> wrote in message
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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.
>
> 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.
>
> Can you guys name other stuff?


Most baked items are cheaper to make than to buy. You can also use the
flour and cocoa to make cake. A good selection of staples allows you to
make a wide variety of things. Add yeast and you can make all sorts of
breads cheap too.

Kathy