Made some delicious beef gyoza today. This is what's left after dinner, for the next few days lunch.

3lbs ground beef ... A bunch of gyoza skins (about 3 packs) A small onion Salt Oil for frying (olive + a little sesame oil) Garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, soy sauce, and rice vinegar for the dipping sauce Rice to go with it

One thing we definitely need to talk shop about are potato chips and french fries. The prices for these have definitely gone up the past few years -- where I live, it's $4.79 for a bag of Lay's, and $2.49 for the individual sized ones. 😨

That is absolutely fucking batshit. And chips and fries are much safer and healthier to eat if you make them at home anyway.

What I do is I slice up either a sweet potato or a Russet if that's all I have, soak it in some water for a little bit, pour 2-3 cups of avocado oil into a pan, heat it up and fry the chips or fries. Let them dry on a paper towel. Cover with 11 herbs and spices. Question mark, profit.

This is infinitely cheaper if you use canola oil, but I use the avocado oil for health. It's one of the few expensive food items I buy anymore.

They Did The Math:

Anyway, prices. Using Walmart Great Value brand for this as Walmart is ubiquitous:

Sweet potato: $0.98/each,

Russet potato: $0.83/each, $3.97/5 lb bag

Canola oil:

🤔 Homebrew snack recipes are things we need to round up and post.

Especially potato chips. Those things are infinitely cheaper and healthier to just make on your own than to buy at the store.

"Even though we're pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well," he said in October analyst call.

normal way to talk about 'fellow' human beings

I make a chili mac dish like this all the time and it is one of the best money-saving recipes you can get anywhere. It's literally just beans, noodles and tomatoes, and it's damn good.