JVS
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Wed Aug-31-05 10:55 PM
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Speaking of outrageous prices, what the fuck's with butter? |
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I seem to recall that in the past butter and margarine were about the same price. I usually went with marge because I'm single and a pound of butter would spoil on me, but margarine stayed good. I was at the store last week and they wanted $2.39 for a lb of butter but only 55 cents for the margarine. This is really odd because I've been able to find 1/2 gallons of milk for $1 lately. Why is making it into butter so expensive.
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Wed Aug-31-05 10:57 PM
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1. Oh those volatile food and energy components of CPI. |
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Thank goodness the Department of Labor excludes food and energy from the most highly respected "Core CPI," oh driver of monetary policy and markets, Core CPI. I praise thee to the sky, my Core CPI.
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Wed Aug-31-05 10:59 PM
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2. FYI butter freezes nicely |
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$2.39/pound is cheap! It's been over $3.00 here for years.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:01 PM
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4. I don't like the texture it gets after that |
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It always seems a bit chalky even after it goes back to reg temp
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:08 PM
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11. Interesting. Mine thaws good as new |
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I do wrap it in a freezer bag and suck out the air. Try that.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:11 PM
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12. I think I'll just save the nearly $2 and get margarine. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 11:11 PM by JVS
Maybe I'll freeze some butter if it comes back to a comparable price.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:00 PM
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3. Ask yourseld what is with apples |
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Did you know.. that apples should only cost 50 cents a pound after EVERYONE has received their cut?
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JVS
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:02 PM
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5. I refuse to eat apples out of solidarity for the exploited Quebecois... |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:03 PM
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6. They don't pick apples |
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They are long gone back to Quebec by the tim eit comes to apple picking..of course if proper accodmadations were provided, they may stay... I didn't get to bed ONE fruit picker this year...bummer
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:05 PM
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7. I boycott nontheless, so that they won't have to stay longer and be... |
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exposed to the clumsy advances of horny anglophone journalists.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:06 PM
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9. Clumsy? That's just cause of the Jamesons man! |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:07 PM
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10. Oh sorry, that should read "clumsy drunken advances of Irish-Whisky... |
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Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 11:08 PM by JVS
swilling horny anglophone journalists"
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:12 PM
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14. Thank you, all I ask it to be fairly described |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:13 PM
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15. "Fair and balanced" rather than "Injust and wobbly" |
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That's the principle I go for.
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:05 PM
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8. cut your butter with crisco you'll still have enough to cover yourself |
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Wed Aug-31-05 11:11 PM
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13. Butter has always cost more than margarine. |
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I bake a lot, and as far back as I can remember butter has cost more. I only use butter now, but when I was growing up my mom bought margarine because it was cheaper.
Around here 2.39/lb would be a good deal on butter.
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