Price of Beef!

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Price of Beef!
Topic Started: Dec 20 2015, 05:00 PM (1,659 Views)
swing	Dec 20 2015, 05:00 PM Post #1
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	I was in safeway this afternoon, this younger couple were perusing the meat dept. He picked up a rib roast and said to me do you think this is a pricing error? I said yes, the roast was about 4 lbs. and 87.00! He asked the meat mgr., no it was the proper price at 47.00 per kg! I'm glad I bought a side of bison at 6.25 per lb. I do hope the producers are reaping some of these profits! Meat Mgr. siad he'd just sold a roast twice the size for 170.00 ~unbelievable!

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Darcie	Dec 24 2015, 06:10 AM Post #46
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Olive Oil Dec 24 2015, 06:05 AM Even the lowly can of bean is up in price. If you wait for a sale you can get them for around l.00 but much of the time they are 1.25 and up. Garbanzos are especially prone to higher prices. Walmart No Name are usually a good value and the quality is good. I have to stop being so lazy and cook them from scratch. I think that cooking from scratch is more expensive than the boxed and canned crap. It is far healthier if you watch what you buy.



campy	Dec 24 2015, 06:30 AM Post #47
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Olive Oil Dec 24 2015, 06:05 AM Even the lowly can of bean is up in price. If you wait for a sale you can get them for around l.00 but much of the time they are 1.25 and up. Garbanzos are especially prone to higher prices. Walmart No Name are usually a good value and the quality is good. I have to stop being so lazy and cook them from scratch. Cooking them from scratch doesn't seem to yield any better results and it sure stinks up the kitchen. The beans in the can, have to be cooked from scratch so what's the difference?



Darcie	Dec 24 2015, 06:31 AM Post #48
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	All the additives in canned whatever - especially the sodium.



Trotsky	Dec 24 2015, 07:39 AM Post #49
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Olive Oil Dec 24 2015, 06:05 AM Even the lowly can of bean is up in price. If you wait for a sale you can get them for around l.00 but much of the time they are 1.25 and up. Garbanzos are especially prone to higher prices. Walmart No Name are usually a good value and the quality is good. I have to stop being so lazy and cook them from scratch. Back 5 years ago when I was still in NJ, our on-site Shop-Rite ran CAN-CAN sales twice a year. Their own brand of canned vegetables were always 4/$1. That's corn, all varieties of beans, potatoes, carrots, peas, garbanzoes. People would buy by the case (of 12) I am still in sticker shock when I must now pay $.80 to $1 for a can of these staples. To me they will always be properly priced at a quarter Quote: Wal-Mart No Name Alas, NYC will not allow Wal-Mart in or else they realize they don't do well in a carless environment. But a Walmart subway stop would soon become the busiest in the City. Yes,Olive Making bean dishes with dried beans is a lot cheaper but they have seen price creep also. Yes indeed, Darcie. Canned beans are unnecessarily salty. If canned correctly they should not need all that salt to preserve them. (With garbanzos, I rinse them before tossing into the hummus-making Cuisinart. That should get rid of a lot of the salt.) Edited by Trotsky, Dec 24 2015, 07:57 AM.



campy	Dec 24 2015, 07:53 AM Post #50
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Darcie Dec 24 2015, 06:31 AM All the additives in canned whatever - especially the sodium. Just rinse the canned beans before you use them.



Trotsky	Dec 24 2015, 08:01 AM Post #51
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	campy Dec 24 2015, 07:53 AM Darcie Dec 24 2015, 06:31 AM All the additives in canned whatever - especially the sodium. Just rinse the canned beans before you use them. For my pureed black bean soup, I use 1 can of unrinsed black beans (liquid and all) and a like amount of reconstituted dry black beans, when not lazy. The 1/2 dose of salt is just about right to my taste. But I must admit to using 2 cans of GOYA canned beans into the blender when lazy. It's a LOT faster that way and doesn't have to be planned a day in advance. The true wonder of beans is the 23 gram soluble fiber content per can. (Better than Ex-Lax) Edited by Trotsky, Dec 24 2015, 08:12 AM.



heatseeker	Dec 24 2015, 09:49 AM Post #52
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Cooking one's own dried beans and peas works out well. They don't need a lot of attention while cooking, are one of the great bargains these days, and as Trotsky points out, good for you. I made hummus the other day from scratch, 90 minutes to boil the chickpeas, about 30 seconds to whizz them with other ingredients in the food processor and taste great, all for a few cents. The store bought hummus is usually quite nasty. Most of our beans (and all of our lentils) come from Canada -- Saskatchewan is one of the world's major lentil producers. If there are enough people around in the next while, I'll make slow cooker cassoulet, one of the world's great bean dishes. There is a way around beef that is expensive and not all that good for you.



Darcie	Dec 24 2015, 09:53 AM Post #53
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I needed some cloves, one small container was $7.99. I very grudgingly took it as driving around trying to find cheaper is not good economics.



David	Dec 24 2015, 09:54 AM Post #54
Posts: 5,861 Group: Moderator Emeritus Member #12 Joined: June 30, 2005	I eat a ton of dried beans of all varieties, along with whole-grain rice and spinach. I can doctor up the beans in various ways and with various hot sauces to keep them interesting. Just got my cholesterol yesterday....122. I eat very little red meat these days.



Darcie	Dec 24 2015, 10:28 AM Post #55
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I have to admit that I did oogle the large roast my daughter has for Christmas eve.



wildie	Dec 24 2015, 10:32 AM Post #56
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Trotsky Dec 24 2015, 03:34 AM Quote: Yep and as the world population increases, things will get worse! And yet it is the single major problem that must not be addressed, not even WHISPERED in hushed tones. As Paul Erlich famously said: "Population WILL be controlled, either by birth control or Death control." It must be by death cpntrol as the Chinese are now allowed to have two kids per couple.



haili	Dec 25 2015, 01:13 AM Post #57
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	I buy various kinds of canned beans in the summer on sale for about 70 or 80 cents a can. I use them mostly in soups or chilli also dried split peas and will try to use them more in the New Year.



Trotsky	Dec 27 2015, 11:53 AM Post #58
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Darcie Dec 24 2015, 09:53 AM I needed some cloves, one small container was $7.99. I very grudgingly took it as driving around trying to find cheaper is not good economics. Tee hee, I buy mine at the Dollar Store (now $1.29 store.)



haili	Dec 27 2015, 01:30 PM Post #59
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	I buy mine at Bulk Barn, along with baking and soup making supplies. They have a 10 percent seniors discount on Wed. and I go about 3 or 4 times a year.



Darcie	Dec 27 2015, 03:03 PM Post #60
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I went to three $ stores, no cloves, no bulk barn here that I know of.



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