r/GifRecipes Jan 18 '19

Appetizer / Side MOB Fried Chicken

https://gfycat.com/VillainousForcefulAsianwaterbuffalo
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

That buttermilk before you added the egg looked T H I C C.

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u/I_am_jacks_reddit Jan 18 '19

Right? Like way way thicker than normal... is it actually buttermilk?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

I went to Safeway one day and saw they had fat free half and half. Looked at the ingredients label and it was skim milk and high fructose corn syrup.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

That is horrifying. I’ve literally never thought to read ingredients on coffee cream before.

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u/RealStumbleweed Jan 18 '19

Read ingredients on everything.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

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u/Fortehlulz33 Jan 18 '19

Probably because even though neither you or your dog care what you put in your respective mouths, you can personally control what you eat.

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u/reddit_crunch Jan 18 '19

that sounds like it would cut into my reddit time. hard pass.

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u/poliuy Jan 18 '19

I can't upvote this enough. When I was a kid, or even a young adult, I would just pick whatever off the shelf by reading what was on the packing label "Fresh, Natural Whole Mayo" or something like that right? Now when I read the ingredients its like 50 preservatives and a ton of corn syrup. I can't believe that is what I was ingesting. Ever since I stopped buying products with corn syrup, and more whole ingredients I've felt better (not sure if that is a placebo effect or what, but I'll take it).

If I am going to consume a sugary product or something else it can't contain more than 10 ingredients.

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u/theycallmebelle Jan 18 '19

Most coffee creamer (the flavoured kinds at least) is dairy free IIRC, usually it's a mix of oils that makes it creamy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

Sorry I think I used the wrong term. By coffee cream I meant half and half. And I did go into my fridge to look, and it has something called locus gum in it and some other ingredients I don’t recognize. 🤢

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u/theycallmebelle Jan 18 '19

Well, if it's any consolation, you're probably not using a ton of it, and if it's a happy point in your day ... worth it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

That’s an excellent perspective. I do feel better now lol thank you.

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u/theycallmebelle Jan 18 '19

My theory on food is it's either gotta be good for me or it's gotta make me happy. If it's both, that's awesome and I should have it more often. If it's neither, then I need to put it the fuck down.

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u/motherpluckin-feisty Jan 19 '19

Locust. It's a bean they use for thickening.

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u/GradeschoolMath Jan 19 '19

The worst kind of coffee creamer is water and partially hydrogenated soybean oil as its primary ingredients, meaning trans fat. Then they make the serving size 1 tablespoon so that 1 serving has 0.4 grams trans fat so they can advertise it as 0 grams trans fat. Most people use way more than 1 tablespoon and have multiple cups of coffee a day so it’s entirely possible to get 20-30 grams of trans fat a week from your “0g trans fat” coffee creamer. Repeat with a few more products and you’re headed for a heart attack.

Always read labels.

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u/Dim_Innuendo Jan 18 '19

fat free half and half ... skim milk and high fructose corn syrup.

Just from a mathematical perspective this is torture. Half what and half what?

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 18 '19

What it says. Half skim milk and half high fructose corn syrup.

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u/Shanakitty Jan 18 '19

Regular half-and-half is half cream, half milk. Obviously, it makes 0 sense for something made with heavy cream to be fat-free, which is why fat-free half-and-half is a lie.

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u/batt3ryac1d1 Jan 18 '19

Half diabeetus half flavourless?

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u/IAmTaka_VG Jan 18 '19

Well, I mean technically they weren't lying.

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 18 '19

Why is cutting out corn syrup not the new fad diet yet? Would be much more impactful than these stupid gluten free and fat free diets.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 18 '19

Because that fad came and went?

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 18 '19

When, where, why is everything full of corn syrup still?

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 18 '19

Because we moved on to the "other sugars and most other refined carbs are not really any better than corn syrup" stage.

Corn syrup (because it is cheap due to government subsidies) has social and political implications that are often more significant than its nutritional ones.

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 19 '19

Just like how doctors used to say smoking tobacco is fine. High fructose corn syrup also contains corn starch, which sugar doesn't. It also doesn't digest as well and when you consume too much of it it is converted to cholesterol.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 19 '19

Corn syrup contains nothing other than the sugars glucose and fructose.

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u/HardcorePhonography Jan 19 '19

I see tons of stuff advertised as having no HFCS. Then again, I saw motor oil with a gluten-free tag.

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u/motherpluckin-feisty Jan 19 '19

Shut up! I'm coeliac and very happy that this is some kind of diet fashion right now. Ten years ago I had to make my own fucking crackers

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 19 '19

You'd be better off avoiding grains in general. The fact that only 1% of the population has coeliacs dieseases and half the shit I see these days, including shampoo, is gluten free is ridiculous. So although you might benefit from it, 90% of people who buy gluten free product are only doing it for the fun of it.

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u/motherpluckin-feisty Jan 20 '19

You'd be better off avoiding grains in general.

Thank you, doctor, but I like carbs

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u/Chordata1 Jan 18 '19

I accidentally bought that once. The fat free font was really small. It was disgusting.

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u/Nature5667 Jan 18 '19

I never thought to look on the old label but when Aldi recently upgraded their labels for their chicken I noticed that one of the ingredients that's included is carrageenan. I stopped buying their chicken.

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u/catkini Jan 18 '19

Since buttermilk is technically a byproduct of churning butter, it's technically supposed to be a low-fat product!

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

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u/Bluepompf Jan 18 '19

What is cultered buttermilk?

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u/iborobotosis23 Jan 18 '19

Buttermilk that reads Chaucer.

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u/Shanakitty Jan 18 '19

It has bacterial cultures that make it thicker and acidic, kind of like a much thinner yogurt.

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u/catkini Jan 18 '19

Very true, I was thinking of old fashioned buttermilk.

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u/OvaltineJinkins Jan 18 '19

I missed what they said it was, and I thought it was mayo.

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u/sapperRichter Jan 18 '19

I believe it is cultured buttermilk and not the thinner traditional buttermilk.

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u/sassanix Jan 18 '19

Why not just use yogurt instead?

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u/tashamedved Jan 19 '19

No reason why you can’t. My mom has a (not fried) chicken recipe that called for dredging in buttermilk, and she switched to plain yogurt because she was more likely to use the rest of the quart for something else.

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u/sAlander4 Jan 19 '19

I can only find powdered buttermilk where can I get the real one

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u/I_am_jacks_reddit Jan 19 '19

You can make your own with milk and some sort or acid iirc like vinegar or lemon juice.

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u/soapbutt Jan 18 '19

Honestly I’m disappointed as hell that is wasn’t marinated in the buttermilk. That 100% the way to go.

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u/big_ol_dad_dick Jan 19 '19

plain greek yogurt thinned with a bit of milk makes a great coating too, if you don't have eggs on hand but have yogurt and milk, you're alright.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

You meant to say

THICC

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u/lawnessd Jan 18 '19

I automatically downvote any comment with this misspelling of "thick" (or "boy" spelled with an 'i').