/ck/ - Food & Cooking

American grocery stores are so depressing compared to cultures that actually cook. The prices on rice and noodles are insane. And if you want spices...fucking forget it. The best you can expect is a tiny 3 oz. plastic bottle. Go into an Indian grocery store, and you can buy a pound of cumin for like a dollar or two. Go into a Chinese grocery store and get a 50 lb. bag of rice for $17. You can't even buy that much rice at an American grocery store. The best you can probably do is 10 lbs. and you're looking at $1/lb on a regular day. You want some bones to make a soup at Walmart or Kroger? Hah! They only carry packaged meats. Those "butchers" are the same warehouse employees but wearing white coats. Ramen? Maruchan and Nissin. If you're lucky, they might carry Nongshim or Ottogi, but don't count on it. A small bottle of soy sauce is like $4. The same money would buy you 1.5 liters at a Chinese grocery store. And the brands are the worst part. You've got a few national brands who take up the whole fucking store. Reese's, Hershey's, Lay's, Coca Cola Co., Kellog, Stouffer's, etc. and all of that shit is owned by ConAgra, most likely.