Hey, @pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe , this is not a great way of showing this, because there’s no real comparison between the different things listed. For instance, an average egg is about 6g of protein, which means that it’s $.035/g. A single 5oz can of tuna will have about 22g of protein, which works out to about $.045/g. One pound of uncooked, boneless, skinless chicken breast will have about 105g of protein, which is around $.048/g. And so on, and so forth.
I also dispute your pricing models. In my area, boneless, skinless chicken breast is typically around $3/#, which brings it down to $.029/g. Ground beef is both more and less expensive, depending on fat content; 80/20 (20% fat) runs around $5.20/#, while 94/4 runs $8.50/# (…and doesn’t taste very good by itself, unless you prefer your hamburders dryer than Ben Shapiro’s wife). That ultra-lean ground beef has 96g/#, which brings it to $.089/g, while the delicious 80/20 only has 40g/#, bringing the price up to a steep $.13/g, almost 5x more expensive per gram than B/S chicken breasts.
If you don’t care about taste, TVP can be had in bulk for cheap, and unflavored whey protein can also be bought in bulk.
Not sure I’ve ever seen the pound sign (lovingly called the “hash tag” by today’s youth) actually used to denote the unit of measure. I like the cut of your jib
Nah, I eat a lot of beans. I just didn’t want to go through everything. Plus, you do get a lot of carbs from beans, which can make dialing macros in a bit challenging.
It’s just a meme, but I take your point. Since I can’t do all of the math myself, threads where folks like you compare prices of foods at stores/restaurants to home cooking, prices of ingredients, etc. with sources is, of course, highly encouraged.
And to be clear, I’m not saying that to be lazy; I genuinely can’t tabulate everything on my own though I am tabulating a lot of the prices for things I happen to know about and can thus throw in to the giant soup pot of knowledge, as it were. There’s gonna be stuff I forget and get wrong. It’s just part of being human.
Hey, @pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe , this is not a great way of showing this, because there’s no real comparison between the different things listed. For instance, an average egg is about 6g of protein, which means that it’s $.035/g. A single 5oz can of tuna will have about 22g of protein, which works out to about $.045/g. One pound of uncooked, boneless, skinless chicken breast will have about 105g of protein, which is around $.048/g. And so on, and so forth.
I also dispute your pricing models. In my area, boneless, skinless chicken breast is typically around $3/#, which brings it down to $.029/g. Ground beef is both more and less expensive, depending on fat content; 80/20 (20% fat) runs around $5.20/#, while 94/4 runs $8.50/# (…and doesn’t taste very good by itself, unless you prefer your hamburders dryer than Ben Shapiro’s wife). That ultra-lean ground beef has 96g/#, which brings it to $.089/g, while the delicious 80/20 only has 40g/#, bringing the price up to a steep $.13/g, almost 5x more expensive per gram than B/S chicken breasts.
If you don’t care about taste, TVP can be had in bulk for cheap, and unflavored whey protein can also be bought in bulk.
Not sure I’ve ever seen the pound sign (lovingly called the “hash tag” by today’s youth) actually used to denote the unit of measure. I like the cut of your jib
The original name of that character is Octothorpe
A third obscure name for something to add to my vocabulary! Bless you
Wow. TIL. Thanks!
This reply is bean erasure
Nah, I eat a lot of beans. I just didn’t want to go through everything. Plus, you do get a lot of carbs from beans, which can make dialing macros in a bit challenging.
It’s just a meme, but I take your point. Since I can’t do all of the math myself, threads where folks like you compare prices of foods at stores/restaurants to home cooking, prices of ingredients, etc. with sources is, of course, highly encouraged.
And to be clear, I’m not saying that to be lazy; I genuinely can’t tabulate everything on my own though I am tabulating a lot of the prices for things I happen to know about and can thus throw in to the giant soup pot of knowledge, as it were. There’s gonna be stuff I forget and get wrong. It’s just part of being human.
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Oh look at that, our first troll I get to ban. :D
Obvious troll bait is obvious.
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