Price of hamburger
#11
Originally Posted by quiltingsavta
About the same here in MA. I look in the frozen section. There is a section where they put "about to expire" meat. It's discounted and it's just fine. You just have to use it within a day or so of defrosting. If I have company, I do buy fresh though.
We have one of those vacuum sealer things and it really keeps food fresh. So we repackage down to 2 serving when we get a really good deal and that keeps it good till we use it.
#12
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I work in an inner-city neighborhood where prices, for some odd reason, tend to be higher than better neighborhoods. The exception to this seems to be ground meat. I've been getting it for under $2 a pound. I use it to supplement my dogs' diets, like Irishrose does. they get 50/50 kibble and beef (and the small dog weighs 85 pounds). We go through about a pound a day. There are also times I've paid 2.89 a pound and thought that wasn't too bad.
#14
Originally Posted by raedar63
Corn prices may be the culprit?
The expense to plant corn has skyrocketed the past few years, we as small farmers could not even afford to plant it. We will plant corn this year for the first time in about 4 years and only to give the soil a break . (Soil likes and needs rotation)
The expense to plant corn has skyrocketed the past few years, we as small farmers could not even afford to plant it. We will plant corn this year for the first time in about 4 years and only to give the soil a break . (Soil likes and needs rotation)
#17
Originally Posted by quiltingsavta
About the same here in MA. I look in the frozen section. There is a section where they put "about to expire" meat. It's discounted and it's just fine. You just have to use it within a day or so of defrosting. If I have company, I do buy fresh though.
David
#19
I haven't bought meat in the grocery store in so long, I have no idea how much it costs. We eat mostly wild game we hunt ourselves and veggies we grow ourselves. I think the last grocery ad said ground sirloin was on sale for $3.39
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