"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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>> > Ed Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> > > On 7/23/2017 5:10 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> >>> 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.
>> > >
>> > > A protiesm starch, and veggie? Maybe a bowl of soup.
>> >
>> > Not talking about eating out there Ed.
>> >
>> > > Aside from fast food or a slice of pizza I don't know of any place
>> > > around here where you can get a meal for $8. Some of the chains
>> > > like Applebees and Chilis have a 2 for $20 deal, but by the time
>> > > you add in a beverage and tip you are about $30+
>> > >
>> > > >
>> >>> If someone here can't make a healthy meal for 3$ per person, they
>> >>> probably need to learn cooking/shopping skills. Fancy meals with
>> >>> steak shouldn't run over 5$ each.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Agree you can do a lot with $3,
>> >
>> > Here's some real basics. Hard NOT to find here.
>> >
>> > 16oz frozen veggies, birdseye, hanover hills, local store brand:
>> > 5/5$ (or less), 50 cents a serving but we eat a lot of veggies
>> >
>> > 2lb loaf bread home made, 45cents total (18 servings or 2 cents
>> > each)
>> >
>> > 28oz tomato canned (stewed, crushed, sauce etc) 1-1.25 each (sales
>> > constant). Generally 7 servings at abut 20 cents each.
>> >
>> > Pasta (maybe 5cents) with 5.99lb shrimp (4oz each for 1.50 each).
>> > 2.25 each unless I missed something.
>>
>> 5 cents for pasta? I can't even make it for that. Not even with cheap
>> white flour. Prices must be far cheaper where you live.
>
> Need to look a little harder then Julie. Barilla is on sale here every
> 2 months at 5/5$ for a 1lb box (limit 10). Other store brands are .67
> for 2lbs and that's 33cents a lb. At 4oz each you get 8cents a lb but
> we eat less than 1/4LB pasta each at a meal. 5 cents is about right.

Nothing is that cheap here. Even if that price is right for Barilla, that
would make it $1.00 per box. I never buy Barilla because it may contain
eggs, which I can't have. Plus I don't like their policies. But assuming
that price is true, there would have to be 20 servings in a box to make it 5
cents per person. The past that I buy usually has 4-6 servings per bag or
box. Sometimes 8 servings. Cheap pasta is not something I'm interested in. I
like quality pasta. I do look for good prices. I can get good stuff at
Costco and Big Lots. I know I could get really cheap macaroni if I bought a
huge bag or even bulk, somewhere. And I suppose I might do that sometime if
I were feeding a crowd. But if I'm eating it, I want the good stuff. I grew
up on cheap, overcooked pasta. Ick.
>
> I'll add that rice noodle in bulk runs about 3cents and would be more
> common here as a 'pasta'. If it helps, the Barilla would be about
> 20cents.

If you want to buy a Costco sized package of Ramen or you get a good deal at
Big Lots, you might come out to 5 cents per serving. But Ramen isn't what we
eat.

For as much as I do like a good deal, my life isn't all about cheap. But I
noticed that you keep changing your prices. So no clue what those prices
relate to. I had assumed per serving.