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From: BryanGSimmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 2025: Baked goods - calculate the cost
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 16:53:43 -0500
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On 4/10/2025 4:00 PM, Ed P wrote:
> On 4/10/2025 4:05 PM, Lenona wrote:
>> These prices are the lowest in my neighborhood (Boston area) on a weekly
>> basis, mostly from Market Basket. They do not include sale prices or any
>> marked-down goods I might find on the discount rack. Of course, I
>> believe in stocking up when there IS a sale, but not everyone wants to
>> have large amounts of butter, yeast or soy flour taking up space in the
>> freezer. (Butter goes on sale maybe 3 times a year, where I live.)
>>
>> The Tightwad Gazette chart (created by Amy Dacyczyn) had: price per
>> pound, weight per cup, price per cup, price per tablespoon, and price
>> per teaspoon. To save time, I'm only listing the price per cup or
>> tablespoon (sometimes rounded up or down).
> 
> Why would I care?  If I was running a bakery, maybe I would but as a 
> home cook/baker, never tried to cost a meal.  If I want cake, I make it 
> and don't pay attention to price of ingredients.
> 
> In the next few days I'm going to make by favorite cake.  It takes five 
> eggs and a cup of butter.  Should I consult with my banker first?
 >
Five eggs and a cup of butter sounds good.  I like Usenet.  I encounter 
lots of subhumans on Nextdoor, but can't call them out because the 
fucking babysitters would ban me.  Leona is a waste of oxygen.

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