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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #50 on: December 30, 2010, 01:14:13 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on December 30, 2010, 12:51:11 PM
I put a thread in the Spa, not sure if it's in the right place, but maybe the links can get us all saving money.

Good idea!

I'll get it stickie to the top, so that we can keep it available to read... :cheersmate:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #51 on: December 30, 2010, 04:48:49 PM »
Can your own meat.  It is delicious.  Simple, easy, great for burritos, beef & noodles, hot beef sandwichs, etc.  

You will need a pressure canner.

I buy chuck roast on sale (it takes about 2 lb per quart).  Or in large quantity at Sam's.

Cut in about 1" chunks (leaving on some of the fat)
Put in hot quart jars (do not pack in and do not add any liquid)

Add 1 teaspoon salt

Clean rim of jar and place hot lid, screw shut, put in canner.

Follow pressure canner instructions for amt of water, pressure and amount of time to expel steam.
(I start my canner heating so when I put the jars in the water is hot)

Put top of canner on.
Bring to boil (allow to steam via pressure gauge vent--again use canner instructions)
Place pressure gauge for your elevation and process for 90 minutes.  Be sure to check instructions for your canner regarding the gauge setting and adjust heat to accomplish the number of times it should giggling per minute.



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Venison is same except you might want to add some fat and instead of salt use 1 cube beef bullion.
Chicken is also the same except you use salt.  

Again DO NOT add any liquid to any of these. 
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #52 on: December 31, 2010, 04:13:31 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on December 30, 2010, 11:24:46 AM
yup. 

Hey Eupher.  You should check this place out.  http://www.germandeli.com/

I am going there tomorrow, but they are primarily an innernets business.  They cater to the Military.

I love that place. Any place I can walk in and pick up a bunch of Sho-ka-kola to keep me awake during finals week is good with me.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #53 on: January 01, 2011, 02:19:39 PM »
Quote from: Mike220 on December 31, 2010, 04:13:31 PM
I love that place. Any place I can walk in and pick up a bunch of Sho-ka-kola to keep me awake during finals week is good with me.

I spend a good deal of $$ out there yesterday.  Worth every penny.  I don't get out that way often enough. 
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #54 on: January 03, 2011, 12:04:35 PM »
Price per barrel of oil just went over 92 bucks and climbing. This should hurt us at the supermarkets as well.
They are saying 4 bucks a gallon before summer of this year. :argh: :argh:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #55 on: January 03, 2011, 12:25:25 PM »
Quote from: true_blood on January 03, 2011, 12:04:35 PM
Price per barrel of oil just went over 92 bucks and climbing. This should hurt us at the supermarkets as well.
They are saying 4 bucks a gallon before summer of this year. :argh: :argh:

I had to fill up this morning and it was $3.32 per gallon for the lowest grade  :bawl:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #56 on: January 03, 2011, 12:29:33 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 03, 2011, 12:25:25 PM
I had to fill up this morning and it was $3.32 per gallon for the lowest grade  :bawl:
I feel your pain. I filled up the truck on Saturday. 40 bucks for half a tank. :banghead: :bawl:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #57 on: January 03, 2011, 12:30:45 PM »
It's getting to the point where there's a 15-20 cent difference in gas stations around here.  The cheapest I've seen is a Mapco on the way to work @ 2.81.  The most expensive is out by the airport at nearly $3. :(
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #58 on: January 03, 2011, 12:35:00 PM »
In my area, the most expensive are the Exxon stations. One happens to be very near to me and to Lake Texoma. I don't usually go there because the guy is a thief, IMO. Gas prices elsewhere around the area tend to be 5-10¢ less expensive. Murphy's tends to be the cheapest in my area. Murphy's is somehow affiliated with Walmart.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #59 on: January 03, 2011, 01:06:44 PM »
We got gas(lowest grade) on New Year's Day at Kroger for $2.85. It was $2.88, but we had Kroger points that took .03 off of each gallon.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #60 on: January 03, 2011, 01:52:13 PM »
In my area, the Price Chopper supermarket chain has an agreement with Sunoco to take 10 cents off a gallon of gas for every $50 the Advantage Card member spends.  I've gone as high as 60 cents off a gallon in the past.  My car's a Saturn SL sedan, so all I got off was $6 or so, but every little bit helps.

Also, Carl, catsmtrods, and Karin--I heard today that PC is running a canned food special this week.  My wife and I need to restock/expand our canned food stocks.  It helps that this is a pay week.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #61 on: January 03, 2011, 07:33:25 PM »
Chris and Deb, I would LOVE 2.81 dollar gas.
We in MA have been at the 3 dollar and over mark for sometime now. :bawl: I think it was 3.19 when I filled up. That was for the mid-grade, which the truck requires. The low grade was over 3 bucks a gallon.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #62 on: January 03, 2011, 07:42:19 PM »
Kroger has a deal with Shell here, for discount gas.  I am getting about $3.00 even for Mid-grade currently
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #63 on: January 04, 2011, 08:18:41 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 03, 2011, 07:42:19 PM
Kroger has a deal with Shell here, for discount gas.  I am getting about $3.00 even for Mid-grade currently

They do here too, I just always forget about Shell.  :thatsright:

Do they give points for buying the gas, or is it just for groceries?
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #64 on: January 04, 2011, 08:23:50 AM »
Quote from: debk on January 04, 2011, 08:18:41 AM
They do here too, I just always forget about Shell.  :thatsright:

Do they give points for buying the gas, or is it just for groceries?

You get points for buying groceries, that you can use to get gas.  I forget about Shell, because there really isn't one convenient for me, and it seems pretty silly to drive out of your way to get 5 cents off a gallon.  That would save me .55.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #65 on: January 04, 2011, 09:10:00 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 04, 2011, 08:23:50 AM
You get points for buying groceries, that you can use to get gas.  I forget about Shell, because there really isn't one convenient for me, and it seems pretty silly to drive out of your way to get 5 cents off a gallon.  That would save me .55.

I know we get points for the groceries, I just didn't know if we also got points for buying gas at Kroger. The one we shop at the most, has the gas pumps so it works out well. I forget about Shell, just because there aren't a whole lot of them around us. Most convenient for us is Pilot, Exxon and a local quick shop. Exxon is expensive here too.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #66 on: January 04, 2011, 10:47:27 AM »
I paid $2.70 per 9/10 for 87-octane/no ethanol on Sunday.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #67 on: January 04, 2011, 10:48:08 AM »
Did they remove the dirt and twigs before they let you pump it? :rofl:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #68 on: January 04, 2011, 10:49:32 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 04, 2011, 08:23:50 AM
You get points for buying groceries, that you can use to get gas.  I forget about Shell, because there really isn't one convenient for me, and it seems pretty silly to drive out of your way to get 5 cents off a gallon.  That would save me .55.
I think the Kroger/Shell deal is if you spend $100 a month at Kroger, you get ten cents off on your next fill-up.  I never spent that much on food in a month to qualify.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #69 on: January 04, 2011, 10:55:22 AM »
All the gas stations in town are either $3.07 or $3.08 for regular, and about $.10 more for the midgrade.  No place around here offers "premium" anymore.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #70 on: January 04, 2011, 11:00:01 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 04, 2011, 10:48:08 AM
Did they remove the dirt and twigs before they let you pump it? :rofl:

Who me? That stuff is always clean as a whistle. I sometimes put 1 gal. of 110-octane Sunoco into a 13/14 full tank, too. That stuff is running about $11/per here right now. It's up roughly $2.50 over the past 18 months.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #71 on: January 04, 2011, 12:15:55 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 04, 2011, 10:49:32 AM
I think the Kroger/Shell deal is if you spend $100 a month at Kroger, you get ten cents off on your next fill-up.  I never spent that much on food in a month to qualify.

I don't either, but when you get a Kroger card, you get two.  Gave one to the boyfriend.   :-)  When it was convenient I was constantly getting 10 cents off.  Now I have moved, and it isn't convenient so much. 
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #72 on: January 04, 2011, 03:01:15 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 04, 2011, 12:15:55 PM
I don't either, but when you get a Kroger card, you get two.  Gave one to the boyfriend.   :-)  When it was convenient I was constantly getting 10 cents off.  Now I have moved, and it isn't convenient so much. 

We only spent $70 something on Saturday, and then went and got gas. Got .03 off of each gallon.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #73 on: January 21, 2011, 11:50:12 AM »
Quote from: debk on January 04, 2011, 03:01:15 PM
We only spent $70 something on Saturday, and then went and got gas. Got .03 off of each gallon.

If I spend maybe $10 more at Price Chopper, my gas discount for this fillup will be 30 cents a gallon.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #74 on: January 21, 2011, 11:56:43 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on January 21, 2011, 11:50:12 AM
If I spend maybe $10 more at Price Chopper, my gas discount for this fillup will be 30 cents a gallon.

Wow!!
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A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.
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