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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 114 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Maybe American ant size. Costco sells a lovely 1.9L jar.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Even the jar looks like it needs to be on a diet

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

Almost enough for a regular Midwestern salad.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

64 fluid ounces = 128 servings of 1 Tablespoon = 11,520 total calories, if you use a child-cheater to scrape out every drop.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Oh sorry, family word maybe? A child cheater is a flexible spatula (rubber or silicone) rounded on one side, that scrapes all the yummy cake batter out of the bowl and into the baking pan, leaving not enough to lick.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Definitely a local thing, I've never heard of it, and I'm a born and raised bowl licker.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

That makes sense!

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kinda dumb that these two are called the same thing. They're for very different use cases.

The "child cheater" is sometimes referred to as a rubber spatula to differentiate it.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, although I prefer silicone rather than rubber these days, it holds up better with heat.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Yep, silicone spatulas are also a thing.

[–] Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 10 months ago (5 children)
[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It's called a tub of mayonnaise thank you very much.

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Psh! Nobody could take a bath in a tub that small.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 10 months ago

Wow, only 100 calories!

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

For anyone unaware, the gallon size of condiments (mayo, ranch dressing, hot sauce, etc) is typically for food service. IOW, restaurants and the like.

That said, there's nothing stopping individuals from getting it, so the point is still valid.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I worked prep at a buffet, and there was a salad that we made in bulk that used exactly one full gallon of mayo. i got really good at scooping it all out with a spatula in one fluid spiral.

just one of many otherwise completely useless skills i developed in foodservice lmao

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I worked at a pizza buffet when I was in high school. The ranch dressing, made in 5 gallon buckets, called for multiple gallons of mayo and buttermilk. I too got far too skilled at getting it all out in one go.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Mayo and sour cream are like 80% of the sauces in most restaurants.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Worked at a seafood restaurant and we made coleslaw in basically a 40 gallon trashcan. Even had this auger that you attacked to the top to make it a huge food processor. It would use multiple gallons of mayo.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

The 10 gallon size is for food service. The gallon size is for large families. I knew a couple with ten kids who would kill a gallon of mayo quickly.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago

In the way a family size is for a "family"

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Hell yeah, save by buying a 4-pack.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

That seems kind of expensive. The Costco 64oz variety is often on sale for <$10.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Liter? Americans aren't even consistent with their weird systems of measurements. Why is it not marked as 568.3844 fl oz? Or 0.244 football fields or 38.38383 yards or smth

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

It's 64oz, or a half gallon, i.e. the smallest unit of milk anyone would buy.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

All food and drinks are sold in metric amounts which typically are also very close to an imperial measure.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

America labels things in freedom and metric. What doesn't make sense to be is using volume and not weight.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I had to look up a converter to figure out how many grams a mayo-ounce is.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

We had a big push to try to adopt metric for a bit. It stalled out for various reasons, but it ended with metric units being required on food and stuff, metric being the official system of the government, and new things introduced in that period being referred to in metric.
So beverages come in 8, 12, 16, and 20oz, 1 liter, 2 liter, and gallon.

We also print both units on just about everything.

[–] beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's nothing compared to Slavic-sized!