At risk of being anal

[valarltd]

I figured it up. We spend approximately $2.10 per person per day on food at Chez Mudd.

This is a typical day of cereal with milk, a PB&J, chips and apple with chocolate milk, and Dirty rice with extra veggies and a side of broccoli.


That's $12.60/day, or $378/month. I don't think we do too badly.

Sometimes it's less (chicken leg quarters 19c/lb!) sometimes it's more.

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[minitrog.livejournal.com]

That's really impressive. I think I spend your monthly sum a *week* feeding these gannets. (Although we are 3 adults - they eat like horses!)

What's *dirty rice*?

[(Anonymous)]

Dirty rice is a Louisiana dish. It's rice with hamburger, celery, onion, bell peppers and spices.

I buy it in a box mix, add my own hamburger and an extra cup of rice and some mixed vegetables.


I also have access to a very cheap grocery store that sells bread for 50c/loaf and frozen vegetables for $1/1lb bag.

[minitrog.livejournal.com]

Aha!

I think my mum kept us fed as kids on something similar. Onions and Garlic - any available veg and cheap meat (usually belly pork). Keep adding rice dependent on how many you're feeding.

I love that dish so much - and it never tastes the same as mum's, no matter who cooks it.

When she visited recently I insisted she cook it for us. YUM!

She used to call it risotto, although I was quite startled when I went to a posh restaurant and had a *proper* Italian risotto. A very different animal indeed. *g* (Still prefer my mums!)

[vysila.livejournal.com]

Not too shabby at all. You really know how to manage money. I spend about half that amount monthly, and there's just two of us (plus three cats), so you're way ahead of that curve.