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* Kroger - strategy for getting marked down meat - 3 messages, 2 authors
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TOPIC: Kroger - strategy for getting marked down meat
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/9b8cba321dd7b503?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Oct 21 2009 9:19 pm
From: The Real Bev
sr wrote:
> on the other hand, with the dollar becoming useless And when you all get as
> poor as I, meat will go by the wayside and you'll be looking at a small bag
> of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of the bag, and
> protein per serving. Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
Corn tortillas are cheap. Add them to complete the bean protein.
> There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage space
> needed, no freezer needed, no messing with blood and guts, etc.
I haven't cooked meat for decades. Well, I haven't cooked much else either,
but meat requires far more trouble than I'm willing to go to. I did buy some
boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale a couple of years ago -- they're easy
to cook.
> Anyone remember the story about some country at war , the country was
> devastated., only the rich had access to the rich foods, while the pheasants
Brightly-plumaged wild birds?
> had to survive on grains. Guess which class come out the better for it: The
> rich suffered gout and other diet related diseases, and the poor were lean
> and healthy.
Which perhaps explains why the rich used them for targets after the deer were
all gone :-)
--
Cheers, Bev
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Horn broken. Watch for finger.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Oct 21 2009 10:11 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
sr wrote:
> "The Henchman" <dontask@questions.org> wrote in message
> news:hbocpm$c1n$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> "The Real Bev" <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hbnvjv$qod$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> OhioGuy wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with
>>>> an insight into when might be the best time to check for marked
>>>> down meat at the market. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Just asking the butcher didn't work?
>>
>> I've asked the butcher early saturday morning and will make deals to
>> buy cuts of beef, lamb and pork for 50% less per weight if I take a
>> certain quantity. Sometimes he'll cut a deal and sometimes not. Not so with chicken because they use the chicken in
>> their restaurant
>> on site or maybe somebody has a deal to buy the store's chicken.
>>
>> I also notice monday nights around here they seem to have more
>> marked down meats because the new shipment of meat came in on Monday
>> morning. Also I grind my own meats like hamburger and sausage meat. Major
>> savings there. I rarely buy store ground meats unless I forgot to
>> thaw something. You can get the marked down meats, grind them up,
>> freeze them in your desired protion size (500 g or l lb seem to be
>> standard). ==========off topic,kind of:
> on the other hand, with the dollar becoming useless
> And when you all get as poor as I, meat will go by the wayside
Like hell it will.
> and you'll be looking at a small bag of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get out of the bag, and protein
> per serving.
We're never going to see that situation again, essentially because
modern industrialised agriculture has eliminated that now.
> Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
Didnt even happen during the great depression.
> There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage space
> needed, no freezer needed, no messing with blood and guts, etc.
I dont bother with blood and guts and never have either.
> Anyone remember the story about some country at war, the country was devastated., only the rich had access to the rich
> foods, while the pheasants had to survive on grains.
And then the world moved on and we industrialised agriculture
and we will never see that situation again in the west.
> Guess which class come out the better for it: The rich suffered gout and other diet related diseases, and the poor
> were lean and healthy.
Pure fantasy, never happened. The poor actually died like flys.
And today its the poor that are obscenely obese and dying from that.
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Oct 21 2009 10:15 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
phil scott wrote:
> On Oct 21, 8:31 pm, "sr" <solo...@uninets.net> wrote:
>> "The Henchman" <dont...@questions.org> wrote in message
>>
>> news:hbocpm$c1n$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> "The Real Bev" <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:hbnvjv$qod$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> OhioGuy wrote:
>>
>>>>> So, I was wondering if there might be any of you out there with an
>>>>> insight into when might be the best time to check for marked down
>>>>> meat at the market. Thanks!
>>
>>>> Just asking the butcher didn't work?
>>
>>> I've asked the butcher early saturday morning and will make deals
>>> to buy cuts of beef, lamb and pork for 50% less per weight if I
>>> take a certain quantity. Sometimes he'll cut a deal and sometimes
>>> not. Not so with chicken because they use the chicken in their
>>> restaurant on site or maybe somebody has a deal to buy the store's
>>> chicken.
>>
>>> I also notice monday nights around here they seem to have more
>>> marked down meats because the new shipment of meat came in on
>>> Monday morning.
>>
>>> Also I grind my own meats like hamburger and sausage meat. Major
>>> savings there. I rarely buy store ground meats unless I forgot to
>>> thaw something. You can get the marked down meats, grind them up,
>>> freeze them in your desired protion size (500 g or l lb seem to be
>>> standard). ==========off topic,kind of:
>>
>> on the other hand,
>> with the dollar becoming useless
>> And when you all get as poor as I, meat will go by the wayside and
>> you'll be looking
>> at a small bag of dried beans, to see how many servings you can get
>> out of the bag, and
>> protein per serving. Meat will only be a dream of long ago.
>>
>> There is an upside, eliminates a lot of hassle. Not much storage
>> space needed, no freezer needed,
>> no messing with blood and guts, etc.
>>
>> Anyone remember the story about some country at war , the country was
>> devastated., only the
>> rich had access to the rich foods, while the pheasants had to
>> survive on grains. Guess which class
>> come out the better for it: The rich suffered gout and other diet
>> related diseases,
>> and the poor were lean and healthy.
> Living without a lot of meat prolongs life.
Living with significantly less of ANY food that you would prefer prolongs life.
> especially these days with the grain fed beef thats not at all good for ones health.
Mindlessly silly.
> the rest of the world uses small bits of meat in rice, beans, and vegitable dishes.
Fuck all of the rest of the world does, actually.
> btw if you switch to brown rice its a lot better for your health.
Another pig ignorant lie.
> and I like it a lot better than white rice. brown has
> the hulls attached, for fiber and a lot more nutrition.
The last thing that anyone in the west except anorexics needs is nutrition.
> diabetes all but dissapeared in england during ww2
> when white rice was rationed but brown rice wasnt
A bare faced pig ignorant lie. Brown rice was rationed the same way
that white rice was, and fuck all ate much rice of any type anyway.
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TOPIC: "Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month"
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/7d63fbdf9497a92a?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Oct 21 2009 10:19 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
phil scott wrote:
> On Oct 20, 5:32 pm, "Clincher" <x...@xx.xx> wrote:
>> "aesthete8" <art...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:cd85cac0-b8f3-499a-a465-2ab0bc0f1a43@b25g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> Am I the only one who thinks that this is a rip off?
>>
>>> Isn't a society going downhill when if forces its citizens to pay to
>>> be good?:
>>
>> Another fine consequence of the CARD Act and its zeal to protect
>> irresponsible card users from the consequences of their actions.
>>
>> Used to be the reason for monitoring my cc account was for fraud.
>> Now it's just as much to assure myself that I still *have* an
>> account. Thankfully, there are relatively few situations where I
>> have to use a credit card but still, thanks for nothing, Obama. Me
>> and my credit card issuer were getting alone fine for 20 years
>> without your help (yes, banks are greedy. Big deal, so am I.) Now
>> I'll be lucky if I'm not paying an annual fee next year to subsidize
>> the deadbeats.
> I cancelled all of my credit cards two years ago,,, and
> checking account too. I use cash and money orders
Wota fucking dinosaur.
Makes a hell of a lot more sense to use rewards, specially for a destitute like you.
> and keep a safeway cash card for use on line.
> I get no bills in the mail that way, and am not
> temped to use the cards and run up balances ...
Most of us have some will power.
And those that dont can use a debit card, dinosaur.
> I also dont expose myself to the wide range of banking tricks and hose jobs.
Completely trivial to avoid all of those.
> I have zero exposure to all of that...
So do I, and have the convenience of a number of cards as well.
> it feels a lot better than I thought ti would.
Not all of us have the will power of a limp lettuce.
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TOPIC: Memory Foam Mattress Topper
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Date: Wed, Oct 21 2009 10:47 pm
From: Tony Sivori
Les Cargill wrote:
> Rent-A-Center sells used beds. Add a mattress cover, you're golden . I
> did clean the surface thoroughly before using, however. Wipe with
> isopropyl, pass with a 409 type cleaner, dig in with a rough towel and
> let dry overnight.
>
> No deleterious effects so far.
That's frugal alright. But even leaving the possibility of bedbugs out of
it, I just wasn't in the market for a used mattress.
--
Tony Sivori
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