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Default 2020: Baked goods - calculating your cost

On Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 4:58:53 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:50:02 -0800 (PST), wrote:
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> >But, of course, your concerns are valid, so go ahead and make your own chart.
> >
> >If you need help with checking the weight/volume ratios, see he
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> >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.food.cooking/lenona$20soy$20sugar%7Csort:date/rec.food.cooking/x7HiM7zLKmU/phMBp5L9CQAJ
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> >Scroll down to 10/30/15 for weights per cup.
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> >Also, early on, there's a chart by Amy Dacyczyn that lists the cheapest home breakfasts to the most expensive.

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> I think I could make the price list for Australia fairly accurately by
> taking your $ amounts and multiplying them by 2.5. Australia's an
> expensive island.


So much depends on the prevailing wage. Everything in America is probably
more expensive to someone making $10.00 per hour. Or less.

I find "how many hours to earn enough money to buy X" a much more accurate
gauge, but it's a lot more difficult to calculate.

And then there's this:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index>

Cindy Hamilton