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I’m not saying this is always the case, but the fact that it’s the case at all is fucking insane.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you ever use a grocery app to order for pickup a really painful activity is going back a year or more and hitting "re-order" and comparing the totals.

It really puts the single digit inflation numbers into perspective. My groceries almost doubled in price but yeah inflation is only 5% or whatever

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yea it's really telling that the super serious government entities have decided to exclude housing and food from inflation numbers.

Deeply unserious country.

If you don't count the money I spent on pot and booze I'm the most fiscally responsible motherfucker in town.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like this can only be true if you're trying to get real fancy with the home cooking. I don't see how eating out consistently could ever be cheaper or even close to as cheap as cooking yourself rice and beans at home. Dry rice and beans in bulk are pretty cheap

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Fuck rice and beans I don't know of any situations where this is true.

Me and my partner haven't gone out to eat more than a couple times in the last year because the options are either pay $30/ person for dinner and drinks we could have cooked better at home for 1/3rd the price or paying $80/ person for a dinner we could have cooked as well for half the price.

Unless saving yourself 2 hours of cooking and 30 minutes of cleanup is worth nearly $200 with a tip were grilling at home and getting drunk on the porch.

But my gf is also strictly gluten free so the places we could go aren't exactly cheap (although neither are the ingredients)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

I priced it out once, because I got way into dry goods earlier this year. a massive serving of rice purchased by the bag is like 12 cents, a belly busting amount of dried black beans is around 25 cents. there's also kidney beans, and a world of lentils. I prefer red lately.

straight up unflavored beans and rice is kinda buttcheeks, but there are several routes to go with it: creole/cajun, meijicano, cuban, etc and it's all just a nickle and dime worth of seasoning and actually buying a fresh pepper, onion, etc, which to be sure is gonna be a few bucks.

it takes stability and an investment of time, effort, and money (spices, equipment) to build up the kitchen infrastructure to support making "beans and rice" from scratch a few different ways or to holster few basic lentil-based curries, but they'll stretch meals way out. and, I dunno, even when I eat too much beans and rice, it's never made me feel like shit afterwards, lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's still like 1/2 or 1/3 the price here if I buy vegan or non-vegan chicken nuggets and any sorts of fries and soda at the grocery store than it is to go to McDonalds (just getting a soda and a large frie(s) at McDonalds is like $10). And definitely cheaper than the even more expensive restaurants like A&W (it's $35-40 for two people to eat there now). And that's the expensive pre-made food. Making real food is even cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

People generally aren't taking out beans and rice.

I think it's more burger and chips at restaurant is comparable to burger and chips at home

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember all the neoliberals crowing about how capitalism produces abundant cheap food?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's still expensive, but now it's expensive and it's poisonous and destroys biodiversity. Monsanto products are made of science, after all. Why are you such a Luddite? smuglord

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

BMF-tier rant? BMF-tier rant.

Proleslop is just sushi for reactionaries. They want to pat themselves on the back for being the brave, open-minded ones that are able to enjoy whatever abomination Monsanto decides they won't lose sleep over the human livestock eating. Anyone who shows any skepticism is just a dumb, uncultured rube. Unlike sushi, which is hardly proleslop: Rice + Vinegar makes my monkey brain happy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

You'll take the salmon from my cold dead hands. Fucking love fish. Best food in existence.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Things are indeed fucked, but I'm hard pressed to get my hands on a sandwich for less than $5. And I can churn those fuckers out at home for half that.

I am perpetually annoyed at how expensive any kind of fresh fruit or vegetable is, though. Why can I buy a pound of chicken for less than a pound of blueberries? When did onions start running over $1/lb? Why is a bag of rice at the asian market twice the size and half the price of its equivalent in Kroger?

Still so much cheaper to dice up some potatoes and carrots, season to taste, throw them in a baking dish, and wait an hour than to go out of pocket $10-15 literally anywhere outside my home. And holy shit, breakfast tacos! Basically free in my kitchen. I can't find anyone willing to sell them for less than $4 outside of my home.