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Default 2020: Baked goods - calculating your cost

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 10:17:20 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> ...
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> On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 6:30:57 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > 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:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >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
> > > >
> > > >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.food.cooking/lenona$20soy$20sugar%7Csort:date/rec.food.cooking/x7HiM7zLKmU/phMBp5L9CQAJ
> > > >
> > > >Scroll down to 10/30/15 for weights per cup.
> > > >
> > > >Also, early on, there's a chart by Amy Dacyczyn that lists the
> > > >cheapest
> > > >home breakfasts to the most expensive.
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> > ====
> >
> > Can I ask ... do you take it apart to eat it?

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> A Big Mac? No.
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> Cindy Hamilton
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> ====
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> Blimey. How do you get your mouth around that???


They're really not that big. Less than 7 cm. Plus, they squish down
easily, since the bread is barely bread at all.

Cindy Hamilton

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I will take your word on that <g>