Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>> That you spend more, doesnt mean you are spending wisely.
> > >
> > > Nor does it mean that I don't. I am no cheapskate! I do get the
> > > Rosarita refried beans for 80 cents a can. That price probably
> > > beats dried beans since I am not having to add seasonings or cook
> > > them. But I also buy expensive olives sometimes, just because I
> > > want them. And I am grateful that I can. There was a time when
> > > I couldn't buy any kind of olives!
> >
> > Julie, some of us shop less often to it's easy to average it out. I
> > tend to a big trip every 6 weeks. I run about 500$ and split that
> > down, it's 27$ a week per person. That happens to include toilet
> > paper, laundry detergent, and sundry things like shampoos.
>
> Every 6 weeks? I would have nowhere to store that much food!

I thought you lived in a house? If so, yes you have room. We got
shelving for te garage and when we converted that to a family room,
made room for the shelving.

The key point is if you only get what you need that week, you will pay
double in the long run.

> > The actual food would be about 400$. I make small ancillary trips
> > for fresh veggies, buttermilk and such at the 2 week and 4 week
> > point. Those cost 20-30$ or so. That works out as 25$ a week here
> > per person but don't worry, the other 5$ per person per week finds
> > a home with some sort of takeout.
>
> And I'm sure that the cost of living is much less where you are than
> it is here.

That is irrelevant. Cost of real food is mo more than 10% off of yours
and we are talking food costs.

> > > Tonight's dinner is pizza and salad. Yes, I did buy a bag of
> > > mixed greens just because that is likely the only salad we'll eat
> > > this week. It was just enough for three. I added toppings based
> > > on what people like. Black olives, plum tomatoes, celery, red
> > > pepper, red onion. Would have been cucumber but the last little
> > > piece had gone mushy.
> > >
> > > Whole wheat pizza crust made from scratch. I did purchase the
> > > sauce. Yes, I know I could have made it but stuff came up, and
> > > husband wanted to eat right away so I just bought sauce when I
> > > went to the store. Expensive sauce. Not the most expensive I
> > > have bought but it was $4.99 for the two pizzas. Theirs has a
> > > combination of Western Family (cheap) mozzarella and a small
> > > amount of leftover medium priced, mixed Italian cheeses and some
> > > very expensive, uncured pepperoni. Mine has Daiya (dairy free)
> > > cheese, red onion, fresh tomato slices and pine nuts.
> >
> > I use the weekends and make pizza sauce that is better than the jar.
> > If you used the whole 4.99 jar on just 2 pizzas, theyd be swimming
> > in sauce so much you'd have to eat it with a spoon..
>
> Not true at all. The jar was small. I like a lot of sauce. They
> don't. Occurred to me later that I should have bought another jar
> because I like to dip my pizza in it as well.


Seriously? Ok, to make 16oz sauce, add 35 cents.


> >
> > At the most sloppy pizza, you'd get 4 to 6 pizzas from that jar.
> > Me, I take 1.50 (BOGO) worth of 28 oz cans, spice and reduce them
> > for a really better sauce than I can buy. I start with 48 oz there
> > and reduce to about 32 and make some spagetti with 12 oz of it then
> > reduce the rest to a serious thick pizza sauce that peaks when
> > stirred and use that for pizza. For about 1.70 (includes price of
> > spices) I get 4 pizzas and a big pot of spagetti.
>
> Nope. This jar wasn't anywhere near that big. It was the San
> Marzano kind. As I said... I didn't have time to reduce a sauce.
> And we don't often eat spaghetti. That is not planned at all in the
> coming week so didn't need any more sauce. None of us are big on
> pasta.

Ok above you needed more sauce and here you don't and you do not add a
jar size. How about come back when you want to talk about cooking or
saving money because I am over this thread.



> >
> > Lets add 45cents for the 2 pizzas dough, 30 cents worth of pasta for
> > the spagetti. 2.45. Bell peppers, 2 for 1.26. An onion, .15
> > bought in bags, sliced pepperoni at 3.69 a bag covers 6 pizzas
> > (really more but we'll pretend) so add 1.23. You are at 5.09
> > cents. Each pizza feeds 3 and the spagetti has 6 servings. 12
> > servings total. 42 cents a serving. Plenty of room to add some
> > meatballs or whatever else like cheese to the pizza. 2 cups grated
> > cheese here commonly on sale 3 for 5$ for example which is 1.66 a
> > bag and you need 1 cup per pizza for an extra 83 cents a pizza but
> > that gets split 3 ways for a 27cent cost per serving per person.
>
> My pepperoni was uncured and cost far more than that. I think it was
> $8.99. The slices were huge! I had to seriously overlap them to get
> it all to fit on the one pizza. I won't eat the stuff. Okay. I
> assume that your family likes spaghetti. That isn't the case here.
> Once in a while I will eat it myself but the others won't usually
> willingly eat it. I think I made too much pasta over the years and
> we all got burned out on it. Husband will eat meatballs. Daughter
> won't and I can't. Cheese is rarely ever that cheap here. More like
> $3 a bag when on sale and that's for the store brand.
> >
> > Pizza is now at 69 cents a serving.
> >
> > If you noticed, I cheated, See I added money for 4 pizzas and would
> > have had leftover pizza fixings there. Specifically, sauce.
>
> Lovely. But I couldn't do that. No place to put the other pizzas
> and they would surely go bad before they were eaten.
> >
> >
> > > I looked at potato prices. The only one I remember was for the
> > > bulk russets at 98 cents per pound. I did not buy any. I did buy
> > > black grapes and cherries. Cherries were $9.98 per pound. I
> > > only bought them because husband ripped through the last bag that
> > > I got in no time flat. I prefer to buy food that they will eat
> > > and not have to throw things out.
> >
> > Nothing wrong with that Julie but bulk potatoes are always a good
> > thing to have about. I have a potato bin that will hold 8 lbs with
> > room to spare and it has a compartment to hold onions (3lb bag is
> > just right).
>
> I have a bin too but I can not eat potatoes and the others aren't big
> into them so I rarely make them. Learned to buy as needed or they
> will sprout.
> >
> >
> > > I do like to save money on many things. However there are other
> > > things where I prefer to buy really good stuff. One of those
> > > things is meat. I don't see too much difference with canned
> > > beans but when it comes to the refried, there were a few I did
> > > not like at all because they were runny. I don't see much
> > > difference with most canned vegetables. Tomatoes can be an
> > > exception. I do think when it comes to some tomato products, some
> > > are superior but that's not always what I buy.
> >
> > Red-gold brand tomatoes are really good and lower in sodium.
> > Furmanos works for me very well.
>
> I have not seen either brand here. I often buy the store brand.
> >
> > Meantime, we cooked up 8 pork loin (boneless) 1 inch thick steaks, 3
> > lbs wahoo (Don catches this of the coast of mexico and we have it
> > professionally cleaned and frozen then shipped back), and i am
> > about to start a chicken soup from a 3lb chicken in the crockpot.
> > I won't detail the cost this time but it works out to about 47cents
> > a 1 cup hearty serving.
>
> Okay. Pork loin will not get eaten here. Only pork I eat is really
> crispy bacon. The others aren't much into pork. They will eat a
> chop or ham once or twice a year but not loin.
> >
> > If wondering on the fish, when you add the cost for the fishing
> > trip, cost of tickets and hotel, and professional cleaning, packing
> > and shipping, the fish is 2.41lb. Professionally packed and
> > shipped, it will last for 2 years.
>
> I'm sure that my husband could get fish for cheap. He works right on
> the water. We just don't eat the stuff. And he shouldn't eat much
> due to the gout.
> >
> > The point isnt that you are 'wrong' so much as not looking at it
> > right for savings I think.
> > Carol
>
> I could never do what you do. I have no pantry and not a lot of room
> for storing food. I have to store the bulk of my canned goods in the
> garage. I can not put anything out there that animals might get
> into. I have to put things like pretzels, chips and cereal in the
> dining room. None of my cupboards are big enough to accommodate it
> except for very small boxes of cereal.

Enjoy your excuses and do not ask for help again on how to cut the
bills since you do not even remotely try to listen.

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