DUmmies Discuss Beef, Brag About Their Oconomy Poverty

[GOBUCKS]

DUmmies have an entertaining poverty contest discussing meat:

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:07 PM
scarystuffyo (639 posts)

To all the meat eaters , how do you afford to eat it than a couple of times a week?


I'm a meat eater also but I mostly buy chicken .
Beef prices are insane...
I was having some friends over so I decided to buy some steaks for the outdoor grill

$68.00 total for a cook out for just 4 people

You have to be rich to eat beef now a days

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025798751

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:11 PM
Star Member Earth_First (14,347 posts)
2. Once or twice a month...

Same with chicken/pork.

Usually purchased in 'club packs' which offer a better purchase per pound price.

The club packs last us 2-3 months at a time as needed from the freezer.

Don't eat at this DUmmy's hovel:

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:32 PM
riderinthestorm (16,703 posts)
19. I also only buy meat that's in the discount bins that have dates about to expire

That's the only meat I buy anymore. I don't plan any meals ahead, I plan around what I got on sale.
I'd use cheaper chicken and have a lot of carb and vegetable side dishes plus a big chocolate cake for dessert that everyone sees ahead of time and so they " save room"

No need for the cake, just let them see the expiration dates on the stuff you're rpreparing.

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 10:07 PM
Star Member dixiegrrrrl (37,920 posts)
69. Beef soup bones....

Fantastic favor, cheap, has plenty of meat on them, makes a marvelous soup or stew, and all the gelatin from the bones is great for your joints.

Great idea, DUmmy!! At our grocery here in red state hell, they have a small barrel of those huge bones in the pet food aisle.

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:17 PM
Star Member Xyzse (6,344 posts)
9. Very rarely eat steak.

When I do. I ground and pound.

When your president was a child growing up in Indonesia, that's how they prepared dog.

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:44 PM
peacebird (8,072 posts)
33. We do this as well, for beef and pork.

I know the schoolteacher who grows our grassfed meats. The animals are well cared for, live a good life with tons of pasture.

Grassfed beef = tougher than whang leather.


Poor addled DUmmy grasswipe Judy Smith is dedicated to pie:

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 08:28 PM
grasswire (41,852 posts)
54. I am stunned by grocery prices these days.

Meat is crazy expensive.

I troll the meat counter and come up with very few things that seem to be affordable.

Forget about beef. We are eating it rarely.

Bread has gone WAY up too

 I have a good source for good bread at discount, and I often load up an extra bag to give to a family with children nearby.

Translation: Poor addled DUmmy grasswipe Judy dumpster dives and shoplifts.

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 02:19 AM
fizzgig (21,516 posts)
110. we eat beef maybe once a month

and it's usually a cheap cut when we do.

But DUmmy fizz never skimps on the weed.

[Chris_]

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:32 PM
riderinthestorm (16,703 posts)
19. I also only buy meat that's in the discount bins that have dates about to expire

I know who's house I'm going to for dinner.

Chicken is a dollar a pound, maybe a little more.  If you can't afford that, you have other issues.

[franksolich]

But DUmmy fizz never skimps on the weed.

Yeah, she could probably afford to dine on filet mignon five times a week, if she didn't have that "expense."

[JohnnyReb]

Just wait until "the fart" taxes kicks in.

[Ralph Wiggum]

How is that Obama economy doing for you DUmmies?

[thundley4]

There is rarely a day that goes by without eating some form of meat. T-bones and Ribeyes are rarely under $10/pound, but before Obama they were usually around $5-6/pound.

We even buy a pound of thin sliced stir fry beef to make jerky for our dog every week. 

[BannedFromDU]

     I partly sympathize: beef in bulk, even from Costco, is pretty expensive nowadays.

     But we're still smelling their victory farts of 0chuckles' singlehanded lowering of gasoline prices, so I have to ask: both are commodities, so why is he increasing the price of beef? What gives? Is it because the First Wookie demands we all eat something else, so she told him to increase the price?

     

[JohnnyReb]

     I partly sympathize: beef in bulk, even from Costco, is pretty expensive nowadays.

     But we're still smelling their victory farts of 0chuckles' singlehanded lowering of gasoline prices, so I have to ask: both are commodities, so why is he increasing the price of beef? What gives? Is it because the First Wookie demands we all eat something else, so she told him to increase the price?

     

Moochelle has been eating that $100 a pound wagyu steak.....at your expense.

[thundley4]

     I partly sympathize: beef in bulk, even from Costco, is pretty expensive nowadays.

     But we're still smelling their victory farts of 0chuckles' singlehanded lowering of gasoline prices, so I have to ask: both are commodities, so why is he increasing the price of beef? What gives? Is it because the First Wookie demands we all eat something else, so she told him to increase the price?

     

Beef hasn't went up as much as bacon has. The beef prices are just a distraction from the Muslim in Chief's real war on bacon.

[DefiantSix]

I buy a lot of primal cuts of beef and pork, cut the portion size(s) I want, and stick 'em in the freezer.  Usually we're only buying meat every 6 weeks to 2 months this way.

Capitalism is a wonderful thing, DUmbshits.  In the process, I also enjoy cuts of meat you ain't getting at the Safeway. 

[67 Rover]

My chest freezer is chock full of venison from a recent successful hunt.  mmmmmm tenderloin. 

[BannedFromDU]

Beef hasn't went up as much as bacon has. The beef prices are just a distraction from the Muslim in Chief's real war on bacon.

In percentage terms it is close, but bacon is indeed up the most. I have prepared a chart for you:

[DumbAss Tanker]

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:32 PM
riderinthestorm (16,703 posts)
19. I also only buy meat that's in the discount bins that have dates about to expire

Tell them it's "Aged."  They don't need to know it didn't age hanging in cold storage, but in an impervious plastic package that did nothing good for it in the same time it would have become a premium tender cut if it had been on a hook.

 

[Chris_]

Certain cuts of beef have gone up more than others.  The cheap stuff is still cheap but costs a little more.  The expensive stuff has gone through the roof.  I've given up buying ground beef.  For what Kroger charges, I can get chuck eye or hanger steak.

[67 Rover]

Tell them it's "Aged."  They don't need to know it didn't age hanging in cold storage, but in an impervious plastic package that did nothing good for it in the same time it would have become a premium tender cut if it had been on a hook.

 

A little additional Pink slime and it's good to go.

[GOBUCKS]

Beef and other meats have skyrocketed due to the moonbat ethanol industry driving up the price of corn.

Ethanol is a bigger scam than solar, but will never end because red state farmers want the high corn prices, and democrat voters think it saves energy.

Like solar it can't survive without being propped up by tax money giveaways.

[BattleHymn]

For what you DUmbasses spend on cable and weed in a month, you could eat good cuts of meat all month long. 

It's all about priorities, and here at the BH house, my stomach takes priority.   

[BattleHymn]

A blind DUmmie squirrel stumbles on a nut, other blind DUmmie squirrels stop to look at nut, too:

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:21 PM
Star Member former9thward (12,190 posts)
13. This is why they say there is no inflation.

Food is not included when calculating the inflation rate or Consumer Price Index.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/is-inflation-higher-than-you-think-1.aspx

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:37 PM
scarystuffyo (641 posts)
23. interesting , didn't know that

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 08:08 PM
roamer65 (7,645 posts)
46. You got it!

The 1980 measurement of inflation included everything. We are running 8-10 pct by that old measurement right now. That rate feels just about right. Everything is about 10 times as high as it was when I was a young kid in the very early 1970's.

An old silver dollar was 3/4 an ounce of silver. That silver dollar would buy nearly 4 gallons of gas in 1963. Guess what 3/4 of an ounce of silver will still buy me in 2014? Right around 4 gallons of gas.

People laugh and think its a joke when I say the current inflation rate calculation only includes Chinese cat toys. I'm only half joking.

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 10:53 PM
Star Member Recursion (35,041 posts)
83. The CPI includes food and energy

BLS also publishes what's called a "core" CPI that doesn't include them because they are so volatile (though at this moment including them would make inflation seem even lower because oil is so cheap compared to a few years ago).

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 12:59 AM
Star Member former9thward (12,190 posts)
104. No, I'm sorry they are not that "volatile".

Food has been steadily going up. It is not volatile. Oil is not that much cheap. It has recently gone from about 100-110 $ a barrel to about $75 a barrel. But the prices that consumers pay have not gone down that much. Including food and energy would show inflation up not down.

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 02:20 AM
Star Member Recursion (35,041 posts)
111. But the CPI U includes food and energy and is lower than 2%

So... There's that.

And food prices do go up and down pretty predictably by season.

Yeah, up $2, down $1 the next year, then up $2 again.  DUmmies aren't good at maths. 

[GOBUCKS]

You always hear people bitching about how small SS increases are, and they always say the Consumer Price Index doesn't include food. Well, apparently it does, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It even includes smokes, though not democrat smokes.

What goods and services does the CPI cover?
The CPI represents all goods and services purchased for consumption by the reference population (U or W) BLS has classified all expenditure items into more than 200 categories, arranged into eight major groups. Major groups and examples of categories in each are as follows:

FOOD AND BEVERAGES (breakfast cereal, milk, coffee, chicken, wine, full service meals, snacks)
HOUSING (rent of primary residence, owners' equivalent rent, fuel oil, bedroom furniture)
APPAREL (men's shirts and sweaters, women's dresses, jewelry)
TRANSPORTATION (new vehicles, airline fares, gasoline, motor vehicle insurance)
MEDICAL CARE (prescription drugs and medical supplies, physicians' services, eyeglasses and eye care, hospital services)
RECREATION (televisions, toys, pets and pet products, sports equipment, admissions);
EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (college tuition, postage, telephone services, computer software and accessories);
OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES (tobacco and smoking products, haircuts and other personal services, funeral expenses).
Also included within these major groups are various government-charged user fees, such as water and sewerage charges, auto registration fees, and vehicle tolls. In addition, the CPI includes taxes (such as sales and excise taxes) that are directly associated with the prices of specific goods and services. However, the CPI excludes taxes (such as income and Social Security taxes) not directly associated with the purchase of consumer goods and services.

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm

[DumbAss Tanker]

I believe DUmmie Recursion actually has that right...CPI vs. Core CPI, and the big question is which one is actually used for the cost-of-living increases and other important actions like Fed currency manipulations.