• Zephorah@discuss.online
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    23 hours ago

    Poor people can’t afford canned soup, not since covid. Campbells was was 2/$1, $.79 at most. Now it’s $2. Progresso was 3/$5, maybe $1.50 per. Now it’s $2.79 each.

    Crockpot or instapot and a freezer is the way, now.

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        5 minutes ago

        Costco isn’t great. Sure, there’s those chickens, flannel, and socks, but most of the rest is no longer cheaper than anywhere else.

        We just break down whole fryers, make bone broth with everything that isn’t the meat, freeze it.

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      11 hours ago

      Yeah the only time I touch canned goods, including seltzer (as I touched on in another comment) is when they’re heavily discounted, and that’s usually something like eight cans for five bucks, so we stock the shelf in the basement a bit, because it’d be real dumb to pass it up at the store on Monday, only to have the world end on Wednesday.

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      22 hours ago

      Yup. Crockpot with beans, rice, lentils, chopped veggies, a few bouillon cubes, spices, and whatever meat the grocery store has on clearance. The entire thing will average out to like $1 per bowl, and a big crockpot will keep a couple fed (lunch and dinner) for several days.