Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> 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.
>

That's why I've taken to grinding my own. I can control the amount of
fat. I know where the meat came from. It has a better consistency than
the mushy stuff the store grinds and, best of all: it tastes lots better!

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Janet Wilder
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