What they hate even more is that we're splurging on living indoors with running water and flush toilets.
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It wasn't that long ago Faux was running stories about these uppity welfare recipients having refrigerators and cell phones, shocking I know
They know their audience. After all it's hard to find "undesierabes" to look down on when their standard of living is alarmingly close to your own.
Did Lucille Bluth write that article?
US$5 hot rotisserie chicken from Costco is cheaper than a whole raw chicken from grocery outlet. In addition, I have to pay for the electricity and seasoning to cook the chicken.
yeah its one of the cheapest foods out there. are they splurging on rice and rice cookers too?
I have a rice cooker and they're kinda overrated. Do I use it? Yes, but you can always boil water and make rice that way, or even microwaving rice with water can cook it.
Also rotisserie chicken lasts a long time when you break it apart, shred it and freeze it for future recipes. I love to make this Southwest Chicken Skillet from Budget Bytes. Its so filling and the family loves it, I add in sour cream and stir it in at the end.
oh I disagree. boiling water in a pot and you have to watch it but the rice cooke is set it and forget it. Rice cooker is the most often used gadget for us followed by the slow cooker.
Best thing in my house and the only appliance coming with on the move. I adore my lil rice cooker more than life itself.
Yeah, but if you're cooking a meal it's pretty trivial to time your stove rice properly.
the rice is the meal. all the cooking is in the cooker. as I said in another one you don't need to time it as it automatically goes into keep warm so you can be 10 or 20 minutes late.
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I'm filipino, a simple rice maker is a staple in my household. We even have rice dispensers
Budget Bytes is incredible. I have a bunch of recipes from there that I make on the regular
I also make broth with the rotisserie scraps.
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Wallstreet journal... is Microsoft stock going down again?
Eat slop and work harder, Serfs! Your CEO needs a new Bentley!
Ah yes good old tens of thousands in debt and property costing ten times what it used to when boomers bought them, cost of living souring, wages not climbing, and of course it's the cheap tasty chicken keeping the young folk from owning their own home. Yeeeesss. Great financial logic there, (checks notes) Wall Street Journal.
Hahaha! I will tell you, my own mother (70s) buys rotisserie chicken because it is cheaper per pound of meat than a raw chicken and is just as good or better than if she bought the same size chicken and roast it herself in her own oven. Something to know about my mom is she is frugal. She coupons, and will always seek out the best deal. Whoever wrote that WSJ article truly has no idea what it is to budget is what I see. Additionally, some of the neighborhoods that were listed, are some of the richest parts of NY, so of course people who have money will also go out and buy easy meals rather than spend time cooking.
The article also points out that grocery stores price rotisserie chicken at very aggressive prices because it's a great way to get people to come into the store and walk past everything else in the hopes they'll pick up some more items. So the stores know they're selling them at a very low price, that's an engagement model.
Whoa, they're loss-leaders? That's good to know. I usually pass them up since I get better results at home but I appreciate that I'm not exactly pinching pennies to make the budget happen. I've been broke and/or between jobs before, so who knows? That is handy information.
Of course.
Rotisserie Chicken is a loss-leader. But that smell stimulates your appetite and gets you to buy more.
Plus you're gonna want some high-margin foods to go with it. Maybe some veggies, potatoes. Box mash is a pain in the ass when the chicken is already cooked, may as well get the pre-made heat-and-eat stuff. It's right here next to the chickens...
Plus if you get box mash you need to get milk and butter too...and walk nearly the entire rest of the store to get all three.
This is basic supermarket psychology.
Rotisserie Chicken is a loss-leader.
You come for the chicken but walk out with 5 gallons of avocado paste for your toast. That's how they getcha.
TIL that people actually buy boxed mashed.
I used to have a bread machine and it came with a recipe for potato bread that used instant mash and it was so damn good.
I got rid of it after I gained like 100lbs. Still have the 100lbs but don't have the bread.
That seems like a totally legit use of instant mashed. I just feel like I’ve never known anyone to make “mashed potatoes” from instant (maybe as a backpacking thing). Maybe there are people out there that are overthinking mashed? Super easy if you do just a few things right.
pretty sure your boss is splurging human babies so shut the fuck up
The rich and out of touch commenting on the poor. Seems to be the norm now.
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Do they really not understand how a $5 chicken costs less than a house?
With just some grey click flooring and LED lights, one can move into a chicken.
I think they're hating on genz and millenials because of boomer embaarrasment that they've handed them a world on fire.
Or it's another tool to divide the working class.
You have more in common with normal people from other generations than you do with the wealthy!
Insult and injury on top: If you use EBT for food, you can't buy warm food. Despite deli counter food often being fairly cheap, you aren't allowed to enjoy a nice warm meal. You can't buy a $10 baked pizza, 24 pieces of chicken for $26, or the $5 rotisserie. No, you must always homecook, with all the extra effort and time that requires.
EBT is good, but the richies obviously think that poverty is inherently a sin. The carrot is also a stick, and will be used to paddle the backside of people who aren't "good" in the eyes of the wealthy.
Some places (Walmart being one) chill the ones that don't sell for the next day and mark them down. And since they are no longer hot they are SNAP eligible.
It’s a dumb restriction that is based on flawed logic regarding what can be purchased.
Can’t buy a warm meal from a deli, but apparently sushi boxes are more than okay.
Not arguing one way or another, just highlighting how stupid the whole thing is.
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Rotisserie chicken is in some ways cheaper than raw chicken... and I know place where it is the case. Like is eating now a crime to these people?
Unless the raw whole chicken is on sale, I've never seen one cheaper than a cooked rotisserie one at a grocery store.
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