Greek salad without lettuce.
We like our salads without lettuce, except Caesar. A little chicken on the side.
Cost per person, $13. Literally as much as the steak from the other day. This is why society is doomed.
Greek salad without lettuce.
We like our salads without lettuce, except Caesar. A little chicken on the side.
Cost per person, $13. Literally as much as the steak from the other day. This is why society is doomed.
13$ per person for a salad? I can make this exact salad with ingredients from my local supermarket for maybe 3€ per portion.
Add it up. Feta: $5.64 Red onion: 80¢ Red bell pepper: $1.68 Green bell pepper: 68¢ Chicken thighs: $5.60 Cucumbers: $2.11 Tiny tomatoes: $1.98 Olive oil: 30¢ Lemons: 28¢ Oregano: 5¢ Red wine vinegar: 10¢ Garlic, pepper, homemade Greek seasoning mix for the chicken, more olive oil for the baked Chicken, etc.
Go ahead. Go figure out the cost for every single item and divide it by the two people I’m cooking for. Show your work. Make sure to use Lancaster South Carolina prices instead of whatever European country you are buying in. I’ll wait.
Honestly you are not far off by my estimate. I actually made this same meal just two weeks ago, in New England, for reference.
No feta for us, and i use Hot House tomatoes (bought the Canadian ones, something just over $3 a pound), and I use a whole bundle of cilantro $1. I served it with Cajun thighs, got the small pack, $5, made the dressing with Cajun seasoning too, I was obsessed with this salad
I made enough probably to feed five servings of salad, three servings of chicken. I went to the store soley for dinner’s produce and chicken. I might have gotten an extra onion for the house and maybe some bananas too, both cheap items but. . . $40 receipt. Take off for the couple extras, its likely $30-$35
I remember saying, damn, about it at checkout
Half these ingredients needed are planted in my garden right now lmao hoping they grow alright and save us some pennies
Honestly, prices in the United States for some items seem very high, at least to me. I have full confidence in your calculations. Here’s the equivalent cost from Germany:
Feta: 1.89 Red Onion: 0.5 Red bell pepper: 0.7 Green bell pepper 0.7 Chicken thigh: 2.8 Cucumber: 0.79 Tiny tomatoes: 0.99 Olive oil: 0.3 Lemons: 0.69 Oregano: 0.1 Red wine vinegar: 0.1 (all values in Euro)
While Americans tend to earn higher wages, this really illustrates why ppp calculations matter.
Are those meant to be dollar values? I buy these same items nearly weekly as needed. Your first five ingredients listed are double that here where I am in the states. Even the cherry tomatoes are $3-$4 for the small tub. I shop at my local grocer for reference. It’s regional. I did buy a giant cucumber from Aldi today for $2 tho so theres that. Idk why it was so fucking big, giant produce freaks me out. Onions are massive too, annoying when you’re buying by weight. But we get giant cucumbers covered in wax, and giant fucking onions the size of a baby’s head.
But yeah, if this is the US dollar comparison its easily double where I live.
All values I gave were in Euros, but the exchange rate currently sits at around 1 Euro to 1.12 USD. Therefore the Dollar amount should be slightly higher than what I gave in Euros, but my Euro values already include VAT (more or less our Sales Tax).
For reference I used the “normal” German supermarket rather than the cheaper Aldi. I just checked again on the supermarket website and cherry tomatoes are at 0.99 € and a cucumber is at 0.79 € with Feta cheese at 1.89 €.