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In Finland, they advertise the largest container of mayonnaise as "American Size"

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  • K [email protected]

    So does my homemade mayo shower.

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    Why did you DIY? I thought those came standard...

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    • O [email protected]

      Out of curiosity, I just checked my pantry. I have two 30 ounce jars (1400+ grams), sitting in reserve.

      This genuinely represents a failure to comprehend the scale of American food products.

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      Rookie numbers. We get the 64oz Costco size.

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      • S [email protected]

        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

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

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        • R [email protected]

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

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

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          • M [email protected]

            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.

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

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            • penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.orgP [email protected]

              I found a 128 ounce (3.758 litre) jar at Walmart.

              https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hellmann-s-Extra-Heavy-Mayonnaise-Jar-4800126540-2218/10291785?classType=VARIANT

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

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              • D [email protected]

                I just converted it. It's more than 200kg!
                Does the whole family drink a glass of it everyday?
                How in the world are you finishing that in a month?

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                One glass? Do you want to get dehydrated?

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                • M [email protected]

                  I prefer the 300 gallon IBC tote. Then I can unload it from my pickup truck with the pallet forks on my skid-steer and put it straight into the mayo door on the side of my house.

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                  I heard the Rivian comes w/ an air compressor. Maybe consider using that to spray the mayo straight from the truck so you don't need the fork lift.

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                  • C [email protected]

                    The real worse thing is I have absolutely no idea how big 55 gallons would be, or how big the one in the photo is.

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                    55 gallons is about the size of the average American, or something in the neighborhood of 200kg.

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                    • M [email protected]

                      I have absolutely no idea how big 55 gallons would be

                      Something a bit larger than 200l... I think an oil barrel is around that size (and yeah, it's "the standard unit" for that).

                      In all seriousness, if the GP said it was a 2 gallon container I would honestly not know if it was true.

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                      #119

                      Yup, a gallon is about 3.75 times the size of a liter, or multiply by 4 and round down.

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                      • P [email protected]

                        The average family size is shrinking. I've seen my neighbors stretch 55 gallons to 6 or even 7 weeks.

                        The times, they are a changin'...

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                        Eh, I think the overall size is about the same, but the number of people is reducing.

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                        • B [email protected]

                          Maybe if you're Mormon or bathing in it

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                          ¿Por que no los dos?

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                            I'm sad that I missed posting this on the 4th

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                            That's just silly, its not even that big. That's a normal big jar of mayo.

                            With chocolate bars, premade meals, drinks, ect, its a "size" that works as a gimmick but mayo?

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                            • S [email protected]

                              55 gallons is about the size of the average American, or something in the neighborhood of 200kg.

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                              You’re mixing up weight and volume measurements, and everyone knows an average American is a lot of decibels.

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                                You’re mixing up weight and volume measurements, and everyone knows an average American is a lot of decibels.

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                                Nah, the ounce is a unit of weight and volume. 55 gallons = 7040 fl oz ~= 7040 oz ~= 440 lbs = 200kg.

                                Aren't American units great? Here's a nice converter for various things, including mayo, which is ~0.94 oz per fl oz. But generally speaking, a fluid ounce is roughly the same as a weight ounce, kind of like how a milliliter is roughly the same as a gram (exactly equal for water, while a fluid ounce isn't exactly equal to a weight ounce for water).

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                                  That's just silly, its not even that big. That's a normal big jar of mayo.

                                  With chocolate bars, premade meals, drinks, ect, its a "size" that works as a gimmick but mayo?

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                                  #125

                                  As an American, that's a normal small size of mayo. Most of our "regular" sizes are almost double that, this is about the size of those smaller squeeze bottles:

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                                  • S [email protected]

                                    Nah, the ounce is a unit of weight and volume. 55 gallons = 7040 fl oz ~= 7040 oz ~= 440 lbs = 200kg.

                                    Aren't American units great? Here's a nice converter for various things, including mayo, which is ~0.94 oz per fl oz. But generally speaking, a fluid ounce is roughly the same as a weight ounce, kind of like how a milliliter is roughly the same as a gram (exactly equal for water, while a fluid ounce isn't exactly equal to a weight ounce for water).

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                                    Because that all makes perfect sense.

                                    Well, the kg bit does anyway.

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                                    • C [email protected]

                                      Because that all makes perfect sense.

                                      Well, the kg bit does anyway.

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                                      Yup, the average American certainly is 200kg. 😀

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                                        Yup, the average American certainly is 200kg. 😀

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                                        And lots of decibels.

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                                          I'm sad that I missed posting this on the 4th

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                                          Can you fit your fist through the top? Can you scoop out a handful easily and leave fingertrails in the bottom? Then it's just normal sized IMO.

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