Economy

Guy Chamberlin said:
I contend that lower priced steaks are still better than tons of other entrees, and you can still make a big a$$ steak at home for a lot less than you'd pay at a restaurant, especially after they gouge you for drinks and tips.
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Depends. It's pretty damn hard to beat USDA prime ribeye, but you can still find a choice one every now and then with good enough marbling to be equally delicious. Regardless, it's still cheaper to cook Prime at home then $100+ for the meal at a restaurant.

 
ZRod said:
Depends. It's pretty damn hard to beat USDA prime ribeye, but you can still find a choice one every now and then with good enough marbling to be equally delicious. Regardless, it's still cheaper to cook Prime at home then $100+ for the meal at a restaurant.
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Yeah we very rarely get steak at a restaurant. I can cook a vastly better choice steak at home than anything you can get at a restaurant. Unless you’re talking some ultra expensive swanky place which we never go to anyway.

Our Sam’s Club has excellent meat. I know a little about grading and marbling and I usually will grab their choice before paying that extra for the prime. On some cuts like ribeye, I actually prefer choice to prime.
 

Dangit now you’re making me hungry. They had some 2.5”-3” thick tomahawks in there just a couple days ago. Go low and slow until it’s almost 130 wall to wall, maybe with some smoke, then reverse sear on very high heat. 🤤

 
JJ Husker said:
We rarely have steak. My wife also goes the healthy route which minimizes red meat and carbs. And going low carb eliminates a bunch of the easier and cheaper options of cooking at home. In many cases it may not be cheaper to get food out but we can each get what we want and there are minimal dishes to do. Maybe we haven’t fully adjusted to it being only the two of us yet but it seems we throw out lots of groceries we just didn’t get around to cooking in time. IDK, most of the time it just seems the reasonable choice is to pick something up. And we both like mexican and chinese food so those are quick, easy, cheap and good to get carryout. I’ll usually leave about 10% tip for carryout and we don’t actually eat at the restaurant very often so save on drinks and half the tip. $35-$45 at a time seems like a deal compared to a trip to the grocery store.
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I think people forget that ordering for two is not all that expensive...ordering for a family, that s#!t adds up.

 
teachercd said:
I think people forget that ordering for two is not all that expensive...ordering for a family, that s#!t adds up.
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Yeah I can certainly see how cooking for two can be expensive and at time wasteful bs eating out.   Probably always have leftovers that don’t get eaten when cooking for one or two.  

 
teachercd said:
I think people forget that ordering for two is not all that expensive...ordering for a family, that s#!t adds up.
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Archy1221 said:
Yeah I can certainly see how cooking for two can be expensive and at time wasteful bs eating out.   Probably always have leftovers that don’t get eaten when cooking for one or two.  
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Yeah it’s quite a bit different dynamic than having to feed 3 or 4 people. Two is fairly reasonable, usually only $30-$40. Heck tonight we picked up Chinese for like $31 and we’ll each get one for sure and maybe two more meals on the leftovers.
 

And with just the two of us we do end up throwing out a lot of leftovers. 2 or 3 times with the same thing and I’ve had it enough.

 
No problem.  Counties are just dying to setup manufacturing here in the stable USA.  We'll have plenty of sweatshops operational without oversight or worker protection standards in a matter of weeks where our kids can toil away their lives working 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week for $500 a month.  MAGA.  

 
Scarlet said:
No problem.  Counties are just dying to setup manufacturing here in the stable USA.  We'll have plenty of sweatshops operational without oversight or worker protection standards in a matter of weeks where our kids can toil away their lives working 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week for $500 a month.  MAGA.  
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Yeah, we don't want that here in the US...we just want to order the stuff we want from other countries that do that to their workers.  

 
Scarlet said:
Says the guy who's against a livable wage.   
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I think everyone should try to make as much money as they possibly can, I have said that over and over.

A 16 year old kid living with Mom and Dad in a million dollar home doesn't "need" a living wage, but they should still take every penny that they can get.

Now let me ask you this, do you order anything from countries that do not offer a "living wage" to their workers?  Be honest.

 
Archy1221 said:
We don’t care what happens to the little guy and girl as long as it’s happening in a different third world type country.  
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It is super true.  

In one of my classes I teach we talk about it all the time.  I have a lot of students that are super into "living wage" and workers rights and that is awesome.  Then I always go "Hey, how many of you make sure you order the cheapest ____________________ when you are on Amazon instead of the most expensive ___________________" and they all raise their hands and laugh about how they talk a good game but in the end, it is about the best deal they can get.  

One student was showing off her knew shoes and she goes "I know, I know, a bunch of little kids got paid 50 cents a day to make these but I LOVE the color" 

 
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