Aaron and I are still working towards our $35 a week grocery budget. It was Aaron's week to do the grocery shopping so I helped him out, carefully made a cost appropriate list, wrote out the meals and he went to the store. When he got back he explained to me that he had kept to the budget AND bought ten lbs of hamburger meat and a box of cocoa. Meaning he spent 35 dollars and then spent some more on what he designated as "Staples." Apparently Aaron considers massive amounts of red meat to be a household staple. I explained to Aaron that spending 35 dollars and then MORE money means you did not keep the budget. I also attempted to explain what a staple really is, something like pasta or flour or rice. He said "But cocoa is a Staple! What would we eat if we didn't have any cocoa??" So next week I got seven bucks to spend on groceries.
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A man's gotta have some red meat. And it was cheap (especially when you consider economies of scale). And it was on sale. And it was ground beef not steak. Also, cocoa is a staple. We use it fairly often and have been out of it for some time. It's on the same isle as flour and sugar and other staples like almond paste and saffron.
Aaron is amazingly adventurous in eating vegetarian dishes. I read a great quote the other day that I have been wanting to share with you. Bruce R. McConkie said “Man and all forms of life will be vegetarians in the coming day (Millennium), the eating of meat will cease, because, for one thing, death as we know it ceases. The great and eternal purpose of the Millennium is to provide an atmosphere for a way of worship that will lead worthy spirits to eternal life in our Father’s Kingdom.” (Millennial Messiah, pp. 658-59.)
I remember discussing that quote with some missionaries from my mission. we concluded that 1) because meat is sooo good and 2) because God loves us, he will create meat plants if we can't have the real thing.
I hope that we can have meat plants if we can't have the real thing in the millennium.
Also, we buy the big old meat packages at Sams Aaron if you ever want to come and have meat at our house (just in case you run out and are out the budget for more). ;)
Jess
You guys crack me up
every time I go to the grocery store and ask Brandon what we need he responds with, um.. we need some oreos and pudding. I think we're out of ice cream and donuts too. I used to just laugh at his ideas but lately my response is more like, hmmm.. those sound great!
So it will be a ramen noodle week, is that what you're saying?
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