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DFW

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23. I'll take your word for it

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jun 1, 2021, 02:31 AM

Jun 2021

I have serious cholesterol issues, and had to cut out mammal meat 20 years ago. „If it walked on four legs, don‘t eat it.“

As it is, the prices for fresh fish have been daunting for years now.

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Even in the face of surging grocery prices, retail beef and pork prices cause sticker shock [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP

Meat is really not good for us. Treefrog May 2021 #1

Old thinking. Happy Hoosier May 2021 #4

Maybe he means edhopper May 2021 #6

I agree and there is a long running push to cut U.S. meat eating, it is worth much more to the ShazamIam May 2021 #10

Well, UK feeding bone meal to cattle DenaliDemocrat May 2021 #13

That's a different argument. Happy Hoosier May 2021 #14

Not eating meat isn't bad for you either. ret5hd May 2021 #15

I never said otherwise. Cheers! Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #30

+1 LongtimeAZDem Jun 2021 #21

I would change that to say eating less meat would benefit many of us DBoon May 2021 #17

I have cut down significantly on my meat consumption. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #22

Problem with eating lots of legumes - highest foods in glyphosate womanofthehills Jun 2021 #25

Damn! I had never heard of this. Thanks for the info. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #28

Beans are high in carbs... Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #31

I live near a meat market with the lowest prices in the county. tirebiter May 2021 #2

I live in cattle county with a meat processing plant in our small town womanofthehills Jun 2021 #24

My local grocery store is now offering friendly financing on meat products. Chainfire May 2021 #3

Oh, wow. I could use that. Do they do layaway? Hortensis Jun 2021 #29

Let's get used to the high meat prices, and ban CAFO's and other Ron Green May 2021 #5

Agree - I will not eat beef that's not grass fed womanofthehills Jun 2021 #26

Prices vary at my local Stop and Shop by 20 -50% week to week depending on Sales. rgbecker May 2021 #7

A 4.2 percent increase on 4.99/lb is .20 a pound greenjar_01 May 2021 #8

Right now the killer is $10 for a $3 two by four. rgbecker May 2021 #9

Overall food prices rose .4% from March up 1% from doc03 May 2021 #11

Prices need to rise to cut consumption. roamer65 May 2021 #12

I worked in a meat market as a kid. Back in the 70s good ground chuck was 99 cents/lb captain queeg May 2021 #16

Quite true; $.99 in 1978 would be $4.23 today, so it's pretty much the same real cost LongtimeAZDem Jun 2021 #20

If cost's a problem, stores with rotisserie chickens generally sell them as a sort of loss leader... Hekate May 2021 #18

one serving of plant-based "meat" NJCher May 2021 #19

It's been reported that the plant burgers have high levels of glyphosate womanofthehills Jun 2021 #27

I'm researching this NJCher Jun 2021 #32

I'll take your word for it DFW Jun 2021 #23