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

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 112 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Maybe American ant size. Costco sells a lovely 1.9L jar.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 84 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Even the jar looks like it needs to be on a diet

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Almost enough for a regular Midwestern salad.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

64 fluid ounces = 128 servings of 1 Tablespoon = 11,520 total calories, if you use a child-cheater to scrape out every drop.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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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[–] Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)
[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's called a tub of mayonnaise thank you very much.

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Psh! Nobody could take a bath in a tub that small.

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For anyone unaware, the gallon size of condiments (mayo, ranch dressing, hot sauce, etc) is typically for food service. IOW, restaurants and the like.

That said, there's nothing stopping individuals from getting it, so the point is still valid.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I worked prep at a buffet, and there was a salad that we made in bulk that used exactly one full gallon of mayo. i got really good at scooping it all out with a spatula in one fluid spiral.

just one of many otherwise completely useless skills i developed in foodservice lmao

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

600g? Those are rookie numbers. You call that American size? Our smallest jars are 390 (15 oz) grams. Regular and large jars are 780 (30 oz) and 1248 grams (48 oz). And they do have ridiculously big jars too, 1 gallon jars, i.e. 128 oz and 3328 grams, for, like, restaurants and doomsday preppers... or dudes that just really love mayonnaise, I guess.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe don't eat the mayo in the doomsday prepper bunker.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You leave me and my gallons of bunker mayo alone.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like how the zombie apocalypse starts.

Zombie or no zombie, it's how I'm going out.

[–] obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

or dudes that just really love mayonnaise, I guess.

You know it's nice to be seen

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's not big enough.

It should be the 2 gallon Costco-sized jug to truly be 'Merican.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

In America the family sized mayo comes in a 55 gallon barrel. That'll last for about a month.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The worst thing is... I don't know if I laugh or if I believe this.

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

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.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

The explodey barrels in fps games are typically 55 gallon drums

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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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[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How does it compare to amateur mayonnaise?

Amateur mayonnaise practices until it gets it right.

Professional mayonnaise practices until it does not get it wrong.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sips from mayonnaise bucket

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

600 grams?

You could make maybe two sandwiches with that.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Am Statesian. That's a medium here

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Costco size in the US:

For those in less free areas, that's about 3x the size as the one in the picture. Regular grocery-store mayo (in a jar) is about half the Costco size (something like 850 grams?), and mayo in a squeeze bottle is about the size of the jar picture above.

We, uh, kinda like mayo here...

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Real American Mayonaise , nearly 2 litres each, comes in a 2 pack....

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wow, this made me realize I haven't seen mayo in a glass jar in years.

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well Finland has the saying "Everything is big in America"

...good and the bad, triumphs and fuck-ups.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 16 points 2 weeks ago

To be honest, I think all Finland did was translating that saying to Finnish lol

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[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I had to look it up because I hardly ever actually buy mayonnaise, but I’ve walked down the mayonnaise aisle at the supermarket… What’s funny is that your 600g “50% more: American size” is actually a tweener size here.

The standard small jar here is 15 Floz (about 400g; we sell mayo by volume here apparently). The standard large jar is double that. And of course we have less common, but not uncommon, 48 Floz for “family size” and larger still in bulk.

We do have containers that are between or smaller, but the those are usually specialty containers (mainly squeeze bottles), specialty types (such as avocado oil based or flavored/blends), or just less common in general.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

In Brazil the "American cup" is the smallest size of cup and I'm always found that hilarious.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's like a week's worth at best.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Finland is in the top 10 of the most mayo consuming countries, so they could just as well call it "save a trip" size.

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mayo tanker truck waiting patiently for the BBQ sauce and Pepto Bismol tanker trucks to depart...

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

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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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] Zezzoz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

In Europe it's code for "fatlards".

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago

Should call that classic American Size. Today the standard container size measured in American comes half filled at twice the price.

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