When we were kids, my dad was an egg fanatic. I was all about the bacon. Now that I’m older, it makes no sense to me that two eggs fill me up more than half a pound of bacon does. And somehow, bacon costs six dollars while eggs are only two.

  • Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Bacon has become a special treat and I filter and save every drop of bacon grease for cooking other things. Been studying depression era meals lately and using those recipes. We now buy whole chickens and cut them into the parts ourselves. Same with pork loin… At Sam’s a 2.4 foot loin is 20 bucks and cut into chops you get 24 or more. I’ve got no good answer for coffee though. Definitely it’s forcing the wife and I to be creative and learn new things.

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      8 months ago

      Ehhh animal fat isn’t the killer they’ve made us all think it is. Sugar? Incredibly high sodium content? Far too many carbs? And then all the preservatives? These are the kinds of things that clog arteries.

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        8 months ago

        Half right.

        You know what clogs arteries?

        Taking in more calories than you expend. From any source.

        What’s interesting though is that the sugar and meat industries have both been spending decades lying about the other being the “real culprit.”

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    8 months ago

    Are eggs still expensive in North America?

    It’s around $0.75 a dozen around here, as the usual. I though the entire chicken flu crisis had passed.