Talk:Spread (prison food)

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Did you know... that in countries like the United States, prisoners supplement inadequate prison food by combining ingredients like instant ramen (pictured), mayonnaise and Kool-Aid into improvised meals called "spreads"?

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 07:05, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Instant ramen, the base ingredient of a typical "spread"

... that in countries like the United States, prisoners supplement inadequate prison food by combining ingredients like instant ramen (pictured), mayonnaise and Kool-Aid into improvised meals called "spreads"? Source: [1], [2]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Army of the Dead
Comment: Sources mention both the unpalatability of prison food and declining quantities of it as explanations for the popularity of "spreads". I figured "inadequate prison food" encompasses both nicely.

Created by BuySomeApples (talk). Self-nominated at 05:46, 31 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting read! GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 08:07, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Crisp translation

It says "chips" which in the UK is things made with very hot oil. Do you mean Crisps? Victuallers (talk) 08:51, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Victuallers: This article was written in American English. I clarified the sentence with a link to the potato chip article. However, I don't believe it should even be mentioned because it doesn't occur again anywhere in the article, and the lead should provide an overview of the rest of the article, not introduce additional facts. Either "chips" should be removed (which would avoid any confusion) or additional text should be added in the article body. ~Anachronist (talk) 13:31, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking what it needs is dry snacks, which is a category of food for which we don't have an article. It's a term fairly broadly used in the food service industry -- grocers, retailers, wholesalers, caterers, bars, hotels, restaurants, etc. all use it. There are undoubtedly sources with very significant coverage, but they'd all be in industry publications. —valereee (talk) 18:33, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]