Jan 14
“Cheap Food”
Posted by editor at 9:27 am in ethical consuming

I swear that some of these “budget” articles exist solely for me to make fun of them: Spaghetti Meal with a Twist and on the Cheap.

The “cheap” part is that it cost $35 to make. How is it possible to make spaghetti cost $35? You’ll have to read it to find out. It’s three courses, and from ingredients that I’m guessing many of us don’t have on hand (e.g., chevre and blood oranges). And, of course, there is no spaghetti in the spaghetti meal, just rigatoni. But, honestly, given the state of the economy, you’d think something more practical could be featured. You’d really think so. 

The best thing about the article is that I got to use scare quotes several times as did the subtitle featuring a “shoestring” budget.

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  1. Lizard Eater wrote:
    January 14th, 2009 at 10:49 am

    “Shoestring.” Ahem! Pretty expensive shoes.

    Sometimes, it is so hard to not mock. To not snark.

  2. Ms. Theologian wrote:
    January 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am

    It is the most expensive way of making pasta that I’ve ever heard of.

    The sad part is that the end result sounds really gross to me, but then I don’t like lamb or goat products.

  3. GhostGirl wrote:
    January 14th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    I really hate meat sauces for pasta so it sounds awful to me, too.

    I like the comment that this would be over $12k/year for just dinner. No thanks, I’ve got a mortgage to pay.

  4. Ms. Theologian wrote:
    January 14th, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    I too h-a-t-e meat sauces with pasta. It skeeves me. In fact, the only thing worst than a meat sauce with pasta would be a meat sauce featuring lamb with pasta. Skeev-a-roni.

  5. Sharon Hurlbut wrote:
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:23 am

    I’m wondering what family would eat this. Mine certainly wouldn’t. I could get three dinners out of that $35, and it would be healthy food that kids and adults both would eat. I think a reality check is in order.

  6. Ms. Theologian wrote:
    January 15th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    It’s hard to make a pasta dish not kid-friendly, but I think our chef may have been successful. Again, I blame the lamb.

  7. hsofia wrote:
    January 24th, 2009 at 12:26 am

    Well, I have to be the voice of insanity here and admit to loving pasta sauce that contains meat, but I totally agree that $35 for a homemade PASTA dinner for the family is completely not “on the cheap.” What’s next? An $8 homemade burrito for the recently unemployed? Baffling.

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