On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 12:20:22 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-04-10 10:31 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>
> >> Is polenta expensive? I know it is if you have it in an expensive
> >> restaurant. Lving in the middle of the continent, salmon used to be
> >> very expensive. It is one thing that has gone down in price. It is less
> >> per pound now than it was 20 years ago.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > fancier restaurants give you a teaspoon of polenta as if it is pure gold.
>
> I had herbed polenta in a local winery restaurant. I don't remember how
> much I paid for that dish, but I do remember the price of vegetable soup
> the last time I was there, and that was more than 15 years ago.....
> $13.95. I don't know what the hell you can put into vegetable soup that
> would make it worth $14.

Restaurant prices have relatively little to do with
the cost of the ingredients:

<http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/03/m...rian-meat.html >

Cindy Hamilton