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As you've no doubt noticed, food mags and websites are dropping the references to expensive sea salts and pricey, hard-to-find spices in favor of extolling the virtues of the simple potato and the joys of buying lentils in bulk. Epicurious has a new "Top 10 Money-Saving Ingredients" article online now, which is quite useful as it calculates price-per-pound and links to various different recipes which utilize the ingredients.
Potatoes, unsurprisingly, are number one. We probably all could have figured that out on our own. But would you have thought to put those 73 cent a pound potatoes in a New England-style potato and cod cake? Not me. But it sure sounds like a good idea. Rice, pasta, chicken, beans, apples, canned tuna, eggs, cheese and flank steak round out the list, each with three or four recipe links. I'm particularly keen to try the spinach and carrot stuffed flank steak and the scrambled egg, potato and bacon tostada (double score for two cheapie ingredients).
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1-23-2009 @4:00PM Bernie B said... I was digging the list until you get to #9 and #10.
$5.00 for a pound of Cheese
$3.48 for a pound of Flank Steak
They must be shopping at Whole Foods (paycheck)
Here's the weekly advert from my local grocery in Lansing, Michigan.
http://westlundsapplemarket.com/ad/jan09/WestlundsO090118.pdf
They're a spartan store with an in-house meat dept.
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1-23-2009 @7:37PM Lydia said... Besides which, since when is cheese or $7/lb steak "money-saving"? How about some real budget-foods and what to do with them (turkey legs, pork shoulders etc.)???
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1-25-2009 @1:09AM Yankeereb said... Times like these are when I appreciate and use my collection of 1920-1950 cookbooks. I find many uses of more economical cuts of meat. If you don't have any cookbooks of this era, you can acquire some for very few dollars on eBay. Happy Cooking.
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1-24-2009 @12:44PM Rt said... Now, now, at least they are trying. Usually the recipes include 'gourmet' salt, exotic vegetables, pricey cuts of meat, or some combination of those.
I applaud this overdue attention to being thrifty. Sadly it takes the external force of economics instead of the internal force of reason. It seems some marketing type was able to equate thrifty with cheap, and cheap with inexpensive. No one asked about flavor.
You will know times are hard when coupon clubs come back into style :) Taking the time to learn which stores have the best deal on which products (by reading the ads) and combining coupons with those sales can lower costs by 30% or more. Being cost conscious is not the same thing as being miserly.
Still, I have to play:
1-5 Are standard fare for the cost conscious.
6 Is seasonal and shouldn't be included.
7 Used to be a good deal but the price went up and the weight went down. What was once a 6.5 oz. can is now 5 oz. It has also gotten more difficult to find tuna packed in oil, water really dilutes the flavor. Determine the price per pound (if the cans get to 4 oz. it will be really easy :) then compare that to competing fish sources.
8 Eggs and cheap bread will keep you alive for a long time. Oh, yeah, and they make a variety of dishes.
9, 10 Are poor examples of a decent idea. Cheese can really enhance the flavor of a dish - but it may be the most expensive ingredient. Meat needs to be purchased on sale and frozen. Properly packaged it can keep for months. Meat is seasonal as well - the fall tends to be the time for slaughter.
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1-24-2009 @6:25PM Patrick said... I was surprised cabbage wasn't on there. It's ridiculously inexpensive and a pretty good filler to many dishes.
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1-25-2009 @3:22PM Rt said... Patrick nailed that one. Cabbage stands alone as a side veggie (saute it with bacon, onion, butter, salt, and pepper), an ingredient (like soup, stew, etc.), and a vehicle (the legendary 'cabbage roll', freeze the leaves to wilt them - when they thaw out they are perfect for making the rolls before baking). It really is cheap for all the dishes that can be made from one head.
This may be cheating but buying bulk popcorn is a killer bargain. Tons of servings from one pound. If you had a heavy lunch and want a lite dinner (or vise versa) popcorn will do the trick. It isn't very versatile however :)
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