Update on cost of bean soup.

[OldWiseGuy]

At $3.35 for 2 lbs. of dry navy beans a serving now costs 22 cents, up from 16 cents two years ago. When will these high food costs end?

 

[Michie]

At $3.35 for 2 lbs. of dry navy beans a serving now costs 22 cents, up from 16 cents two years ago. When will these high food costs end?

They won’t. They use every opportunity to raise food costs because of some situation and keep them there.

 

[adderbolt]

Throw a ham bone with some meat on it in the pot and you'll have to add valet parking ...

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Throw a ham bone with some meat on it in the pot and you'll have to add valet parking ...

Or smoked turkey.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Depending on the quality , Stone soup would be more expensive.
Large polished River Rock $800 per ton
$0.35 per pound

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Depending on the quality , Stone soup would be more expensive.
Large polished River Rock $800 per ton
$0.35 per pound

Tasty, but hard on the teeth.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Tasty, but hard on the teeth.

So the opposite of navy bean soup then, which is neither hard on the teeth nor tasty. Of course , unlike hard on the teeth, tasty is a matter of opinion.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

So the opposite of navy bean soup then, which is neither hard on the teeth nor tasty. Of course , unlike hard on the teeth, tasty is a matter of opinion.

I like bean soup; nutritious, tasty, cheap, just heat and eat (no gas either if eaten regularly).

Such meals are one of the secrets of amassing wealth.

 

[grasping the after wind]

I like bean soup; nutritious, tasty, cheap, just heat and eat (no gas either if eaten regularly).

Such meals are one of the secrets of amassing wealth.

Good thing I am not trying to amass wealth.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Good thing I am not trying to amass wealth.

I need a mass of dough for my retirement.

 

[adderbolt]

She was only a baker's daughter but she was always in the dough ...

 

[grasping the after wind]

I need a mass of dough for my retirement.

How unfortunate for you. My needs must be much smaller. I can retire now because I have just a little flour and some yeast. It won't make a mass of dough but enough to keep me in sufficient amounts of bread.

 

[Hazelelponi]

At $3.35 for 2 lbs. of dry navy beans a serving now costs 22 cents, up from 16 cents two years ago. When will these high food costs end?

Try pinto beans... they are running $1.48 for an off brand 2 pound bag...

I use those for my husbands soupbeans. I soak 1lb. overnight using a tiny bit of baking soda, and then drain, add water and cook them the next day with a package of smoked ham pieces (about $2.50 but you can use fatback cheaper) and a yellow onion (around .50 cents or so) adding salt to taste toward the end of cooking, and serve with some homemade cornbread and fried potatoes.

A pot lasts days, and is my husband's favorite meal from childhood, that thing he could eat daily and not get tired of.

Soupbeans and Cornbread

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Try pinto beans... they are running $1.48 for an off brand 2 pound bag...

I use those for my husbands soupbeans. I soak 1lb. overnight using a tiny bit of baking soda, and then drain, add water and cook them the next day with a package of smoked ham pieces (about $2.50 but you can use fatback cheaper) and a yellow onion (around .50 cents or so) adding salt to taste toward the end of cooking, and serve with some homemade cornbread and fried potatoes.

A pot lasts days, and is my husband's favorite meal from childhood, that thing he could eat daily and not get tired of.

Soupbeans and Cornbread

Thanks, I'll try that.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

How unfortunate for you. My needs must be much smaller. I can retire now because I have just a little flour and some yeast. It won't make a mass of dough but enough to keep me in sufficient amounts of bread.

I appreciate your sympathy, but actually I feel very fortunate as God has blessed me greatly in this regard.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

They won’t. They use every opportunity to raise food costs because of some situation and keep them there.

I wuz being ironical (thanks Robin). Except for beef food is still actually pretty cheap.

 

[Hazelelponi]

I wuz being ironical (thanks Robin). Except for beef food is still actually pretty cheap.

I think healthier foods (produce, fish) are rising in price... in the last 20 years I'd say prices across the board have nearly doubled, if my grocery and household item bill has anything to say about it.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I think healthier foods (produce, fish) are rising in price... in the last 20 years I'd say prices across the board have nearly doubled, if my grocery and household item bill has anything to say about it.

As a percent of family income spending on food remains about the same over time, 16-18 percent generally.

 

[grasping the after wind]

I think healthier foods (produce, fish) are rising in price... in the last 20 years I'd say prices across the board have nearly doubled, if my grocery and household item bill has anything to say about it.

If your estimate is correct then healthy food prices by merely doubling over 20 years would actually not have kept up with inflation. Unlike government, health care and education which have well outpaced the inflation rate. Funny how something that has been controlled only by free market forces seems to have stayed more affordable than the things regulated by and subsidized by the government.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

If your estimate is correct then healthy food prices by merely doubling over 20 years would actually not have kept up with inflation. Unlike government, health care and education which have well outpaced the inflation rate. Funny how something that has been controlled only by free market forces seems to have stayed more affordable than the things regulated by and subsidized by the government.

Foodstuffs are among the most heavily subsidized products that we buy. That's why food prices are generally quite reasonable; it's government policy.