Well that's fascinating. Interesting to see the price difference on some of the groceries between Ireland and the US also. Some stuff cheaper here (eggs, potatoes, chicken legs) and some definitely more expensive here (pork and some of the beans stood out most).
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Oh that's interesting!
Beans are considered bargain basement here, so if you are in "super duper need to save money" mode, beans will make up most of your protein, while flour/rice/oats make up your calories. Split peas are actually probably even the best, but not as popular.
We do have very cheap beans but they're either haricot beans in tomato sauce (you can pick a tin of these up for like 33c US but it's not full to the brim with beans) and tinned red kidney beans are also very cheap but anything else tends to be name brand so they're pricey and dried beans aren't really a thing here.
I do wash off those haricot beans and add them to a stew if I'm doing one.
Frozen peas are also very cheap. Like 90c US for a decent sized bag so they're a good filler in dinner dishes / soups.
The meat looked very reasonable in her list though, even allowing for the discount and I know you guys have places like Costco that we don't.
It's all interesting learning. :)
Edit: here's the €0.29 / $0.33 beans:
Ones with a ring pull are 10c extra and I feel like they have a few more beans / the sauce is slightly thicker but honestly that could be me making things up. :)
Oh so for peas we actually have split peas! Which lets us do like pound of split peas for 1.50 on amazon, which comes out 1500 calories worth of peas, frozen peas are usually a lot more expensive. So yeah, dry again!
Very curious what is regional and what isn't!
Also part of why meat is so cheap is subsidiaries, meat sellers are paid a pretty penny to sell it cheap here.
Wow. That's incredible value for the split peas. Do they need much prep?
Heads up I added a pic in the last one around the time you were replying. :)
Oh baked beans are more expensive over here for that type of thing!
And nah, like I mentioned them because I just made a batch. Boiling them for 30 minutes turns them into peas, then if you boiled them for an hour you'd get split pea soup and can just add herbs and stuff to have a VERY hearty soup as they'd break down into mush.