ChattyCathy wrote:

> If you live alone (as Chris does) one can buy purely what * you* like to
> eat - which can be quite a saving in itself... We have 4 people in our
> immediate family and, for example, 3 of us like celery and one of us
> doesn't, so I buy celery for certain dishes. I hate tofu, but one of the
> family members likes it, so I have also been known to buy that... If I
> lived alone, tofu would not be on my shopping list - ever... You getting
> the picture now??


If I were on my own I would eat a lot less beef, meat in general, eggs,
bacon, cream and cheese. Since those are among the more expensive things on
our shopping list it would cut the bill a lot.