You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Chemo the Clown wrote:
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Beans?

nancy

On Oct 22, 4:43*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> Chemo the Clown wrote:
> > You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
> Beans?
>
> nancy

I think I could make a nice veggie stew.

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
...
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Black beans & rice with green roasted Anaheim chilies. (or if in season
squash flowers)

Or

1.5 lbs of 99 cent per pound pork shoulder placed on skewers and grilled
served on a bed of rice - salad of cucumbers & sliced tomato.

Or

Spaghetti with basil and fresh roma tomato sauté

Or

Sweet & sour Cabbage with grilled pork (above)

Or

Eggs and potatoes - home made bread for toast.

Or

3 boxes of Blue Box Kraft mixed with 1 lb. sausage.

Or

Hawaiian style bacon fried rice.


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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:

>You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?

I'm making In-N-Out clones tonight. I'm using more meat than they
call for and store bought onion rolls. I made my own dressing and
have deli cheese. If I made them by the recipe they'd come in a right
around a buck. My modifications will make them about $1.60 each.

I can make a 10" deep dish pizza for under 3 bucks if I shop wisely.

3/4 pound of deli ham or bologna and a cheap loaf of bread or a
package of dogs and buns. There's lot of meals you can make for a
buck.

Lou

"Chemo the Clown" wrote

> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Too easy. Give me a challange.

Dashi-Miso soup with bok choy or Tom Yum 10 cents per cup serving
Rice 5
cents per cup serving
1/2 lb each pork shoulder 50 cents per
serving
Baked Bannana with cinnimon and honey 15 cents per serving
---------------------
80
cents per person

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:38 -0500, Lou Decruss
> wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:
>
>>You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
>These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
>cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?

This is one of my arguments about those hunger challenges with feeding
people on $21-28 per person/week. I see a lot of these on various
blogs. My argument is that this rarely happens that you only have the
money to buy all ingredients you need. More often, it happens that
someone loses their job, or for some reason has no income coming in.
They may still have basic staples in the pantry..and thus can extend
that meager amount of money.
Not only that, most times the money comes in a monthly amount, and one
can plan better with that...vs just the amount for the day.

Christine

Chemo the Clown wrote:
>
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Grits, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and perhaps 'peas' for the green
veggie (NOT!!!) VBG. A simple salad is easy and inexpensive to make.

Another option would be a grilled cheese sandwiches with a bit of (deli)
ham perhaps. It's the "greens" part I'd have a hard time coming up
with, short of a simple lettuce salad.


Sky

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Chemo the Clown wrote:
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?


Three hungry people?
Burgers?
Macaroni and cheese?
Small pot of chili?
Chicken thighs and rice?

It depends a lot on where you live and shop.

gloria p

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Chemo the Clown wrote:
> > You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
> Beans?
>
> nancy

Insufficient information. $3 to feed three people one meal, is a very
different proposal than $3/day for a week of meals for three people,
i.e. $21 to make a weeks worth of food.

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
...
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food in
my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I can
throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people fairly
easily.

I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby never
knows we're eating cheap.

I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and years
when my kids were at home and I was single.

Ms P

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>,
Chemo the Clown > wrote:

> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Beans, rice and corn tortillas.
3 people could live off of that for a couple of days.

Might even be able to add a carton of eggs to that for extra protein.
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In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
> Black beans & rice with green roasted Anaheim chilies. (or if in season
> squash flowers)
>
> Or
>
> 1.5 lbs of 99 cent per pound pork shoulder placed on skewers and grilled
> served on a bed of rice - salad of cucumbers & sliced tomato.
>
> Or
>
> Spaghetti with basil and fresh roma tomato sauté
>
> Or
>
> Sweet & sour Cabbage with grilled pork (above)
>
> Or
>
> Eggs and potatoes - home made bread for toast.
>
> Or
>
> 3 boxes of Blue Box Kraft mixed with 1 lb. sausage.
>
> Or
>
> Hawaiian style bacon fried rice.

Well done Dimitri!
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"Ms P" > wrote:

> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
> That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food in
> my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I can
> throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people fairly
> easily.
>
> I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby never
> knows we're eating cheap.
>
> I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and years
> when my kids were at home and I was single.
>
> Ms P

Dad and I, and even the pets, could live out of what is in our freezer
and the can pantry for a month, easily.
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Chemo the Clown wrote:
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Easy. Beans, rice, and the cheapest veggies at the store.

Serene

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:50:00 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:38 -0500, Lou Decruss
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:
>>
>>>You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>
>>These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
>>cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?
>
>This is one of my arguments about those hunger challenges with feeding
>people on $21-28 per person/week.

Yes, the challenge is useless unless the "rules" are much further
defined.

> I see a lot of these on various
>blogs. My argument is that this rarely happens that you only have the
>money to buy all ingredients you need. More often, it happens that
>someone loses their job, or for some reason has no income coming in.
>They may still have basic staples in the pantry..and thus can extend
>that meager amount of money.
>Not only that, most times the money comes in a monthly amount, and one
>can plan better with that...vs just the amount for the day.

This group is not typical of those who might be put in that situation.
I've seen many tv shows of people shopping on food stamps or a limited
budget and the crap they bought was preposterous. I chalk it up to
laziness. Both to cook and to learn how. Even to lazy to sit down
and check sales flyers and put a plan together. I'm not sure if I
find that part sad or disturbing.

Lou

On Oct 22, 4:35*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

You can get 1 lb chicken or beef on sale. Bake or grill. Get some
rice.

On Oct 22, 6:35*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

What year is it? lol

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Ms P" > wrote:
>
>> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>> That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food in
>> my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I can
>> throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people fairly
>> easily.
>>
>> I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby never
>> knows we're eating cheap.
>>
>> I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and years
>> when my kids were at home and I was single.
>>
>> Ms P
>
> Dad and I, and even the pets, could live out of what is in our freezer
> and the can pantry for a month, easily.

At least three months or more worth in our pantry and freezer, the
greater majority of it home preserved.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> Omelet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Ms P" > wrote:
>>
>>> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>> That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food
>>> in
>>> my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I
>>> can
>>> throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people
>>> fairly
>>> easily.
>>>
>>> I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby
>>> never
>>> knows we're eating cheap.
>>>
>>> I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and
>>> years
>>> when my kids were at home and I was single.
>>>
>>> Ms P
>>
>> Dad and I, and even the pets, could live out of what is in our freezer
>> and the can pantry for a month, easily.
>
> At least three months or more worth in our pantry and freezer, the greater
> majority of it home preserved.

When bad times arrive, we are heading to you, George

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote"
>
>You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Got like a 1/4 lb hunk of left over roast boneless pork loin in the
fridge... at $1.99/lb it's like .50¢ worth: dice for fly lice.

Pee wee eggs were on sale yesterday at .49¢/doz, got 2 dozen.

I can prepare way more than enough fly lice and egg foo yung to feed
three hungry adults and have some change left over for a pot of tea.

"Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>> 1.5 lbs of 99 cent per pound pork shoulder placed on skewers and grilled
>> served on a bed of rice - salad of cucumbers & sliced tomato.
>
> Oh! This reminds me of the souvlaki we make. Pork shoulder cubes,
> onion, garlic, oregano, salt, olive oil for the marinade. Sprinkled
> peppers, tomatoes, onions and summer squash with salt and pepper,
> drizzled with olive oil and grilled them on separate skewers. We served
> it on a bed of cous cous. Couldn't have cost us more than $5.00 for
> our whole family of eight, and we had leftovers.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits

good stuff people forget how well pork cubes grill.

:-)


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"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> > wrote:
>
>>You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
> These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
> cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?
>
> I'm making In-N-Out clones tonight. I'm using more meat than they
> call for and store bought onion rolls. I made my own dressing and
> have deli cheese. If I made them by the recipe they'd come in a right
> around a buck. My modifications will make them about $1.60 each.


Gotta toast the buns on a grill IMHO it's a big part of the flavor.


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>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

1 lb spaghetti.... .88 cents
Jar of store-brand spaghetti sauce $1
Bag of salad $1

Total $2.88

Find some salad dressing in the fridge.

Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>
>> These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
>> cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?
>>
>> I'm making In-N-Out clones tonight. I'm using more meat than they
>> call for and store bought onion rolls. I made my own dressing and
>> have deli cheese. If I made them by the recipe they'd come in a right
>> around a buck. My modifications will make them about $1.60 each.
>
>
> Gotta toast the buns on a grill IMHO it's a big part of the flavor.
>
>

Good add to the thread... I like my buns buttered and toasted in a
skillet more so than grilled, but if actually charcoal/wood grilling
outside, grilling the buns is a good flavor and texture boost.

<RJ> wrote:
>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>
> 1 lb spaghetti.... .88 cents
> Jar of store-brand spaghetti sauce $1
> Bag of salad $1
>
> Total $2.88
>
> Find some salad dressing in the fridge.
>
>

I like this meal suggestion, but I haven't seen the bags of salad for
less than $2.50 in a long time. Could be cheaper elsewhere, I suppose.

Bob

"Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>>
>>> These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
>>> cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?
>>>
>>> I'm making In-N-Out clones tonight. I'm using more meat than they
>>> call for and store bought onion rolls. I made my own dressing and
>>> have deli cheese. If I made them by the recipe they'd come in a right
>>> around a buck. My modifications will make them about $1.60 each.
>>
>>
>> Gotta toast the buns on a grill IMHO it's a big part of the flavor.
>>
>>
>
> Good add to the thread... I like my buns buttered and toasted in a skillet
> more so than grilled, but if actually charcoal/wood grilling outside,
> grilling the buns is a good flavor and texture boost.

IMHO one of the first "Flavor burst" of an In-N-Out burger is the toasted
bun ( toasted on the griddle). It adds a lot to the flavor of their
magnificent product.

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Soy & Vegetables

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Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Dimitri wrote:
>>>
>>> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>>>
>>>> These questions are always so silly. Are you saying the fridge and
>>>> cabinets are COMPLETELY empty?
>>>>
>>>> I'm making In-N-Out clones tonight. I'm using more meat than they
>>>> call for and store bought onion rolls. I made my own dressing and
>>>> have deli cheese. If I made them by the recipe they'd come in a right
>>>> around a buck. My modifications will make them about $1.60 each.
>>>
>>>
>>> Gotta toast the buns on a grill IMHO it's a big part of the flavor.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Good add to the thread... I like my buns buttered and toasted in a
>> skillet more so than grilled, but if actually charcoal/wood grilling
>> outside, grilling the buns is a good flavor and texture boost.
>
> IMHO one of the first "Flavor burst" of an In-N-Out burger is the
> toasted bun ( toasted on the griddle). It adds a lot to the flavor of
> their magnificent product.
>

I hear they are good, But I have not had the opportunity to try one.

OTOH, the butter toasted in the skillet was an upgrade from when I was
young, and started throwing the buns in the skillet and steaming them in
a little bit of the hamburger grease. Then I started thinking if grilled
cheeses are good skillet toasted with a bit of butter, it just has to
upgrade a burger to do the same with the buns :-) Self taught cook from
the age of eight.

Bob

Kajikit wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:46:47 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> > wrote:
>
>> On Oct 22, 4:43 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>> Chemo the Clown wrote:
>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>> Beans?
>>>
>>> nancy
>> I think I could make a nice veggie stew.
>
> Chicken and rice made with chicken thighs (88c/lb).

Darn it! You stole my post!

I was going to suggest exactly that with a side of canned corn or green
beans. Even canned green beans are not too bad if thrown in a skillet at
med-high heat with a bit of oil (preferably saved bacon grease), and a
couple squirts of soy sauce until the beans look close to dry and have a
bit of "roasted" color.

Also, the alternative to the thighs (which I love), is oven roasted
chicken quarters as they are often that cheap also.

Bob

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:17:56 -0400, Bob Muncie >
wrote:

><RJ> wrote:
>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>
>> 1 lb spaghetti.... .88 cents
>> Jar of store-brand spaghetti sauce $1
>> Bag of salad $1
>>
>> Total $2.88
>>
>> Find some salad dressing in the fridge.
>
>I like this meal suggestion, but I haven't seen the bags of salad for
>less than $2.50 in a long time. Could be cheaper elsewhere, I suppose.
>
I haven't seen even the cheapest jarred sauce on sale for less than
like $1.59... last I looked pasta was closer to $1.29/lb. And
regardless the price of that bagged lettuce it's just lettuce and
won't feed three adults, not unless the salad is just a garnish. I
don't think one can prepare a fresh garden salad for three for under
$10... I don't consider a bowl of lettuce with a parsley sprig a
salad.

"Ranee at Arabian Knits" wrote

> I know you and I have gone round and round on this, too. We feed,
> diaper and clean our family of eight plus pets for about $20.50; $2.56 a
> day per person. If you take out the paper, pet and cleaning supplies,
> we spend even less than that. Around $1.60 per person per day.

I'm with you. Had this debate a few times with Sheldon who can't make a
salad it seems for less than 10$? So he has said.

I could easily do 1.60$ a day per person but we chose some stuff (can afford
it, I'm a triple digit earner) that rises it. It just so happens what we
*like* to cook and eat tends to be scratch cooking and pretty cheap. Also
hard learned lessons when I qualified for food stamps but was too proud to
ask for them, stick with me a bit. I generally run about 4$ a day each here
(400$ a month for 3).

I get few boxed/prepared things. Oh I get some, like there's normally a
fast fix frozen pizza about, but we don't eat that sort of thing normally.

Tonight's dinner was a little weird (for us) but shows a general trend.

Carrot soup, made with carrots and home made chicken broth, plus butter (a
little cream added at serving time), blender made it smooth
Cabbage braised in a cast iron skillet (had a little bacon fat left over in
it) with Jufran Bannana sauce added.
Calrose rice, made sticky as we like that best
Cold sliced tender pork cooked roast, with a horseradish cream dressing,
about 5 oz each sliced thin and layered pretty
Slices of french bread from the breadmaker machine
Grapes for dessert

The odd bit is i tend to cook more 'asian' generally but nothing wrong with
the meal. Sans the grapes and meat, I probably hit 1.60$ total for the rest
for us 3. The meat was .89/lb and the grapes were the same. Since we
didnt eat a lb of grapes, we hit around 3$ for 3 there easily.

Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Dimitri" > wrote:
> >
> >> 1.5 lbs of 99 cent per pound pork shoulder placed on skewers and grilled
> >> served on a bed of rice - salad of cucumbers & sliced tomato.
> >
> > Oh! This reminds me of the souvlaki we make. Pork shoulder cubes,
> > onion, garlic, oregano, salt, olive oil for the marinade. Sprinkled
> > peppers, tomatoes, onions and summer squash with salt and pepper,
> > drizzled with olive oil and grilled them on separate skewers. We served
> > it on a bed of cous cous. Couldn't have cost us more than $5.00 for
> > our whole family of eight, and we had leftovers.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> good stuff people forget how well pork cubes grill.
>
> :-)
>
> --


That used to be one of my favourite Sunday night dinners when I was on
my own. Cubes of pork or lamb, marinated in whatever was handy (soy
sauce or Worcester sauce or chile sauce etc) all afternoon,
grilled/broiled in the evening. Salad, rice, veg, flat bread or
combination thereof.

Chemo the Clown wrote:
>
> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?

Easy enough!

Depends...can often get good whole chicken for .69 per lb..more than
enough for 3 people with leftovers, eg large pot of soup. Add whatever
vegs are cheapest at the market, rice, pasta or potatoes.

Beans and rice, stir-frys plus rice or noodles, quesadillas with cheap
cheese and vegs, eggs (such as piperade), chile (don't need much meat
and could be veggie) with tortillas, pasta with the contents of the veg
drawer, pilaf/pilau with additions etc.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:17:56 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, Bob Muncie
> wrote,
>I like this meal suggestion, but I haven't seen the bags of salad for
>less than $2.50 in a long time. Could be cheaper elsewhere, I suppose.

Smart & Final around here sells the three pound bag for $1.99

David Harmon wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:17:56 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, Bob Muncie
> > wrote,
>> I like this meal suggestion, but I haven't seen the bags of salad for
>> less than $2.50 in a long time. Could be cheaper elsewhere, I suppose.
>
> Smart & Final around here sells the three pound bag for $1.99

That's certainly a good price. I was looking through the ad's for Meijer
(local today, and on the cycle starting this Sunday, they do have some
Dole 10.5Oz ~ 12oz bags at $1 a bag for two types of lettuce. I must not
be watching the ads, and minding the bag size. I wonder how close they
are to expiration.. Usually when they have something at that good a sale
price, it's never in stock :-(

"Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
...
> Kajikit wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:46:47 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 22, 4:43 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>>> Chemo the Clown wrote:
>>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>>> Beans?
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>> I think I could make a nice veggie stew.
>>
>> Chicken and rice made with chicken thighs (88c/lb).
>
> Darn it! You stole my post!
>
> I was going to suggest exactly that with a side of canned corn or green
> beans. Even canned green beans are not too bad if thrown in a skillet at
> med-high heat with a bit of oil (preferably saved bacon grease), and a
> couple squirts of soy sauce until the beans look close to dry and have a
> bit of "roasted" color.
>
> Also, the alternative to the thighs (which I love), is oven roasted
> chicken quarters as they are often that cheap also.
>
> Bob


I agree, Bob. Chicken leg quarters are usually dirt cheap when it comes to
meat. I can buy a "family pack" of those (feeds 8 people) for about $5.
Half of it goes into the freezer. Roast a couple of them, throw in some
potatoes (also cheap), heat up a veggie (fresh in season, frozen or canned)
and you have a meal for four (not three) well under $3. Or make soup with
chicken & veggies. Pasta is also very inexpensive.

Jill

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Ms P" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
> >> That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food
> >> in
> >> my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I
> >> can
> >> throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people
> >> fairly
> >> easily.
> >>
> >> I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby never
> >> knows we're eating cheap.
> >>
> >> I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and years
> >> when my kids were at home and I was single.
> >>
> >> Ms P
> >
> > Dad and I, and even the pets, could live out of what is in our freezer
> > and the can pantry for a month, easily.
>
> At least three months or more worth in our pantry and freezer, the
> greater majority of it home preserved.

Home preserved... That's a good thing. :-)
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In article >,
Bob Muncie > wrote:

> <RJ> wrote:
> >>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
> >
> > 1 lb spaghetti.... .88 cents
> > Jar of store-brand spaghetti sauce $1
> > Bag of salad $1
> >
> > Total $2.88
> >
> > Find some salad dressing in the fridge.
> >
> >
>
> I like this meal suggestion, but I haven't seen the bags of salad for
> less than $2.50 in a long time. Could be cheaper elsewhere, I suppose.
>
> Bob

Heh! Just buy a head of Iceberg lettuce, or even a head of cabbage.
Spuds are cheap too.
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In article >,
Kajikit > wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:46:47 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> > wrote:
>
> >On Oct 22, 4:43*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >> Chemo the Clown wrote:
> >> > You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
> >>
> >> Beans?
> >>
> >> nancy
> >
> >I think I could make a nice veggie stew.
>
> Chicken and rice made with chicken thighs (88c/lb).

I found chicken hindquarters this morning for $4.40 for 10 lbs.!

I put one bag in the freezer and two more are in the 'frige for BBQ
tomorrow. Those will last awhile!
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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Ms P" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>>> That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food
>>>> in
>>>> my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I
>>>> can
>>>> throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people
>>>> fairly
>>>> easily.
>>>>
>>>> I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby never
>>>> knows we're eating cheap.
>>>>
>>>> I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and years
>>>> when my kids were at home and I was single.
>>>>
>>>> Ms P
>>> Dad and I, and even the pets, could live out of what is in our freezer
>>> and the can pantry for a month, easily.
>> At least three months or more worth in our pantry and freezer, the
>> greater majority of it home preserved.
>
> Home preserved... That's a good thing. :-)

We don't know any other way to live. We will have been married 49 years
in December and both came from families that grew and preserved their
own food. Our pressure canner was bought in either 1964 or 1965, neither
of us remembers. It still works fine so we keep on using it. We've
probably worn out a dozen or more boiling water bath canners and I'm not
going to estimate the amount of jars we've gone through. It's still fun
so I guess we will keep on doing it. Plus we know what goes into our food.