"Terry Coombs" > wrote in message
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> On 7/23/2017 4:10 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Terry Coombs wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On 7/22/2017 6:45 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Here's an article which states they aren't all that. And no, they
>>>> won't make you and your children have a better time together.
>>>>
>>>> http://time.com/4863064/amazon-meal-...apron-cooking/
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile, sorry but I'd rather not. I'm pretty good putting meals
>>>> together without someone sending ingredients in a box.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> Me too ! And that stuff can't possibly compete with home grown fruits
>>> and veggies . It may be as fresh as off the shelf grocery store fare
>>> , but from the article it's $8 -$12 per serving . Our dinner tonight
>>> might have cost us 3 bucks total , and we have leftovers . For sure
>>> the locally-grown taters , okra , and tomatoes we had were fresher ...
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Snag
>> Exactly Terry, they try to tout it as cheaper than home cooking but
>> they jack the price way up and it's pretty pitiful at 8$ or more a
>> serving for a single meal. I can eat out for less than that at many
>> places.
>>
>> If someone here can't make a healthy meal for 3$ per person, they
>> probably need to learn cooking/shopping skills. Fancy meals with steak
>> shouldn't run over 5$ each.
>>
> I've got some ribeye steaks out in the freezer that cost me 4 bucks a
> pound ... We catch a local store's semi-annual gigantic meat sales . And
> they don't adulterate their meat with "solutions" (except prepackaged
> chicken , oh well). I usually buy pork loin strips , some kind of beef
> steak/roasts , chicken breasts etc , all in quantity . It gets repackaged
> in portions for two and frozen .

I can get cheap meat at Winco in family packs but I rarely do because my
husband doesn't like it. I haven't tried it so don't know what the problem
is, other than the obvious which is that each piece is cut differently. In
order to get them to cook the same, I have to recut them.