Some People Have No Clue

[mac60]

We are not big meat eaters, summers we fix some meats on the grill, but I just am not a big meat eater. We don't eat much in processed foods like you mentioned either. I prefer the old fashioned meals, beef n noodles, lasagna, vegetable soups, chicken, potato soups, etc., love sausage gravy and biscuits.

[Chickenhauler]

Since the Mrs had the baby on Wednesday, I'm playing housewife for now, and tonight's menu is pork tenderloin, mashed taters (from the garden) and gravy, garden corn, milk and buttered bread.

I'll get lazy for dessert and dish up ice cream or maybe make popcorn (grown from the garden)

[mamajennleigh]

Mac, we are not big meat eaters either, and our grocery bill sounds like yours. We do stock up on things when they are on sale, and we keep the pantry stocked so that we are not stuck buying things at ridiculous prices because we ran out.

I think people would be surprised to find that NOT eating processed crap can actually be much cheaper than buying all that pre-packaged junk. We feed two teenagers and our dck's on our lowly budget, and we all eat really well.

Congratulations on the new baby, Chickenhauler!

[booroo]

Since the Mrs had the baby on Wednesday, I'm playing housewife for now, and tonight's menu is pork tenderloin, mashed taters (from the garden) and gravy, garden corn, milk and buttered bread.

I'll get lazy for dessert and dish up ice cream or maybe make popcorn (grown from the garden)

And this was how we lived in MT, now that we have moved to NE, we have to start our garden over!! We raised our own beef, pork and chickens!! I gate wild game and fish, gag!! The smell gets me everytime!! But we still only buy vegs fruit meat milk bread!! Everything else is done from scratch!!

[nannyde]

My one weakness is I like to eat (I'm not fat), but I like to eat good. We rarely if ever go out to eat, but it's not uncommon for us to eat ribs, chops, roasts, home made stews, spaghetti from scratch, etc on a nightly basis.

I do keep my costs down by buying whole steers, pigs, and hunting & fishing (too bad I can't feed the DC kids wild game, we'd never buy meat).

Also, when something is on sale, I'll buy a 6 month supply-I only buy canned goods by the case for example.

When we first got married, the wife went shopping and came home with "Corn King" hotdogs. I took them out of the bag and said "Thanks for remembering dog treats, the pooch is going to love you"....I won't eat that processed crap, and don't expect anyone else to either. There's so much preservatives and salt in there, you're probably better off eating cigarettes. Heck, the dog isn't even really enthused about it, since she's not sure what it is....that stuff isn't even meat after all.

I'm with you on the food chicken. I DO feed my kids wild game though. My kids all eat venison at home. My day care Dad's donate every season. My cousin is a bow and arrow hunter so we get a good stock. My kids have had Elk from Custer State Park, venison from our area, rabbit, and buffallo. I can make a MEAN venison stew. I'm dying to get my hands on some Moose. Every time I see Sarah Palin on TV all I can think of is the free Moose meat she gets. LOL I want moose roasts.

I make my wild game with pork usually. I pony the roasts up in the crock pot side by side. The extra fat in the pork usually softens up the game and takes a bit of the wild taste out of it. I always offer the kids the game in addition to whatever I'm cooking it with. They LOVE it... especially deer.

Have you seen Food Inc.? Changed my life... it really did.

[nannyde]

Mac, we are not big meat eaters either, and our grocery bill sounds like yours. We do stock up on things when they are on sale, and we keep the pantry stocked so that we are not stuck buying things at ridiculous prices because we ran out.

I think people would be surprised to find that NOT eating processed crap can actually be much cheaper than buying all that pre-packaged junk. We feed two teenagers and our dck's on our lowly budget, and we all eat really well.

Congratulations on the new baby, Chickenhauler!

Yup no to processed food. It's not healthy and it is SO expensive. We make almost everything from scratch.

[laundryduchess@yahoo.com]

congrats Chickenhauler on the new baby!!!!

[GretasLittleFriends]

I'm with you on the food chicken. I DO feed my kids wild game though. My kids all eat venison at home. My day care Dad's donate every season. My cousin is a bow and arrow hunter so we get a good stock. My kids have had Elk from Custer State Park, venison from our area, rabbit, and buffallo. I can make a MEAN venison stew. I'm dying to get my hands on some Moose. Every time I see Sarah Palin on TV all I can think of is the free Moose meat she gets. LOL I want moose roasts.

I make my wild game with pork usually. I pony the roasts up in the crock pot side by side. The extra fat in the pork usually softens up the game and takes a bit of the wild taste out of it. I always offer the kids the game in addition to whatever I'm cooking it with. They LOVE it... especially deer.

Have you seen Food Inc.? Changed my life... it really did.

We're on the food program, and my advisor said that any meat that is not processed at a USDA approved facility doesn't count towards meat on the food program. Technically Chickenhauler could make some venison stew and if he put enough beans in it to satisfy the serving requirement for the meat/protein that would be ok. I had a dc dad bring us several venison brats after hunting season last fall. No doubt the majority (if not all) of my dc kids eat wild game at home.

We plan to raise our own chickens (haven't tackled that project yet). When we do, we can feed the dc kids the eggs, that's ok, but if we butcher our own chickens that can't count towards the food program count.

We can grow our own garden veggies. The kids can eat them fresh from the garden (raw or cooked) and I can freeze them and serve them up later, that's ok. I cannot count home canned fruits/veggies though, again, not USDA approved.

[momma2girls]

since the mrs had the baby on wednesday, i'm playing housewife for now, and tonight's menu is pork tenderloin, mashed taters (from the garden) and gravy, garden corn, milk and buttered bread.

I'll get lazy for dessert and dish up ice cream or maybe make popcorn (grown from the garden)

congrats to both of you!!!!!!!