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vega wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:58:35 GMT, (Curly
> Sue) wrote:
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>>On 10 Sep 2005 04:53:06 -0700, wrote:
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>>>I started making cornbread a while ago and found it's very cheap to
>>>make from scratch. You get a 4 lb bag of cornmeal for $4 and 4 pound
>>>bag of flour for $2 and some other stuff and you can make many big pans
>>>of cornbread.
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>>>I just bought a can of Hershey cocoa powder for about $4.19, and OMG it
>>>goes a long way. You can make a cup of hot cocoa with only 2 or 3
>>>teaspoons of cocoa. That's a helluva lot cheaper than Swiss Miss, isn't
>>>it? I wish I had found this out a long time ago, cuz I would've had hot
>>>cocoa more often. I made a couple of batches of chocolate pudding and
>>>still have most of the cocoa left.
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>>>Can you guys name other stuff?
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>>Sushi
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>>Sue(tm)
>>Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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> Rice. I get a 25 lb. bag for about $6. Short or Med. grain.
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A 25 lb bag of long grain rice goes for $4.99 here

Basmati and wild
rice are rather expensive at $4 or more for a 800 g or smaller bag.