola, you'd have to make two sandwiches, one for you and one for Viola. But you don't want to get mayonnaise on your viola.

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    #41

    Pigs feet.

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