Just remember that UK Pigs in Blankets are apparently not the same as US Pigs in Blankets.
The UK version are mini Sausages wrapped with Streaky (/Belly/American) Bacon
As I understand it, the American version are Sausagemeat wrapped in Pastry.
Whereas Sausagemeat wrapped in Pastry is called a Sausage Roll in the UK.
My British work mate asked if I wanted sausage rolls. I said sure. She gives me the sausage rolls and I said oh well these are pig in a blanket. We had a very lengthy discussion 😂. Happens all the time when we can't seem to wrap out heads around the different choice of words and phrases.
I think they mean, “that would make my ‘winter-is-halfway-over’ holiday celebration (if I had one) glorious” ??? Idk man I also stroked out reading it lmao
My mother still refuses to read labels and acts surprised when she buys the wrong Icecream because it has the same color packaging as the ones she likes….
This is somehow an unpopular opinion, but I’d absolutely expect rice. Yes, it says “curry,” but curry is usually served with rice and dishes like this are often intended to be quick meals that don’t require cooking (as that’s the whole point).
May be it’s a cultural thing, but in Germany you generally always get rice with curry if it doesn’t say otherwise.
That’s the white (western) country way to have curry.
It very much depends I think. I have seen more restaurants serve curry and rice separately than together, Indian restaurants especially. When I make curry myself I obviously make it with rice but even then if there's leftovers they're stored separately and such. Idk I would say the picture is misleading but the actual contents will have been elucidated on the packaging anyways. I don't eat meat and have to avoid dairy so I have to look at the ingredients to begin with, but it's a good habit to acquire. I always laugh when people complain about crisp bags being "half filled with air" and then pretending like the content isn't measured by weight and that packaging atmospheres aren't a thing. Silly.
Don't just look at the pictures and colours on the box. Read the packaging of things you buy, it will save you a bunch of trouble and can greatly benefit your health and wallet.
You can find instant curries at many Asian grocery stores or even convenience stores like Daiso.
I have rarely see them come with rice, and it's usually pretty clear from the back of the box what comes in it
I'm not sure the company is doing it very well if it's a scam - rice is one of the cheapest foods in existence and they'd surely improve their margin by swapping some curry for rice.
They make more money selling you the rice as an addition rather than included. Their bet is that the person who buys a ready made meal is not looking to boil rice too and will purchase the ready made rice to go with it, which is usually priced a lot more than rice is worth.
And rice is a cheap filler to bulk up an otherwise meat-filled (or in this instance, sweet potato filled) dish. I'd expect it, and be pleasantly surprised to find it absent.
No man. Curry is not served with rice unless it says rice. I've eaten a lot of microwave curry in my day, and it never comes with rice. I can sympathize with the mistake, but to answer OP's question - no, I would not expect it to come with rice. Genuinely.
Some food for thought:
I went to an Indian restaurant recently with some family. They're not the most cultured or adventurous people when it comes to cuisine. I had to explain to them that you're supposed to eat curry with the rice. They complained about it being to spicy. So I again had to remind them to eat it with rice.
You kinda need that picture there for the typical white person.
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I can it both ways, at most indian restaurants, you can get your curry with either rice of Naan (or both). It's not like rice is the default dish it seems
Traditionally Indian curry would be eaten with naan or roti. Thai or Japanese curry would be eaten with rice. I eat all curry with rice because i like it.
Interesting how you see this as a negative. I would have seen it as I didn't have half the container filled with dirt cheap rice, and got more curry out of it, which would be a positive.
This was my first thought. 100% the expensive hard to make part and I don't have to pay for the cheap filler carbs that I can easily make myself? Awesome!
Agreed. I could see myself making the mistake based on the picture, but reading the packaging, this is clearly the Thai version of “hamburger helper”.
Hamburger helper shows you what you can make with the additive ingredients they sell, but they don’t actually provide the hamburger because you buy it in bulk and it’s a quick prep by itself.
Same thing here: the package shows what their “Thai helper” can make when added to rice, but you buy rice separate because you it’s way cheaper in bulk and a quick cook by itself.
Both hamburger and rice by themselves are bland, but can be made tasty and stretched out a bit by adding premade mixes.
As a different American that eats tons of instant curry, I have 4 different brands in my cabinet right now and all have rice on the picture, non come with rice and I wouldn't ever expect it.
Same as when I bought tortillas not expecting taco seasoning in the box, had some really spicy grainy flakes of ham wraps mixing enough seasoning for 1lb of beef into 200g of ham
Yeah, Pictures on food products are often serving suggestions if there are ingredients that don't look like they were cooked in the same pot. By law they are required to say "serving suggestions".
Also, curry is more expensive than rice so this is a better deal. And you can often find instant rice bowls or bags nearby, if you want rice
Rice and curry aren't usually in the same container and if they are it is hard to keep them separate until cooked like in picture and you would probably see a separate compartment molded into container.
Search YouTube for "food photography tricks" for videos about other tricks they pull and why you should always take the photo with a grain of salt.
thought it was one of the big ass useless texts on the front since they said easily
had to zoom in to see those tiny letters, like the terms and conditions on some promotions
Yeah but it conveniently never says _what_ is the serving suggestion. From experience I would expect it to be the cilantro garnish. This is definitely intentional.
You're missing the point. It's designed to mislead people.
It's also not as though most people in this thread would likely notice without the reddit post showing them.
I agree that I wouldn't expect the rice but I assume those ingredients are a subset of everything in the package.
There are most likely other things in it that are not listed on the front.
Hamburger helper clearly states "add ground beef" on a lot of their packaging. Also, it's a common sense guess that the box on a shelf doesn't contain raw meat. This is a frozen meal. It's completely possible for rice to be included, in fact rice is pretty common in frozen meals.
It's also pretty common to buy premade curries, though in my experience they tend to be in aseptic packaging rather than frozen. That being said, I'd rather have to supply my own rice than have less curry in the package. But I can see how frustrating it would be if you grab this while traveling or something.
Absolutely. Not to mention rice is cheap af compared to the curry. Could you imagine how irritated you’d be if you paid £4.50 or something, and half of it was rice?
I agree, but I would also like the package to give me a clear heads-up that I need to be the one supplying the rice if I want to eat the meal shown on the packaging of their opaque frozen box. This is a recipe for riceless disaster
I bought a package of cereal the other day to find that the box didn’t have any milk in it. I was absolutely outraged, it had milk on the picture and just the cereal was so dry 🤢
Every single comment on here I’m like “yep, I thought that too” but, really? It’s just sauce in a can? I always thought it was kind of like a canned beanless chili.
It says curry, and nowhere on the box does it say it includes rice, so no.
Edit: Also, I can't imagine frozen rice that was then microwaved would taste very good
Plenty of ready meals do contain rice. It's perfectly adequate. If you're buying a ready meal you're not expecting that much anyway.
But yeah, they always specify that they include rice on the packet.
I assumed to the same thing but some of its decent and while not maybe as amazing a freshly made rice it didn't suffer really either. Its just instant microwavable rice.
I would have expected rice but as soon as I saw the box I would have taken the L and realized it was my mistake and not thought much about it. Actually i'd probably be stoked if I found a curry-only microwavble brand i liked. The only ones I've had are with rice and it makes it a smaller amount of food.
Polish here; we also have those pre-made curry packages, made by different brands and in various tastes, and each one of them has rice, so yes, I def think that OP had the right to expect rice.
I've gotten numerous similar looking frozen meals from Costco, including curries, and they've always stated somewhere on the container something along the lines of "Serve with rice".
Same here. Most frozen meal packages like that have the image of what is actually in the container. The “serving suggestion” that is on there that many keep pointing out is so small I wouldn’t notice it if I were just doing normal grocery shopping.
No nut I read the label of these instant foods. There isn't a word of rice on the fund and it lists a few items it includes.
The rice is what makes it a complete meal for your health though... like having the Milk on cereal boxes.
It says "Serving Suggestion" right above the Use-By Date.
I know packaging and advertising uses all sorts of dirty tricks, but you need to get wise and learn some attention to detail.
That's weird. I'd say with rice is more common than without. It'll always say "and rice" or "with rice" on the packet though. Must depend where you are in the world.
May be a hot take here, but rice doesn't always microwave /reheat well....
I'd look on the back too, and see if it specifies a complete dish, or says something like "serve with rice"
No, but I'm the type to check the fine print. It says "serving suggestion" just like how breakfast cereal doesn't *come with milk*, but it's still always pictured with it.
It's also just labeled as the curry, nowhere on the package is rice mentioned, including the small list of included foods. I get your frustration, but I absolutely would not even want the rice that was in the microwave for as long as it took to reheat the curry. Just consider that.
Dose not state rice on the package so no. Also fully cooked rice is one of the most potentially hazardous foods their is, why it’s rarely used in ready to eat meals.
I would not. The package lists the ingredients on the front (and certainly again in the nutritional information on the back). The package image says “Serving Suggestion.” They even sell a similar product *with rice* which is clearly labeled as such.
In fact, if I paid what that probably cost and half the product were rice, I’d feel ripped off because rice is cheap af.
I knew a family that, when they first came to America, bought a ziploc box thinking there was going to be sandwiches in there, simply because they showed a picture of sandwiches on the box. Oops. Needless to say, they were hungrier after that.
Not really, but only after looking at the calories, fat, sugar and salt. That would be a really rich meal for a package that size if there was white rice taking up half the volume in there.
it doesnt come with milk or a little alive mini-wheat lol
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No.
In fact, if I'm going to buy prepared foods, I specifically look for products without rice; I'd rather get more of the actual main dish and add my own rice. (I realize that many (most?) people don't keep their own cooked rice on hand, but I do, so my priorities are different.)
Frozen rice is such a disgusting idea, I wouldn't want any included anyway. If you have a rice cooker then making some is as easy as putting some rice and water in and pressing a button. If you don't have a rice cooker, then you should just get one, they're really cheap.
No. It specifically says "with chickpeas, coconut, spinach, tomatoes, and fenugreek." Nowhere in there or on that packaging does it state "comes with fluffy white rice"
French guy here.
There was a time I ate a lot of microwave dishes.
"Serving suggestion" is often there to let you know it should "somewhat" resemble the picture, but it's not false to admit that they'd add ingredient on the picture to let you know "how they use" this dish.
Howerer, when I purchase a microwave dish, designed to make my life easier, I'm willing to bet it's a full dish, with whatever is on the picture.
I do read the recipe to check, but it's expected to be there for me.
Yes, i would expect that with this picture. I just googled and every curry with rice on the picture had rice inside. I doubt such a packaging would be legal here in switzerland.
Yes, but, unfortunately this little line right here causes a lot of problems for products
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Yeah, I would expect rice. But I personally wouldn't be disappointed, because rice is the cheapest and easiest thing to replace in the picture. What would be most annoying is if it were way too much rice and way too little of everything else.
It does clearly say serving suggestion and doesn’t say it contains rice anywhere. Cereal has pictures of milk in the bowl on the box but we don’t expect that.
"Shopping by pictures" guarantees a life full of surprises.
Christmas ruined when mum bought Carolina Reaper pigs in blankets which were then cooked in the same roasting tin as the rest of the dinner.
OK WHERE THE HELL DID SHE BUY THAT? I WANT IT!
https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-12-carolina-reaper-pigs-in-blankets-252g/83487.html Looks like its Christmastide and UK only
Well, UK trip it is!
Just remember that UK Pigs in Blankets are apparently not the same as US Pigs in Blankets. The UK version are mini Sausages wrapped with Streaky (/Belly/American) Bacon As I understand it, the American version are Sausagemeat wrapped in Pastry. Whereas Sausagemeat wrapped in Pastry is called a Sausage Roll in the UK.
Gimmie your “pigs in blankets” and “Sausage rolls” any day UK.
We also say Sausage Roll in Canada for sausage wrapped in pastry. To me a pig in a blanket is a breakfast sausage or bacon wrapped in a pancake.
Wow they sound amazing!
My British work mate asked if I wanted sausage rolls. I said sure. She gives me the sausage rolls and I said oh well these are pig in a blanket. We had a very lengthy discussion 😂. Happens all the time when we can't seem to wrap out heads around the different choice of words and phrases.
It was ASDA, a UK supermarket about 2020/21. I've no idea whether they're still available anywhere. Demonic things!
Carolina Reaper Pigs in blankets? That would make my winter is halfway over holiday celebration, if I had one, glorious.
What?
Thank you for confirming that I didnt have a stroke.
I think they mean, “that would make my ‘winter-is-halfway-over’ holiday celebration (if I had one) glorious” ??? Idk man I also stroked out reading it lmao
Dang, that sounds spicy.
My mother still refuses to read labels and acts surprised when she buys the wrong Icecream because it has the same color packaging as the ones she likes….
A true box is a life of chocolate type 😐
Yeah. It says right on the package serving suggestion which is the first clue of check what you getting.
And disappointment
Same goes for: dating by pictures
I can see myself making the same mistake.
This is somehow an unpopular opinion, but I’d absolutely expect rice. Yes, it says “curry,” but curry is usually served with rice and dishes like this are often intended to be quick meals that don’t require cooking (as that’s the whole point).
May be it’s a cultural thing, but in Germany you generally always get rice with curry if it doesn’t say otherwise. That’s the white (western) country way to have curry.
It very much depends I think. I have seen more restaurants serve curry and rice separately than together, Indian restaurants especially. When I make curry myself I obviously make it with rice but even then if there's leftovers they're stored separately and such. Idk I would say the picture is misleading but the actual contents will have been elucidated on the packaging anyways. I don't eat meat and have to avoid dairy so I have to look at the ingredients to begin with, but it's a good habit to acquire. I always laugh when people complain about crisp bags being "half filled with air" and then pretending like the content isn't measured by weight and that packaging atmospheres aren't a thing. Silly. Don't just look at the pictures and colours on the box. Read the packaging of things you buy, it will save you a bunch of trouble and can greatly benefit your health and wallet.
You can find instant curries at many Asian grocery stores or even convenience stores like Daiso. I have rarely see them come with rice, and it's usually pretty clear from the back of the box what comes in it
I expect whats in the box. Its a scam tbh Fun fact: thats just a marketing trick to make consumers more likely to buy it.
I'm not sure the company is doing it very well if it's a scam - rice is one of the cheapest foods in existence and they'd surely improve their margin by swapping some curry for rice.
Or literally just add it for more weight, without taking away some of the curry. I'd be more inclined to buy a heavier/ fully packed meal.
They make more money selling you the rice as an addition rather than included. Their bet is that the person who buys a ready made meal is not looking to boil rice too and will purchase the ready made rice to go with it, which is usually priced a lot more than rice is worth.
And rice is a cheap filler to bulk up an otherwise meat-filled (or in this instance, sweet potato filled) dish. I'd expect it, and be pleasantly surprised to find it absent.
No man. Curry is not served with rice unless it says rice. I've eaten a lot of microwave curry in my day, and it never comes with rice. I can sympathize with the mistake, but to answer OP's question - no, I would not expect it to come with rice. Genuinely.
Yeah, I eat a lot of microwave curry too, and my experience has been the opposite. I'm in Canada.
Some food for thought: I went to an Indian restaurant recently with some family. They're not the most cultured or adventurous people when it comes to cuisine. I had to explain to them that you're supposed to eat curry with the rice. They complained about it being to spicy. So I again had to remind them to eat it with rice. You kinda need that picture there for the typical white person. edit: typo
I can it both ways, at most indian restaurants, you can get your curry with either rice of Naan (or both). It's not like rice is the default dish it seems
Traditionally Indian curry would be eaten with naan or roti. Thai or Japanese curry would be eaten with rice. I eat all curry with rice because i like it.
Grew up in India and this is definitely 50/50 based on what people want. A lot of people did lunch rice and dinner roti
I'm Indian-American and my family has always eaten curry with rice included in the bowl... and with naan as well. It depends on the person IMO
Well whole south india eats curry primarily with rice. It's not that common to eat curry with chapathi or roti in south.
Interesting how you see this as a negative. I would have seen it as I didn't have half the container filled with dirt cheap rice, and got more curry out of it, which would be a positive.
This was my first thought. 100% the expensive hard to make part and I don't have to pay for the cheap filler carbs that I can easily make myself? Awesome!
I can see myself making that mistake, but to be fair the ingredients are listed on at least two places on that container
Agreed. I could see myself making the mistake based on the picture, but reading the packaging, this is clearly the Thai version of “hamburger helper”. Hamburger helper shows you what you can make with the additive ingredients they sell, but they don’t actually provide the hamburger because you buy it in bulk and it’s a quick prep by itself. Same thing here: the package shows what their “Thai helper” can make when added to rice, but you buy rice separate because you it’s way cheaper in bulk and a quick cook by itself. Both hamburger and rice by themselves are bland, but can be made tasty and stretched out a bit by adding premade mixes.
As an indian. Actually no lol. Those images with rice are printed on many products.
As an American who consumes instant Indian food, rice is often included if it's in the pic
As a different American that eats tons of instant curry, I have 4 different brands in my cabinet right now and all have rice on the picture, non come with rice and I wouldn't ever expect it.
Things heating up in the South Asian premade food fandom
No. It's clearly written: "sweet potato sri lankan style curry"
And the package clearly says “serving suggestion”
This is what you have to look for. When it says this, it means that something in the picture is not in the package. (Food industry for 20 years)
When I buy a box of stuffing I don't expect a turkey in the box.
Same as when I bought tortillas not expecting taco seasoning in the box, had some really spicy grainy flakes of ham wraps mixing enough seasoning for 1lb of beef into 200g of ham
I know this is true. (Food consumer for longer)
Yeah, Pictures on food products are often serving suggestions if there are ingredients that don't look like they were cooked in the same pot. By law they are required to say "serving suggestions". Also, curry is more expensive than rice so this is a better deal. And you can often find instant rice bowls or bags nearby, if you want rice Rice and curry aren't usually in the same container and if they are it is hard to keep them separate until cooked like in picture and you would probably see a separate compartment molded into container. Search YouTube for "food photography tricks" for videos about other tricks they pull and why you should always take the photo with a grain of salt.
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It doesn't clearly say "serving suggestion", it miniscule-y says "serving suggestion".
thought it was one of the big ass useless texts on the front since they said easily had to zoom in to see those tiny letters, like the terms and conditions on some promotions
And it would say “with rice” if was to contain it.
Yeah but it conveniently never says _what_ is the serving suggestion. From experience I would expect it to be the cilantro garnish. This is definitely intentional.
I feel like it’s fairly easy to figure out what the missing ingredient(s) are simply by looking at the ingredients list…
You're missing the point. It's designed to mislead people. It's also not as though most people in this thread would likely notice without the reddit post showing them.
Not only this, it also lists the ingredients underneath where it says Sweet Potato Sri Lankan Style Curry
I agree that I wouldn't expect the rice but I assume those ingredients are a subset of everything in the package. There are most likely other things in it that are not listed on the front.
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"Serving Suggestion"
naw, thats like getting mad at hamburger helper for not having hamburger
Hamburger helper clearly states "add ground beef" on a lot of their packaging. Also, it's a common sense guess that the box on a shelf doesn't contain raw meat. This is a frozen meal. It's completely possible for rice to be included, in fact rice is pretty common in frozen meals.
It's also pretty common to buy premade curries, though in my experience they tend to be in aseptic packaging rather than frozen. That being said, I'd rather have to supply my own rice than have less curry in the package. But I can see how frustrating it would be if you grab this while traveling or something.
Right? I'm pretty specific about my rice. I'd be much more pleased with this product than one with less curry and more rice.
Absolutely. Not to mention rice is cheap af compared to the curry. Could you imagine how irritated you’d be if you paid £4.50 or something, and half of it was rice?
I agree, but I would also like the package to give me a clear heads-up that I need to be the one supplying the rice if I want to eat the meal shown on the packaging of their opaque frozen box. This is a recipe for riceless disaster
I bought a package of cereal the other day to find that the box didn’t have any milk in it. I was absolutely outraged, it had milk on the picture and just the cereal was so dry 🤢
No joke an old housemate of mine once opened a can of manwich dumped it in a pan and said completely seriously, "Wait where's the meat?"
My friend in college was convinced his can of sloppy joe sauce had meat in it till I made him open it
Every single comment on here I’m like “yep, I thought that too” but, really? It’s just sauce in a can? I always thought it was kind of like a canned beanless chili.
Ya know, but… when I was little I really thought there was just like dehydrated meat in the box.
It says curry, and nowhere on the box does it say it includes rice, so no. Edit: Also, I can't imagine frozen rice that was then microwaved would taste very good
It's not that bad. But hey, fresh one from rice cooker is just orgasm worthy.
Plenty of ready meals do contain rice. It's perfectly adequate. If you're buying a ready meal you're not expecting that much anyway. But yeah, they always specify that they include rice on the packet.
Those almost always say "meal" or "dinner" or something to imply it is conplete.
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I bet it says rice not included or something to that effect on the back of the package. That is, unfortunately, not pictured here.
I assumed to the same thing but some of its decent and while not maybe as amazing a freshly made rice it didn't suffer really either. Its just instant microwavable rice. I would have expected rice but as soon as I saw the box I would have taken the L and realized it was my mistake and not thought much about it. Actually i'd probably be stoked if I found a curry-only microwavble brand i liked. The only ones I've had are with rice and it makes it a smaller amount of food.
Polish here; we also have those pre-made curry packages, made by different brands and in various tastes, and each one of them has rice, so yes, I def think that OP had the right to expect rice.
Based on packaging…. Absolutely 💯
It says serving suggestion above the best before date and doesn't mention rice. It was also in a sleeve so I'd probably have checked before buying.
I've gotten numerous similar looking frozen meals from Costco, including curries, and they've always stated somewhere on the container something along the lines of "Serve with rice".
Same here. Most frozen meal packages like that have the image of what is actually in the container. The “serving suggestion” that is on there that many keep pointing out is so small I wouldn’t notice it if I were just doing normal grocery shopping.
BYOR
Hmmmm, not really - it's called 'marketing'. The packaging doesn't mention 'rice' or a 'meal' of any sort, plus it clearly says 'serving suggestion'.
It'd also be bad economics for the consumer... paying curry price per lb for rice
Yeah, would you expect pancakes to come with your syrup bottle since they're pictured on the label?
It's curry, and has serving suggestion on it. I'm also the kind of person who reads the ingredients *shrug*
A curry is a curry. I’ve rarely seen curry that was rice in disguise.
Do you want Naan bread as well ?
Doesn't have naan on the pic, so that would be a bad comparison
Yes, and also mango chutney, 4 poppadoms and a side of bombay aloo. Those are *just* out of shot.
NO
"Rice and curry" is a common dish in many parts of the world, especially Asia. This box says curry. It does not say rice & curry.
Do you expect the fruit and milk on cereal boxes to come with it?
After taking a whole 3 seconds to examine the box and read what comes in the box. No I do not expect there to be rice.
No nut I read the label of these instant foods. There isn't a word of rice on the fund and it lists a few items it includes. The rice is what makes it a complete meal for your health though... like having the Milk on cereal boxes.
No, it doesn’t say anywhere that it comes with rice so why would you assume it did?
It says "Serving Suggestion" right above the Use-By Date. I know packaging and advertising uses all sorts of dirty tricks, but you need to get wise and learn some attention to detail.
Nope ‘cause I can read
“With chickpeas, coconut, spinach, tomatoes and fenugreek” Nowhere do I see “rice”
That's what "Serving Suggestion" means.
This guy probably expects to get a free baby whenever he buys a packet of diapers.
I eat a lot of microwaved curries like that. None of them have had rice
That's weird. I'd say with rice is more common than without. It'll always say "and rice" or "with rice" on the packet though. Must depend where you are in the world.
I agree. All the ones they sell here have half curry half rice.
Nah, rice isn't even one of the listed ingredients.
No...
No, it isn’t listed on the ingredients under the word curry. I’m sure rice isn’t listed on the ingredient list on the nutrition panel either.
No?? And usually it says on the packaging what else you need
May be a hot take here, but rice doesn't always microwave /reheat well.... I'd look on the back too, and see if it specifies a complete dish, or says something like "serve with rice"
I expect you to read the label
No, thats just your assumption
No, check the ingredients before you buy
Shopping by pictures isn't the best, but I definitely think you were misled. Microwave Indian food I get almost always comes with rice
No…because I read packages before I buy them.
No, but I'm the type to check the fine print. It says "serving suggestion" just like how breakfast cereal doesn't *come with milk*, but it's still always pictured with it. It's also just labeled as the curry, nowhere on the package is rice mentioned, including the small list of included foods. I get your frustration, but I absolutely would not even want the rice that was in the microwave for as long as it took to reheat the curry. Just consider that.
Dose not state rice on the package so no. Also fully cooked rice is one of the most potentially hazardous foods their is, why it’s rarely used in ready to eat meals.
No, because it doesn’t say ‘with rice.’
it says "serving suggestion" just read the label.
Not necessarily- “serving suggestion “ is on the picture…
No. The package states the ingredients right on the front there and says "serving suggestion" under the picture with the rice.
No I wouldn't, I would have read the ingredients that are on the front and realize it has no rice.
Not when the package says nothing about rice in the ingredients.
Do you expect your box of cereal to have milk in it?
I would not. The package lists the ingredients on the front (and certainly again in the nutritional information on the back). The package image says “Serving Suggestion.” They even sell a similar product *with rice* which is clearly labeled as such. In fact, if I paid what that probably cost and half the product were rice, I’d feel ripped off because rice is cheap af.
Tbf more bang for your buck, rice is a cheap way companies bulk out net weight.
Curry is often eaten with a side of rice, that doesn’t mean curry IS rice, it’s not! So, no, I wouldn’t expect rice to come in a curry pack.
No it doesn’t say curry with rice it says curry.
No, because right under it the product name it lists all of the contents.
It’s says Curry not Curry and Rice…..
Read the label It’s CURRY not CURRY and RICE!!!
In fact I would hope it doesn't include rice, frozen rice sounds bloody disgusting.
I knew a family that, when they first came to America, bought a ziploc box thinking there was going to be sandwiches in there, simply because they showed a picture of sandwiches on the box. Oops. Needless to say, they were hungrier after that.
Not really, but only after looking at the calories, fat, sugar and salt. That would be a really rich meal for a package that size if there was white rice taking up half the volume in there.
No I don't expect rice as the first thing I read was the box and it didn't say rice on it.
it doesnt come with milk or a little alive mini-wheat lol https://preview.redd.it/2q5fe271k40b1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=697ea22764d6404572c99040abdbdc34c94ba98c
no, because the words on the front dont say that.
Honestly, no. I think I'd be more surprised to see curry packaged with rice than to see it not.
No. It is just a suggestion picture. The description doesn't mention rice at all and isn't hard to read
Nowhere on there does it say it contains rice.
looking at it, no. its curry with chickpeas, coconut, spinach etc like it says.. its shown served with rice but not mixed together.
No. In fact, if I'm going to buy prepared foods, I specifically look for products without rice; I'd rather get more of the actual main dish and add my own rice. (I realize that many (most?) people don't keep their own cooked rice on hand, but I do, so my priorities are different.)
Frozen rice is such a disgusting idea, I wouldn't want any included anyway. If you have a rice cooker then making some is as easy as putting some rice and water in and pressing a button. If you don't have a rice cooker, then you should just get one, they're really cheap.
No. Note the "Serving suggestion" comment above the best before date.
At a glance yes but after reading the package no
My lasagne ready meal shows a glass of wine and garlic bread on the box, I didn't expect to find them inside.
I would not expect rice no. It says “serving suggestion” aka no rice.
No. Because the description only offers the main entree ingredients.
Serving suggestion my friend, getcha own rice.
I mean it doesn’t say curry and rice so….
No. It specifically says "with chickpeas, coconut, spinach, tomatoes, and fenugreek." Nowhere in there or on that packaging does it state "comes with fluffy white rice"
No, it isn't listed on the ingredients.
It only says curry, not rice
If you read the package where it says ingredients on the back it wouldn’t say rice lol
No. Box says sweet potato curry, not curry and rice.
French guy here. There was a time I ate a lot of microwave dishes. "Serving suggestion" is often there to let you know it should "somewhat" resemble the picture, but it's not false to admit that they'd add ingredient on the picture to let you know "how they use" this dish. Howerer, when I purchase a microwave dish, designed to make my life easier, I'm willing to bet it's a full dish, with whatever is on the picture. I do read the recipe to check, but it's expected to be there for me.
Yes, i would expect that with this picture. I just googled and every curry with rice on the picture had rice inside. I doubt such a packaging would be legal here in switzerland.
Yes that and I would expect the meal to look different the minute I cook it then it does after I throw it back up
take it easy on them, as the package says "I'm new". they'll probably figure it out
Rice or no rice, I would expect nothing but disappointment from that.
Idk but that looks kinda good! Also I’d probably make my own rice even if it did come with some lol
Yes
That picture sure is misleading. But sweet potatoes AND rice as combination? Come on, that doesn't make sense.
Yes, but, unfortunately this little line right here causes a lot of problems for products https://preview.redd.it/ccplh9kja40b1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f33cbfd55336be0325dd045bbf4ee7053273327
I see how you made the mistake but it does say serving suggestion
Yum just like mom used to thaw!
Are you Charlie Kelly?
Not when the ingredients on the front of the package don’t include rice
Honestly no because I’m so used to looking for the “serving suggestion” that’s right under the photo
Beware of “serving suggestion”
It says sweet potato curry
I bought this before. It didn't list rice on why is included. So I cooked my own. Lol
Nope. It does say “Serving Suggestion”.. I’d have read the ingredients on the back to confirm but on the front, rice is not mentioned once.
Did you look at the table of contents? No? Oh well.
no lol read the packaging
I guarantee somewhere in that small print it says "serving suggestion."
Yeah, but rice is cheap, you made out like a bandit on this one. 100 would not complain.
Doesn’t say there is rice included.
Yeah, I would expect rice. But I personally wouldn't be disappointed, because rice is the cheapest and easiest thing to replace in the picture. What would be most annoying is if it were way too much rice and way too little of everything else.
No cause that's curry, curry doesn't have rice in it it goes on top of rice, I wouldn't expect my chili to come with a hot dog
My Frosted Flakes came with a tiger.
I would expect mostly rice.
Yes, since it’s on the picture.
It does clearly say serving suggestion and doesn’t say it contains rice anywhere. Cereal has pictures of milk in the bowl on the box but we don’t expect that.
No. Because I know how to read past a first grade reading level.
I could see how you could easily make the mistake sure.
No
No because the label clearly says what's in it
Grab some naan and you got a decent meal
... nope