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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Throw a box or two of these in the back of the closet. It's the best price per ounce, and It's insurance for eating should bad things happen.
I have a few dozen of those that the local college students decided weren't worth eating, donating, or taking home. End of the semester is the best time for dumpster diving.
Just checked the website, you're right. If you buy (4) of the 6-packs they work out to 43 cents a box, or $10.34 for a 24 pack.
Make up a box, throw in a can of walmart chicken breast chunks and a cup of walmart frozen mixed vegetables and the next thing you know you're eating a whole meal for less than $2 a plate.
After you're done gorging in front of the toob all that's left is to lean way over to the side and emit an enormous volume of obnoxious vapor then go right to sleep, fully sated and satisfied.
I am not the guy who comments on trivial grammar, spelling, etc. errors, but I am struggling to understand how 5 rows of 6 boxes becomes a 35 count. Common core?
And as much as you might not believe in Best by dates,I can tell you, on that stuff, it matters. I just threw out one and a half of those boxes. The pasta had gotten so weird it would be cooked, but some of the ends of the mac would be almost Chip a Tooth hard. The cheese stuff wouldn't make a creamy sauce, butter and milk didn't make it work anymore. I don't like needing to run to the store and buying in bulk, catching stuff on sale is smart, IMO, but don't buy enough to last past the date on that stuff. Full disclosure, I didn't store it in a completely temperature controlled space. I'm getting more, I'll have a fair stash,but I learned a bit.
Kraft M&C has gone completely down the tubes. The pasta is really, really weird -- it's a coin flip whether it will dissolve into mush before it's cooked. The cheese no longer dissolves properly, and the taste has plummeted.
Buy some "survival cheese powder" (I use Augason Farms) and make your own with good elbow macaroni. It's a fifth the cost and tastes far better.
Since it's just me, no family to feed, I prefer Ramen Noodles. Don't like the Kraft stuff. Too many memories of grade school age Friday dinners of Kraft Mac and tuna fish. Yuck. It would take the SHTF for me to eat Kraft.
The cheese packets go bad if the mac and cheese are stored for period of time. We solve the problem by pulling out the cheese packets and putting them in the freezer. We don't even bother with the Kraft brand.
This is $1.11 per box at the local HEB and $1.12 at the local Wal-Mart. HEB's store brand is 68¢ per box and it's decent but Kraft is better and worth the extra penny. Either way, both have done something to the macaroni and it will cook into mush in a heartbeat. Probably to make the product more microwave friendly. If you have room in the freezer, why not?
I have a few dozen of those that the local college students decided weren't worth eating, donating, or taking home. End of the semester is the best time for dumpster diving.
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DeleteWally World has Mac and Cheese (tastes better!) for fifty five cents a box. Try it out sometime.
ReplyDeleteJust checked the website, you're right. If you buy (4) of the 6-packs they work out to 43 cents a box, or $10.34 for a 24 pack.
DeleteMake up a box, throw in a can of walmart chicken breast chunks and a cup of walmart frozen mixed vegetables and the next thing you know you're eating a whole meal for less than $2 a plate.
After you're done gorging in front of the toob all that's left is to lean way over to the side and emit an enormous volume of obnoxious vapor then go right to sleep, fully sated and satisfied.
I am not the guy who comments on trivial grammar, spelling, etc. errors, but I am struggling to understand how 5 rows of 6 boxes becomes a 35 count. Common core?
ReplyDeleteI guess that beneath the upright columns are five boxes laid flat.
DeleteProblem is that they need butter and milk.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about this, too.
DeleteWould powdered milk work?
But what is powdered butter?
Any kind of fat or oil will work, and replace the milk with water.
DeleteThis portion of comments indicates that people have lost knowledge which had formerly been common.
DeleteAnd as much as you might not believe in Best by dates,I can tell you, on that stuff, it matters. I just threw out one and a half of those boxes. The pasta had gotten so weird it would be cooked, but some of the ends of the mac would be almost Chip a Tooth hard. The cheese stuff wouldn't make a creamy sauce, butter and milk didn't make it work anymore. I don't like needing to run to the store and buying in bulk, catching stuff on sale is smart, IMO, but don't buy enough to last past the date on that stuff. Full disclosure, I didn't store it in a completely temperature controlled space. I'm getting more, I'll have a fair stash,but I learned a bit.
ReplyDeleteKraft M&C has gone completely down the tubes. The pasta is really, really weird -- it's a coin flip whether it will dissolve into mush before it's cooked. The cheese no longer dissolves properly, and the taste has plummeted.
DeleteBuy some "survival cheese powder" (I use Augason Farms) and make your own with good elbow macaroni. It's a fifth the cost and tastes far better.
^What Malatrope said.
DeleteTruth.
7.25oz * 35 boxes is 253.75 ounces. 253.75 ounces * .001 (.10 cent) = $.25375. Round up to $.26 or a quarter and a penny.
ReplyDeleteAt $.26/case of 35, we could even afford to feed Stacey Abrams.
ReplyDeleteWe need the Gluten Free version!
ReplyDeleteSince it's just me, no family to feed, I prefer Ramen Noodles. Don't like the Kraft stuff. Too many memories of grade school age Friday dinners of Kraft Mac and tuna fish. Yuck. It would take the SHTF for me to eat Kraft.
ReplyDeletethe problem is that they do go bad; pretty soon after expiration has been my experience
ReplyDeleteAmazon says 10 cents per ounce, while you claim it's 1/10 of a cent per ounce...
ReplyDeletereplace the milk with water
ReplyDeleteAnd replace the dollars in your wallet with the
Biden Buck. Everything else has been watered down.
Folks - that toxic shit is not food.
ReplyDeleteThe cheese packets go bad if the mac and cheese are stored for period of time. We solve the problem by pulling out the cheese packets and putting them in the freezer. We don't even bother with the Kraft brand.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good price for Kraft's ...
ReplyDeleteDoes it contain cricket flour? FJB
ReplyDeleteGAK.... there are better things to eat, even in hard times
ReplyDeleteThis is $1.11 per box at the local HEB and $1.12 at the local Wal-Mart. HEB's store brand is 68¢ per box and it's decent but Kraft is better and worth the extra penny.
ReplyDeleteEither way, both have done something to the macaroni and it will cook into mush in a heartbeat. Probably to make the product more microwave friendly.
If you have room in the freezer, why not?