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Time for some comparison shopping. Local grocery has their decent sized raw shrimp on sale for 4.99 per pound in 2 pound bags so I did a bit of research. I have not yet personally verified these numbers.
That sounds like a great price but if you want to steam or boil them it might not be. You lose about 25% to shells and tails plus about 5-10% to cooking. Using the lower loss number of 75% loss since a lot cooked shrimp that is peeled still has the tail on. Raw shrimp @ 4.99 / .75 = 6.654 as cooked peeled. Using the mid-point 4.99 / .70 = 7.13.
The stated loss for heads on is closer to 50%.
I found this sorta interesting. If your experiences differ I would love to hear about it.
That sounds like a great price but if you want to steam or boil them it might not be. You lose about 25% to shells and tails plus about 5-10% to cooking. Using the lower loss number of 75% loss since a lot cooked shrimp that is peeled still has the tail on. Raw shrimp @ 4.99 / .75 = 6.654 as cooked peeled. Using the mid-point 4.99 / .70 = 7.13.
The stated loss for heads on is closer to 50%.
I found this sorta interesting. If your experiences differ I would love to hear about it.
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Re shrimp, my son worked in the Metro seafood department for 7 years, so he would know about these things. I, on the other hand, have no idea.
Searing up the last of the striploins on the BBQ tonight. Might have to order more if they're on sale. Regular price is a bit steep!
Searing up the last of the striploins on the BBQ tonight. Might have to order more if they're on sale. Regular price is a bit steep!
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If you need another kid to feed, I'm available.LMD wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:25 pm Re shrimp, my son worked in the Metro seafood department for 7 years, so he would know about these things. I, on the other hand, have no idea.
Searing up the last of the striploins on the BBQ tonight. Might have to order more if they're on sale. Regular price is a bit steep!
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I love having my kids at home while they ready themselves for life outside the home they've known for their entire lives so far. I may, however, have to keep on working to support the grocery bill.
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I had a new chicken experience today. I bought and split with 2 of my kids a 40 pound case of boneless, skinless chicken breasts from the meat packer. It was I big hunk of meat per chicken. I guess they rip it off the carcass or some machine does it. There is no way I can picture to filet one like that. It was a minimal amount of work to make them look like the grocery store ones.
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So, one of the blog I have in my RSS feeds had an interesting idea today: PrepWorks Freezer Pods (avail at Amazon).
You can read about her experience with them here: This Is The Most Useful Thing You Can Add To Your Freezer. I'm wondering if the items left in the container would get freezer burn from opening and closing the lid???
Before we moved, I had a stash of margarine and yogurt containers besides Tupperware containers for freezing leftovers. Marg and yogurt containers are not good for reheating because apparently they give off gases in the microwave but you could save some money on freezing by reusing containers you already have.
You can read about her experience with them here: This Is The Most Useful Thing You Can Add To Your Freezer. I'm wondering if the items left in the container would get freezer burn from opening and closing the lid???
Before we moved, I had a stash of margarine and yogurt containers besides Tupperware containers for freezing leftovers. Marg and yogurt containers are not good for reheating because apparently they give off gases in the microwave but you could save some money on freezing by reusing containers you already have.
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Before I discovered ground ginger in a jar I froze 1TBSP. blocks of it the hard way. It did tend to freezer burn over time.
I have and use some very small containers for single pizza sized serving of pizza sauce. I'm not sure it costs enough to justify the effort but I don't like wasting food. Before I found those I used snack size bags for the same purpose.
I do plan to check those out when I leave here.
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I have some chicken stock blocks in the fridge freezer I made in ice cube trays for those times you don't need a whole can or carton of chicken stock.
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I don't pay anything nearly as high as they are at Amazon but I keep Tone's veggie, chicken, and beef soup bases on hand. A 1 lb. jar makes 5 gallons. You just mix up what you need when you need it.
I looked at those storage things above and thought them unreasonably expensive.
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Here is an example of saving on groceries by cooking a turkey.
17 lb turkey for about $1/lb
- dinner the first night
- left overs the second night and third night
- 4 containers of 8oz of sliced turkey
- 4 containers plus a bowl of soup
- 1 container turkey, stuffing and gravy for another meal
That's 12 meals for two!
If you save your used marg and yogurt containers you do not have to buy plastic ziplock bags for storage.
You do need freezer space. A small deep freeze is a small investment for tonnes of use.
17 lb turkey for about $1/lb
- dinner the first night
- left overs the second night and third night
- 4 containers of 8oz of sliced turkey
- 4 containers plus a bowl of soup
- 1 container turkey, stuffing and gravy for another meal
That's 12 meals for two!
If you save your used marg and yogurt containers you do not have to buy plastic ziplock bags for storage.
You do need freezer space. A small deep freeze is a small investment for tonnes of use.
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