One thing we definitely need to talk shop about are potato chips and french fries. The prices for these have definitely gone up the past few years -- where I live, it's $4.79 for a bag of Lay's, and $2.49 for the individual sized ones. 😨

That is absolutely fucking batshit. And chips and fries are much safer and healthier to eat if you make them at home anyway.

What I do is I slice up either a sweet potato or a Russet if that's all I have, soak it in some water for a little bit, pour 2-3 cups of avocado oil into a pan, heat it up and fry the chips or fries. Let them dry on a paper towel. Cover with 11 herbs and spices. Question mark, profit.

This is infinitely cheaper if you use canola oil, but I use the avocado oil for health. It's one of the few expensive food items I buy anymore.

They Did The Math:

Anyway, prices. Using Walmart Great Value brand for this as Walmart is ubiquitous:

Sweet potato: $0.98/each,

Russet potato: $0.83/each, $3.97/5 lb bag

Canola oil: $4.24/48 fl oz, $10.24/gallon

There are about 16 cups in a gallon, so that's $0.64 a cup if you bulk buy the big hulking jug. So about $1.92 for 3 cups, plus the price of the potato comes to about:

Sweet potato fries: $2.90/potato

Russet potato fries: $2.75/potato

Compared to the price of a large fry at major fast food joints:

McDonald's: $4.79

Burger King: $3.39

Hardee's/Carl's Jr: $3.59

Wendy's: $3.39

Conclusion:

It seems awfully silly to not just make fries for yourself at home if you're able to. Or if you're going to eat out, go to a sit-down diner where you can at least get better quality food.

But, for the purposes of this sub, it's pretty clear just making your own fries and chips and such is much easier on your wallet and likely your waistline, too, depending on what oil you use.

Some recipes I found:

https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-make-homemade-potato-chips-2217401

https://thecozycook.com/homemade-french-fries/

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/homemade-french-fries/

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/73135/homestyle-potato-chips/

🤔 Homebrew snack recipes are things we need to round up and post.

Especially potato chips. Those things are infinitely cheaper and healthier to just make on your own than to buy at the store.

"Even though we're pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well," he said in October analyst call.

normal way to talk about 'fellow' human beings

I'm partial to meatless chili and/or goulash myself. Share yours :D

I make a chili mac dish like this all the time and it is one of the best money-saving recipes you can get anywhere. It's literally just beans, noodles and tomatoes, and it's damn good.

The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade.

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The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade.

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In audio released Friday evening, senators and representatives from Ohio and Michigan revealed the "endgame" is to ban transgender care "for everyone."

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Nearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred at an underage drinking party at the police chief’s house while the chief was asleep, the owner and publisher said Friday.

Mike Wiggins vowed to get to the bottom of it, posting Thursday on X, formerly Twitter: “If you hoped to silence or intimidate us, you failed miserably. We’ll find out who did this. And another press run is imminent.”

The newspaper posted the story on social media and removed its website paywall so people could read about the felony sexual assault charges filed against three men, including a relative of the police chief, for actions that allegedly occurred at a May 2023 party in Ouray where drugs and alcohol were used, according to court records. The suspects were ages 17, 18 and 19 at the time, and the person who reported the rapes was 17, records said.