Jedi Master Scot
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Purchased lettuce in the state of Georgia yesterday, publix was $4.29 so I went to the farmers market and paid $3.59, last week I paid around $2.00 a head of lettuce
One thing I love about my garden this time of the year:Purchased lettuce in the state of Georgia yesterday, publix was $4.29 so I went to the farmers market and paid $3.59, last week I paid around $2.00 a head of lettuce
Yeah. "Rue" also means "regret", which is how you feel when you burn the roux.Silly me, but isn’t it spelled “roux”?
IIRC “rue” in French is a street.
You forgot the fifth college food group: popcorn.Walmart in St George, Utah.
No ramen "squares". They had the single serving ramen in a cup, and the ramen in trays, (outrageously priced, imho, at $1.25 ea), but no cases of ramen squares or single squares.
Isn't ramen one of the four college food groups? Pizza, ice cream, ramen, and chocolate?
You are correct. Munching popcorn as I type.You forgot the fifth college food group: popcorn.
Mac & cheese and Lipton Sides.Walmart in St George, Utah.
No ramen "squares". They had the single serving ramen in a cup, and the ramen in trays, (outrageously priced, imho, at $1.25 ea), but no cases of ramen squares or single squares.
Isn't ramen one of the four college food groups? Pizza, ice cream, ramen, and chocolate?
Seeing the same at Kroger in TN.Same with their frozen vegetables. Large bag size of mixed veg was always 1.79$!
It’s now 2.89$! (I think I’m remembering the prices correctly)
I never get bagged potatoes anymore. I get the individual baking potatoes, usually four at a time. That will last me 3 weeks or so.As I expected, bulk potatoes in 10 lb bags are now containing much more bruised/blemished spuds.
I get bagged potatoes....but I can them..for soups stews and home fries...I never get bagged potatoes anymore. I get the individual baking potatoes, usually four at a time. That will last me 3 weeks or so.
Saw $1.79 per pound turkeys at Walmart.Yup. A good price on a turkey this Thanksgiving will be a little over or under a buck/lb. Guess I can live with that.
Bacon prices!DH and went to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the Intercourse area.. last Wednesday...we live in central Virginia.. hadn't been up there in years....
They did have a few bargains years...ago...bulk boxes of bacon...rolls of Amish butter.. the cheapest bacon was $10.95 for one lb regular bacon..think grocery store....no bulk bacon to be had...roll of butter just a little over 2 lbs...was just over $16.. pushing $17....very small half ham was $50...nothing special again think grocery... link and bulk sausage crazy expensive,..but sit down for this one...3 double yolk eggs were $10...a dozen large eggs was $10....The Amish girl who had the eggs said prices in NYC and NJ...were even higher ...we did get did the main things we went to get at reasonable prices..but the food prices were mind boggling...they have a bulk store that carries loose metal lids with a rubber seal inside....that fit most grocery store jars and went by the harness shop for new belt for DH...$80...on the web plus shipping...$38 there ....they last about 20 years plus....so they are a great deal..also a few out small things we wanted and a couple of canning books..$14.50 each there and $25..each on Amazon ...we did manage to time it to see God's wonderful handy work as the fall leaves were in peak color...that alone was worth the trip..
We went shopping here yesterday at Costco and Lidl.. at Costco got 4 lbs of bacon...$18.79..3 lbs..Jimmy Dean sausage for $10.59...some stores here nearly. ..$6.00 a pound...and of course the huge rotisserie chicken for $4.99...at Lidl a much larger half ham was $21... Land of Lakes butter was $5 something a lb...and... regular bacon was about $6 per lb.. large eggs under $3.00 per dozen..their large German milk chocolate candy bars are $1.25 each...much larger than Hershey bars..and in my humble opinion so much better..always grab a few when we are there
Crazy prices. Store brand butter in 2lb shrink wrap, $8.98.Seeing the same at Kroger in TN.
Kroger brand frozen vegetables (12 oz) such as peas & carrots have been 10/$10 as long as I can remember. They're now "locked in low price" of $1.25, which is not bad but still 25% increase. 12 Oz. frozen limas are $1.69 for some reason.
Still varying stock on fresh potatoes, and up over 25%.
Kroger butter is about $4 (and likely climbing), up 100% from last year, I think. We have a Kroger (Heritage Farms) dairy plant here, but I don't think they make butter there. I've not seen any shortage of trucks delivering milk there, but I work from home and don't get out much.
I'm still going to be fussy about a couple of things while I can, like butter. When I buy Kerrygold I'll also buy a cheaper brand, although I may stay away from the walmart brand for now, anyway. At some point I will buy what ever is available.i think it pays to remember the Russian citizens of ALL classes and incomes except the top political INNER KREMLIN members waited in long lines for limited supplies of bread, cabbage, onions,carrots, potatoes, and eagerly buy whatever protein they could get REGARDLESS of whether it was what they wanted, and regardless of the price of food. "ORgan meat", and offal enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, people who ate steak and roasts will be glad to get beef tripe, kidneys, hearts. tongues, liver, pigs feet, cracklins, cheek meat, head meat.
Don't dwell on the price, any more while you still have ANY butter or ANY kind of fat to buy, or meat to buy or sugar (cane OR Beet) , be FUSSY and you SOON BE WITHOUT. MOST FOOD.
You may like fresh salmon but there soon may, come a time when you cant get it, even canned, but are forced to buy canned mackerel even at a high price, because its either that or low grade tuna at way inflated price.
Be grateful, these may be the "good times" you look back on, when most of the stuff you wanted, was at least available, in SOME brand, at an inflated price.
Frozen pizza she says the better brands are not there - but you can buy the cheap store brands that to her taste like cardboard.
Four potatoes in three weeks tells me you're not Irish.I never get bagged potatoes anymore. I get the individual baking potatoes, usually four at a time. That will last me 3 weeks or so.
The WalMart rollback here was to 1.18, with about 80 of the 100 turkeys gone in a day.For what it’s worth I got turkey on roll back in Walmart tonight for 98 cents a pound said regular price was $1.48. Figured with Avian flu and supply issues get it now before my dollar is worth less than today.
1lb. boxes of pasta over the past year have gone from$1 a box (store-brand) to $1.79/boxCrazy prices. Store brand butter in 2lb shrink wrap, $8.98.
Lol. I tell my wife that my Irish comes out a lot, 'cuz I eat a lot of them.Four potatoes in three weeks tells me you're not Irish.
I know it's considered "poor folks" food, but it's hard to beat beans and greens, with cornbread. Throw a bit of ham, bacon or smoked sausage in the beans and greens. Yum.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 also will eat almost anything given free choice. However, due to two separate health issues plus allergies there are many things I cannot eat. I dearly love almost all kinds of beans which is on both of the no-no lists, so I no longer eat them. Since I live alone, I do not have to consider anyone else which makes it easier to meal plan. However, if you are feeding a family, figuring out what they will and will not eat is important to your food storage plan. Also, getting them used to economical and/or storage foods bit by bit now will perhaps save them later. I would hate to be in the midst of a SHTF situation and be dealing with a bunch of picky eaters. Another point is food fatigue can cause people to not eat to the point of death.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.
You CAN control it with diet.But I AM diabetic.