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Figuring Costs
Just wanted to jot down a couple of notes about when I figure the costs of meals . . . I do not figuring the cost of adding spices to a meal unless it is a large amount (like a 1/4 cup or more)- so when a recipe calls for a pinch of salt or a 1/4 tsp of baking powder- I don't calculate those itty bitty figures.Right now is the season when I stock up on spices, flour and sugar and such for the entire year. What with all the holiday baking sales at the local grocer's this is the time to stock up. I set aside a bit of extra grocery money for the last 6 weeks of the year in order to afford all the deals. I store the flour in the freezer (why? because that's what my momma does!) and the sugar in a rubbermaid tote on the bottom shelf in my pantry (which right now needs to be cleaned but we won't go there).
For spices- I must also interject that I have an herb garden and grow/dry my own sage, oregano, chives and thyme. I can normally harvest the chives approx. 10 months of the year (yes even in winter) and so we have fresh. (Nothing beats fresh chives on my baked potato or in my corn chowder- Yum). Most other spices, I purchase at the local dollar store- with the exception of the special sale at a local Amish store- when they have their 20% off every item in the store sale at the beginning of January I purchase the good stuff: cinnamon, paprika, onion salt, garlic salt and powder . . . . . How do I pay for it? With some of that extra money set aside at the end of the year.
How much extra money do I set aside? Well, that really depends. This year, if I can keep pinching and saving- I'll have $25-35 to go towards purchasing these pantry staples and an extra $40 for the meat/poultry sales that go on at this time of year (I plan to stock up on ham, turkey breast and pork chops).
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9:38 AM, 2007-Nov-16 .. Posted by Jenfor breaking this down. That really helps. And you know I never considered stock piling flour and sugar and the like. Of course that makes sense!
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