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Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by tuukkah » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:11 PM UTC

stepbeek wrote: post #34

mbg721 wrote: post #26

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When a store has a buy-one-get-one-free deal, it would be nice to have an app that would match me up with somebody else in the store who also wants only one of that thing; then one of us could buy them and we could split the cost. I can't be the only one who doesn't have room in the freezer for a second bone-in pork roast.

The grocery store near me has a food bank donation that you can put items in before you exit.

I've been thinking it would be a win-win-win situation if I had the choice to donate the other half as money instead of as an item: I get one item cheaper, someone gets a useful, extra donation from me, and the store gets to sell the other item again.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by lostcolony » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:15 PM UTC

navbaker wrote: post #36

criddell wrote: post #24

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I must be more fickle than you. There's no way I would trust a half jar of tomato sauce that I found on Craigslist.

I'm going to make billions providing an escrow service for food splitting where I guarantee the provenance of items like this. I'll make sure to find a use for blockchain so I can really up my profits.

Don't sell the food; sell an NFT of the food. That'll -really- up your profits. Plus, NFTs never spoil!...until you add that feature. Once you have spoiling half cans of tomato sauce in the metaverse you'll be rich!

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by bluedino » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:15 PM UTC

I usually only buy bread when I make soup or stew and it's rare that the whole loaf doesn't get eaten. And that's usually one of those La Brea or whatever 'artisanal' par-baked brand the grocery store carries.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by hnlmorg » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:17 PM UTC

notwhereyouare wrote: post #40

mbg721 wrote: post #26

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When a store has a buy-one-get-one-free deal, it would be nice to have an app that would match me up with somebody else in the store who also wants only one of that thing; then one of us could buy them and we could split the cost. I can't be the only one who doesn't have room in the freezer for a second bone-in pork roast.

Some stores allow for buy one get one as buy one for 1/2 off. Some stores don’t. They make you buy both to get the deal

I remember that after I moved house I needed to buy 5 new energy saving light bulbs. The store near me had an offer:

> £1 each or 4 for £5

I checked with the floor manager if that was accurate and how could I buy 5. Turns out I had to do it in two different transactions.

Moral of this story is: store promotions often don't make much sense.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by sillyquiet » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:17 PM UTC

vuln wrote: post #47

c0wb0yc0d3r wrote: post #41

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It really is a game changer. Even just putting it in the fridge prolongs its shelf life. Just make sure to keep the bag sealed with a twist tie, to keep the bread from drying out. I also save the heels until last, as well. They make good end caps while you're finishing the rest of the loaf.

Does anyone actually eat the heels?

Yep, I do. If not ergonomically perfect for sandwiches, they are great for toasting for soup or oatmeal or ramen noodles. They also make an excellent meal when broiled with some chives and melty cheese on top. Heels are under-rated.

My wife disdains bread heels too. She grew up upper middle-class, while I grew up in a working poor family.

My theory is that one's estimation of heels is in inverse proportion to how well-to-do your family was growing up.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by eequah9L » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:19 PM UTC

vuln wrote: post #47

c0wb0yc0d3r wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really is a game changer. Even just putting it in the fridge prolongs its shelf life. Just make sure to keep the bag sealed with a twist tie, to keep the bread from drying out. I also save the heels until last, as well. They make good end caps while you're finishing the rest of the loaf.

Does anyone actually eat the heels?

Heels are the best! At least speaking of European bread.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by rhplus » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:19 PM UTC

In the US, producers just apply shrink-flation to sell us half-sized products at stable full-sized prized.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by Freak_NL » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

cjrp wrote: post #29

royletron wrote: post #27

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Tomato sauce, wine, soups, and other liquid foodstuffs are excellent contenders for ice cube trays. A housemate in university introduced me to 'red wine cubes' from the freezer for chucking into beef Ragu and it turned my world right side up. We now have bags of all sorts in our freezer.

I bet white wine cubes go great in a glass of white wine too!

I wouldn't consider myself a wine snob, but I'm not really looking forward to being served a nice Pinot Grigio from Trentino (DOC) with cubes of frozen Liebfraumilch. The logistics of keeping matching iced versions of wine sound overwhelmingly complex.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by wartijn_ » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

dessant wrote: post #35

ce4 wrote: post #31

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Yep, i also don't quite understand what needs to be solved here. I just ask the cashier in the bakery for a half or quarter loaf. Or grab a pre-cut half/quarter one in the supermarket. There are plenty of options (types of bread, sourdough or not, based on different grains, etc) over here in germany.

The experiences of others could be vastly different than yours. A possible answer: the developer has been throwing away bread, and couldn't easily find their favourite bread in smaller quantities in a city in India.

This is what the about page of the site says:

> This website is of course a non-useful, silly little thing. But I hope that it can get people to start thinking about why more stores don't sell half loaves when it seems like a more practical thing to do.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by smoe » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

royletron wrote: post #27

netsharc wrote: post #11

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Food sharing in general should be encouraged (as a fickle single man I end up throwing away a lot of food, after e.g. opening a jar of tomato sauce and consuming half of it and leaving the other half in the fridge to use "soon"), but that's odd if it only looks in stores.

Tomato sauce, wine, soups, and other liquid foodstuffs are excellent contenders for ice cube trays. A housemate in university introduced me to 'red wine cubes' from the freezer for chucking into beef Ragu and it turned my world right side up. We now have bags of all sorts in our freezer.

The ice cube trays trick also changed my life after my sister showed me. I even ended buying different sizes of molds to use depending on what I'm freezing.

During the lockdowns I also started with some more traditional preservation techniques like oils and vinegars. Not for long term storage (not enough space) but just for a couple days or weeks at a time. E.g. buying a bag of average quality olives then chuck them in a jar with good olive oil, fresh herbs, garlic, optionally things like chili and an orange rind. Yields both great olives as well as flavored oil for dressings.