Things that have too many or too few in a packet

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I was pondering this as I opened a box of my current preferred biscuits. Nairn's dark chocolate oatcakes. I know all of the Nairns come in packs of 5 but still.

I don't need 5. I mean I would happily eat 5 and I did in the end and there were 5 in the packet. I'm trying to shed a few pounds (or just be a bit better than normal in Jan). I would be absolutely fine with 3. But I had to eat the other 2 and always will due to lack of willpower. I wouldn't eat 3 then eat 2 more if they came in 3s.

It got me thinking about other food items where there are too many or too few. Too many crisps in a grab bag too but I'll always eat all of them because they are THERE.

Any other examples?

🤣 I was thinking "as 3 of us here eat crumpets, the 9 pack is perfect! But everything else in evens ends up in an argument..."

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Matchmakers - the box is only HALF full, they could shove waaaaay more in there.

Think this is shrinkflation. It used to have more and the company think they can fool us by keeping price and packaging the same.

They do it so you have to buy 2 packs.
I like those packs of 3 mini trifles.
Great for me,dh and ds but a lot of people are a family of 4.

Always too many wraps in an old Elpaso enchilada or fajita kit.

Dominoes chicken strippers - 7 per portion. 7? That's a prime number domino's!!!!

Yes these !!!! I always think no wonder they are less in calories as there are no crisps in the packet .

also multipack monster munch , literally 5 in a bag

I sent DH out to buy a pack of chicken thighs the other day. He came back with a pack containing seven. He said he checked, and all of them had the same number in the pack.

We can either be cooking for two, three or four, depending on who is around.

So for two people we have 2 each, which means there are three left over to freeze, so next meal we are one short. For three people, 2 each, one left over. For four portions of 2 each, you are one thigh short. Whatever you do, it's the wrong number.

The other regular supermarket size is five in the pack, which is just as annoyingly awkward.

Just why?

They say these meals are for 2 even though they only serve 1 because if they told the truth the nutritional information would look shocking! This way they can pretend it’s 600kcal a portion and not 2 days worth of salt.

Filled pasta (the sort you get from the supermarket chiller, near the pizza) always seems to me to be a stingy portion for two, which I think is what the packet claims it is for, but excessive for one.

I knew this was going to be Nairns before I opened it! And let me state for the record that I LOVE that company and all their gluten free loveliness. But yes, DH is forever going 'why are there two crackers in a plastic packet on the worktop again?'

Lasagne sheets.

Jaffa cakes. Never enough.

This.

I end up having to whack a load of mushrooms into a pan with butter and maybe some peppers as well, just to bulk it up and make it feel like a whole meal. Ludicrous as it's meant to be an emergency fast tea for us. Flipping annoying.

@NewYearNewYak

Ok that makes perfect sense!

@evtheria, hummus usually lasts beyond the BB date, especially if unopened.

Those little potted cheesecake desserts come in 3s and so do mini trifles. As a family of 3, we often remark how few things are in 3s.

Chicken thighs with skin on - 6/8 - too many for two (have a thing about freezing chicken).
Beans now have too much bean juice.
Most jars - jam/peanut butter etc too much for 1 person to use before use by date.
(Actually, wonder if I could freeze in ice tray?)
Same for tomato puree/pesto - (but do freeze in ice tray)

Why do hotdogs usually come in multiples of 8, but hotdog buns come in multiples of 6?

Bacon, too big a packet for two people. It means cooking bacon two mornings in a row.

Eggs are too few, seems hard to buy a dozen anymore.

You can buy 2 trays of 30 eggs where I live (rural). They're called "bakers' eggs".

Jacob’s crackers
i don’t eat many so buy the wrapped ones in a box from Tesco
the are packed in 3’s I like to butter and squash 2 together having 3 is just odd

I know where to get them but I'd have to request them, then drive down a narrow lane hoping I don't have to reverse far if I meet someone. Often I'm tired and just want to do a shop in one place.

Supermarkets used to do a lot more packs of 12 before the 'shortages'.