On Thu 04 Sep 2008 05:21:54a, Giusi told us...

> "Vilco" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>> Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>>
>>> How about you?
>>
>> When I was touring around Italy and was a student, I used to eat spam
>> and salami for proteins and bread from the local bakeries for the
>> carbs. Vitamins, well, some fresh fruit now and then, there's also some
>> kind of fruit in-season, all year round.
>> Nowadays if I had to make ends meet I'd often eat at kebab stands and
>> fast foods, I don't know why but a McDnoald's cheeseburger costs about
>> half of the single raw burger patties you find in supermarkets. Large
>> scale economics, I guess, and maybe very few meat in theyr patties...
>> --
>> Vilco
>
> You have never been as skint as many here, Vilco. Having kids to feed
> for less than a dollar would wake you up!
>
> I always wonder what is in those "hamburger" patties because they are
> outrageously expensive. 9 euro a kilo is about $7.20 a pound for ground
> meat.

Have you bought "hamburger" in the US lately? If you buy leaner varieties;
e.g., 90% or 93% lean, it's often around $6.95 a pound. Egad, when I was
in my 20s, I can remember buying ground meat for 39¢ a pound.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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