tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post5076334478476982024..comments2024-03-27T11:32:14.453+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Figuring Out The True Price Of VegetablesPenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-71639170274004648312015-10-09T02:04:02.725+00:002015-10-09T02:04:02.725+00:00OMG I love google docs and I love you! Thank you f...OMG I love google docs and I love you! Thank you for doing these experiments! you are a frickin genius!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-92146393200770319542014-03-08T11:35:16.732+00:002014-03-08T11:35:16.732+00:00Really great post btw!Really great post btw!Michael Nolhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185373501037107409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-72446047096282439652014-03-08T11:35:04.020+00:002014-03-08T11:35:04.020+00:00What you made is basically a costing sheet. This i...What you made is basically a costing sheet. This is how food costing SHOULD be done for anyone selling food products of any sort.<br /><br />I have kinda wondered the same to myself on a lot of this, some things I will make myself, other things I won't. I can get pretty basic ingredients in large quantities really inexpensive and make my own crackers, plus they don't have the Michael Nolhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185373501037107409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-45862962048170978042013-12-20T00:37:33.195+00:002013-12-20T00:37:33.195+00:00Wow, great job!
That said, have you factored in ...Wow, great job! <br /><br />That said, have you factored in electricity? My parents used to have a large garden and when I was a teenager we stored our bounty in a gigantic old freezer. <br /><br />Well, in my mother's quest for trailing every penny she hit upon our electricity bill. So one day she invited an energy adviser from a local charity. His first action was to pull the plug on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-8552698962570250992013-10-03T15:07:38.500+00:002013-10-03T15:07:38.500+00:00Wow this is so helpful! I did a similar experiment...Wow this is so helpful! I did a similar experiment with fresh whole carrots versus fresh baby carrots. I love the convenience of baby carrots, but not the higher price. Then one day after I spent 20 minutes peeling 5 pounds of whole carrots and throwing away the peels, I weighed them to see how much they truly were per pound. I don't remember my exact numbers because it was a couple years agoKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10401872523464861656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-15202668819300054552013-10-03T15:05:01.927+00:002013-10-03T15:05:01.927+00:00Wow this is so helpful! I did a similar experiment...Wow this is so helpful! I did a similar experiment with fresh whole carrots versus fresh baby carrots. I love the convenience of baby carrots, but not the higher price. Then one day after I spent 20 minutes peeling 5 pounds of whole carrots and throwing away the peels, I weighed them to see how much they truly were per pound. I don't remember my exact numbers because it was a couple years agoKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10401872523464861656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-33513350874567156752013-07-02T15:20:59.717+00:002013-07-02T15:20:59.717+00:00Also, scraps can go to the compost :-)
Just a tho...Also, scraps can go to the compost :-) <br />Just a thoughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-67317970002458073932013-05-07T20:27:24.235+00:002013-05-07T20:27:24.235+00:00I love this. The other thing I consider when thin...I love this. The other thing I consider when thinking about fresh and its waste is what I can use for stock or feed to my chicken. It's basically just seed waste for me unless I save those to grow the veggies the following spring. I commend you for putting this together. Thanks!Jamie Frischhttp://placentaenergy.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.com