During the previous round of shirkflation I warned people about knowing what year a recipe was from because “a can” means something different in 2004 than in 2010. And now it means something different again in 2025.
I have one recipe in my collection that calls for Rotel. It’s extremely unhealthy but so tasty and it wouldn’t be too impacted by a change in can size. I make this do infrequently that every time I pick up a can I wonder if it’s gotten smaller because it’s already so small.
Highly recommend for anyone that is trying to gain weight.
Cheesy Noodle Mix
Servings 3.
1 lb pork sausage.
2 cups pasta (shells).
1 can Rotel.
2 cups shredded cheese.
1/2 cup sour cream.
Hell that’s how most of my recipes are. I don’t measure like 80% of my cooking. When you’re baking yeah of course. But just cooking normally? Measuring is for losers. How many ounces of onions? How many you fucking got? Garlic? There’s no measurement of garlic it’s as much as you can. That’s how I cook. Eyeball that shit and have a spoon for tasting.
Also cans are usually you know measured pretty well themselves actually. 8 oz can hold 8 oz. Not like it’s any more holy to use an 8 oz measuring cup than an 8 oz can.
During the previous round of shirkflation I warned people about knowing what year a recipe was from because “a can” means something different in 2004 than in 2010. And now it means something different again in 2025.
Now boxes are getting the shrink treatment too.
don’t trust recipes that use terrible measurements like ‘a can’
Or a box
Sometimes you want to make grandma’s recipe and she wrote one can and isn’t around anymore to ask questions about the size of the can.
But if you head over to c/cooking you will see you can’t even use cans as a unit of measurement in most of the things I cook.
… 2 cans Ro-Tel tomatoes… https://texashighways.com/food-drink/ro-tel-origin-story-from-the-rio-grande-to-pantries-across-the-us/
I have one recipe in my collection that calls for Rotel. It’s extremely unhealthy but so tasty and it wouldn’t be too impacted by a change in can size. I make this do infrequently that every time I pick up a can I wonder if it’s gotten smaller because it’s already so small.
Highly recommend for anyone that is trying to gain weight.
Cheesy Noodle Mix
Servings 3.
1 lb pork sausage.
2 cups pasta (shells).
1 can Rotel.
2 cups shredded cheese.
1/2 cup sour cream.
I have a recipe that’s cans cream of mushroom, with equal parts rice and milk. The can size does not matter because it is about the ratio.
Hell that’s how most of my recipes are. I don’t measure like 80% of my cooking. When you’re baking yeah of course. But just cooking normally? Measuring is for losers. How many ounces of onions? How many you fucking got? Garlic? There’s no measurement of garlic it’s as much as you can. That’s how I cook. Eyeball that shit and have a spoon for tasting.
Also cans are usually you know measured pretty well themselves actually. 8 oz can hold 8 oz. Not like it’s any more holy to use an 8 oz measuring cup than an 8 oz can.