http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/f...nap-challenge/

"What is the SNAP Challenge? The SNAP Challenge is a yearly event hosted
by Feeding America to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity in
America. Participants are challenged to eat on no more than $4.50 per
day, per person (the average allowance for food assistance programs), log
their experiences, and reflect on the challenges and difficulties."

I'm going to pay a lot more attention to this site from now on. Just
clicking around, I see lots of simple but interesting recipes. I'm in a
big food rut. I need some uncomplicated but healthy and tasty new things
to try.

These recipes from the Snap challenge sound good:

http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
thighs-sweet-potatoes/

http://www.budgetbytes.com/2013/12/c...kpeas-spinach/

Tara

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
wrote:

>
> I'm going to pay a lot more attention to this site from now on. Just
> clicking around, I see lots of simple but interesting recipes. I'm in a
> big food rut. I need some uncomplicated but healthy and tasty new things
> to try.
>
> These recipes from the Snap challenge sound good:
>
> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
> thighs-sweet-potatoes/

Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the
ingredients on hand.



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On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
>> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
>
> Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the ingredients
> on hand.

Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.

Tara

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 4:28:13 PM UTC-5, Tara wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
>
> > wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
>
> >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
>
> >
>
> > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the ingredients
>
> > on hand.
>
>
>
> Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
>
What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
>
> Tara

--Bryan

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:28:13 -0500, Tara >
wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
> >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
> >
> > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the ingredients
> > on hand.
>
> Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
>
I'll probably make it this week because I have a lot of sweet
potatoes. Did you see the link I posted to the sweet potato and
cauliflower recipe? It's delicious!


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Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 4:28:13 PM UTC-5, Tara wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
> >
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >>
> >
> > >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
> >
> > >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the ingredients
> > > on hand.
> >
> >
> >
> > Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
> >
> What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
> >

The kind that doesn't live where they dump chicken on the market for
under $1 a pound. Boneless, skinless thighs are now $2.99 lb and I
think it's a good deal.


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On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:27:28 -0700, sf wrote:

> I'll probably make it this week because I have a lot of sweet potatoes.
> Did you see the link I posted to the sweet potato and cauliflower
> recipe?
> It's delicious!

I did see it. I love those veggies.

Tara

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 5:44:09 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sunday, September 14, 2014 4:28:13 PM UTC-5, Tara wrote:
>
> > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
>
> > >
>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > >>
>
> > >
>
> > > >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
>
> > >
>
> > > >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
>
> > >
>
> > > >
>
> > >
>
> > > > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the ingredients
>
> > > > on hand.
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
>
> > >
>
> > What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
>
> > >
>
>
>
> The kind that doesn't live where they dump chicken on the market for
>
> under $1 a pound. Boneless, skinless thighs are now $2.99 lb and I
>
> think it's a good deal.
>
It didn't say skinless, which I'd never buy, and why would anyone who was
cooking on such an austere budget buy thighs that way?
>
--Bryan

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:49:16 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>
>
>
> > What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
>
>
>
> $2.99/lb to be exact.
>
$5.65/2 = $2.825.
>
> She automatically fails the challenge by buying boneless/skinless
>
> chicken thighs. She paid 3x as much as she needed to. That's hardly
>
> being frugal.
>
I agree. Perhaps she assumes that poor folks must also be lazy.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 4:28:13 PM UTC-5, Tara wrote:
>> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
>> >
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > >>
>> >
>> > >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
>> >
>> > >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the
>> > > ingredients
>> > > on hand.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
>> >
>> What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
>> >
>
> The kind that doesn't live where they dump chicken on the market for
> under $1 a pound. Boneless, skinless thighs are now $2.99 lb and I
> think it's a good deal.
>
Chicken was not cheap when I lived in CA. At least not on Alameda. And
when you looked at the meat cases, far more space was dedicated to chicken
than any other meat. It was quite popular there. My dad said they could
get away with the high prices because there was such a demand for it.

Years ago I used to talk to a woman online who lived somewhere in the South.
I want to say TX but not sure. She would bulk buy chicken thighs when they
were really cheap. I was living on Cape Cod at the time. I was amazed at
how much cheaper her meat was than what I could buy.

I also will never forget something that I once saw on one of those court
shows. The just gave a scenario to a low income woman about what she would
do if she had one chicken thigh. She had two small children. The correct
answer was to take that chicken thigh and pad out the meal with some cheaper
things like potatoes and divide the chicken between the three people. The
woman then looked at the judge like she was an idiot. And then said since
there was only one, she would just eat it herself and the kids would never
know!

Always amazes me when people can't think things through. One of the people
who commented on the chickpea recipe said that he only had dried chickpeas
and he didn't know how to covert them to the given recipe. Did he just have
to soak them? Okay, maybe he didn't buy the chickpeas. Maybe they were
given to him. But he obviously has the Internet. He could have looked up
how to cook them.

On 9/14/2014 6:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> She paid 3x as much as she needed to. That's hardly
> being frugal.
>
> -sw
> OK, that's the final straw. I'll never read or post to this group
> again! After 26 years, I'm through here!
>
> -sw

On 9/14/2014 9:24 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> The price tag on the pictured chicken says
> OK, that's the final straw. I'll never read or post to this group
> again! After 26 years, I'm through here!
>
> -sw

On 9/14/2014 9:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> This is about being frugal.
>
> -sw
> OK, that's the final straw. I'll never read or post to this group
> again! After 26 years, I'm through here!
>
> -sw

In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 4:28:13 PM UTC-5, Tara wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700, sf wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:35 -0500, Tara >
> >> >
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> > >> http://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/09/s...dijon-chicken-
> >> >
> >> > >> thighs-sweet-potatoes/
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks for posting, that is my kind of dish - I have all the
> >> > > ingredients
> >> > > on hand.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Looks good, doesn't it? Please report back if you make it.
> >> >
> >> What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
> >> >
> >
> > The kind that doesn't live where they dump chicken on the market for
> > under $1 a pound. Boneless, skinless thighs are now $2.99 lb and I
> > think it's a good deal.
> >
> Chicken was not cheap when I lived in CA. At least not on Alameda.

you had to pay extra for the veterinarian (yes, they require a vet to
check the meat at all commissaries) but of course since California is
one of the largest poultry producing states, I doubt that what you said
was true


And
> when you looked at the meat cases, far more space was dedicated to chicken
> than any other meat. It was quite popular there. My dad said they could
> get away with the high prices because there was such a demand for it.
>
> Years ago I used to talk to a woman online who lived somewhere in the South.
> I want to say TX but not sure. She would bulk buy chicken thighs when they
> were really cheap. I was living on Cape Cod at the time. I was amazed at
> how much cheaper her meat was than what I could buy.
>
> I also will never forget something that I once saw on one of those court
> shows. The just gave a scenario to a low income woman about what she would
> do if she had one chicken thigh. She had two small children. The correct
> answer was to take that chicken thigh and pad out the meal with some cheaper
> things like potatoes and divide the chicken between the three people. The
> woman then looked at the judge like she was an idiot. And then said since
> there was only one, she would just eat it herself and the kids would never
> know!
>
> Always amazes me when people can't think things through. One of the people
> who commented on the chickpea recipe said that he only had dried chickpeas
> and he didn't know how to covert them to the given recipe. Did he just have
> to soak them? Okay, maybe he didn't buy the chickpeas. Maybe they were
> given to him. But he obviously has the Internet. He could have looked up
> how to cook them.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:29:59 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

> It didn't say skinless, which I'd never buy, and why would anyone who was
> cooking on such an austere budget buy thighs that way?
> >

I don't care. I like the recipe and that's how I buy thighs.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Monday, September 15, 2014 12:59:54 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:29:59 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> > It didn't say skinless, which I'd never buy, and why would anyone who was
>
> > cooking on such an austere budget buy thighs that way?
>
> > >
>
>
>
> I don't care. I like the recipe and that's how I buy thighs.
>
Sure, but you're not the hypothetical impoverished person.
>
--Bryan

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 10:24:19 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:38:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:49:16 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>> What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
>
> >>
>
> >> $2.99/lb to be exact.
>
> >>
>
> > $5.65/2 = $2.825.
>
>
>
> The price tag on the pictured chicken says $2.99/lb. She bought
>
> 1.89lbs worth.
>
I didn't scroll down the page to the picture.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 10:49:33 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:36:01 -0500, barbie gee wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>> What kind of f-ing idiot pays >$2.80/# for chicken thighs?
>
> >>
>
> >> $2.99/lb to be exact.
>
> >>
>
> >> She automatically fails the challenge by buying boneless/skinless
>
> >> chicken thighs. She paid 3x as much as she needed to. That's hardly
>
> >> being frugal.
>
> >
>
> > I'd like to know what the difference in yield is between boneless/skinless
>
> > vs. bone-in, skin on in just meat by weight. does a pound of regular
>
> > chicken thighs give you 3/4 pound of meat? or what?
>
>
>
> I would say meat yield of 75% is probably about right for average
>
> sized chicken thighs. But the skin and bones are not waste. The
>
> skins can be rendered for fat to cook potatoes, and the skins eaten as
>
> a crispy snack. The bones should be used to make chicken stock. So
>
> there is really very little waste. This is about being frugal.
>
The crispy chicken skins are one of the best parts of the chicken.

As I write this, I'm snacking on naked fried chicken wing tips.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:01:09 PM UTC-5, Mayo wrote:
> On 9/14/2014 6:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > She paid 3x as much as she needed to. That's hardly
>
> > being frugal.
>
> >
>
> > -sw
>
> > OK, that's the final straw. I'll never read or post to this group
>
> > again! After 26 years, I'm through here!
>
Um, Mayo, didn't you get that that was irony? Of course you did. You're
not stupid. The way you take Steve's and Marty's words out of context
isn't insulting to them, but to everyone else who reads this NG.
Besides, it's boring. You try to compensate by sucking up to folks in a
*mmm, that sound's yummy* way, but most regulars here, including many of us
who do not personally like Steve and/or Marty, find your bullshit sophomoric.
>
> > -sw

--Bryan

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:44:03 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
> I also will never forget something that I once saw on one of those court
>
> shows.
>
On disability, and sits around watching "those court shows,"
but insists that she's *not* White trash.

--Bryan

On 9/15/2014 3:53 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:01:09 PM UTC-5, Mayo wrote:
>> On 9/14/2014 6:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> She paid 3x as much as she needed to. That's hardly
>>
>>> being frugal.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> > OK, that's the final straw. I'll never read or post to this group
>>
>> > again! After 26 years, I'm through here!
>>
> Um, Mayo, didn't you get that that was irony?

To me it was more aluminumy...

> Of course you did. You're not stupid.

"Course it could have been steely...

> The way you take Steve's and Marty's words out of context
> isn't insulting to them, but to everyone else who reads this NG.

Context amongst group-killers being everything of course...

> Besides, it's boring.

Mouse, click, next...

> You try to compensate by sucking up to folks in a
> *mmm, that sound's yummy* way,

Some stuff truly does, other stuff not so much.

> but most regulars here, including many of us
> who do not personally like Steve and/or Marty, find your bullshit sophomoric.

This from a failed "rock star" and compulsive rug-muncher?

Ha!

You slay me!