sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:33:08 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
> > Janet, my weekly shopping, food and paper goods, etc., was about
> > $20, in the early sixties. I used to multiply bags by $5 to
> > estimate total; now, it is more like $20 a bag or more.
> >
> I figure my grocery shopping is more like $50 a bag now. Meat is what
> drives up the price.

Probably what helps here is we are low meat eaters. Not vegetarian by
any means, but meat tends to be more of a garnish overall in our
cooking.

Some days we hit 6$ or more each, others 2.50 or so.

Lets see how today works out.

Breakfast: Dashi Miso Udon (extra udon). About 22 cents each. 1 hard
boiled egg split (bought at 99cents a dozen sale) so make it 25 cents
for breakfast. Hot tea (less than a penny each).

Lunch: Home made pizza. dough makes 2 at 40cents so 20 cents dough,
1/2 cup sauce made at home from cans and spices, another 20 cents.
Onion chopped another 20 cents. sliced hard salami (2 pieces) about 20
cents since thin cut, Cheeses 47cents. Fed 3 at 42 cents each.

Dinner: 1/2 lb Gai Lan (Asian broccoli) at 1.29lb = 64 cents. Fresh
Pompano at 3.49lb, 2 lbs = 6.98. fresh bread at 40cents for 2lbs.
Call the portions 6 cents worth? Add 15 cents for butter. Mint tea
made from my own yard mint and the bags from breakfast (slow steeped
then chilled). Fed 3 at 2.62.

3.29 each today.

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