Food in the United States: how much will dinner us familiar

Many of our compatriots are interested in whether it is possible in the States to eat our usual foods? How much will the most ordinary dinner for our man cost? Is it possible to buy cheap vegetables and fruits, or are they all beautiful and expensive? Is it cheaper to eat at McDonalds or still cook at home? And what are the generally minimal prices for products: are they more expensive or cheaper than ours? Now I will try to answer these questions.

The cheapest meats are chicken and pork

If you want to take the cheapest meat, you will choose between chicken and pork. The cheapest chicken meat is chicken thighs. At Walmart, the cheapest package of thighs is $2.32 for 5 pounds. We get our chicken from Costco because we know the quality, and it costs $0.99 per pound of skin-on thighs.

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If you do not want to bother with cooking at the same Walmart or Costco, you can take already prepared grilled chicken at a fixed price of $ 4.99.

For pork already have to pay much more expensive. You can buy it at Costco for $ 1.99 per pound. This will be a nameless “fillet” without specifying a part of the carcass. But most likely it will be quite fatty scraps from the scapula. If you wish, you can even chop bacon from them and, for example, bake potatoes with it in the oven, because the prices for everyone’s favorite bacon are much higher here.

Garnish: fried potatoes with onions

The cheapest potatoes are sold in the German chain Aldi. Aldi charges $10 for a 2.49-pound bag of Russet potatoes. Potatoes are sold clean, packaged and, of course, without soil or wormholes. There will be minimal waste after cleaning it. It tastes very good. It can be boiled, fried, or baked - it is suitable for use in any form.

The same Aldi chain sells onions for $1.69 for a 3-pound mesh—this is probably the cheapest onion offering in American supermarkets. The cheapest oil on which all this can be fried is rapeseed. Aldi will charge you $48 for 1.85 ounces. Ukrainian-made sunflower oil can be found at Walmart, but it is much more expensive.

Maybe it's better to stick dumplings?

Can and dumplings. Flour costs $ 1.65 per 5-pound package. Flour, by the way, even the cheapest is of very good quality. Not bread, of course, for the bread machine, we buy special bread flour, but on pancakes and dumplings is great.

A dozen large eggs can be bought for $ 0.69, if you add eggs to the dumplings dough. Sour cream for dumplings can be taken for $ 1.19 per 16 ounces. Sour cream, of course, is not as tasty and fat as ours, but quite edible.

Fresh vegetables salad?

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Vegetables are much more expensive compared to ours and about the same price all year round, although, of course, there are seasonal offers. Our friend is engaged in trade in fresh vegetables and fruits. 25-pound box of tomatoes can be taken in bulk dollars for 16, that is, about 93 rubles per kilo. Cucumbers can be a bit cheaper, but at about the same price. In ordinary supermarkets, tomatoes and cucumbers will be much more expensive, like cutting a cheap lettuce from ground cucumbers and tomatoes like at home, you are unlikely to succeed.

Maybe better to eat in fast food?

If you don’t want to cook at home, you can eat at fast food, as many Americans do. We are not big fans of fast food, but I will name the most affordable prices from what immediately comes to mind. The Big Mac menu was advertised on the radio for $4.99. A large 45-inch pizza can be purchased at Costco for $9.95. Filling: vegetables, cheese and pepperoni. Not bad pizza for the states, but in our middle-class pizzerias they cook better. In general, you won’t be able to eat very cheaply even in fast food. Well, maybe take the grilled chicken for $4.99, which I wrote about above.

I want to note that I brought the lowest prices on products for which you have to go to the nearest Walmart, Costco or Aldi. If you do not want to bother and spend time on weekly trips to these stores, and want to buy products in the store around the corner, then the prices need to be multiplied by a factor of one and a half, or even two.

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