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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Have you tried making your sandwiches at home?

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 109 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Hooray! The ingredients cost 30 dollars and I get to eat sandwichs everyday for a week or watch the ingredients spoil. Wow greatest country in the world.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Yeah seriously, the "cOoK aT hOmE" crowd really annoys me sometimes. Unless you only buy non-perishables, more often than not it's just not economically practical for one or two people. Grocery stores are optimized for families.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know what it's like where you live but I've never had that problem and I mainly just buy groceries for myself.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

From personal experience, it's a personal failing and not an environmental issue. The only time I have issues with food spoilage like described above is when I over buy, forget about, or get tired of something. If I properly plan out my meals (lol) and space out purchases and freeze leftovers when necessary, I have very little issues with spoilage.

And having sandwiches regularly without having ingredients go bad is something I do all he time.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

When ever I hear how expensive it is to cook I know I'm dealing with a young person who's clueless. Have parents not been teaching their kids to cook?!

Reminds me of visiting my niece and her husband for dinner. They never cooked but made a nice meal that night. But they said it just wasn't economical when they totaled the price vs. portions. They did the math and proudly claimed it was cheaper to eat out. My wife and I were stunned.

Well, duh? Now you have leftover ingredients. Add to those and plan another meal. FFS, they had to buy salt and figured that into the total meal price. They literally started with nothing. Yes, it's expensive to spin up a fridge and pantry, but once you're rolling it's cheap to eat.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Eating out in the US used to be famously cheap. Now that people have been conditioned that way and everything belongs to a few oligopolists, they'll squeeze every last drop of blood out of people.

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[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

what? I have never had this problem for myself. it seems people just want an excuse to eat out

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[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Freeze your food and eat more?

I cook at home a lot since 2020 and stuff does not really spoil. I have not seen cheese or yogurt or bread spoil. Veggies not really.

The only thing I am cautious with is meat

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Are you under the impression that families are going to the grocery store every day and trying to eat everything within 48 hours of picking it up from the store? No, people are buying the week's worth of stuff and might not be getting to actually cooking it until 6 days later.

Buy a week's worth of food, with each perishable item in quantities small enough to go into a few meals per week, out of the 21 meals you'll be eating that week.

Fresh vegetables and fruit last a week or two. Fresh meat lasts a week. Eggs last a few weeks. Most dairy products last a week or two.

Make meals out of a combination of fresh ingredients, dry goods (pasta, rice, beans, breads), canned/preserved foods/sauces/condiments, frozen foods. With basically one perishable feature ingredient per dinner, it doesn't take that much planning to feed yourself for maybe 10-25% as much as it costs from takeout or restaurants. Even if your food waste is double as a single person, that's still 20-50% the cost.

[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Do you know what a "refrigerator" is?

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The ingredients spoil?! Either you don't have a fridge or don't have a clue how to cook. Or maybe turn your fridge temp down?

Lunch meat lasts a month, easy. Cheese? Multiple months. Bread? Depends. 1-day to 2-weeks, forever if frozen.

I get ham slices every trip. Any idea how many things you can do with those?! Fry them for eggs benedict, with melted cheese on a bagel, chop into an omelette, ham and cheese melt, part of a charcuterie board, 20 different kinds of sandwiches, and more.

All of that only talking about one of the ingredients you have bought. Learn to cook or pay someone a premium to do it for you. That's how it works.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

If you save $12 every work day, you save 50%. And you can buy cheaper stuff that lasts longer.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh goodie, first world problems. Never get sick of hearing ungrateful privileged people act the most oppressed by their super easiest problems to fix.

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

sounds like a fucking good time. i love sandwiches.

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The avocados keep going bad though

[–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

I had this problem. If it helps, avocados keep for a good deal longer in the refrigerator.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This only really works when you're at home.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You'll be so amazed when you learn about sandwich boxes.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Something funny I noticed at my last two jobs. The people who had their financial act together always brought their lunch. The broke people, like me, almost always ate out. Go figure.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago

Then we can afford housing!

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

well but also just born in time to live the golden age of computer games as a teenager. oh man those gorgeous manuals of 1990-2000 era games

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As I read your comment, I could smell the manual, hear the gentle crack as I broke the hymen of a new manual, it's semiglossy pages revealing the secrets of button layouts to me.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Uhhhh phrasing

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My local sub shop has great sandwiches for $8

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Same. People need to stop buying from giant corporations. Everything they sell is cheap shit sold at a ridiculous price now because investors expect a 30% profit margin.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For real. Who the fuck eats at subway these days, the food quality is absolute shit, they treat their staff like shit, and they charge you more for the pleasure

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago

And cups of yogurt go from 25¢ to $1.50 while also going from 8oz to 5.5oz.

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I blame Hardee’s normalizing a $6 burger mid 2000’s, oh and greed, a fuck ton of greed.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

They couldn't even offer the $6 Burger for $6 longer than a month or so. They were almost immediately $7 or more. They were also supposed to be comparable to a sit-down restaurant burger. Somehow they cost more and are lower quality. It's cheaper to get a burger at Denny's than it is to get a burger at any fast food place these days, and it's a better and bigger burger.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

🎶 five dollar foot longggg 🎶

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[–] considine@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

You can still be a middle-aged Tiktok star complaining about the high prices compared to the good old days.

That option remains. Seize it. Dominate the airwaves. Organize a rebellion.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

You are the chosen one

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Fif
Fif teen
Fif teen dollar foot long

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I have no control.

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[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It used to be born just in time to order LSD off the Internet. I am sure this is still somewhat possible.

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