Saving on groceries w/o coupons (recent article)

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http://news.yahoo.com/11-strategies-saving-groceries-without-clipping-coupons-171926445.html

[CanopyCo]

I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people.
How I do it is basically as the article stated.

I buy meat when it goes on sale for less than $2 lb.
Especially chicken breast, because I prefer that part of the chicken.
Typically the boneless skinless frozen chicken breasts.
But I also do the legs and thy deals as well.
Pork loins are also a big guy item when it goes on sale, and I cut it up into steaks.
Ham is another big buy meat.
Hamburger is another one, when they do the 10 lb for less than $2 a lb.

I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.

http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO

These jars are made to be used for freezing food as well as canning it.
They keep food from freezer burn and are completely reusable, unlike plastic bags.
And you can put anything in them and not worry about it leaking out.

Chicken breasts get sorted with two breasts per jar.
Pork loins get cut to inch steaks and sorted with two per jar.
Ham gets cut into inch squares or chunks like roasts and fill the jar.
Hamburger gets sorted to about one lb per jar.

The legs and thighs are a little different deal.
I cook the entire package down by boiling it and pull off all the meat that I can get easily.
Then I jar up the meat and separately jar up the water as chicken stock.
Then I put in new water and boil the bones and scraps again until I get another load of chicken stock.
That can be either frozen or canned in the jars, depending on freezer space and how long I think it will be until I use it.
I use it a lot for making rice, as it really improves the flavor.
The meat also gets used in rice and such, as I can just dump it in.
It also makes a good chicken salad.

Bell peppers are another thing that I freeze.
I buy them when they are cheaper during harvest season.
Cut them up the way you would normally cut them for use, then just put them in the jars and freeze.
I can scrape out what I need without thawing the entire jar and keep them in the freezer.

Same with green onions, broccoli, squash, and sugar snap peas.
I'm sure that there are more things that will work, but those are my main ones.
On that note, asparagus doesn't freeze well.

Canned corn and other vegetables are also a money saver.
Mixed vegetables is a big one for me.
They are not a tasty, but will work well if you use them mixed in rice or pasta.
I also use the water from the can when cooking the rice or pasta.
Freeze what is left of the can for later.

Soups are another big buy item for me.
I use some different soups for a sauce to bake meat in now and then.
Same for man witch, chilly, spaghetti sauce, and ravioli.
When it goes on sale for $1 a can, I guy 20 of them in each flavor that I use.
If I can't catch it on sale, I go generic.

When I cook a meat in a soup, and there is left over soup, I jar and freeze it.
Both the soup that I didn't use, as well as the soup off the meat that didn't get eaten that meal.
Both work well as either soup of sauce for the next meal.

Left over spaghetti sauce also gets frozen.

[ItsJoan NotJoann]

On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:47:24 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
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> I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people.
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You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month.

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> How I do it is basically as the article stated.
>
> I buy meat when it goes on sale for less than $2 lb.
> Especially chicken breast, because I prefer that part of the chicken.
> Typically the boneless skinless frozen chicken breasts.
> But I also do the legs and thy deals as well.
> Pork loins are also a big guy item when it goes on sale, and I cut it up into steaks.
> Ham is another big buy meat.
> Hamburger is another one, when they do the 10 lb for less than $2 a lb.
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>

Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains.

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> I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.
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> http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO
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>

Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll>
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*Snip*
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There are MUCH better ways of storing food than your method.

[CanopyCo]

On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 6:26:04 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
> On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:47:24 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
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> > I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people.
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> >
> You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month.

Not unless you are one of those fools that always buy name brand.
The only name brand items that I do buy I get on sale cheaper then what chasing those coupons would have gotten me the same item, if a coupon for them ever did materialize.

However, yes, if by some miracle of coincidence one could both find a sale and have a coupon for a item, they could save some more money on that one can.

Buying 50 news papers at $2 a paper too get 50 coupons to save 10 cents per coupon isn't saving you anything because of the cost of the news paper.
And buying a printer and using the web doesn't help me much either.

Today they are having a sale on Campbell's mushroom soup and manwitch for $1 a can.
Those are the only two name brand items that I can think of right off the top of my head that I use regularly.
Can you come up with a off the web coupon good in Oklahoma for those items before the sale runs out?
I'll be buying 20 cans of each tomorrow, before the sale is over, saving myself a total of $20 or more on just that sale.

And before you start in on the double coupon racket, that isn't here and driving 50 miles to the nearest store that may do that isn't going to save me squat.

While you are at it, look for some coupons on fresh squash, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and just about any other fresh vegetables that you see in that part of the store.
I can cook, so I don't do the prepared crap food that most coupons are for.

Much healthier food that way.

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> > How I do it is basically as the article stated.
> >
> > I buy meat when it goes on sale for less than $2 lb.
> > Especially chicken breast, because I prefer that part of the chicken.
> > Typically the boneless skinless frozen chicken breasts.
> > But I also do the legs and thy deals as well.
> > Pork loins are also a big guy item when it goes on sale, and I cut it up into steaks.
> > Ham is another big buy meat.
> > Hamburger is another one, when they do the 10 lb for less than $2 a lb.
> >
> >
> Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains.

I do check those as well.
However, the best spent money is on the fresh, up to date meat that is just on sale.
Sure, you can buy meat that is hours from being spoiled and eat that the same day, but you still won't get better meat then chicken breast or pork loin for less than $2 lb, both in quality of meat gotten as well as price per pound.
You are either buying bones, fat, grilse, or paying more than $2 a lb.
With the pork loin and the chicken barest you don't get any of the waste as well as the price.

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> >
> > I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO
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> >
> Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll>
> >

Only a idiot of any sex would spend as much as 25 cents a bag to save 10 cents a lb on meat.
Those bags are not reusable without risk, they cost every time you use them, are not better then the jars for freezer burn, and they don't do anything better then the jars other then let me be super clumsy and just throw my food around.

Buying cheep meat that is marked down 25 cents a lb, and then spending 25 cents a lb (or more) to store it doesn't save you anything.
You may as well just go buy the more expensive better quality meat in the first place.

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> There are MUCH better ways of storing food than your method.

Too bad that you didn't bother to show any of them.

[ItsJoan NotJoann]

On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 7:45:00 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
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> On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 6:26:04 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:47:24 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
> > >
> > > I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people.
> > >
> > >
> > You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month.
>
> Not unless you are one of those fools that always buy name brand.
>
>

My store, a LARGE chain, sends me amny, many store brand coupons. Lots of large chains do this.

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> Buying 50 news papers at $2 a paper too get 50 coupons to save 10 cents per coupon isn't saving you anything because of the cost of the news paper.
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>

Who buys a newspaper to get coupons?

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> And buying a printer and using the web doesn't help me much either.
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>

Why?

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> Today they are having a sale on Campbell's mushroom soup and manwitch for $1 a can.
> Those are the only two name brand items that I can think of right off the top of my head that I use regularly.
> Can you come up with a off the web coupon good in Oklahoma for those items before the sale runs out?
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Look at your grocery stores website if they are large enough to have one.
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> I'll be buying 20 cans of each tomorrow.
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Good grief.

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> And before you start in on the double coupon racket, that isn't here and driving 50 miles to the nearest store that may do that isn't going to save me squat.
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I never said anything about double coupons.

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> While you are at it, look for some coupons on fresh squash, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and just about any other fresh vegetables that you see in that part of the store.
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I've never seen a n y store or ever heard of a n y store having coupons on fresh vegetables. Those you just have to watch the store ad and catch them on sale.

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> I can cook, so I don't do the prepared crap food that most coupons are for.
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> Much healthier food that way.
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Manwich and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup are healthy?? (Don't get me wrong, I like Manwich once in a while, too, and o use c.o.m. soup on occasion.)

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> > Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains.
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> I do check those as well.
> However, the best spent money is on the fresh, up to date meat that is just on sale.
>
>

Oh please. Do you think they just ran outside and butchered that cow when they saw you drive into the parking lot or just wrung that chicken's neck? That stuff was processed days or weeks before.

I guess you've never heard of aged beef?
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> Sure, you can buy meat that is hours from being spoiled.
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Again, oh please. Before you post comments that make you look silly and clueless do a bit of research.

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> You are either buying bones, fat, grilse, or paying more than $2 a lb.
> With the pork loin and the chicken barest you don't get any of the waste as well as the price.
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>

How did bones and gristle get into this conversation? Did you fall out of your chair while typing and hit your head?

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> > > I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.
> > >
> > > http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO
> > >
> > >
> > Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll>
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> Only a idiot of any sex would spend as much as 25 cents a bag to save 10 cents a lb on meat.
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You are one of the MOST clueless people to have ever posted on 'how to save money and package food. Where did you get the 25 cent amount?? I buy FoodSaver bags by the rool and create my own. Oh, and those bags are washable and can be used again and again and again and completely airtight.

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> Those bags are not reusable without risk, they cost every time you use them, are not better then the jars for freezer burn, and they don't do anything better then the jars other then let me be super clumsy and just throw my food around.
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Baloney. Once again you are commenting on something you have NO knowledge of whatsoever.

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> Buying cheep meat that is marked down 25 cents a lb, and then spending 25 cents a lb (or more) to store it doesn't save you anything.
> You may as well just go buy the more expensive better quality meat in the first place.
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>

More baloney that proves you are COMPLETELY clueless.

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> > There are MUCH better ways of storing food than your method.
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> Too bad that you didn't bother to show any of them.
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>

I just told you how to package food items to keep them at their peak but it just flew over your head like a low flying jet.

[CanopyCo]

On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
> On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 7:45:00 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 6:26:04 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
> > > On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:47:24 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month.
> >
> > Not unless you are one of those fools that always buy name brand.
> >
> >
> My store, a LARGE chain, sends me amny, many store brand coupons. Lots of large chains do this.

None here do that, and that is why you considering anyone not using coupons to be stupid is, well, just stupid.
Possibly I could do all my shopping 50 miles away and get one in the city to start doing that, but that won't work either if saving money is my end goal.
When they do send you coupons, do they send you 50 of them so that you can improve the use of the sales like I talked about?
No, just one coupon per item?
Do they send you coupons for itoms that they then put on sale?
No, they expire before the sale starts.
And that is better than buying bulk when on sale?
The math doesn't work.

> >
> >
> > Buying 50 news papers at $2 a paper too get 50 coupons to save 10 cents per coupon isn't saving you anything because of the cost of the news paper.
> >
> >
> Who buys a newspaper to get coupons?

Anyone in Oklahoma using coupons.

> >
> >
> > And buying a printer and using the web doesn't help me much either.
> >
> >
> Why?

Because the printer and ink take up the savings on the few coupons that would apply to my food buying.

> >
> >
> > Today they are having a sale on Campbell's mushroom soup and manwitch for $1 a can.
> > Those are the only two name brand items that I can think of right off the top of my head that I use regularly.
> > Can you come up with a off the web coupon good in Oklahoma for those items before the sale runs out?
> >
> >
> Look at your grocery stores website if they are large enough to have one.

Wall-mart, nope, no coupons on that item.
None of the grocery stores that are running the sale also have coupons on the sale item.
They don't do that.
I don't know of any that do.
The coupon is a offer to let the holder get the sale price when no sale is on.
But they expire before the sale starts.
They don't want to give twice that discount.
Store coupon or sale, but never both.
Your only hope on that gig is to find a store that will match prices.
Here that is just wall-mart.
25 miles away, 50 round trip.
I better buy a couple hundred if I'm going to save money doing that (gas prices) instead of just going 5 miles to my usual store that is running the sale.
And by the time that I get around to using the last 50, they will be out of date.

Or I could just buy 20 cans while they are half price.
That will last me pretty much all year for that item.

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> > I'll be buying 20 cans of each tomorrow.
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> Good grief.

You think buying in bulk while the price is cheap is a bad idea?

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> > And before you start in on the double coupon racket, that isn't here and driving 50 miles to the nearest store that may do that isn't going to save me squat.
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> I never said anything about double coupons.

That is one of the few ways to actually save money with coupons.
You didn't mention it, and I did because I already explored that rout.
It didn't work here.

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> > While you are at it, look for some coupons on fresh squash, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and just about any other fresh vegetables that you see in that part of the store.
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> I've never seen a n y store or ever heard of a n y store having coupons on fresh vegetables. Those you just have to watch the store ad and catch them on sale.

And yet you say that coupons are better than buying bulk when on sale?
I guess I'm expected to both increase the cost of my daily food while decreasing the health value of the food that I eat just so that I can use coupons?
No thanks.
I eat like a king (home cooked quality food) on less than most spend on eating like a child (already prepared junk food).

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> > I can cook, so I don't do the prepared crap food that most coupons are for.
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> > Much healthier food that way.
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> Manwich and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup are healthy?? (Don't get me wrong, I like Manwich once in a while, too, and o use c.o.m. soup on occasion.)

They are healthy if used properly and occasionally.
Those 20 cans of each will last me a year.
I use them as a flavoring sauce when baking meat.
Then I use that same sauce to flavor the rice that I put under the meat.
What is left of the sauce, I use as a soup for a late snack or jar to use on meat again later.
The manwitch is used the same way, except that I don't use it as a soup later.

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> > >
> > > Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains.
> >
> > I do check those as well.
> > However, the best spent money is on the fresh, up to date meat that is just on sale.
> >
> >
> Oh please. Do you think they just ran outside and butchered that cow when they saw you drive into the parking lot or just wrung that chicken's neck? That stuff was processed days or weeks before.
>
> I guess you've never heard of aged beef?

Beef?
Not only is it always tough, but it is also always expensive and full of bones unless it is hamburger.
Pork loin and chicken are never either one when I get them on sale.
You get beef for less than $2 lb?
Is it green or gray yet when you do?

And letting a chunk of meat get pawed by a half dozen unwashed hands while it sets out for days is not particularly appealing to me, even with the rapper.
Especially after it starts turning color.

And you can find enough of it to supply all your meat at less than $2 lb?
Buying on sale does for me.

You can butcher a animal and put it right into the freezer and it will last for years.
But freeze it and thaw it over and over and you start getting problems.

This is not to say that buying expired meat will not save you money.
Just that it won't save you money on all the meat that you eat.
Buying on sale will.

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> > Sure, you can buy meat that is hours from being spoiled.
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> Again, oh please. Before you post comments that make you look silly and clueless do a bit of research.

I did, that is why you are looking pretty clueless.
I checked both health as price routs, and both are showing less value gained when compared to boneless skinless chicken breast or pork loin for less than $2 lb that are both nowhere near there expiration date.

That meat is always just about to be tossed.
That is why they marked it down in the first place.
Ask the butcher what will happen to that chunk of cow if no one buys it today.
He will tell you that it will be in the trash in the morning, because it is expired and likely spoiled.

Just how long do you think you can leave a piece of meat in the refrigerator before it goes bad?
Days, yes, weeks, no.
That marked down meat is coming up on the weeks and that is why it got marked down in the first place.

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> > You are either buying bones, fat, grilse, or paying more than $2 a lb.
> > With the pork loin and the chicken barest you don't get any of the waste as well as the price.
> >
> >
> How did bones and gristle get into this conversation? Did you fall out of your chair while typing and hit your head?

No, I was just not so stupid that I would think that buying meat never includes bone or grissle.
And that will be part of the overall value of the meat.
Let me guess, you think that buying a chunk of cow that is 25% bone and 5% fat for $4 lb is more frugal then buying pure lean meat from a chicken or pig for $2 lb.

Do you even know the meaning of the word frugal?

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> > > > I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll>
> > > >
> >
> > Only a idiot of any sex would spend as much as 25 cents a bag to save 10 cents a lb on meat.
> >
> >
> You are one of the MOST clueless people to have ever posted on 'how to save money and package food. Where did you get the 25 cent amount?? I buy FoodSaver bags by the rool and create my own. Oh, and those bags are washable and can be used again and again and again and completely airtight.

That roll free?
No, it isn't.
And you never set down and look at how many inches you use per package and done the math to see how much per inch you pay for that plastic bag.

And you reuse that bag forever?
Really?
It never gets shorter as you cut off the sealed part?

I have jars that are over 10 years old and have been use at least 50 times.
How many of your bags have been used 50 times to store 50 different items over the past 10 years?

I open my jar and scrape out some red bell peppers and another jar for my green onions to cook in my egg omelet for breakfast this morning, and then put the jar right back into the freezer without thawing it.
I guess you think cutting off the top of that bag and getting them out and then resealing is it better.
You must keep your sealer out and plugged up all the time to do that.

Or you are just talking out your ass.

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> > Those bags are not reusable without risk, they cost every time you use them, are not better then the jars for freezer burn, and they don't do anything better then the jars other then let me be super clumsy and just throw my food around.
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> >
> Baloney. Once again you are commenting on something you have NO knowledge of whatsoever.

No, I am showing just how clueless you really are on the subject.
You have not shown anything to support your belief that your freezer bags are better than the freezer jars.
All you do is talk shit.

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> > Buying cheep meat that is marked down 25 cents a lb, and then spending 25 cents a lb (or more) to store it doesn't save you anything.
> > You may as well just go buy the more expensive better quality meat in the first place.
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> >
> More baloney that proves you are COMPLETELY clueless.

That proves that you are completely clueless or you would have shown how I am wrong instead of just talking shit and saying nothing of value.

Do the math.
Tell us how much you pay per inch for your bags.
We can tell for ourselves about how many inches it would take to store a lb of meat, or you can tell us how long most of the 1 lb packages that you have packed up are.
Then you will know how much you just paid to store that lb of meat.
I already know on the jars.
They are reusable and cheep to buy in the first place, so the cost per lb goes down every time you reuse that jar.
You can't reuse those bags nearly as many times as you can these jars, no matter how many times you try to melt the cut off part back on.

I'll tell you what.
Just to make it easy for you, post where you buy those rolls at the cheapest price just like I did the jars.
I'll do the math again myself, just in case you found a super low price that make it work.

We won't even talk about the cost of buying the sealer in the first place.

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> > > There are MUCH better ways of storing food than your method.
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> > Too bad that you didn't bother to show any of them.
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> I just told you how to package food items to keep them at their peak but it just flew over your head like a low flying jet.

None of your statement have flown over my head.
I knew about seal a meal way back before I ever came here.
And I did the math, unlike you.

On top of that, you didn't show me a BETTER way to store my food.
Not cheaper or more efficient.
Just your more expensive way.

I'm starting to see why this group is dead.
The only poster chastises anyone that posts a idea while not showing anything that works better.

[ItsJoan NotJoann]

On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:00:46 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
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> On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
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> > My store, a LARGE chain, sends me amny, many store brand coupons. Lots of large chains do this.
>
> None here do that, and that is why you considering anyone not using coupons to be stupid is, well, just stupid.
>
>

I never once said that. Show me where I stated a person who does not use coupons is stupid. You said you don't use coupons. But you seem to be proud
YOU don't.

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> Possibly I could do all my shopping 50 miles away and get one in the city to start doing that, but that won't work either if saving money is my end goal.
> When they do send you coupons, do they send you 50 of them so that you can improve the use of the sales like I talked about?
>
>

You must live out in the boonies if your store offers no coupons or any deals. My store sends me coupons based on my buying habits. I don't buy diapers and baby food nor dog food so no, they don't send me those.

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> No, just one coupon per item?
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_Usually_ I can use a coupon for 5 purchases of the same item.

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> Do they send you coupons for itoms that they then put on sale?
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Even if the items is on sale I can still use it.

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> No, they expire before the sale starts.
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Nope. You REALLY need to get out in the world more.

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> And that is better than buying bulk when on sale?
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Bulk buying is good if you have the space to store all that stuff and a large family to feed. I do have an upright freezer that is simply bulging. 99% of the stuff is packed in FoodSaver bags and looks like the day I bought it. Sealed tightly and no air penetrating those bags.

> The math doesn't work.
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> > > Buying 50 news papers at $2 a paper too get 50 coupons to save 10 cents per coupon isn't saving you anything because of the cost of the news paper.
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> > Who buys a newspaper to get coupons?
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> Anyone in Oklahoma using coupons.
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>

I'm having a hard believing that NO stores in Oklahoma don't have websites to download coupons.

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> > > And buying a printer and using the web doesn't help me much either.
> > >
> > >
> > Why?
>
> Because the printer and ink take up the savings on the few coupons that would apply to my food buying.
>
>

As backwards as you are I'm surprised you even have a computer. I don't print off my coupons, they are downloaded to my shopping card. And a printer can be used for many more things others than printing out coupons.

> > >
> > >
> > > Today they are having a sale on Campbell's mushroom soup and manwitch for $1 a can.
> > > Those are the only two name brand items that I can think of right off the top of my head that I use regularly.
> > > Can you come up with a off the web coupon good in Oklahoma for those items before the sale runs out?
> > >
> > >
> > Look at your grocery stores website if they are large enough to have one.
>
> Wall-mart, nope, no coupons on that item.
> None of the grocery stores that are running the sale also have coupons on the sale item.
> They don't do that.
> I don't know of any that do.
>
>

Mine does.

>
>
> The coupon is a offer to let the holder get the sale price when no sale is on.
> But they expire before the sale starts.
> They don't want to give twice that discount.
> Store coupon or sale, but never both.
> Your only hope on that gig is to find a store that will match prices.
> Here that is just wall-mart.
> 25 miles away, 50 round trip.
>
>

As I said above, you need to get out more.

>
>
> I better buy a couple hundred if I'm going to save money doing that (gas prices) instead of just going 5 miles to my usual store that is running the sale.
> And by the time that I get around to using the last 50, they will be out of date.
>
> Or I could just buy 20 cans while they are half price.
> That will last me pretty much all year for that item.
>
>

You need to expand your menu as well.

> > >
> > >
> > > I'll be buying 20 cans of each tomorrow.
> > >
> > >
> > Good grief.
>
> You think buying in bulk while the price is cheap is a bad idea?
>
> > >
> > >

20 cans is a bit much if you eat that much of that stuff.

>
>

> > > And before you start in on the double coupon racket, that isn't here and driving 50 miles to the nearest store that may do that isn't going to save me squat.
>
>

Once again, I never said anything about double coupons.

> > >
> > >
> > I never said anything about double coupons.
>
> That is one of the few ways to actually save money with coupons.
> You didn't mention it, and I did because I already explored that rout.
> It didn't work here.
>
> > >
> > >
> > > While you are at it, look for some coupons on fresh squash, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and just about any other fresh vegetables that you see in that part of the store.
> > >
> > >
> > I've never seen a n y store or ever heard of a n y store having coupons on fresh vegetables. Those you just have to watch the store ad and catch them on sale.
>

>?

>
> And yet you say that coupons are better than buying bulk when on sale?
> I guess I'm expected to both increase the cost of my daily food while decreasing the health value of the food that I eat just so that I can use coupons?
> No thanks.
>
>

Manwich and Campbell's Soup is a healthful value?

>
>
> I eat like a king (home cooked quality food) on less than most spend on eating like a child (already prepared junk food).
>
> > >
> > >

I don't think so. The sodium in Campbell's soup is through the roof. The lower salt variety tastes like crap.

>
>

> > > I can cook, so I don't do the prepared crap food that most coupons are for.
> > >
> > > Much healthier food that way.
> > >
> > >
> > Manwich and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup are healthy?? (Don't get me wrong, I like Manwich once in a while, too, and o use c.o.m. soup on occasion.)
>
> They are healthy if used properly and occasionally.
> Those 20 cans of each will last me a year.
> I use them as a flavoring sauce when baking meat.
> Then I use that same sauce to flavor the rice that I put under the meat.
> What is left of the sauce, I use as a soup for a late snack or jar to use on meat again later.
> The manwitch is used the same way, except that I don't use it as a soup later.
>
> > > >
> >

Even if you can't shop wisely and cook healthy, please learn to spell MANWICH correctly.

>
>
> > > > Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains.
> > >
> > > I do check those as well.
> > > However, the best spent money is on the fresh, up to date meat that is just on sale.
> > >
> > >
> > Oh please. Do you think they just ran outside and butchered that cow when they saw you drive into the parking lot or just wrung that chicken's neck? That stuff was processed days or weeks before.
> >
> > I guess you've never heard of aged beef?
>
> Beef?
> Not only is it always tough, but it is also always expensive and full of bones unless it is hamburger.
>
>

You need to be looking for better quality meat and perhaps it's not as the store you frequent.

>
> Pork loin and chicken are never either one when I get them on sale.
> You get beef for less than $2 lb?
> Is it green or gray yet when you do?
>
>

Absolutely not.

>
>
> And letting a chunk of meat get pawed by a half dozen unwashed hands while it sets out for days is not particularly appealing to me, even with the rapper.
> Especially after it starts turning color.
>
>

My meat is packaged in Styrofoam trays and wrapped in plastic. Yours isn't???? And once it's home it's repackaged into FoodSaver bags. Clean, clean, clean!

>
>
> And you can find enough of it to supply all your meat at less than $2 lb?
> Buying on sale does for me.
>
>

I sure can! You need to take a knowledgeable woman with you to show you how to snag some bargains.

>
>
> You can butcher a animal and put it right into the freezer and it will last for years.
> But freeze it and thaw it over and over and you start getting problems.
>
>

Who is doing that but a dumbass or a clueless man????????????????

>
>
> This is not to say that buying expired meat will not save you money.
> Just that it won't save you money on all the meat that you eat.
> Buying on sale will.
>
>

More baloney.

> > >
> > > Sure, you can buy meat that is hours from being spoiled.
> > >
> > >
> > Again, oh please. Before you post comments that make you look silly and clueless do a bit of research.
>
> I did, that is why you are looking pretty clueless.
> I checked both health as price routs, and both are showing less value gained when compared to boneless skinless chicken breast or pork loin for less than $2 lb that are both nowhere near there expiration date.
>
>

Cite your sources.

>
>
> That meat is always just about to be tossed.
> That is why they marked it down in the first place.
> Ask the butcher what will happen to that chunk of cow if no one buys it today.
> He will tell you that it will be in the trash in the morning, because it is expired and likely spoiled.
>
>

No it's not.>

>
> Just how long do you think you can leave a piece of meat in the refrigerator before it goes bad?
> Days, yes, weeks, no.
> That marked down meat is coming up on the weeks and that is why it got marked down in the first place.
>
> > >
>

My grocer puts meat fresh meat out on Monday, if not sold by Thursday it is marked down. The date is on ALL the packages.

>
>
> > > You are either buying bones, fat, grilse, or paying more than $2 a lb.
> > > With the pork loin and the chicken barest you don't get any of the waste as well as the price.
> > >
> > >
> > How did bones and gristle get into this conversation? Did you fall out of your chair while typing and hit your head?
>
> No, I was just not so stupid that I would think that buying meat never includes bone or grissle.
>
>

Gristle in my meat.

>
>
> And that will be part of the overall value of the meat.
> Let me guess, you think that buying a chunk of cow that is 25% bone and 5% fat for $4 lb is more frugal then buying pure lean meat from a chicken or pig for $2 lb.
>
>

I don't buy cheap meat like you are citing.

>
>
> Do you even know the meaning of the word frugal?
>
>

I certainly do!

> > > > >
> > > > > I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll>
> > > > >
> > >
> > > Only a idiot of any sex would spend as much as 25 cents a bag to save 10 cents a lb on meat.
> > >
> > >
> > You are one of the MOST clueless people to have ever posted on 'how to save money and package food. Where did you get the 25 cent amount?? I buy FoodSaver bags by the rool and create my own. Oh, and those bags are washable and can be used again and again and again and completely airtight.
>
> That roll free?
> No, it isn't.

Two 11 feet rolls for $15 and they can be bought cheaper on eBay.

>
>
> And you never set down and look at how many inches you use per package and done the math to see how much per inch you pay for that plastic bag.
>
> And you reuse that bag forever?
> Really?
> It never gets shorter as you cut off the sealed part?
>
>

Yes, it gets shorter but it is used many times before being tossed.

>
>
> I have jars that are over 10 years old and have been use at least 50 times.
> How many of your bags have been used 50 times to store 50 different items over the past 10 years?
>
>

Sveral.

>
>
> I open my jar and scrape out some red bell peppers and another jar for my green onions to cook in my egg omelet for breakfast this morning, and then put the jar right back into the freezer without thawing it.
> I guess you think cutting off the top of that bag and getting them out and then resealing is it better.
>
>

I freeze PORTIONS in those bags that will be cooked when the bag is opened.

>
>
> You must keep your sealer out and plugged up all the time to do that.
>
>

Nope.

>
> Or you are just talking out your ass.
>
>

Talking from experience

>
> > >
> > > Those bags are not reusable without risk, they cost every time you use them, are not better then the jars for freezer burn, and they don't do anything better then the jars other then let me be super clumsy and just throw my food around.
> > >

> > Ever heard of soap and water??

>
> > Baloney. Once again you are commenting on something you have NO knowledge of whatsoever.
>
> No, I am showing just how clueless you really are on the subject.
> You have not shown anything to support your belief that your freezer bags are better than the freezer jars.
> All you do is talk shit.
>
> > >

Ever notice your grocer uses a vacuum sealer for many of their products? OOPS, sorry, you live in a one horse town that doesn't have up to date markets.

[CanopyCo]

On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:18:35 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
> On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:00:46 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
> >
> > > My store, a LARGE chain, sends me amny, many store brand coupons. Lots of large chains do this.
> >
> > None here do that, and that is why you considering anyone not using coupons to be stupid is, well, just stupid.
> >
> >
> I never once said that. Show me where I stated a person who does not use coupons is stupid. You said you don't use coupons. But you seem to be proud
> YOU don't.

Proud that I don't?
No, proud that even without them I do still manage to stay below $200 a month with healthy food.
Part of that decision to not use coupons was due to the fact that 99% of the coupons that I see is for name brand idioms and prepared food that I don't use due to both cost as well as making my own food being healthier.

I recall a video that I seen once where a fat lady was managing to not spend any money at all on her food by chancing coupons.
That was all well and good if a person has all day to devote to nothing but chancing coupons, sorting coupons, and running from store to store to look for sales and mark downs to use the coupons on.
And I seen her cart of food.
Not one fresh item or chunk of raw meat.
It was all prepared processed food that is well known to decrease ones health.
That is another reason that I don't do the coupon game.
If one has nothing to spend on food, then yes that is better than eating rocks.
But if one has some money to spend on food, my method will both give you a healthy diet and cost less than $200 a month often for two people.

Regarding your second question.
Feb 7, the first thing you ever posted to me.
Your very first typed line.

You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month.

In your opinion you were complimenting my intelligence or trying to say that not using coupons is smart?
And then there is the fact that you insulted me on every fact that I posted as if they were all idiot nonsense.
And that just pointed out how stupid you really are, considering that every fact that I posted was a fact and my method did work to keep my expense down below $200 a month for healthy food.

> >
> >
> > Possibly I could do all my shopping 50 miles away and get one in the city to start doing that, but that won't work either if saving money is my end goal.
> > When they do send you coupons, do they send you 50 of them so that you can improve the use of the sales like I talked about?
> >
> >
> You must live out in the boonies if your store offers no coupons or any deals. My store sends me coupons based on my buying habits. I don't buy diapers and baby food nor dog food so no, they don't send me those.

Yes, to improve my quality of life while also improving my ability to live frugally I moved out into the country.
I burn wood for heat, something that many cities will not allow.
I also have livestock and a garden to produce my own food.
Another thing that often isn't well accepted in town.
And my land was both really good farm land and cheep to buy.
Something that is nearly impossible to do real close to any large town, let alone city.

> >
> >
> > No, just one coupon per item?
> >
> >
> _Usually_ I can use a coupon for 5 purchases of the same item.

Your coupons are quite different then Oklahoma coupons are.
Ours state right on them that it is for one item only.
I'd have to have 20 coupons for 20 items here.

> >
> > Do they send you coupons for itoms that they then put on sale?
> >
> >
> Even if the items is on sale I can still use it.

But does the store send you coupons that are good while there sale is on?
Here it is either one or the other with store coupons.
Even with the regular coupon, it is rare to find a coupon on a item that is also on sale.
The manufacturer of the item usually decides if there item is on sale and they usually make sure that they aren't doing double discount by running a sale and sending out coupons at the same time.
On those rare occasions that you find both, you have found a sale that the store is taking the cut in budget to run.

Take Dr Pepper for a example.
Here it is now $1.49 per 2 ltr bottle.
Dr Pepper ran a sale on it for $1 a bottle.
The stores had no say so on when then the sale started or ended.
And Dr Pepper didn't put out any coupons that I know of that were still good when they started that sale.

> >
> >
> > No, they expire before the sale starts.
> >
> >
> Nope. You REALLY need to get out in the world more.
> >
> >
> > And that is better than buying bulk when on sale?
> >
> >
> Bulk buying is good if you have the space to store all that stuff and a large family to feed. I do have an upright freezer that is simply bulging. 99% of the stuff is packed in FoodSaver bags and looks like the day I bought it. Sealed tightly and no air penetrating those bags.

I use a smaller chest type freezer so that it takes far less electricity and presently it is full, as is the freezer on my refrigerator.
The stuff in the freezer is still in its freezable store packaging and is reduced to the jars when I bring it into the refrigerator.

It is full of hams, pork loins, boneless skinless chicken breast, sausage, stick sausage, and a few other items that I caught going cheep.
And all of it was less than $2 lb.
For a lot of it, it was less than $1.50 lb.
The stick sausage was actually down to $0.50 lb on sale out when I cleaned out that rack.

> > The math doesn't work.
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Buying 50 news papers at $2 a paper too get 50 coupons to save 10 cents per coupon isn't saving you anything because of the cost of the news paper.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Who buys a newspaper to get coupons?
> >
> > Anyone in Oklahoma using coupons.
> >
> >
> I'm having a hard believing that NO stores in Oklahoma don't have websites to download coupons.

No stores within 30 miles of me (wall-mart) does, and any coupons that they do have is on prepared items that I never use.
I'd have to buy a printer just to get maybe one or two coupons a year that were actually on something that I would use.

My mom is big on the coupon racket.
She has a room full of boxes of stuff that she will never use, and much of it is stuff that she doesn't even know how to use.
All because she had a coupon on it.

> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And buying a printer and using the web doesn't help me much either.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Why?
> >
> > Because the printer and ink take up the savings on the few coupons that would apply to my food buying.
> >
> >
> As backwards as you are I'm surprised you even have a computer. I don't print off my coupons, they are downloaded to my shopping card. And a printer can be used for many more things others than printing out coupons.

I don't know of any store that does that here, nor have any idea how to do that.
In fact, I have never seen a coupon page that offered that.
Every coupon page that I have ever seen said print the coupon.
No other option.

BTW
How does downloading the coupon to your Safeway card let you buy soup that is on sale at Bobs Grocery?
Bob's doesn't even have a card but they are running a sale, and Safeway is higher with the coupon then Bobs is without it.
How does this let me use a coupon on Bob's sale items?

As far as a printer being useful for other things, it is still a item that I don't need to spend money on as I can do all those other things in other ways.

And I notice that you have went back to insulting when you get shown that you method won't work here.

> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Today they are having a sale on Campbell's mushroom soup and manwitch for $1 a can.
> > > > Those are the only two name brand items that I can think of right off the top of my head that I use regularly.
> > > > Can you come up with a off the web coupon good in Oklahoma for those items before the sale runs out?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Look at your grocery stores website if they are large enough to have one.
> >
> > Wall-mart, nope, no coupons on that item.
> > None of the grocery stores that are running the sale also have coupons on the sale item.
> > They don't do that.
> > I don't know of any that do.
> >
> >
> Mine does.

On those rare occasions, that sale was ran by the store and not the manufacturer.
Here they don't do that very often, because of the coupon making them loose money on that transaction.
They have already decreased the price down to cost, and the coupon makes them loose money.
Your store may be pricing there items higher then you could get them someplace that isn't giving out coupons.

> >
> >
> > The coupon is a offer to let the holder get the sale price when no sale is on.
> > But they expire before the sale starts.
> > They don't want to give twice that discount.
> > Store coupon or sale, but never both.
> > Your only hope on that gig is to find a store that will match prices.
> > Here that is just wall-mart.
> > 25 miles away, 50 round trip.
> >
> >
> As I said above, you need to get out more.

I get out to every store within a 35 mile radius.
On top of that I did construction contracting all over the US before I retired so I have seen a lot of thing in a lot of places.
How would going to them more often change anything?
Maybe you should get out more and see how it is in other towns besides yours.
BTW
Where do you live?
I'm in Oklahoma, about half way between Tulsa and Oklahoma City so that I can use both for medical treatment.

> >
> >
> > I better buy a couple hundred if I'm going to save money doing that (gas prices) instead of just going 5 miles to my usual store that is running the sale.
> > And by the time that I get around to using the last 50, they will be out of date.
> >
> > Or I could just buy 20 cans while they are half price.
> > That will last me pretty much all year for that item.
> >
> >
> You need to expand your menu as well.

Why, not enough unhealthy prepared food?
My menu is quite healthy based on what the doctors tell me and what I read here and there.
Lots of fresh vegetables and low salt or chemicals.
Just exactly what do you think I should bring into my menu?
More frozen pizza?

> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'll be buying 20 cans of each tomorrow.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Good grief.
> >
> > You think buying in bulk while the price is cheap is a bad idea?
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> 20 cans is a bit much if you eat that much of that stuff.

How do you figure that?
Those 20 cans will last me 6 months easily.
Could even last a year, depending on how often I want to bake something in that soup.
Often I just fry it all up in olive oil without even putting pepper on it.
When you use fresh food, it all tastes so good that you don't have to put anything on it to get it to taste good.
It already does.

> >
> >
>
> > > > And before you start in on the double coupon racket, that isn't here and driving 50 miles to the nearest store that may do that isn't going to save me squat.
> >
> >
> Once again, I never said anything about double coupons.

Why didn't you.
Do you not know that using stores that double coupons gives you the best use of those coupons?
Are you missing that part of your method?

> > > >
> > > >
> > > I never said anything about double coupons.
> >
> > That is one of the few ways to actually save money with coupons.
> > You didn't mention it, and I did because I already explored that rout.
> > It didn't work here.
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > While you are at it, look for some coupons on fresh squash, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and just about any other fresh vegetables that you see in that part of the store.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I've never seen a n y store or ever heard of a n y store having coupons on fresh vegetables. Those you just have to watch the store ad and catch them on sale.
> >
> >?
> >
> > And yet you say that coupons are better than buying bulk when on sale?
> > I guess I'm expected to both increase the cost of my daily food while decreasing the health value of the food that I eat just so that I can use coupons?
> > No thanks.
> >
> >
> Manwich and Campbell's Soup is a healthful value?

No, manwich and soup are sauces that I occasionally put on the healthy food to give it a different taste and to make pasta and rice a different taste then it has otherwise.
Those two items are not all that I eat, nor even what I eat once every week.
They are, however, just about the only thing that I do eat that may have a coupon.

> >
> >
> > I eat like a king (home cooked quality food) on less than most spend on eating like a child (already prepared junk food).
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> I don't think so. The sodium in Campbell's soup is through the roof. The lower salt variety tastes like crap.

However that one can of soup was use over 4, 1 inch thick pork loin chops that were baked at 400F for one hour.
No salt was added.
Then 1/4 of that soup was dipped out of the pot and dumped onto a bowl of rice that has squash, onions, asparagus, bell peppers, broccoli, sugar snap peas, and Brussels sprouts in it and the chop on top.
None of that was salted either.

When looking at 1/4 the salt in one can being the only salt in the meal it suddenly isn't so high anymore.

And that soup meal was not every day.
Once every couple of weeks is pushing it.

75% of my meals have no prepared food in the at all, other than a can of chopped tomatoes now and then.

> >
> >
>
> > > > I can cook, so I don't do the prepared crap food that most coupons are for.
> > > >
> > > > Much healthier food that way.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Manwich and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup are healthy?? (Don't get me wrong, I like Manwich once in a while, too, and o use c.o.m. soup on occasion.)
> >
> > They are healthy if used properly and occasionally.
> > Those 20 cans of each will last me a year.
> > I use them as a flavoring sauce when baking meat.
> > Then I use that same sauce to flavor the rice that I put under the meat.
> > What is left of the sauce, I use as a soup for a late snack or jar to use on meat again later.
> > The manwitch is used the same way, except that I don't use it as a soup later.
> >
> > > > >
> > >
> Even if you can't shop wisely and cook healthy, please learn to spell MANWICH correctly.

When you start shopping wisely and cooking healthy I'll start looking into my spelling.

> >
> >
> > > > > Hey ace, check your marked down meat bin if you REALLY want some bargains.
> > > >
> > > > I do check those as well.
> > > > However, the best spent money is on the fresh, up to date meat that is just on sale.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Oh please. Do you think they just ran outside and butchered that cow when they saw you drive into the parking lot or just wrung that chicken's neck? That stuff was processed days or weeks before.
> > >
> > > I guess you've never heard of aged beef?
> >
> > Beef?
> > Not only is it always tough, but it is also always expensive and full of bones unless it is hamburger.
> >
> >
> You need to be looking for better quality meat and perhaps it's not as the store you frequent.

You are clearly clueless of what makes quality meat.
I buy the best quality meat, and it isn't from a cow.
Hint, white meat is the healthy meat.
Pork is the other white meat and pork loin is almost 0 fat.

And buying beef at $5 lb isn't more frugal then buying boneless skinless chicken breast at $2 lb.

> >
> > Pork loin and chicken are never either one when I get them on sale.
> > You get beef for less than $2 lb?
> > Is it green or gray yet when you do?
> >
> >
> Absolutely not.

I didn't think you could get beef for less than $2 lb.
Spending more just to get beef isn't very frugal.
Occasionally they get hamburger down to $2 lb if you buy 10 lb at a time.
But that is the fat type hamburger, not the lean type.
I use ground chicken or turkey for the ground meat jobs and have far less fat to deal with.

> >
> >
> > And letting a chunk of meat get pawed by a half dozen unwashed hands while it sets out for days is not particularly appealing to me, even with the rapper.
> > Especially after it starts turning color.
> >
> >
> My meat is packaged in Styrofoam trays and wrapped in plastic. Yours isn't???? And once it's home it's repackaged into FoodSaver bags. Clean, clean, clean!

Yes, wrapped just like that.
One layer of cellophane, often punctured by the time it was marked down and clearly looking different then the fresh meat.

You are aware of the limitations of leaving meat in the refrigerator, right?
It can't set there forever without spoiling.
The marked down meat is just this side of spoiled.
That is why they marked it down.
Ask the butcher.

> >
> >
> > And you can find enough of it to supply all your meat at less than $2 lb?
> > Buying on sale does for me.
> >
> >
> I sure can! You need to take a knowledgeable woman with you to show you how to snag some bargains.

You have shown me that there are no knowledgeable women.
I know how to do math and can tell if something is cheaper or not.

> >
> >
> > You can butcher a animal and put it right into the freezer and it will last for years.
> > But freeze it and thaw it over and over and you start getting problems.
> >
> >
> Who is doing that but a dumbass or a clueless man????????????????

See, no knowledgeable woman here.
Talk to the butcher.
I worked at a chicken plant.
You have never in your entire life gotten a chicken that was killed that month out of the meat section of any grocery store.
All of it was frozen at one time or another before you got it to keep it from going bad before it made it to the store.
You actually think that they are butchering chickens only as fast as you eat them?
They have year's worth of chicken in the freezers right now that they bring out every time production starts getting expensive.
Then when productions gets cheaper, they start freezing more chickens again.
That works for beef and pork just as well as it does for chicken.

Now, for the second part.
Freezing, thawing, refreezing, thawing, refreezing again has long been established as a bad health thing to do with meat.
You didn't know that either?

If you buy meat that is not frozen at the time you buy it, you have added at least one more freeze thaw cycle to that chunk of meat because I guarantee that meat was frozen at least once before you got it.

Add to that a chunk of meat that was setting out so long that it is nearly spoiled and now marked down and you really are asking for trouble.

I use marked down meat when I find it cheap enough, but I use it fast instead of freezing it.
I try to get already frozen meat for the storage.

> >
> >
> > This is not to say that buying expired meat will not save you money.
> > Just that it won't save you money on all the meat that you eat.
> > Buying on sale will.
> >
> >
> More baloney.

You are saying that you only eat meat that is near its expiration date and never eat fresher meat?
That is what your baloney statement said.

I said that they usually don't have enough nearly spoiled meat marked down cheaper then $2 a lb to supply all ones meat, therefore I buy fresher meat at less than $2 a lb to fill in the gaps.

Your statement apparently indicates that you don't buy fresh meat and eat nothing but nearly spoiled meat.
And you suggest that I should get better quality meat?
:-D

> > > >
> > > > Sure, you can buy meat that is hours from being spoiled.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Again, oh please. Before you post comments that make you look silly and clueless do a bit of research.
> >
> > I did, that is why you are looking pretty clueless.
> > I checked both health as price routs, and both are showing less value gained when compared to boneless skinless chicken breast or pork loin for less than $2 lb that are both nowhere near there expiration date.
> >
> >
> Cite your sources.

Google the following line.
How long can meat set in the refrigerator before it goes bad.
Read any of them to find out that the meat cannot set in that meat refrigerator more than a couple of days before it starts going south.

Now, just how cold do you think that chunk of meat on the top of the stack in the meat counter of you store is?
It isn't nearly as cold as one would like it to be.

Now Google the following line.
What is the healthiest meat.
Now, let me know what cite showed beef to be healthier then boneless skinless chicken breast or lean pork loin.

The health qualities of lean white meat as well as the limitations regarding leaving meat unfrozen have both long been established, but apparently you missed that bit of information.

Still looking for that knowledgeable woman.
:-D

> >
> >
> > That meat is always just about to be tossed.
> > That is why they marked it down in the first place.
> > Ask the butcher what will happen to that chunk of cow if no one buys it today.
> > He will tell you that it will be in the trash in the morning, because it is expired and likely spoiled.
> >
> >
> No it's not.>

Then why do you think it was changing color and marked down?
You think that they toss all the meat and restock the meat counter every day with meat that was never frozen?

Talk to your butcher so you will know what you are talking about.

> >
> > Just how long do you think you can leave a piece of meat in the refrigerator before it goes bad?
> > Days, yes, weeks, no.
> > That marked down meat is coming up on the weeks and that is why it got marked down in the first place.
> >
> > > >
> >
> My grocer puts meat fresh meat out on Monday, if not sold by Thursday it is marked down. The date is on ALL the packages.

Isn't that 4 days before it was marked down?
That is 5 days if you get it marked down on friday.
Wait until Saturday and you have 6 days.
How long did the cites say that meat can set in the refrigerator before it goes bad?

Here, let me rent you a clue.
http://www.foodsafety.gov/blog/meatinrefrig.html

The cite states that meat kept above 40F grows bacteria fast.
That is about 8 F above frozen.
I'm betting that meat you got wasn't crunchy, so it wasn't even near 40F the entire time it was setting out.

It also states that chicken and all ground meat (like hamburger) left out at 40f or below will last only 1 to 2 days.
Your butcher sold you spoiled hamburger and chicken if he left it out 4 days and then marked it down.
Every day after 2 was bad, and you are buying 5 or 6 day old meat that wasn't even kept at 40F or less?

Your beef was only good for 3 to 5 days, so his 4 day old beef was also shaky.
Just not as nasty as his hamburger and chicken.

Still looking for that knowledgeable woman.

:-D

> >
> >
> > > > You are either buying bones, fat, grilse, or paying more than $2 a lb.
> > > > With the pork loin and the chicken barest you don't get any of the waste as well as the price.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > How did bones and gristle get into this conversation? Did you fall out of your chair while typing and hit your head?
> >
> > No, I was just not so stupid that I would think that buying meat never includes bone or grissle.
> >
> >
> Gristle in my meat.

Is a waste of money.
You didn't know that?

> >
> >
> > And that will be part of the overall value of the meat.
> > Let me guess, you think that buying a chunk of cow that is 25% bone and 5% fat for $4 lb is more frugal then buying pure lean meat from a chicken or pig for $2 lb.
> >
> >
> I don't buy cheap meat like you are citing.

Buying expensive cuts of meat is more frugal and saves more money than buying cheaper cuts of meat that also don't have fat or any other waste?

Really?

Still looking for that knowledgeable woman.
:-D

> >
> >
> > Do you even know the meaning of the word frugal?
> >
> >
> I certainly do!

Buying the most expensive cuts of meat isn't very frugal.
You aren't saying that you get coupons that let you get the most expensive cuts of meat for less than $2 lb are you?
You have stated that my chicken breast and pork loin are not up to your quality, so you are not being consistent.

> > > > > >
> > > > > > I deal with the 10 lb sales by using freezer jars.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Mason-Jars-Wide-Mouth-Freeze/dp/B001DIZ1NO
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > Try a FoodSaver system for better control of freezer burn and better use of your freezer space and no worry about dropping a jar and breaking it. Only a clueless man would use jars exclusively for storing food. <eye roll>
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Only a idiot of any sex would spend as much as 25 cents a bag to save 10 cents a lb on meat.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > You are one of the MOST clueless people to have ever posted on 'how to save money and package food. Where did you get the 25 cent amount?? I buy FoodSaver bags by the rool and create my own. Oh, and those bags are washable and can be used again and again and again and completely airtight.
> >
> > That roll free?
> > No, it isn't.
> Two 11 feet rolls for $15 and they can be bought cheaper on eBay.
> >
> >
> > And you never set down and look at how many inches you use per package and done the math to see how much per inch you pay for that plastic bag.
> >
> > And you reuse that bag forever?
> > Really?
> > It never gets shorter as you cut off the sealed part?
> >
> >
> Yes, it gets shorter but it is used many times before being tossed.

You didn't show your math, or likely even do it, so I'll do it for you.

Food saver bags off the web are $50 for a 20 foot roll 8 inches wide.
That is $0.40 a inch.
6 inches to store a lb of ground meat.
Likely more, but I'm cutting you slack.
That is $2.40 to store that 1lb of meat.
Just how much was that meat marked down anyway?
I'm betting it wasn't marked down $2.40 a lb, so you lost money.

You cut off at least a inch to open it so you don't have but 6 inches left.
Sealing it again only left you 5 inches of food.

You won't be using that bag again, with only about 2 inches of bag left after sealing it again.

I'll be generous and let you split the cost down from $2.40 a lb to $1.20 lb by using the bag to store two pounds at 1 lb at a time used twice.
Not that you could actually get a second pound in what was left of the bag, but just to humor you.

If the meat was marked down by $1.20 lb, you just broke even with the guy that bought fresh meat at full price, while you eat spoiled meat and think you did good.

My jars are reusable hundreds of times, and brand new they only cost $1.33 each so I can break my jar every time I use one and still be cheaper than your $2.40 first bag.
And my jar didn't get smaller every time I used it, so it just got cheaper as time went on.
Not like your bags that vanished after about two uses.

Still looking for that knowledgeable woman.
:-D

> >
> >
> > I have jars that are over 10 years old and have been use at least 50 times.
> > How many of your bags have been used 50 times to store 50 different items over the past 10 years?
> >
> >
> Sveral.

That must have been a 10 foot long bag just to account for the 1 to 2 inches used up in the sealing part.
That or you are a bold faced liar.

Let's see, at $2.40 a inch, that was one hell of a expensive bag.
My jars are only $1.33 each and they last forever if you treat them right.

> >
> >
> > I open my jar and scrape out some red bell peppers and another jar for my green onions to cook in my egg omelet for breakfast this morning, and then put the jar right back into the freezer without thawing it.
> > I guess you think cutting off the top of that bag and getting them out and then resealing is it better.
> >
> >
> I freeze PORTIONS in those bags that will be cooked when the bag is opened.

Pretty high priced at 40 cents a inch and a minimum of 4 inches to get a seal on both ends.
My jar only cost $1.33 and can be reused for ever if you take care of it.

> >
> >
> > You must keep your sealer out and plugged up all the time to do that.
> >
> >
> Nope.
> >
> > Or you are just talking out your ass.
> >
> >
> Talking from experience

Not accurately.
Experienced liar?

> >
> > > >
> > > > Those bags are not reusable without risk, they cost every time you use them, are not better then the jars for freezer burn, and they don't do anything better then the jars other then let me be super clumsy and just throw my food around.
> > > >
> > > Ever heard of soap and water??
> >
> > > Baloney. Once again you are commenting on something you have NO knowledge of whatsoever.
> >
> > No, I am showing just how clueless you really are on the subject.
> > You have not shown anything to support your belief that your freezer bags are better than the freezer jars.
> > All you do is talk shit.
> >
> > > >
> Ever notice your grocer uses a vacuum sealer for many of their products? OOPS, sorry, you live in a one horse town that doesn't have up to date markets.

Ever notice that everything that he sold you was packaged in disposable packaging?
He would be using the jars if he planned to reuse the packaging.
Disposable packing is commonly more frugal then reusable packaging?
Really?

Oh, and none of that meat on Styrofoam trays with cellophane wrapping was shrink wrapped.
That is only the thick plastic wrapped meat that is shrink wrapped.

[itsjoan...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:55:32 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
>
> On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:18:35 PM UTC-6, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
>
> Show me where I stated a person who does not use coupons is stupid. You said > you don't use coupons. But you seem to be proud
> YOU don't.
>
> Proud that I don't?
> No, proud that even without them I do still manage to stay below $200 a month with healthy food.
> Part of that decision to not use coupons was due to the fact that 99% of the coupons that I see is for name brand idioms and prepared food that I don't use due to both cost as well as making my own food being healthier.
>
> I recall a video that I seen once where a fat lady was managing to not spend any money at all on her food by chancing coupons.
>
>

Not sure how the fat lady and her grocery cart got into this discussion. You're talking about one stupid shopper. Not everybody who uses coupons are fat and buy junk food. Plenty of people who use and DO NOT use coupons buy mounds of junk food.

>
>
> Regarding your second question.
> Feb 7, the first thing you ever posted to me.
> Your very first typed line.
> You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month.
>
>

Yes, I said that and I stand by what I said.

>
>
> In your opinion you were complimenting my intelligence or trying to say that not using coupons is smart?
>
>

You could be smarter with your grocery shopping by judiciously using coupons. For some reason many men think using coupons is beneath them and don't want to be bothered with them.

>
>
> And then there is the fact that you insulted me on every fact that I posted as if they were all idiot nonsense.
>
>

If you took my comments as an insult then that is your problem. Maybe you DO think your comments are nonsense, you'll have to deal with that yourself.

>
>
> And that just pointed out how stupid you really are, considering that every fact that I posted was a fact and my method did work to keep my expense down below $200 a month for healthy food.
>
>

But posted several items you'd read/seen but cited no sites to back up your claims.

>

> > >
> > > Possibly I could do all my shopping 50 miles away and get one in the city to start doing that, but that won't work either if saving money is my end goal.
> > > When they do send you coupons, do they send you 50 of them so that you can improve the use of the sales like I talked about?
> > >
> > >

I told you they will send me coupons that I can use multiple times while at the store.

>
>

> Yes, to improve my quality of life while also improving my ability to live frugally I moved out into the country.
>
>

That's your decision.

>
>
> I burn wood for heat, something that many cities will not allow.
>
>

Wood burning for heat is allowed here.

>
>
> I also have livestock and a garden to produce my own food.
>
>

Why go to the store at all except for the staples. Butcher your own livestock and freeze it. Learn to can and/or freeze your own vegetables. Now you're really talking about saving some cash!

>
>
> And my land was both really good farm land and cheep to buy.
> Something that is nearly impossible to do real close to any large town, let alone city.
>
>

Put that land to good use and put out a large garden you can harvest and preserve the fruits and labors thereof.

>
>
> Your coupons are quite different then Oklahoma coupons are.
> Ours state right on them that it is for one item only.
> I'd have to have 20 coupons for 20 items here.
>
>

Ok.

>
>
> > > Do they send you coupons for itoms that they then put on sale?
>
>

> But does the store send you coupons that are good while there sale is on?
>
>

Yes.

>
>
> Take Dr Pepper for a example.
> Here it is now $1.49 per 2 ltr bottle.
> Dr Pepper ran a sale on it for $1 a bottle.
> The stores had no say so on when then the sale started or ended.
> And Dr Pepper didn't put out any coupons that I know of that were still good when they started that sale.
>
>

Dr Pepper and the other soft drinks are on sale quite often here. One week it may be Coke and it's products and the next week it's Pepsi and their products. 2 liters, cans, 16 ounce bottles, etc.

>
>
> I use a smaller chest type freezer so that it takes far less electricity and presently it is full, as is the freezer on my refrigerator.
> The stuff in the freezer is still in its freezable store packaging and is reduced to the jars when I bring it into the refrigerator.
>
>

I have a 14 c.f. upright freezer that is simply bulging with food. And thankful to have it and the food.

>
>
> My mom is big on the coupon racket.
> She has a room full of boxes of stuff that she will never use, and much of it is stuff that she doesn't even know how to use.
> All because she had a coupon on it.
>
>

That's a silly reason to shop because there is a coupon for an item and an item the person doesn't need or will even use.

>
> > >
> > > Because the printer and ink take up the savings on the few coupons that would apply to my food buying.
>
>

Psst! If you ever buy a printer get your cartridges from eBay. Yes, they most likely be expired ink cartridges but they work like brand new expen$ive one$ you'll find in office supply stores.

>
>
> > As backwards as you are I'm surprised you even have a computer. I don't print off my coupons, they are downloaded to my shopping card. And a printer can be used for many more things others than printing out coupons.
>
> I don't know of any store that does that here, nor have any idea how to do that.
> In fact, I have never seen a coupon page that offered that.
> Every coupon page that I have ever seen said print the coupon.
> No other option.
>
>

If they have a website and you have one of their 'loyalty cards' you have to log in and create an account and then download the coupons to their card. When you buy the item it is automatically deducted from your receipt.

>
>
> BTW
> How does downloading the coupon to your Safeway card let you buy soup that is on sale at Bobs Grocery?
>
>

No Safeway store here; I think they are all west of the Mississippi River.

>
>
> Bob's doesn't even have a card but they are running a sale, and Safeway is higher with the coupon then Bobs is without it.
> How does this let me use a coupon on Bob's sale items?
>
>

Got Bob's and buy the soap there, as long as it's not a long way out of your way to shop there. You will negate any savings if you're running all over the countryside looking for bargains.

>
>
> And I notice that you have went back to insulting when you get shown that you method won't work here.
>
>

See my comment above if you think I've been insulting, the one where I said you'll have to deal with that on your own.

>
>
> BTW
> Where do you live?
> I'm in Oklahoma, about half way between Tulsa and Oklahoma City so that I can use both for medical treatment.
>
>

I'm in Tennessee, the middle part.

>
>
> I use ground chicken or turkey for the ground meat jobs and have far less fat to deal with.
>
>

I normally use the 96% lean with 4% fat hamburger.

>
>
> > > And letting a chunk of meat get pawed by a half dozen unwashed hands while it sets out for days is not particularly appealing to me, even with the rapper.
> > > Especially after it starts turning color.
> > >
> > >
> > My meat is packaged in Styrofoam trays and wrapped in plastic. Yours isn't???? And once it's home it's repackaged into FoodSaver bags. Clean, clean, clean!
>
> Yes, wrapped just like that.
> One layer of cellophane, often punctured by the time it was marked down and clearly looking different then the fresh meat.
>
>

Hmmmmmm, I've never come across any 'punctured' cellophane on the meats I buy.

>
>
> You are aware of the limitations of leaving meat in the refrigerator, right?
> It can't set there forever without spoiling.
> The marked down meat is just this side of spoiled.
> That is why they marked it down.
> Ask the butcher.
>
>

No, it's not. Do you think when you go to a restaurant and they see you pull into the parking lot they are just then butchering that animal you hope to consume??

>
>
> You have shown me that there are no knowledgeable women.
>
>

You've shown me there only clueless men who think their way and ONLY their way is how anything should be done. That only they are blessed with brain cells and reasoning power. I hate to burst your little bubble, but you are wrong.

>
>
> I use marked down meat when I find it cheap enough, but I use it fast instead of freezing it.
>
>

Freezing stops any further deterioration of the meat. If it didn't you wouldn't be buying in bulk and freezing it yourself.

>
>
> I try to get already frozen meat for the storage.
>
>

Whatever.

>
>
> > Cite your sources.
>
> Google the following line.
>
>

CITE YOUR SOURCES IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPOUT NONSENSE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO LOOKING FOR SOME 'ARTICLE' YOU SAY EXISTS.

>
>
> How long can meat set in the refrigerator before it goes bad.
> Read any of them to find out that the meat cannot set in that meat refrigerator more than a couple of days before it starts going south.
>
>

You've never eaten aged beef, I see.

>
>
> Then why do you think it was changing color and marked down?
>
>

The marked down meat I buy is not changing color. That must be a habit peculiar to Oklahoma grocery stores.

>
>
>
> Still looking for that knowledgeable woman.
> :-D
>

You're talking to one but you are so in love with your own voice you can hear or read anything else.
>
>
> > > > > > *Snip*
> > > > > > *Snip*
> > > > > > *Snip*

> > > > > >
> > >
> > > I'm starting to see why this group is dead.
> > > The only poster chastises anyone that posts a idea while not showing anything that works better.
>
>

I showed you an example of something that works better than glass jars but you are too narrow minded to even see anything other than your way.

I'm done with you ace. I can see it's your way or no way.

[tra...@optonline.net]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 1:16:33 AM UTC-5, itsjoan...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm done with you ace. I can see it's your way or no way.

Let's recap as to who started this, shall we? Canopy posted this:

" I never use coupons, and I easily stay under $200 a month for one person and often two people."

At which point your retort questioned Canopy's intelligence:

"You're not as smart as you seem to think you are. Coupons CAN save you money and keep you under $200 per month. "

So, I'd say it's you who has the intolerant position. All Canopy said
is that the weekly non-coupon specials work for him and that he can stay
under $200 a week using that alone. He didn't say coupons can't also
save you money? So, what exactly is your problem?

I rely on the weekly non-coupon sales for the bulk of my purchases too.
It works and like the article says, I find it far more effective than coupons.
For example, my local supermarket will frequently have Progresso Soups
that are regularly $2.79 on sale for $1, with the only limit being 4
per variety. And they have Ben and Jerry's on sale for $2.50 instead of
$5 about every couple weeks. There are a *lot* of specials like that
and I find them better than the typical coupon for $.50 or $1 off one
item, or worse off if you buy two or three of the item. Do I still
use coupons occasionally? Sure, if one happens to come my way. If
you happen to have one, it can sweeten the deal on one of the already
on sale items. But
like Canopy, I don't find them to be the easiest, best way to save a
lot of money and it's not worth my time and money to buy the Sunday
papers just to go looking for the occasional couple that I might use.
The coupons I do use are the ones I don't have to go looking for, ie
the ones that print out at the cash register.
In the pyramid of how to save money, using the technique that the
article talks about should be at the core. After that, sure coupons
can save you money too. But the fact some of us don't focus heavily on
coupons, get most of our savings the way the article outlines, doesn't
make us dumb.

[CanopyCo]

Well Joann, I notice that you snipped all the math while pretending that it didn't exist, as well as many other places where you were shown to be a worthless cunt.
I reposted it here, so it doesn't get past you.

You are the peace of trash that killed this group.

[CanopyCo]

Thank you.

I see that you use nearly identical methods as I do regarding buying food.

How do you store your food?
I use freezer jars for fresh vegetables and meat that has been portioned down to use sized portions.
Usually I freeze the entire package the way I got if from the store, and only jar it after I take one out to use it.
That way I can refreeze what I didn't use before it completely thaws and it can set in that jar for months with no ill effects.

I originally used plastic bags until I found the freezer jars and started using them.
With using plastic bags costing between $0.25 to $2.40 a lb to store parted up meat I wasn't saving myself anything.
The jars run $1.33 each and are reusable for years, as long as you wash them as soon as you empty them to prevent the lid from rusting, and don't break them.

I noticed that Joann thought that the jars are a really bad idea, but never stated exactly why she had that opinion.
I don't consider plastic bags a bad idea, just that you have to be careful or the cost of the bag will take away your savings on the purchase.

I was about to abandon this group until I see your post.
Thanks again for stating your opinion.

[Last0f5]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 8:23:46 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:55:32 AM UTC-6, CanopyCo wrote:
> >
> You are the peace of trash that killed this group.

it's a pretty dead group so both of you are to blame......

[tra...@optonline.net]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:46:09 AM UTC-5, CanopyCo wrote:

>
> Thank you.
>
> I see that you use nearly identical methods as I do regarding buying food.
>
> How do you store your food?

> I use freezer jars for fresh vegetables and meat that has been portioned down to use sized portions.
> Usually I freeze the entire package the way I got if from the store, and only jar it after I take one out to use it.
> That way I can refreeze what I didn't use before it completely thaws and it can set in that jar for months with no ill effects.
>
> I originally used plastic bags until I found the freezer jars and started using them.
> With using plastic bags costing between $0.25 to $2.40 a lb to store parted up meat I wasn't saving myself anything.
> The jars run $1.33 each and are reusable for years, as long as you wash them as soon as you empty them to prevent the lid from rusting, and don't break them.
>

I typically just freeze the whole thing as it comes from the supermarket.
A beef tenderloin or corned beef for example. Sometimes I buy ground beef
and make it into hamburger size patties, then freeze it. Generally don't
freeze fresh vegetables, might as well buy frozen to start. Most of what
I freeze is food I prepare in batches, chili, short ribs, soup, etc.
I use plastic jars for the chili, soup, etc. Plastic bags for the short
ribs. I use more jars or similar containers, eg saved sour cream containers
that bags. I have an extra freezer in my basement for storage.

> I noticed that Joann thought that the jars are a really bad idea, but never stated exactly why she had that opinion.
> I don't consider plastic bags a bad idea, just that you have to be careful or the cost of the bag will take away your savings on the purchase.
>
> I was about to abandon this group until I see your post.
> Thanks again for stating your opinion.

Happy to oblige. Sounds like we do very similar things.

[CanopyCo]

On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8:29:31 AM UTC-6, tra...@optonline.net wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:46:09 AM UTC-5, CanopyCo wrote:
>
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > I see that you use nearly identical methods as I do regarding buying food.
> >
> > How do you store your food?
>
> > I use freezer jars for fresh vegetables and meat that has been portioned down to use sized portions.
> > Usually I freeze the entire package the way I got if from the store, and only jar it after I take one out to use it.
> > That way I can refreeze what I didn't use before it completely thaws and it can set in that jar for months with no ill effects.
> >
> > I originally used plastic bags until I found the freezer jars and started using them.
> > With using plastic bags costing between $0.25 to $2.40 a lb to store parted up meat I wasn't saving myself anything.
> > The jars run $1.33 each and are reusable for years, as long as you wash them as soon as you empty them to prevent the lid from rusting, and don't break them.
> >
>
> I typically just freeze the whole thing as it comes from the supermarket.
> A beef tenderloin or corned beef for example. Sometimes I buy ground beef
> and make it into hamburger size patties, then freeze it. Generally don't
> freeze fresh vegetables, might as well buy frozen to start. Most of what
> I freeze is food I prepare in batches, chili, short ribs, soup, etc.
> I use plastic jars for the chili, soup, etc. Plastic bags for the short
> ribs. I use more jars or similar containers, eg saved sour cream containers
> that bags. I have an extra freezer in my basement for storage.
>
>

I just freeze the entire thing myself.
When I'm buying the food I try to get it packaged in small enough sizes that I can use the entire thing before it goes bad.
Often I will find a 10 lb sale on loins someplace and take their add to wall-mart and they will give me the smaller loins at the same price per lb.
With the chicken breast, I eat them as my main meat so they go pretty fast.

Good idea cooking it before storing it.
That makes you some easy thaw and serve meals.
I do a little of that but most of my recipes don't freeze well.
The ones that do, however, do make for a easer life when I'm hungry and in a hurry.

Have you seen these?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-16pc-Food-Storage-Set/19528937

I use them for my cheese and such.
They are pretty good about staying shut and air tight.
A little expensive, but so far they have lasted well.
I even used them to keep my cell phone and some other gear dry during a float trip.

One that I used before I found the one above is the Glad ones.
Zip lock has one real simulate but I didn't like them as well.
They tended to not stay closed as well as the Glad ones did.

>
> > I noticed that Joann thought that the jars are a really bad idea, but never stated exactly why she had that opinion.
> > I don't consider plastic bags a bad idea, just that you have to be careful or the cost of the bag will take away your savings on the purchase.
> >
> > I was about to abandon this group until I see your post.
> > Thanks again for stating your opinion.
>
> Happy to oblige. Sounds like we do very similar things.

Yes, look that way.
Not surprising though.
When people are all aimed at the same target (frugal) they tend to find the same things that work.

Pitty that there is not more traffic here.
The subject is one that many need information on with the economy being what it is now days.

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Haven;t seen those exact ones, but I have some similar ones.

> I use them for my cheese and such.
> They are pretty good about staying shut and air tight.
> A little expensive, but so far they have lasted well.
> I even used them to keep my cell phone and some other gear dry during a float trip.
>
> One that I used before I found the one above is the Glad ones.
> Zip lock has one real simulate but I didn't like them as well.
> They tended to not stay closed as well as the Glad ones did.
>
>
> >
> > > I noticed that Joann thought that the jars are a really bad idea, but never stated exactly why she had that opinion.
> > > I don't consider plastic bags a bad idea, just that you have to be careful or the cost of the bag will take away your savings on the purchase.
> > >
> > > I was about to abandon this group until I see your post.
> > > Thanks again for stating your opinion.
> >
> > Happy to oblige. Sounds like we do very similar things.
>
> Yes, look that way.
> Not surprising though.
> When people are all aimed at the same target (frugal) they tend to find the same things that work.
>
> Pitty that there is not more traffic here.
> The subject is one that many need information on with the economy being what it is now days.

I don't try to take it to an extreme, saving every last penny. But
when I can buy chicken, Hagen Daz, etc at 40 to 50% off by taking
advantage of the store specials, it's easy to do and I sure don't like
handing out extra money when I don't have to. On the other hand some
items that rarely or never go on sale, I don't have a problem paying
full price for it if it's good and I need it.