FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition

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hd5574

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One Costco rotisserie chicken can be turned into endless meals. There is just DH and myself...I can feed us at least 5 meals from one of their chickens ..chicken under $5
A few ideas

Chicken sandwich..with lettuce cheese tomatoes and a thin slice of sweet onion with fruit on the side

Creamed chicken with a bit of celery over biscuits or toast or noodles

Sliced chicken on the plate with veggies

Chicken Alfredo over noodles

Chicken over a salad with cheese

Chicken casserole.. two meals from this

Chicken veggie soup ..add some lentils to up the protein..more than one meal

Scalloped potatoes with chicken and veggies mixed

Chicken risotto

Any Vigo beans and rice with chicken

Make a meal with Lipton sides by adding chicken and veggies

You can bone the chicken and freeze packages to make any of the above
 
ainitfunny

ainitfunny

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I excerpted this from Wikipedia:​

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Eat the Phragmites, its all good.​

Food​

The leaves, roots, seeds and stems of phragmites are edible.[7] Young shoots can be cooked or eaten raw just like bamboo shoots. The young stems, "while still green and fleshy, can be dried and pounded into a fine powder, which when moistened is roasted [sic] like marshmallows." The seeds and rhizomes "can be ground into flour or made into gruel."[8] In Japan, young leaves are dried, ground, and then mixed with cereal flour to make dumplings. Grazing on phragmites by large-bodied domestic herbivores, such as cows, horses, sheep, and goats, can effectively control the plant and provide a reciprocal positive benefit for humans by generating meat, milk, leather, and wool etc.[9]

Herbal medicine​

The rhizomes of reeds, written as 蘆根 or 葦莖 in Chinese, were used in traditional Chinese medicine for illness related to the airways, such as cough, high fever, sticky and white phlegm, etc.[citation needed]

A concoction of reed roots was believed to bring the fever away via increased urination and also help to restore body fluid.[citation needed]

Other uses​

Some other uses for Phragmites australis and other reeds in various cultures include baskets, mats, reed pen tips (qalam), and paper.[10] Beekeepers can utilize the reeds to make nesting.[11]

In the Philippines, Phragmites is known by the local name tambo. Reed stands flower in December, and the blooms are harvested and bundled into whisk brooms called "walis". Hence the common name of household brooms is walis tambo.[12]

Reeds have been used to make arrows[13] and weapons such as spears for hunting game.[14
 
ainitfunny

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ainitfunny

ainitfunny

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bracketquant said:
I guess that I'm lucky, because I consider food palatable. There are almost no foods, nor strange combinations of foods, that I won't eat. The most expensive foods have always been palatable, but the least palatable, like caviar and a few exotic cheeses, things that I would never buy to begin with. I like inexpensive foods, as they agree with me and my budget. Chicken, pork, pasta, rice, and beans are my mainstays.

I have a couple of bottom round roasts in the freezer, cost was 1.99/lb. One will be for beef stew, haven't decided on the other. And, as for strange combinations, my recipe for beef stew uses apple cider and cinnamon.
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My recipe for beef pot roast includes apple cider and CLOVES.
AFTER 2 HRS OF MOIST HEAT IT IS FALLING APART TENDER
 
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Barry Natchitoches

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We had to go to Vanderbilt in Nashville today.

That is an all day affair, so on the way home, I stopped at a Sonic drive in restaurant and got me and my wife a plain jane burger each, with just lettuce, onion and basic condiments on it. Only a single slice of meat.

Just those two basic burgers, and nothing else, was $11.56.


Of course, the current rate of inflation is ONLY 8%....


Yeah, right...
 
tnphil

tnphil

Don't screw with an engineer
Barry Natchitoches said:
We had to go to Vanderbilt in Nashville today.
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That's a long drive. I've done it in reverse to see family.
And, you had to deal with Nashville traffic, which we bypass via 840. I feel for you, bro.

You got off light at Sonic, albeit with a stripped-down order. Ours is generally well over $20 for two, with just medium combos.
 
ainitfunny

ainitfunny

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bbbuddy said:
Not everyone is salt and msg sensitive, you know.
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I mistakenly thought you were the one concerned about MSG. I am not. Goya ham seasoning has it in it too.

I might call your attention to one thing though. You paId $43 dollars for 10.5 oz of Ham seasoning. I paid $43 ($69 including shipping) for almost 1,000 oz of Goya Ham seasoning (360 3+oz packs) from Webstaurant.

Is it really THAT much better?
WHAT I DON'T USE I CAN TRADE!
For eggs or fresh garden vegetables.

As they say "Ya could'da had a V-8!"
 
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bbbuddy

bbbuddy

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ainitfunny said:
I mistakenly thought you were the one concerned about MSG. I am not. Goya ham seasoning has it in it too.

I might call your attention to one thing though. You paId $43 dollars for 10.5 oz of Ham seasoning. I paid $43 ($69 including shipping) for almost 1,000 oz of Goya Ham seasoning (360 3+oz packs) from Webstaurant.

Is it really THAT much better?
WHAT I DON'T USE I CAN TRADE!
For eggs or fresh garden vegetables.

As they say "Ya could'da had a V-8!"
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Ain't, I paid for 610 oz (6 TIMES10.5oz), not 10.5. The Vigo is not a powder, it's a fat based paste, so it imparts "umami" not just flavor.
But, you do you. ;)
 
ainitfunny

ainitfunny

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bbbuddy said:
Ain't, I paid for 610 oz (6 TIMES10.5oz), not 10.5. The Vigo is not a powder, it's a fat based paste, so it imparts "umami" not just flavor.
But, you do you. ;)
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Uh, you forgot the decimal point.
You only got 63 oz of product, not 610.
Still, thats almost 4 lb.
But you do you.
I'd take 67.5 lbs ol ham flavoring that restaurants use, as a consolation prize
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Old Gray Mare

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So the turkey shortage has officially hit Hawaii. Talked to the butcher at a local grocery store. The store has local birds frozen. Those birds are small under 13 pounds each and there weren't many of them. He said in their last shipment from the mainland they got 2 cases of Butter Balls. That's two cases total just a few weeks before Thanks Giving. I was warned to get my bird early.
 
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WalknTrot

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Old Gray Mare said:
So the turkey shortage has officially hit Hawaii. Talked to the butcher at a local grocery store. The store has local birds frozen. Those birds are small under 13 pounds each and there weren't many of them. He said in their last shipment from the mainland they got 2 cases of Butter Balls. That's two cases total just a few weeks before Thanks Giving. I was warned to get my bird early.
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It's a little bit early yet for the frozen turkey promotions.
That said...NO idea what happens on Hawaii or how the peeps there get fed at all. Remote islands are special cases.

In related news: I opened a can of the low(er) sodium SPAM last night for the heck of it, to put a fried slice on grilled cheese sandwiches. Not bad. Less salty and more meat flavor(?). Just wonder if it keeps as well as The Classic.
 
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Marseydoats

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WalknTrot said:
It's a little bit early yet for the frozen turkey promotions.
That said...NO idea what happens on Hawaii or how the peeps there get fed at all. Remote islands are special cases.

In related news: I opened a can of the low(er) sodium SPAM last night for the heck of it, to put a fried slice on grilled cheese sandwiches. Not bad. Less salty and more meat flavor(?). Just wonder if it keeps as well as The Classic.
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It's the only kind we can eat with dh's heart problems. It keeps just as well as the regular.
 
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summerthyme

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ainitfunny said:
I just ordered ( a CASE) 360 3oz packages of Goya Ham Seasoning for $69.64, that with $22.50 shipping!

I saved hundreds of dollars over buying it in the grocery stores!
IT IS also something i can easily TRADE for eggs or other stuff.

BUY IT, FROM WEBSTAURANT!

I'd buy small boneless hams if I hsd more freezer space. I got 2 Bristal 1 lb canned hams the other day at wal mart.
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I do hope you get what you're expecting. Something is very wonky with that listing. The "shipping weight" is listed as 6.255 pounds, which is the equivalent of 28 packages... but they say there are 18 in a case. 360 of those is 80 POUNDS...not counting the packaging.

Let us know what you get!

Summerthyme
 
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Old Gray Mare

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WalknTrot said:
It's a little bit early yet for the frozen turkey promotions.
That said...NO idea what happens on Hawaii or how the peeps there get fed at all. Remote islands are special cases.

In related news: I opened a can of the low(er) sodium SPAM last night for the heck of it, to put a fried slice on grilled cheese sandwiches. Not bad. Less salty and more meat flavor(?). Just wonder if it keeps as well as The Classic.
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On Oahu it's like 80 or 90% of food is imported. There are farms mostly on the north shore. There are public gardens but the PTB seem to be pushing flowers more than food.

Honolulu, seat of county and state government acts like a neglectful parent who cares more about quite and spending the least possible on the gardens than what's best for people or most productive. Talked to two of the bureaucrats supposedly in charge of regulating the public gardens. It sounds like they can't get out their jobs quick enough. They also have no plan if the ships stop coming. Gives me a real warm fuzzy.

SPAM is currently in good supply. SPAM supply is a serious thing in Hawaii.
 
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psychgirl

psychgirl

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Sooo
I stopped in Kroger today real quick.
I was just there Sunday. Their Heritage Farms brand (house brand, nothing fancy) of family pack chicken breasts had already jumped to 13-17$ each. They used to be 10-13$…..

Today, they were all 20-22$

I literally felt panicked.

They ONLY lower price was they had packs of skin on breasts for 11-13$ each, I bought one.

Chicken drumsticks and thighs? Equally as high.
 
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Digger

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My son messaged me from the Russellville AR Walmart super center to ask when did a gallon of milk jump up to $6.48 a gallon. He was on a rant about all that was higher this week. He usually buys great value brand of most items too. I told him it would only get worse. But he is aware. He just needed to vent and his wife was still asleep. She works 3rd shift
 
psychgirl

psychgirl

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Digger said:
My son messaged me from the Russellville AR Walmart super center to ask when did a gallon of milk jump up to $6.48 a gallon. He was on a rant about all that was higher this week. He usually buys great value brand of most items too. I told him it would only get worse. But he is aware. He just needed to vent and his wife was still asleep. She works 3rd shift
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6.48$???
Omg! And I thought Kroger milk was bad at 3.19$!!
 
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bracketquant

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bethshaya said:
My biggest concerns are the highest nutritional value and cheapest cost. Most likely, the meat will be priced out of most people's budgets. That leaves protein from other sources - greens and beans. With that, a way to make as much variety as possible with as much flavor as possible. I have stocked up on these sources through the years and they are my staples.

Now I am freezing and canning as much as I can for fruits and vegetables. We will need as much nutrition as we can.

I wont be looking for four-course meals. Most likely two meals a day.
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I'll have to start analyzing, rather than just reading, labels. For protein, lately my purchases of fresh chicken (on sale) have been on average about 50% lower (per pound) than that of dried legumes (which are never on sale). I'll have to factor in the amount of protein in each item, not just the price.
 
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school marm

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Smith's NE NV today at noon. The supply of all things dairy except milk continues to look dismal. Items are thin on the shelves, but at least most things are there. I decided to pick up some whipping cream both liquid and in the spray cans just to make sure we have it for the holidays. Fortunately, we don't yet have the high prices plaguing some other areas. Deli meats were really thin today. Pasta was on sale for just 79 cents/lb.

The lady that does the markdowns for the entire store knows when I usually hit the store each week, and she looks out for me. Anyway, I had been a little bummed that I forgot about Cheap Candy Day this month. But fortunately, my Smith's hadn't gotten around to it yet, and she brought out all the markdowns just as I was there. And she seemed a bit cranky today. I know she's in pain and her workman's comp claim keeps getting denied. Anyway, maybe she took it out on the prices. Normally, most things are only marked 50% off. But all the candy was $1 per bag, even the M&Ms and Reese's. We got a dozen pints and half-pints of candy in jars now. They'll be vac-sealed tomorrow and be good for a couple of years. I've got a large family, so all the kids will be happy.

As the Koreans say, I must have saved my country in a previous life.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

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Digger said:
My son messaged me from the Russellville AR Walmart super center to ask when did a gallon of milk jump up to $6.48 a gallon. He was on a rant about all that was higher this week. He usually buys great value brand of most items too. I told him it would only get worse. But he is aware. He just needed to vent and his wife was still asleep. She works 3rd shift
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Do you have any idea how much you'd be paying for a gallon of milk if the US gov't didn't have milk pricing fixes in place? I'll tell you right now $6.48 a gallon would be a bargin... just saying! Also each state has it's own dairy pricing laws in addition to what the US gov't mandates.
 
CapeCMom

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ainitfunny said:

I excerpted this from Wikipedia:​

​

Eat the Phragmites, its all good.​

Food​

The leaves, roots, seeds and stems of phragmites are edible.[7] Young shoots can be cooked or eaten raw just like bamboo shoots. The young stems, "while still green and fleshy, can be dried and pounded into a fine powder, which when moistened is roasted [sic] like marshmallows." The seeds and rhizomes "can be ground into flour or made into gruel."[8] In Japan, young leaves are dried, ground, and then mixed with cereal flour to make dumplings. Grazing on phragmites by large-bodied domestic herbivores, such as cows, horses, sheep, and goats, can effectively control the plant and provide a reciprocal positive benefit for humans by generating meat, milk, leather, and wool etc.[9]

Herbal medicine​

The rhizomes of reeds, written as 蘆根 or 葦莖 in Chinese, were used in traditional Chinese medicine for illness related to the airways, such as cough, high fever, sticky and white phlegm, etc.[citation needed]

A concoction of reed roots was believed to bring the fever away via increased urination and also help to restore body fluid.[citation needed]

Other uses​

Some other uses for Phragmites australis and other reeds in various cultures include baskets, mats, reed pen tips (qalam), and paper.[10] Beekeepers can utilize the reeds to make nesting.[11]

In the Philippines, Phragmites is known by the local name tambo. Reed stands flower in December, and the blooms are harvested and bundled into whisk brooms called "walis". Hence the common name of household brooms is walis tambo.[12]

Reeds have been used to make arrows[13] and weapons such as spears for hunting game.[14
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Thank you! I had no idea it was edible! This stuff is literally in every marsh and inlet in my area.
 
ainitfunny

ainitfunny

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Did you know you can maKE A DELICIOUS TEA from the EASILY peeled off bark of the madrone tree? it Sheds its bark every year it falls off in great and small peelings. You want the paper thin bark.

it has a fruity ( pear? Apple?) and definitely CINNAMON TASTE! I HAVE SEVERAL MADRONE TREES IN MY YARD! IT HAS EDIBLE red berries on the tree too.

Dont use too much bark or steep too long or you will overwhelm the fruity cinnamon taste with a tannic acid taste .
 
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"Getting squeezed from every sort of corner and edge...We're on the brink of some really bad economy here...seen this happen before."

We now live in a world where Bobby Flay is the best economist on CNN

Surprised they didn’t cut his mic
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Garand

Garand

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Local Aldi had about 18 turkeys this morning at $1.09 a pound, limit two. Mexican guy had about 15 gallons of milk in his cart….maybe he was getting it for a restaurant? I bought a young Purdue chicken for $5.99, making soup now. Christmas chocolate and cake stuff is arriving as well.
 
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SackLunch

Dirt roads take me home
A recent trip to Victorville, CA. This Walmart had those low, one-way swing gates to enter and a person checking all receipts at the exit.

They had bulk yams advertized with two big signs at 88 cents a pound which rang up at self-checkout for $1.88 per pound. :hmm:
 
mzkitty

mzkitty

I give up.
Went to Wegmans today. They had baking stuff on the end caps real cheap.

I got unbleached flour (2) in 5-lb bags -- $1.49 each, Want that for bread if I need to.

Dark brown sugar, 2 lbs $1.49. They had regular white sugar too, but I have plenty.

As usual, the store is fully stocked.
 
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