Corporate America may be bumping up against the limit of its power to keep raising prices as consumers in some markets cry uncle.

“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call.

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  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeOPMEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    There has to be a recipe for people to make McDonald’s style hash browns at home somewhere. That’s just crazy to pay $3 for something like that.

    • aelwero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      9 months ago

      They sell them in the frozen section at most grocery stores… Not McD branded or anything, but it’s not like there’s anything remotely special or unique about them.

      • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        Well most folks don’t have a deep fryer at home so how are you gonna bite into it and burn your mouth to hell as a pocket of oil bursts??

          • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            Most potato products air fry at 400 for 12 minutes wonderfully (don’t over crowd). It’s great! There is a difference between brands though, some end up a bit oily after cooking, some don’t. Depends what you like.

            On my list to figure out is tempura and/or wetter things.

    • littletoolshed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      9 months ago

      Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores have long sold ~20 packs of the exact same hash browns for like $5-7 dollars a pack. You just have to deep fry them if you want them to taste the same.

    • mvirts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Absolutely. I can make soooo many hash browns for $3. They’re not exactly the same, but that’s probably because I pan fry them like latkes

      • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I love making hash browns like this! I use a salad shooter to shred a potato with a bit of onion, then put them in a nonstick pan and put seasoned salt and oil on top.

        That’s similar to how we made them when I worked at a steakhouse, but of course we had fancier equipment there than I have at home.

        Some people dry the shreds with a paper towel beforehand to make sure they don’t get soggy, but I’ve never found this step necessary.

        • mvirts@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Agreed, the drying doesn’t seem to affect soggyness. I do notice they’re less sticky in the pan if I have the wherewithal to soak them after shredding for a while, but usually that doesn’t happen.

    • psycho_driver@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      ALDI sells basically the same thing in their frozen food section. Unfortunately since I’ve been shopping at ALDI for the past couple of years it is one of the only things that has increased in price a lot (via the amount you get per package decreasing a lot). They used to sell these big packs with like 80 in them for $4 or $5. Now they come in something closer to a 20-25 pack for close to the same price.