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0 pointsMarsymars1y ago0 comments

> What are you gonna do about it?

Substitute tofu?

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Even at $6.50/dozen, eggs are cheaper than tofu, which is $3 for 14 oz where I'm at.

FWIW, Costco or low-cost Asian grocers are less than half that price for tofu.

And in terms of protein, a dozen eggs is pretty close to the same amount of protein as 14oz of firm tofu... so my cost for tofu protein is like a quarter of my cost for egg protein. (Organic in either case, fwiw.)

addicted1y ago

Get some dried lentils.

They last a long time, are cheap as shit, and extremely healthy with the lowest dollar per gram of protein and couple it with a bunch of fiber and whole host of beneficial micronutrients.

smcin1y ago

Cottage cheese has 2.5x the protein content of eggs, and is currently cheaper. Or you can mix the two for the same taste but cost savings.

addicted1y ago

Cottage cheese is a terrible idea with bird flu floating around in dairy, complete chaos in the systems that are supposed to inspect these supply chains, and voluntary testing requirements that meant even when the inspection systems were not chaotic they were way behind the 8 ball.

And for obvious reasons, bird flu infecting mammals is likely to be a greater risk to humans than that present in birds.

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absolutelastone1y ago

You could make it your self for the cost of soybeans basically. It's a cheap food sold as a gourmet item because it's rare. Like a lot of other fermented foods.

throwaway20371y ago

    > It's a cheap food sold as a gourmet item because it's rare.

This statement is _entirely_ dependent upon where you live. If you have lots of East/SouthEast Asian immigrants in your community, it will be a regular commodity in any supermarket -- "ethnic" or not. Lots of readers here live in the Bay Area. A regular block of 300/400g fresh tofu is probably cheap as chips in their local supermarket.

    > Like a lot of _other_ fermented foods.

Are you implying that tofu is a fermented food? It is not. (FYI: In Chinese food culture, there is something called fermented tofu [and even stinky tofu], but that is different than non-fermented tofu.)

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s1artibartfast1y ago

Eggs are 9.99 per dozen where I am. Tri-tip is $3.99/lb and pork can often be had for $1.99. Hell, a month ago we bought a 20lb ham for $0.49/lb.

Centigonal1y ago

huh... we haven't gotten there yet in my neck of the woods, but where you are, pound for pound, boneless chicken meat is probably cheaper than chicken eggs.

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Centigonal1y ago

Even at $6.50/dozen, eggs are cheaper than tofu, which is $3 for 14 oz where I'm at.

MarsymarsOP1y ago

FWIW, Costco or low-cost Asian grocers are less than half that price for tofu.

addicted1y ago

Get some dried lentils.

They last a long time, are cheap as shit, and extremely healthy with the lowest dollar per gram of protein and couple it with a bunch of fiber and whole host of beneficial micronutrients.

smcin1y ago

Cottage cheese has 2.5x the protein content of eggs, and is currently cheaper. Or you can mix the two for the same taste but cost savings.

addicted1y ago

And for obvious reasons, bird flu infecting mammals is likely to be a greater risk to humans than that present in birds.

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absolutelastone1y ago

You could make it your self for the cost of soybeans basically. It's a cheap food sold as a gourmet item because it's rare. Like a lot of other fermented foods.

throwaway20371y ago

    > It's a cheap food sold as a gourmet item because it's rare.

    > Like a lot of _other_ fermented foods.

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s1artibartfast1y ago

Eggs are 9.99 per dozen where I am. Tri-tip is $3.99/lb and pork can often be had for $1.99. Hell, a month ago we bought a 20lb ham for $0.49/lb.

Centigonal1y ago

huh... we haven't gotten there yet in my neck of the woods, but where you are, pound for pound, boneless chicken meat is probably cheaper than chicken eggs.

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