"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "The Other Guy" > wrote in message
>> ... >On Sun, 24 May
>> 2015 15:08:41 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>> >
>> > > We do indeed spend wisely and fit the 30$ range per person. I
>> > > hit 100$ a month per person usually and yes, we have steak,
>> > > shrimp, and other goodies.
>> >
>> > The cheapest steak here is $6 a pound, and an edible steak is
>> > substantially more. I don't eat shrimp so can't say on that,
>> > but a loaf of decent (NOT fancy) bread is $5 when not on sale.
>> > Milk is $6 a half gallon. Potatoes were on sale today at 5
>> > pounds for $5. Green seedless grapes were $3 a pound, and
>> > tomatoes were $2.50 a pound on sale, usually $3 recently.
>>
>> I have to go buy more bread. Woke up really wanting toast but the
>> bread had green spots on it. Sticker on it was for today. The
>> loaves I buy are small. One usually lasts a week if I time it right
>> when I buy it. Sometimes I buy one and it is only good for three
>> days. No preservatives in this bread. Costs $5.49 to $5.99
>> depending on where I buy it. I did buy some other kind at Walmart
>> yesterday for 98 cents. I can't eat it though.
>
> I've seen that 98cent bread. Pretty disgusting stuff.
>
> Fresh made doesn't last real long either outside the fridge but we make
> it in amounts we can use up andif we lose a roll or so, it's 5 cents
> worth of bread.

I'm not the one eating the cheap bread. The person who will be eating it
can't tell the difference between it and expensive stuff so no matter to me.