Food Price Rise Affects Restaurant Menus

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-13-2008 | Ian Johnson

[Cobra64]

This is part of the reason why me and my other half don’t go out to eat that much anymore

Me don't go out to eat that much anymore

[Cobra64]

Instead of burning oil for transportation, we’re burning food (corn, grain, sugar beets).

[Malsua]

Wife and I don’t go out much at all. Once every 3 months perhaps, tops. Not because I can’t afford it, just because I don’t like to eat out so much and that I am a great cook. I should be on Hell’s kitchen. At any rate, I noticed at two local places signs that say “due to cost increases, our prices have risen”

Inflation at 3.3% is total Bullshiznit.

[goldstategop]

There's a limited supply of food crops. If you use them to make biofuels, you have less on hand to feed hungry people. The world doesn't have a food surplus, which explains the price pressures.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[goldstategop]

Exactamundo. The global warming scam has lethal consequences for the world's poor, which are out of sight and out of mind for affluent latte environmentalists in the developed West.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[CindyDawg]

It looks like a lot of us are cutting back on eating out to compensate. I’m also growing a garden. Talk about hard work:’)

[tbw2]

Barbequeing vegetables and chickens/goats/chincillas/squirrels from your own back yard will come back into fashion.

[tbw2]

How much work (hours per week) has that been for you?

[Cobra64]

I was trying to point out the previous poster's poor grammar. He should have used personal pronoun "I" not "Me."

He sounded like "Me Tarzan ... You Jane."

[CindyDawg]

I was craving shrimp. My husband and I went out. I really didn’t enjoy it. Too greasy. Tomorrow I’m going to get a box of frozen and keep at the house.

[CindyDawg]

Hours? How about minutes before I'm so sore I can hardly walk the next day. My lower leg hurts too. I was hoeing and ..ouch.

Seriously...maybe an hour a day, depending on how much day light I have left. Last weekend I was outside a lot.

[txhurl]

Do you have favorite recipes for us?

[tbw2]

job plus two little kids; I was wondering how much work gardening was before I told my husband “Hey, let’s plant a garden and save on grocery costs!”

[CindyDawg]

Some days I ain’t got no good grammer skills, either. Some days I don’t care:’)

[Cobra64]

Me too!

[CindyDawg]

I’m planting vegetables and vine fruits. I find it very relaxing. My grandkids love it too. Start small and add as you like. I don’t know how to can (yet) so I plan to do a lot of freezing.

[CindyDawg]

Be careful with that hoe though. It will get you. It is also not a good idea, when people ask what you are doing , to respond “hoeing”

[AnotherUnixGeek]

B.) Global Warming Policies “ come HOME TO ROOST”!

More like ethanol policies. This year the US will turn enough food to feed 465 million people for one year into ethanol. The liberals have given farmers around the world an incentive to stop growing rice and soy, and start growing corn for biofuels. Enviro-madness.

[CindyDawg]

Can we not do both? We could grow food fuel on land that has not been used for food before.

[Malsua]

Way late tonight and I’m outta here in a minute...but I have some great, easy recipes...what are you into?

One of my favs that I did tonight was Ribs. Anyone can do it.

I call it “Mal’s ribs” :)