As I wander through the grocery store, immersing myself in the complex challenges of one-ply or two, I am sometimes struck by food non-sequitors. Here are four questions that I couldn’t get out of my mind, and the answers to my random food thoughts. Enjoy.
The questions.
I’m not the first to ask this question; although, judging by the amount of “net noise” it apparently it has been asked for over 50 years.
Why, do hot dogs come 10 to a package while the buns come in packages of 8?
Meatpackers sell by the pound and most hotdogs weigh a tenth of a pound. Buns are typically baked in eight roll pans. I have no idea why the manufacturers haven’t gotten together on this. But if you need them to come out even purchase five bags of the 8-pack buns and four of the 10-pack hotdogs. Time for a Labor Day cook out!
Why do yeast packages come in threes when all you need for most recipes are two packages?
This article appears in Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2009.