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Let them eat Hamburger Helper® (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Can’t afford hamburger. It’s tuna helper now.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The good tuna isn't cheap either. I don't want the quasi cat food from a can.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    The bad tuna is out of reach due to price, Beef is about $5 a pound here (the amount needed for a box of helper) and even the bad tuna is almost $2 a can now. You need about 3 cans to make the amount needed so even the quasi cat food is more then beef.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    If you have a restaurant supply store in your area, and you can deal with enormous quantities of food and have ways to freeze what you make, they sell 4 pound cans of white tuna that are 2/3rds the price per pound of smaller cans. Or split with friends, I don't know. Or try Walmart, they stepped up their grocery offerings, at least in Montreal, and boycotting the USA and Israel BAD aside, we gotta look out for ourselves first.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I have tried to buy the giant cans of tuna before, as a single individual it is a terrible idea. Tuna freezes like shit, and when its bad its both ends bad. I used to eat quite a bit of the crappy cans of tuna when they where under a $1 per. But last time I was in the store the off brand "cheap" tuna was $2.25 (same price as the canned chicken oddly).

    I just point out that beef (at least in this part of Canada) is cheaper then tuna per 100g. These "saving" recipes are often out of touch and out of date.

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