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Default What do you cook when you have no $

Jean B. wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>> Squid is cheap here. I can buy a package of cleaned and frozen
>>>> squids, about 16 to a pack for $3.
>>>
>>> I meant to say back in dino days when I was doing this, one had to
>>> clean one's own squid.

>>
>> I could get about twice as many for the same price if I was willing to
>> clean them myself.
>>

> Yabbut... Are we going by the initial weight?



No. The squid I have been buying come in flat packs, all cleaned. The
others come in a box weighing about twice as much for the same price.
Since the packages of cleaned squid are ample servings for two and still
a cheap meal, I will gladly pay the premium price and not have to clean
them.