Bryan Simmons wrote:
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> What is amazing is how little the cost of this concoction has increased in the
> twenty-seven years since this was posted. While things like house prices,
> college tuition have gone crazy, canned tuna and canned mushroom prices
> have hardly budged, and off brand boxed mac&cheese is still 50 cents or less.
>
> This is great news for those of you who eat nasty casseroles like tuna-noodle,
> as noodle prices have also risen only slightly, though that jarred "mayo" crap
> you slop in has risen far more.

i used to eat a cheaper version using ramen noodles,
tuna, mixed frozen veggies (added at the end to cool it
off quickly so it could be scarfed down fast) and hot
sauce. i never added the seasoning packet as i didn't
much like the strange flavorings in them.

have not usually been much on eating canned mushrooms
either other than those little bits in canned cream of
mushroom soup.

the fun thing about some ramen noodles was that they
could also be eaten as a crunchy snack plain if i wanted
something like that and didn't have any raw carrots or
some other better food on hand. i haven't eaten ramen
noodles cooked or plain in many years now as i finally
got sick of eating them.

i switched to eating sardines (which i like much
better than canned bits of tuna) or herring steaks and
mustard sauce or hot sauce and the dollar store was
stocking them five for a dollar and stuffed grape
leaves in the can for a quarter. i also started doing
more cooking of various cuisines and liked those too
so haven't looked back since. the better trend in
recent years is eating more fresh grown things from
the gardens here. not much fancy cooking going on
but i like the low impact aspects of it and the chance
to do meaningful exercise, working with nature and
just being outside more often when the weather is nice
enough.


songbird