Groceries

[matt819]

I need to start keeping better track of the price of groceries, since it seems silly to post the price of one item. Mind you, I'm not making any sweeping generalizations, but just making an observation.

Barowsky's Organic Whole Wheat Bread: $5.39.

Okay, the wheat is whole and the production is organic. But still, more than $5 for a loaf of bread. I have to get back to the bread machine. I'll let you know what that costs.

And don't get me started on eggs.

[NMDemDist2]

1. my grocery bill has more than doubled this year

i haven't changed by buying habits in two years, but my weekly expenses have gone from $70-90 a week to over $175

it's nutz!

[villager]

2. You wonder when meat sales will, at last, start to plummet, to reflect these new realities?

Which will be good, since ultimately it will free up more grain, etc...

[Sherman A1]

3. Just wait

For the effects of the drought to come into play. Time to stock up on canned goods.

[Agony]

4. at least give no-knead a try

before you spend money on a bread machine (assuming you have an oven and a heavy covered pan)
http://steamykitchen.com/168-no-knead-bread-revisited.html

no knead bread changed my life...

still... that does not help with the rising cost of foodstuffs.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. OMG..that is a marvelous recipe

It actually is very old recipe, back when it was made in a Dutch oven.

Gona try it this weekend, I have not made bread in ages.
Thanks so much for the link.

[jtuck004]

8. Absolutely!

There are also recipes that substitute white whole wheat, (which can easily make a brick if you don't get it wet enough) but anyone that eats bread a lot should really try no-knead. It's good stuff.

[Warpy]

5. Fortunately, my freezer is packed

so most of what I'll need are fruits and veg and the occasional bag of brown rice or gluten free baked goody splurge.

Because the flint corn crop collapsed, I'm afraid meat, especially poultry, is going to go through the roof. There are going to be a lot of hungry people out there this winter if they don't know how to cook and be flexible about where they get their proteins.

I went to the grocery today and my bill was about average.

[Fuddnik]

6. Not to mention, the containers get smaller and smaller.

And the price still goes up.

[honestgrifter]

9. failed government

The prices are going up because of the failed government policy of inflation, it steals from the poor and gives to the rich. Just keep up those trillion dollar deficits and soon all the poor will starve, just as the statists want.