We don't waste food in my home. Sriracha added for flavor.

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ettubrutusvp@reddit

Respect for not wasting food. Sometimes the ugliest meals still hit the spot. If it reastes good, that's all that matters.

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Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit

You know, you *can* remove the black spots on the avocado, right? And is that actually Sriracha? Why is it orange?

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mike_pants@reddit

Sriracha has had a bastard of a time keeping its sauce the same color after they mega-shafted the growers they'd been using for decades. Now you can never tell what color you're going to get.

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Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit

Time to get a new Sriracha sauce, and any other sauces they make. Don't reward shitty behavior.

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PunchDrunkPrincess@reddit

Melinda's is sooo good. You can get a tiny bottle to try it out first, too.

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pasaroanth@reddit

I’ve been a fan of the Tabasco brand lately. I’ve passed over the Huy Fong brand for it many times.

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Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit

Tabasco is not good at all. Please try better options. Cholula. Valentina. Tapatio. All manner of Mexican and Asian sauces.

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pasaroanth@reddit

Ahh yes, “I don’t like it so no one else can”. The 9 year old mentality.

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hashbrowns21@reddit

Valentina is goated, one of the best out there

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ThellraAK@reddit

They are talking about tabasco siracha.

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Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit

I had no idea that was a thing. Still, I'd go to any other sriracha before Tabasco. Trader Joe's, Sprouts, you name it.

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variety is the spice of life and literally all of those sauces includes each of the tabascos stay in rotation on my
fridge door. please don’t forget about melinda’s and heines if your a chicago south sider

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Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit

I am not. And I stand by my assessment of Tabasco.

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dancingtosirens@reddit

Sriracha is a generic term, you’re thinking of the manufacturer Huy Fong who tried to fuck over Underwood Ranch.

There’s a million better sriracha’s that Huy Fong now, including Underwood Ranch’s own sriracha that’s really good. Yellowbird is also good, just anybody over Huy Fong now.

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soapy_goatherd@reddit

Unfortunately underwood has shut down. Looking for another replacement now lol

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CrustyToeLover@reddit

Believe it or not, it's very easy to grow Sriracha peppers and make your own

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SkeletalJazzWizard@reddit

Which is pretty much any ripened fleshy red pepper. Huy fong used jalapeno. Serranos are fine. Sriracha isnt a kind of pepper, just a place where the sauce came from.

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ckdogg3496@reddit

Been a fan of franks, not sure its the best but its always available and consistent

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sharkattax@reddit

franks has a sriracha sauce ?

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ckdogg3496@reddit

They do, it’s not bad but not quite the original huy fong which i loved

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sharkattax@reddit

hmmmm interesting i must investigate this further

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shadowsoze@reddit

Oh shit are you serious, ever since I learned of the huy fong shit I swapped to them and it was delicious

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Jayoki6@reddit

Underwood only stopped producing sriacha. They didnt shut down.

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NOTSTAN@reddit

NO! I loved their sauce.

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Final_Good_Bye@reddit

Try Gold Medal, it was the original sauce marketed in Thailand. One of my customers gave me a bottle and it's a really good sauce

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mike_pants@reddit

Huh, today I learned. Neat.

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Sun-Much@reddit

you do know you don't have to remove the black spots, right? many of us understand that the black spots are an aesthetic issue and do not affect the taste of the food.

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Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit

If you think they don't affect the flavor, then there's nothing I can do to help you.

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BAMspek@reddit

They definitely got one of the shitty batches but they obviously don’t care because why would they

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

Yep, it's the rooster brand one. It's probably the lighting that's making it look like that. I don't have the lights on. I just have natural lighting from the widow and it's still morning in the west coast.

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diaphoni@reddit

oh they did have a lot of batches that are the 'wrong' shade but I've seen other hot sauces turn that color when they've gone off

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satomatic@reddit

the rooster brand tried screwing over their chili provider here in california, leading to a big legal dispute.

the farm started making their own version (which was great but now discontinued) while rooster had to settle for different suppliers which is why their sriracha looks weird now.

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OuterWildsVentures@reddit

That ranchwood farm Sriracha was terrific

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chrismasto@reddit

Wait, underwood is discontinued? Argh!

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andy_jah@reddit

A widow as a light source? Do her tears magnify the sunlight?

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

Goddammit lol. Windows! I'm keeping it though.

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iAmUnintelligible@reddit

why? it's ugly but it's still edible

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Illustrious_Donkey61@reddit

First pic reminds me of the guild navigator from 1980s Dune movie

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UsernameDsntChkOut@reddit

Is this levitating?? Anyone’s brain see that in this pic??

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Imaginary-Cricket903@reddit

It's possessed

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Squint22@reddit

Why did I see Goatsee?? 😭

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EsseElLoco@reddit

I mean, it was posted by gaping granny.

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NotFromAntarctica88@reddit

I used to tolerate about the same kind of bruising/greying on my avocados as to not be wasteful, but now try to cut/scoop out the more gnarly ‘rotted’ looking parts because I noticed it affected the flavor more than I thought.

If you want to help with the visuals I’d recommend mashing it up in a bowl with a fork, and then spreading it over. It looks better than seeing individual slices with grey spots.

Also don’t buy avocados with the stem cap (the little ball you can pop off at the top) removed if you can because it’ll start oxidizing earlier there too.

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

I know. I used to work in fine dining as a cook and know how to make a plate presentable with less than ideal ingredients. You'd be surprised by the stupid high mark-ups in some fine dining restaurants and catering companies considering the ingredients used. Not all, but a lot of them including the ones I worked at that were successful and well known. This food is just for me though and I didn't care enough to cut out the black parts or make it look more edible. I was gonna drown it in Sriracha anyway.

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IcyAmoeba8410@reddit

But it’s not just about presentation, it affects the taste too. Not to be a dick, but wouldn’t you know that as a supposed fine dining cook? I don’t always make food presentable for myself either, but I do still care about the flavor..

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Turbulent-Stretch881@reddit

Doesn't mean you should treat yourself the same way to save some cents...

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DataMin3r@reddit

Pic 1 is a Legend of Zelda Windwaker korok. It's 100% u/paradoilia but it's there

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onlyabigmess@reddit

Homemade vegan ham?

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

"Ham." It's tofu and vital wheat gluten with flavorings. It's better than it sounds. It's just easier to call it ham since you know what it's supposed to invoke and it sounds a little more appetizing than tofu and gluten slices.

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onlyabigmess@reddit

Oh I see, so you sliced it first like spam. I commend you because I wouldn't know where to start if I were asked to ham-ify something.

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Shady_Scientist@reddit

Is it bad to eat that?

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americanalien_94@reddit

Is the sandwich made from booty bread?!

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Tink1024@reddit

Ummm why didn’t you clean up that avocado? The rot on it is making me queasy!

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JalapenoPopPoop@reddit

Grandstands about not being wasteful

Paper plate

🥴

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Leading-Hedgehog1990@reddit

🤢

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AnnetteXyzzy@reddit

It's good to be prudent about food waste, but please consider that you are not a garbage disposal unit.

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Waagtod@reddit

Homemade vegan ham? Why?

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

I'm a vegetarian and the commercially available stuff is like 10 times more expensive than the ingredients I use, a fraction of the amount that I can make at home, and it tastes worse.

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The-Final-Reason@reddit

Is everything expired? Why is your Sriracha orange? Not red orange but … pale lol

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butlerchives@reddit

I think they had to use different peppers because of supply issues

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The-Final-Reason@reddit

Oh yeah I forgot about that… I still have a bottle in my fridge from maybe 6 years ago and it’s still red… slightly darker than brand new.

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ElkSad9855@reddit

I think your Sriracha is spoiled

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Gloomy-Restaurant-42@reddit

Is this the avocado toast that everyone blames for Millenials not being able to afford homes?

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istrx13@reddit

Boomers are seething seeing this show up in their feed this morning

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phil_the_builder@reddit

Judging by the brown spots that is a food bank avocado, or at least second-hand. 🤣

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Gloomy-Restaurant-42@reddit

"Second-Hand Avocadoes" is Frank Zappa's best album. 🤓

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SlipperyGibbet@reddit

His kid’s name is Moon Unit XD that’s pretty great

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Gloomy-Restaurant-42@reddit

Dweezil

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SlipperyGibbet@reddit

Omfg I forgot about that one XD

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-Pelvis-@reddit

The forgotten.

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chezfez@reddit

I got a 4 pack of these on the discount shelf at my grocery store for $1. Definitely got more than a dollar worth and I didn't have to carve one of them at all.

It's like gambling but with avocados.

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sssssshhhhhh@reddit

OP must have bought too many homes and now can’t afford fresh avocado toast anymore

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Next-Drink8593@reddit

Yes… it most certainly is.

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Gloomy-Restaurant-42@reddit

It just transmits "villain". 🤔

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alextastic@reddit

It's not usually that disgusting looking, I promise.

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Can_I_Read@reddit

Tell me more about this chickpea “tuna” salad

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

I made a big batch so it's just 2 drained cans of chickpeas mashed with a fork and made using the regular tuna salad ingredients. I used kewpie mayo, kimchi, homemade red chard stem pickles, whole grain mustard, more Sriracha, and furikake to give it a little more of an ocean-y taste. It's absolutely nothing like tuna salad in taste or texture but it's pretty good. Great for me since I'm diabetic and chickpeas are low on the glycemic index and high in protein. This stuff keeps me full for a while, even with weed munchies.

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Can_I_Read@reddit

Thank you for sharing!

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diaphoni@reddit

even the sauce is an odd color lol please don't die.

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KoalaOtherwise6097@reddit

Wasting food and cutting out the rotten parts are two different things.

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Squidicci@reddit

idk why people freak out over a little darkness on their avo. it’s completely fine and tastes the same lol.

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SirGergoyFriendman@reddit

But you'll waste a paper plate that takes 2.5 gallons of water to produce per plate?

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SirGergoyFriendman@reddit

But you’ll waste a paper plate that takes 2.5 gallons of water to produce per plate?

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SirGergoyFriendman@reddit

But you’ll waste paper plates that take 2.5 gallons of water to produce per plate? I don’t get it.

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Ruckus4Prez@reddit

Nah, that avo is still perfectly edible. I work at a grocery store and our food waste is enormous.

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justbleachmyeyes@reddit

Unlike some fruits avacado doesn’t get sweet as it over ripens, it gets bitter.

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ArtsyDarksy@reddit

Asnlong as it's mainly green parts, it's edible. I woudl draw the line when the browning also started from the seed (on a freshly cut avo). I would remove the brown spots tho.

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Pirate_Candy17@reddit

When isn’t an avo usable anymore? I thought this was a sign tbh!

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JACKSONofSPADES@reddit

When they get brown spots like this they just taste a little earthy, but I don’t mind it. Especially if you put sriracha on it, like OP.

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guilty_bystander@reddit

I squirt lime / lemon juice on it

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Apprehensive_Neat418@reddit

Is basic bitch a brand of vegan cheese?

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gaping_granny@reddit (OP)

Lol no. I'm a vegetarian and still eat regular cheese. I'm not a fan of most vegan cheeses except maybe Miyokos. Even then, I prefer the regular stuff from a mammal.

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