The old Cheap Bastid hasn’t been around for a while. There’s a couple of reasons for this. I’m unemployed and looking for work again and just haven’t had the inspiration to do much writing about anything, let alone food (even though I’m cooking every day now). And second, I created a new website called Cheap-Bastid-Cooks where I’m working to move some of my old posts over and put some new content up.
But I’m always interested in spending less and eating just as well, if not better. A couple of weeks ago, I took this picture after we got home from a weekly “run” to Costco. And this is what Cheap Bastid is all about.
Now, here’s what’s cool about this picture. Want to save money? Sure you do. Sometimes you need to buy in bulk. It also helps to be able to do some real basic math in your head.
At my usual grocery store, I spend $1.99 for a 1 quart bottle of canola oil when it’s on special or $2.49 at “full price”. At grocery store prices, this 5 quart just would set you back $10. Costco price is $7. You’re getting the equivalent of a bottle and a half free. So, this is definitely a “stock up” item worth buying.
Now, the Jimmy Dean sausage is a good deal too—just not quite as good as the oil. This is 3 lbs. of breakfast sausage. At Costco, this package is $2.23 a pound. On special at the grocery store you might find the “store brand” sausage for $2.75 to $3.00. Sou you’re getting almost half a pound free—and it’s better sausage.
OK, here’s a bonus. I bought this at my grocery store for $6. It’s 188 ounces or the equivalent of 4 bottles of the same detergetnt in its regular size which sells for $1.99. In other words, I got 4 jugs for the price of 3. It’s just a matter of storing the extra.
Last, but not least—sadly, I have given up my beloved Vernor’s Ginger Ale in the cause of frugality. For years I’ve bought a 2 liter bottle a week for $1.99. Now I can’t afford the luxury. Dammit.
In today’s world, you just have to save money wherever you can.
Here’s a link to my new cooking only website. Come visit if you’d like:
http://www.cheap-bastid-cooks.com
That’s the Cheap Bastid Way: Eat Good. Eat Cheap. Be Grateful!
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Hope you find a gig soon.
Rated, but of course!! ~wanders off for some sausage~ God I'm hungry!! ~:D
OE--Thanks, yeah BJs and ever SamsClub can be the same way, but you have to know what's a deal and what isn't.
Tink--thanks and stop by the "new joint" too
~wanders off again~
Chrissie--thanks and help yourself anytime--by the way if you'd like a copy of a cookbook I wrote for my kids just PM me with your e-mail address and I'll e-mail you a copy
Zanelle--thanks and I'll be around--hopefully I can get some inspiration to write some posts
OE--thanks and I never gave the different aprons a thought--hmmmpf I might have to go that route (with the stains on the white apron, I always say that it's a menu).
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Linda--thanks for looking. hope you like it
sheila--thanks. me too! it's doubly tough at 60!
David--I've run into that same thing a few times late here on OS. Thanks for stopping by the new site
Erica--Vernor's is an old brand started in Detroit but available here in SoCal. I grew up with it. It puts all other ginger ales to shame.
Algis--thanks for stopping by and commenting
gracious jane--glad you found the biscuits and the sausage gravy recipe at Cheap Bastid Cooks
Bobbott--that's the standing joke around our home, I'm so anal about it that my wife spends half her time at the store rolling her eyeballs at me and my "cheap-bastidliness". With those "big" containers it's important that you can store it and that it isn't going to "go bad"--detergent and cooking oil both make sense.
Belinda--thanks for bookmarking the new site. no comment on this old man's guns and abs, LOL