I just spent $70 at Big Y buying ingredients for two lasagnas. Goddamn freeloading family just has to come over for the holidays, don't they? 
Frikkin lasagne
- Thread starter I Are Baboon
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I'm in charge of bringing the beer!
$70 - WTF?I just spent $70 at Big Y buying ingredients for two lasagnas. Goddamn freeloading family just has to come over for the holidays, don't they?
Are you putting cocaine in there?
Beer goes with anything. Right now I am enjoying a beer and a grapefruit.
i think you are onto something.
fresc-beer.
fresc-beer.
you know its cheaper just to buy the stoufers ones? they taste just fine too
baboon, i am very curious to see the $70 breakdown for lasagna ingredients. ground kobe beef?
Well he did go to the big Y, which I can only guess is some kind of combo grocer/whorehouse.
I don't have my receipt in front of me, but here is what I bought. Prices are my best guess from I can remember:
Two tin lasagne pans ($9)
1.25 lb ground beef, 90% lean ($5)
1 package ground turkey ($5)
2 packages hot turkey sausage ($10)
onions ($3)
2 cans crushed tomatoes ($6)
4 cans tomato paste ($2)
2 cans tomato sauce ($2)
two boxes lasagne noodles ($6)
32oz ricotta cheese ($4)
grated parmesan ($8)
Hmmm....that only comes to $60. I'm not sure where that other $10 went. In any case, I drew the line at the fennel seed. I REFUSED TO SPEND $6 ON AN OUNCE OF FENNEL SEED!
I already had all the spices and garlic.
Where's the rest of the cheese?
You're holding out. We know the other 10$ went for the beer...the sixer you're downing.
buy a chunk of reggiano and grate it yrself.
don't tell you got this stuff:
never had turkey sausage in lasagna before; that sounds pretty good.
narlus said:
$8 would get you a decent sized hunk of reggiano at the grocery store.
That $hit better not cost $8.
buy a chunk of reggiano and grate it yrself.
don't tell you got this stuff:
At Costco it'll get you almost a full pound of Grana Padano.
$8 would get you a decent sized hunk of reggiano at the grocery store.
Yeah, no sh!t.That $hit better not cost $8.
I buy pre-grated parmesan in the deli/cheese section of the grocery store. It comes in a little plastic bag.
Do yourself a giant favor and next time you're at Costco get a block of the goods. They usually have both GP and PR. You might never go back....Yeah, no sh!t.
I buy pre-grated parmesan in the deli/cheese section of the grocery store. It comes in a little plastic bag.
Problem is, without a family to feed, buying perishables in large quantity leads to a lot of waste. MBC and I would never eat all that parmesan before it goes bad.
Same here. A lot people bitch about preservatives too. If my bread wasn't full of chemicals I'd eat about 1/10th of it before it went bad. The majority of the food I eat is frozen or canned. I'd have to eat out or hit the store almost daily if it wasn't.
Naw - that stuff lasts for ages. Hell - it basically sits in a fridge for something like 18 months "aging" - it'll probably just get better.
And you can slice off chunks, wrap 'em and freeze 'em. Hard cheese rules!
Although I'd recommend just slicing some off and eating it with a nice Italian red.
I suggest getting some Locatelli Romano, too.
Naw - that stuff lasts for ages. Hell - it basically sits in a fridge for something like 18 months "aging" - it'll probably just get better.
And you can slice off chunks, wrap 'em and freeze 'em. Hard cheese rules!
Although I'd recommend just slicing some off and eating it with a nice Italian red.
the cheese has a very long shelf life, and doesn't taste like sawdust either.
use a veggie peeler and shave off some for topping salads.
You know, I've never gotten the Romano there, but it's positively *cheap*....