1)

I do not believe that meat is dear judging by prices quote in posts here. Prices have to be converted to a per serve basis.

Lamb leg @ $25 = about $5 per serve
Whole rumps @$6 k = $3 per serve
Mince @$8 k =10 rissoles @ $1.60 per serve
Blade stk $7 k (stewed) =4 serves@ $1.75 serve.
Rump @$9 K = 2 serves @ $4.50 serve
Neck chops @ $8 k =4 serves (stewed) @ $2 per serve
American ribs @$9 k= 2 serves @$4.50 perserve

From my freezer, Purchassed at Coles
Thin beef sausages approx 40c each = 4 perserve =$1,60
Chump chops approx $2 each, 2 per serve =$4 per serve
Lamb Loin chops Approx $2 each, 3 perserve = $6 per serve
Fillet Stk @$5 piece 2 per serve = $10 perserve

This may vary a bit depending on size of serve, but one should be able to have one good cooked meal with meat per day at say $6 per day.

compare that to a cup of coffee.
Posted by Banjo, Monday, 10 March 2008 5:02:09 PM

'Compare that to a cup of coffee'?

OK. I will.

Average family:2 adults/2 children. Recommendation: 5 serves vegetable/3 serves fruit per day. A general average is 3 meals per day + those extra serves of vegetables?

2)

Lamb leg @ $25 = about $5 per serve=$20 meat course ONLY for ONE meal.

American ribs @$9 k= 2 serves @$4.50 per serve=$18 meat course only...etc.,

Chump chops approx $2 each, 2 per serve =$4 per serve=$16 per...etc.,

I won't bother with the fillet steak.....; the mince alone would cost the average family $6-40 for the meat course alone.

Now:- averaging at $4 per serve (you have used $6!!), makes the cost of meat for the average family per week.....$112 per week.

So you are saying that to pay an average of $100 per week for meat ALONE to cover ONE of those daily meals is good value!!

And you go compare it to a cup of coffee Bongo!

Tell me? Is $4 ($6?) the price you are paying for a cup of coffee in your home? (Where you eat these meals). Are you having that $4 cup of coffee in your home 3 times a day/7 days a week? And of course are your wife and two children doing the same?

NOW:- HAVE I ANSWERED YOUR THREAD QUESTION RECTUM?

*Lamb leg @ $25 = about $5 per serve=$20 meat course ONLY for ONE meal.*

Actually, that kind of money will buy you 2.5 -3.5 kg of leg
of lamb. (7-10$ a kg)

If four of you, including a couple of kids, are eating all that
in one meal, then you are eating well over half a kg of meat,
which is about twice as much as you should be and 3 times as
much as your average European. Clearly, if you are a glutton
for meat, it will cost you more, then what is considered a
"normal" portion.

170g-250g per serve is considered "normal"

Meat is extremely cheap, cheaper per kg then many veggies.
Many cuts are cheaper per kg, then many breakfast cereals.

I was simply referring to the other member of this 'boys club' and using his figures.

You males seem to be projecting yourselves as the experts..........?

In another life in a galaxy far, far away, I had a long sabbatical and studied diet and nutrition. Part of that involved visiting the abattoirs and studying cuts of meat etc.,

I wanted at one time to teach those on a limited budget how to stretch their bucks. I am NOT a farmer, but as a nutritionist with a very rusty degree, I will continue to disagree with you three.

As a carnivore; AND appreciating the nutritional value of meat, I see it as a integral part of a balanced diet.
Say what ever you want; put up whatever rationale you like. Meat today IS an expensive part of the average diet.

__________________________

What in the hell did you start this thread for Rectum, if all you wanted was agreement with you and your fellow clubbers?

*as a nutritionist with a very rusty degree*

Clearly its very rusty, for I don't know of nutritionists
suggesting that people eat meat three times a day, or half
a kg per serve.

Fact is that there are plenty of cuts around the 10$ per
kg mark. So a family of 4, at 250g per serve, could eat
meat every day for 10$ a day. For an individual, that would
be 2.50$ a day.

I just had a look at the washed mixed salad container. Its
120g for 3$. Thats 25$ a kg for salad! The mushrooms are
around 9$ a kg, the red capsicums 9$ a kg. We won't even
start on the packaged, processed foods, crammed with lard
in pretty packets. Meat is extremely cheap in comparison

Tonight on the news they showed clips of a doc being done - towoorwo I think.Its was about butchers saying people have stopped buying meat or cut down to a large degree in an effort to keep shopping trolley prices down

Penny
When I get more time I will respond to your enquiry fyi

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