Re:Blue Apron, Struggling to Woo Investors, Lowers Price Ran...
by ghaff on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:55PM
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You can buy tomato paste in a squeeze tube. Great for that sort of thing. :-)
As I said in a comment yesterday, I suspect that Blue Apron deliberately puts somewhat oddball ingredients, often in small quantities, in their recipes precisely to discourage people from thinking "Oh, I can just pick these up at the grocery store."
Re:Blue Apron, Struggling to Woo Investors, Lowers Price Ran...
by jghn on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @09:36PM
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As someone who orders the occasional BA shipment for precisely the oddball ingredients, that's fine by me. I'm still using something that I normally wouldn't. And if I find that it doesn't add any benefit to the dish, I'll not bother with it the next time.
Re:Blue Apron, Struggling to Woo Investors, Lowers Price Ran...
by ghaff on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @10:50PM
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If I were around for weeks at a time more consistently, I'd probably use these services more. I actually like the idea even if I know I'm paying 2x relative to picking out a new recipe and going to the store.
I now know what ramps are for example. (They're pretty much scallions :-))
Made the Chiles Rellenos last night, sure I could get a can of tomato paste for fifty cents, but I only needed a 4th of the can. When I made the catfish curry, I was thinking to myself, where do I even buy curry? Apparently I can go on Amazon and get a 5 pack of 12-serving cans.
I don't think the plastic mass I have to deal with is good, but I also threw out a bunch of my roommate's moldy leftovers while cooking my Blue Apron meal.