FarmI wrote:
>
> "Dee.Dee" > wrote in message
> ...
> > http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/1...food/#more-146
> >
> > No wonder I'm broke and always hungry just tryin' to stay alive!
>
> You would be hungry if you eat the junk food mentioned in the article as
> it's empty calories - people who eat a lot of junk food are effectively
> starving themselves. But as for broke??? Are US food prices really so high
> for nutritious food?
>
> The report says that the average American spends $7/day on food and that
> surely can't be right as it's a miniscule amount of money. I did a currency
> converson and that is about $7.97 in my currency and, if the two of us were
> eating meat for an evening meal, I'd spend at least $10 in my currency just
> on the meat component of the meal.
>
> It was such a thought provoking post that I have now spent some time
> wandering cyberspace. Thank you.

Food in the US *is* cheap for the most part, the complaints are really
about the relative costs of healthy vs. junk food.

As for your meat comparison, the $10 you mention would be about right
for large steaks for two at a typical $4-5/lb. Add some broccoli and a
baked potato and you'd be at the $7/day per person cited. The same meal
with a nice chicken breast per person would probably run $5 pp. with
chicken at $2/lb or so. Those are every day prices, if you pay attention
to what's on sale you can go even cheaper. If you want some high end
Angus rib-eye it would be a bit more of course, and lower if you went
for more healthy portions than 1 lb pp.