"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
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> Sarah Gray > dropped this
> . 17.102: in
> rec.food.cooking
>>
>> All the meat you eat is $16.00 a pound? Maybe you should shop
>> somewhere cheaper...
>>
>> $7 a day per person is $210 a month. Pretty small budget, but
>> do-able, especially if you are someone who does not cook complicated
>> things. I can feed myself and my daughter (including buying paper
>> products and other non- food comestibles) on around $300 easily...
>>
>> The grocery price situation is not as dire as many make out.. you
>> just have to know how to cook, be creative about it and be flexible
>> about specific ingredients; buying things when they are on sale and
>> such.
>
> Whoosh... over the top of my head. I'm not sure what this whole thread
> was about. Money is not a problem in my household but I'll be damned
> if I'll spend $16.00 a pound for meat. Yes, for a special meal I'll
> spend it but not often. Well, and for my seafood attack Lately we
> have been buying larger packages and freezing. I know some folks have
> limited freezer space. I don't really know what we spend a month on
> grocery items but it's not at all what people might think. I can tell
> you to the penny what the cat,dog and horse food costs though. I do
> know if I had only $7 a day I could make due for the 2 of us. I'd be
> buying a lot of legumes and sale meats for soups and stews. I'd have
> to add funds for the GasX though. Gawd... $16.00 a pound... I'd be
> ****ed.
>
> Michael
>

They said that meat alone for a meal for two would cost them $10 in
their currency... I actually did the math wrong, that would make it
$17.56 per pound in US dollars, assuming a quarter pound per serving.
Even at a half pund per serving, that's more than I'd pay for meat,
unless I had an unlimited budget, or was splurging for some reason.