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This "Standard Reference" peanut butter is >$2,000 (archive.ph)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It better taste good for that price.

They also serve "domestic sludge" for $1000 lol

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think it wouldn't really taste that interesting, because it's only meant to be used as a standardized point of comparison for other manufacturers when they're testing batches of their own products. I recall NileRed did a video making cookies out of a bunch of standard reference ingredients, and I don't remember if he said at the end they were bland or awful, but he didn't like them. The reference stuff simply isn't meant for eating or for use in cooking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Precisely. They also explained why that's the case. Basically the reference stuff isn't pure. It's just they are exactly what they're saying in the label.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

the nilered video was so precious. here we have a guy thats handling extremly dangerous substances (even radioactive ones) on the regular, yet he totally loses his cool over a cookie cracking in the oven