Posted on 09/05/2016 1:11:28 PM PDT by Lorianne
A few days ago, our grocery store had tilapia in the weekly sales circular for $2.50/lb.
Checking my last grocery receipt, I picked up 6 family sized packages of fajita meat (skirt) for $2.23/lb. No bones or fat and already seasoned. Into the freezer they went to use later on their own, in a Mexican or Chinese dish. FYI, with a bit of tweaking (ginger) the pre-seasoning on the meat works in Chinese.
Also, boneless (no fat) beef ribs were $2.97/lb. That’s usually the cut I buy because it is cheap and versatile. Tonight, I’m throwing it into a cast iron skillet to cook like steak. It may not be kobe beef but it’s edible when you’re on a tight budget.
Nice thick butterfly cut pork loin chops (boneless) and other boneless pork pieces were $1.97.
Same receipt shows eggs are 10 cents each. Scramble up a couple of eggs, add a wee bit of cheese, hot sauce and divide between two 6 cent store brand flour tortillas all for about 50 cents. Can’t buy breakfast tacos for that.
When the SHTF, Flour will be worth its’ weight in Gold.
I would bet the younger generation does not know how to cook as their working mothers did not cook for them as they grew up.
I taught my sons how to cook over the summers. The older one is a better cook than I am now. He loves to cook.
Red checked pattern on the cover. You get one guess what I asked for when my grandmother died. Yep, her old 1950 edition. Falling apart but love it. The “filled cookies” recipe is the BEST for using up old preserves that have long been lost in the back of the pantry. Makes a GREAT tasty pop-tart type grab and go breakfast or snack. Use a round cookie cutter so a half eaten cookie isn’t mistaken for a AR-15.
Hubby and I are both retired. We eat every meal at home, we actually cook it, except Wednesday nights. We go out every Wednesday night to eat but I know all the cheap places. We have a Chinese place where we can both eat for $12. Mexican place is 2 for 1 on Wednesday night. I use Groupon a lot too.
I still make pizza from scratch. A bread machine and bread flour makes it easy.
It’s been 35 mins since my last post. Made a “steak” dinner with cheap beef and eating it now.
Beef = $1.40
Corn on the cob = 20 cents
Salad = maybe 20 cents
Homemade banana bread with cheapo over ripe bananas and homegrown pecans = dunno but not much
Waaay less expensive than restaurant steak dinner and dessert. And a lot less time.
I like to eat out once a week anyway. Married almost 53
years; I’ve done my share of cooking. Our anniversary is
this month & I think we will have a steak at Shoney’s, or
else a dinner special at Captain D’s. - Fang started out
refusing to eat out & claiming that he didn’t like to eat
out. - He’s had to revise his thinking to some degree. We
drive thru McDonald’s or Burger King every now and then;
so, at 70, I take what rest I can get.
We very rarely eat out. The worst problem I have is that the food doesn’t even come close to tasting as good as what I make at home. It would be nice to be able to go out to eat every now and again and enjoy really great tasting food.
agreed
Yep , even if the restaurant has good reviews, who is to know that the cook is a temp that day,k or the waiter etc is a clown in a bad mood.
I prefer eating home, and the wife prefers to cook. Good combination.
I love to cook, but I am on the road at least five hours a day and I work a regular 7.5 hour day in a law firm, and have a few fitness clients occasionally, too. I never buy groceries anymore. I eat healthy, but I eat out. Tough on the budget.
This is what the majority of liberals and welfare recipients do no doubt.
This is what the majority of liberals and welfare recipients do no doubt.
Makes sense that a working couple would have less time to cook.
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