5 lbs chicken for $5

starvinkevin
starvinkevin Posts: 331
in Food and Nutrition
I just started cooking but damn.... we get ripped off so much at fast food!

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  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    Ripped off for fast food?

    The portions they give for the price is crazy!
  • starvinkevin
    starvinkevin Posts: 331
    I mean that is how much 5lb of raw chicken cost me! Its my first time cooking raw (Ive cooked some frozen fillets before) and it already tastes as good as spending $5 for a chicken meal at boston market, el pollo loco etc...
  • Lifting_Knitter
    Lifting_Knitter Posts: 1,025
    Yep, just one of the pluses of cooking at home!
  • WoWkat
    WoWkat Posts: 48 Member
    I want to shop where you do - chicken is $3-$4 a pound here.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    6 lbs of breasts like 9 bucks here:)
  • ajourney2beme
    ajourney2beme Posts: 181 Member
    I want to shop where you do - chicken is $3-$4 a pound here.

    QFT!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I just started cooking but damn.... we get ripped off so much at fast food!

    All restaurants are a rip-off, imo! It's nice to go out to eat on special occasions and be served, instead of serving others, but yeah, way too expensive!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I want to shop where you do - chicken is $3-$4 a pound here.

    QFT!

    The key is to buy in bulk when they go on sale. Around here, chicken will be $1.lb one week, then $4/ pound the next. You have to keep up with the sales every week and have a freezer.
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    I want to shop where you do - chicken is $3-$4 a pound here.

    This!! $2.50 a pound is a dirt cheap sale and I stock up the freezer. :laugh:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Ripped off for fast food?

    The portions they give for the price is crazy!

    Oh, I know! You have to spend like $6 or $7 per person just to feel like you ate something!
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    I just started cooking but damn.... we get ripped off so much at fast food!

    All restaurants are a rip-off, imo! It's nice to go out to eat on special occasions and be served, instead of serving others, but yeah, way too expensive!

    I wouldn't call it a rip-off, it's more like the cost of your food takes into consideration the cost of the food, the delivery, the preparation, and the service. All things that make your life more convenient for the moment.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I just started cooking but damn.... we get ripped off so much at fast food!

    All restaurants are a rip-off, imo! It's nice to go out to eat on special occasions and be served, instead of serving others, but yeah, way too expensive!

    I wouldn't call it a rip-off, it's more like the cost of your food takes into consideration the cost of the food, the delivery, the preparation, and the service. All things that make your life more convenient for the moment.

    Not to mention the profit for the owner. :tongue:

    That's why it's only something I do on special occasions. It seems crazy to me to pay someone to cook for me - at least until I win the lottery and become independently wealthy. :laugh:

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