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To: dennisw

Wish I could afford beef.

I’ll have to settle for a double cheeseburger 🍔 from McDonald’s value menu.


7 posted on 04/23/2022 1:16:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: SaveFerris

fresh roadkill...

tonight it’s german shepherd pie...


14 posted on 04/23/2022 1:25:53 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: SaveFerris

McDonalds hamburgers are made with 100% real beef. That doesn’t mean they are made of 100% real beef.


39 posted on 04/23/2022 2:21:16 PM PDT by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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To: SaveFerris

“Wish I could afford beef.

I’ll have to settle for a double cheeseburger 🍔 from McDonald’s value menu.”

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I have basically taken over the family food cooking and shopping, which consists of Myself and Mrs. fatboy and our two adult kids that will not leave.

Anyway I started about 4 years ago doing this as a complete cooking newb. Bought a few used cookbooks in Amazon and watch a lot of youtubes. At first I simply started experimenting with steaks and chili and have moved into a lot of complex dishes.

My point: Prior to my involvement in this we would spend about $300 sometimes more per week at the food store, this pre-biden inflation. Today, our food budget is $800/month and I try to come in at $600/month. Usually it’s about $700/ month and that includes non-food items soaps and such, and some stuff for our prepper bunker. We have beef or chicken or ham 5 or 6 times/week, although meat is not always the main course.

For example you can buy a bottom round roast for less than $5.00/pound even these days of inflation. Chicken is up, boneless cutlets are up a dollar a pound but you can still find it for $3.50/pound. We are saving 4-5 hundred dollars a month and eat great. I cook hamburgers that blow Burger King away for about 1/3rd the price.

BTW we buy most of our meats at Aldi, a place most don’t associate with meats. I haven’t had fast food in over 2 years, even my kids have been awol from McDonalds for about a year.


51 posted on 04/23/2022 3:14:02 PM PDT by fatboy
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