What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Luke]

Had to give up so much, like giving up on making soup (of the three meals I planned on making, it was the cheapest, only costing about $8 and change to make).

If you're spending eight dollars to make soup, you're not shopping right. And if eight bucks is the cheapest meal you are making, you definitely aren't shopping right.

Frown: My instant email alert wasn't on for some reason yesterday and missed a pretty important email.

[alienjesus]

Had to give up so much, like giving up on making soup (of the three meals I planned on making, it was the cheapest, only costing about $8 and change to make).

If you're spending eight dollars to make soup, you're not shopping right. And if eight bucks is the cheapest meal you are making, you definitely aren't shopping right.

Frown: My instant email alert wasn't on for some reason yesterday and missed a pretty important email.

Holy crap, $8 for a 'cheap' meal? Thats pretty damn pricy.

[Ziggy]

Usually when you make soup, you make more than one serving. $8 doesn't sound bad at all. It'd cost you something like $14 to make a hearty 6 servings of chicken noodle here, that's about $2.33 per serving. But it wouldn't be skimpy.

[Luke]

Usually when you make soup, you make more than one serving. $8 doesn't sound bad at all. It'd cost you something like $14 to make a hearty 6 servings of chicken noodle here, that's about $2.33 per serving. But it wouldn't be skimpy.

Balderdash.

Roasted Cauliflower soup
Cauliflower = 3
onion = .50
heavy cream = 2
quart of stock = 2

= 7.50 serves four


Potato leek soup
three to 4 red potatoes = 2
leeks = 1
heavy cream = 2
quart of stock = 2

= 7.00 serves four

[Ziggy]

Where's the protein? There's no protein in either of those!

[Luke]

Where's the protein? There's no protein in either of those!

Not familiar with milk proteins?

[Jmustang1968]

Hmm I like soups with more stuff in them. Get a bunch of broth with a few pieces of vegetables

[Luke]

Hmm I like soups with more stuff in them. Get a bunch of broth with a few pieces of vegetables

Okie dokie:

Minestrone
1 cup of garbanzo beans = 1.00
onion = .50
2 carrots = .20
4 garlic cloves = .80
2 stalks celery = 1.50
1 lb. turnips = 2.00
2 red potatoes = .50

thyme
bay leaf
water

$7.50

[Ziggy]

Where's the protein? There's no protein in either of those!

Not familiar with milk proteins?

There's protein in the cream, sure, but not enough.

Minestrone
1 cup of garbanzo beans = 1.00
onion = .50
2 carrots = .20
4 garlic cloves = .80
2 stalks celery = 1.50
1 lb. turnips = 2.00
2 red potatoes = .50

thyme
bay leaf
water

Ah, beans, a good cheap source of protein. I hate beans. Come to think of it though, I really don't like soup.

Those are also not NY prices. Definitely not Long Island prices. Yellow onions are about $1.99/lb, one small onion is gonna be at least $1. Red potatoes are something like $1.99/lb. Two red potatoes have to be at least a pound, if not a little more. One stalk of celery is $2.49. I think garlic is $2.99/lb, not sure how much 4 cloves would end up costing. Probably about that. I guess carrots are about right considering a 1lb package is $1.79. I don't know the price of turnips off the top of my head.

[fastbilly1]

Those are also not NY prices. Definitely not Long Island prices. Yellow onions are about $1.99/lb, one small onion is gonna be at least $1. Red potatoes are something like $1.99/lb. Two red potatoes have to be at least a pound, if not a little more. One stalk of celery is $2.49. I think garlic is $2.99/lb, not sure how much 4 cloves would end up costing. Probably about that. I guess carrots are about right considering a 1lb package is $1.79. I don't know the price of turnips off the top of my head.

Wow, I knew NYC had high prices, just not that high. Garlic here is 20cents a head and everything else is about half of the prices you stated.