"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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>> > 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:
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>> >>> > On 7/23/2017 5:10 PM, cshenk wrote:
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>> >>> > >
>> >>>>> 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.
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> Julie, .67 for 2lbs pasta is .33 per lb now split that 6 portions.
> 5cents a portion.

Barilla says that two oz. is a serving. Two oz. cooks up to about a cup. A
cup is a serving for a person who doesn't have diabetes. 1/2 is the diabetic
serving. That being said, I have NEVER seen a any kind of pasta for 33 cents
per pound. Let me check the Costco and Sam's prices.

Costco wants $17.79 for a 2 count pkg. of 10 pounds of pasta. So $17.79 for
20 pounds. That's 88 cents per pound.

Sam's wants $5.68 for 6 pounds. That's 94 cents per pound.

Cheapest thing at Safeway is $1.00 per pound. Rice noodles are more
expensive than any of those. So let me try Uwajimaya...

At Umajimaya, Rice Vermicelli is $1.49 for 300 grams. Rice sticks are $1.79
per pound. Those are the cheapest prices.

Pray tell where do you find ANY pasta for 33 cents a pound. Cuz it sure
isn't here.
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> Next up rice noodle is not ramen. Not even related. Among other things
> it's made of rice. 1.57 gets you a 16pack at 10 cents each and each
> feeds 3 normal people for a starch.

I know that rice noodles are not Ramen. But Ramen is the cheapest noodle
that I've ever seen.