(Phred) wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> >"Giusi" wrote:
> >> "Dimitri" writes:
>
> >> > How many food items do you think you know the average price of?
>
> >> Not very many!
>
> >You're probably confused by the word "average" (involves arithmatic
> >and guineas only have six fingers on each hand). �How can one not know
> >the *approximate* price of foods they use all the time... imbecile!
>
> Dunno what it's like over there, but here in the deep north of the
> deep south there's no such thing as an approximate price of the foods
> I use all the time (vegetables, fruit, and fresh meat). �There is only
> an *enormous* range. �For example, broccoli was about $2.48/kg 10 days
> ago; today it was $8.98. �[I didn't buy any.]

Fresh produce amd fresh meats are obviously seasonal; average people
realize those prices vary by time of year. Even though fresh broccoli
is available here all year it's much less expensive and better quality
in season (late summer/fall) but frozen brocolli is essentially the
same price all year and often there are sales on frozen produce all
year. Frozen vegetables are always a better buy simply for the fact
that they are nutritionally superior to so-called fresh at the
market... I almost always buy frozen broccoli, the small (10 ounce)
boxes are convenient and the larger bags (2-4 lbs) are very good
quality because they contain large whole spears or large florets, and
with frozen there is no waste and frozen produce has a long shelf
life. I only buy fresh broccoli when it's on sale/in season and when
I want to use fresh; in a salad, for dips, or a fancy stir fry
(although frozen works well in stir frys too). But for caserols/soups
(I buy chopped), and side dishes frozen is actually better than
fresh. I rarely buy so-called fresh stupidmarket veggies (it was
fresh like three weeks ago when harvested), frozen is almosts always
superior, and prices are stable... and I grow many of my own so I know
those are truly fresh when eaten within an hour of harvest.

With fresh meats one needs to be menu flexible, it's not possible to
know what will be the best buy until you see with your own eyes...
just because something is on sale in the ads doesn't mean it will look
very appetizing when you see it. With meats I go to the store with
something in mind, I may think I'll have those on sale beef steaks for
dinner but when I see them I can easily switch to those better looking
pork chops. And again, with meats there is frozen too, I keep an
array of frozen meats in my freezer, but I never stock up on meats to
freeze, in the US of A food is very plentiful, there is always a wide
choice of fresh meats on sale every day... and naturally once again
many fresh meats are seasonal; lamb, veal, ham, seafood, turkey/duck/
goose. One of my favorite meats is fresh ham (I rarely buy cured) but
it's very seasonal, typically only available in limited supply at
Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas... fresh ham is inexpensive,
typically $1,20-$1.50/lb, but it's a rather large joint of meat and
many families can't eat it all nor will it easily fit into a freezer,
nor do many even know how to cook it (there are infinite methods),
otherwize it could easily be available all year (in the US 99 pct of
hams are cured)... and I don't really care much for fresh ham once
it's been frozen so I'll buy a butt half when available and roast it
rightaway. Fresh ham is an excellent buy because it's always within
the price range I indicated and there is very little waste compared
with other roasts... and as far as I'm concerned fresh ham is the king
of meats.

But shopping carts are mostly filled with packaged groceries and those
are available all year and for the most part are price stable with few
exceptions... how can someone who shops regularly not know the
approximate prices of milk, butter, cheese, canned goods, bottled
beverages, cleaning products, etc... Giusi has no concept of the price
of a bar of soap and a roll of TP... I'm possitive if you ever got a
whiff of her you'd know I tell the truth... actually she's mostly
rotten on the inside, there's no help for that bitter, low IQ, stinky
buffoon... that a good name for Giusi, "Stupid Stinky the Clown". <G>

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

Sheldon