"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:30:42 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>Then quit bitching if you can't spring to a bread machine and 5 minutes
>>of your time once a week.
>
> WHO the hell was 'bitching'?? I just replied.
>
> YOU are being unrealistic, and making it all sound MUCH simpler
> than it really is for most people.
>
>>Cut the portion to reasonable levels then. You don't need 1lb a night
>>for just yourself.
>
> Again, WHO SAID I eat a pound of anything, THAT was you, NOT me.
>
> I might cook up a 3-4 pound package of chicken thighs, and eat
> 2 a day for the next week to 10 days.
>
> A pound of ground beef will get added to 3 or 4 servings of rice
> or pasta.
>
> I MIGHT eat a pound of boiled potatoes and cabbage at one serving.
>
>>There's another thing wrong. Organic doesnt last longer
>
> A half gallon of 'regular' milk will have a 'sell by' date
> that will be, at BEST, a week away, and it WILL go bad before
> that date.
>
> The 'organic' that I buy, at a slightly higher price, will
> have a best by date that's more than a month away, and it WILL
> still taste drinkable at that point.
>
> When I drank a half gallon a day, I didn't look at the use by
> date, I DO now.
>
>> Cut to a smaller size and dump the fancy 'organic'
>
> A smaller size (quart) WILL get used up too soon and require
> an otherwise unnecessary trip to the store. AND the smaller
> the container, the HIGHER the per-unit price. All SERIOUS
> factors for some of us.
>
>>since it's apt to not really be organic anyways.
>
> Again, I'm in California, so it ABSOLUTELY IS organic
>
>>Quit wasting food by getting larger than you can use and know it's
>>larger than you can use.
>
> WHO FREAKING SAID I was wasting anything, or buying too much??
> THAT seems to be YOUR problem, or 'projection'.
>
>
>
>>> > What the heck on your potato prices? Its 2.97 for 8lbs here. Maybe
>>> > look around a bit better?
>>>
>>> THAT was the price today, up almost double what it was a few months
>>> ago.
>>
>>
>>I suggest not looking at the pretty ones on the eye level and look for
>>the bags that have potatoes just as nice inside. Shopping 101. The mot
>>espensive version of any product will be at eye level or in open bins.
>
> Simple red potatoes, ONLY size bags they had, 5 pounds, $5, while they
> were $2 some months ago. *I* am NOT stupid, OR a child, and I have
> been on my own cooking AND eating for most of my 67 years, I SURE as hell
> don't need advice on shopping from you or anyone else who ISN'T buying my
> groceries.

Very well said! It is tiring when people try to dictate how others must eat
and live

They need to look to their own business.


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