“It Used To Be Peasant Food”: 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford

The rise in energy costs all through last year have noticeably caused costs to increase almost everywhere. A quick glance at most isles in your local grocery store will confirm that prices have been steadily growing all year.

Internet users are sharing the items they have started to cut from their shopping lists due to inflation. Items like meat and seafood were predictable, but some have even started cutting fresh produce. And eggs, can’t forget eggs! With prices increasing by a third, people are considering ways to limit eggs in their diets.

So, dear Panda’s, feel free to share how you have adapted your cooking to these new food prices and upvote the examples that you’ve encountered.

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford I wouldn't say I'm cutting back, but I'm making more things from scratch and started growing my own lettuce and herbs. I now have a large grow tent in my living room. I know neighbors assume it is weed, but it's the start of a salsa garden and hopefully potatoes.

msomnipotent , Kenan Kitchen Report

Final score:

150points

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Deborah B 1 year ago

Whole dried peas sprout well, and the six-inch plants are a delicious substitute for lettuce.

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Here in the US, the cheapest generic brand butter is $5 a pound. Not long ago, that used to be what you paid for the GOOD stuff.

eva_rector , Sorin Gheorghita Report

Final score:

146points

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Kristal 1 year ago

Yeah, same in Canada. It's horrible cause I like to bake!

54points

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Lettuce. Went from $1.99 to $7, there's no way I'm paying $10 for a salad.

allcapswan , Bernal Saborio Report

Final score:

139points

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Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago

Wow what country is this in 🤯 everything healthy went up in price in Ireland so now you can buy 8 choc bars, 6 bags crisps, 4 ice pops and a tv for the price of a bag of avacados

88points

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Forbes Magazine estimates that most household expenses have increased by around 8.6% since last year. Unfortunately, this hasn’t affected all expenses equally. Food in general and staples in particular have been hit the hardest. The increase in food prices since October is close to 10% and economists predict they won’t go down anytime soon. The silver lining? They might not increase either. As inflation continues, income may catch up.

That being said, certain items are likely to remain pricey in the near future. Eggs, meat and other more perishable and energy intensive items are set to remain costly. It doesn’t help that food manufacturers often rely on consumers becoming accustomed to price increases. They hope that we will just accept the new price. So props to the good folks documenting the effects of inflation, since it can help all of us keep food costs in perspective.

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford It's now over $9 for 18 eggs where I am. I looked today, but didn't even end up buying them.

Weatherman_Accuracy , United Soybean Board Report

Final score:

130points

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ISeeWendiGo 1 year ago

Needed eggs, did not buy. I have a car payment that's easier to pay, 😂

44points

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford I used to really like those little potatoes but now I only get them once every few months. For some things like bread and butter I just buy brands that are on sale now. I have a toddler and fruit is killing me.

SevereCounter , Hai Nguyen Report

Final score:

122points

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ISeeWendiGo 1 year ago

$8.29 for 10lbs yesterday. Used to pay $4.19.

22points

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford I paid $7.99 USD for a dozen eggs last week. I'm literally counting every one and basing my meal planning around whether or not something is "worth the eggs".

azemilyann26 , Rachael Gorjestani Report

Final score:

117points

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RP 1 year ago

Can we stop and praise this poster for saysing USD, not just dollars

110points

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Inflation can’t take all the blame when it comes to the ludicrous rise in egg prices. Avian influenza has spread its way across chicken populations, in a record outbreak. Typically, the holiday season also causes a spike in egg prices, as people cook and bake more than usual. This year, that spike has yet to decrease. Since poultry farms have to cull their populations to limit the virus, supply remains significantly lower than demand. You can probably see where this is going.

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Fresh berries. Sometimes I’ll find a good sale, other times it’s *$8 for a thing of strawberries*

waterbaby333 , Timo Volz Report

Final score:

115points

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Lynn Clements 1 year ago

Punnet. It's punnet

34points

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Fruit is so prohibitively expensive now! A single apple is about $2.00, oranges are about the same. Strawberries are $8.99 here right now. Only bananas are still available at reasonable prices. I understand fruits and vegetables go up in prices throughout the winter but for the most part they are too expensive for regular purchase. A peach, nectarine or a grapefruit is a special treat these days.

janesfilms , Megan Bucknall Report

Final score:

103points

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InvincibleRodent 1 year ago

I have not eaten a peach this year. They're my favorite fruit. Ironically, mangoes and pomelos are more affordable now- I guess because so few people buy them here.

25points

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"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Seafood. It's absurd because I live on an island. Fish used to be a staple food, a less expensive protein source. Now it's more expensive than a Wagyu.

lazeny , Mike Bergmann Report

Final score:

98points

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David Bowlby 1 year ago

Wagyu has half the mercury 🤣👍

18points

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It doesn’t help that eggs are truly a staple. Most people aren’t eating Wagyu beef every meal, but eggs are a baking and breakfast mainstay for a reason. On the bright side, in places hit particularly hard by egg shortages people might be willing to try vegan alternatives. In California, plant-based egg substitutes have seen sales rise by around a quarter.

#10

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Lunch meat! $15 a pound! That is double what lean ground sirloin costs! I call BS - since when is a turkey sandwich a luxury meal

level 2 jmweiner1 , Hillshire Farm Report

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93points

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Spooky Scary Skeletons 1 year ago

Maybe stop buying your meat at the deli counter and buy ye olde Oscar Meyer like us not-rich have to do.

20points

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#11

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Meat, primarily

finatra_official , Wilhelm Gunkel Report

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85points

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Susie Elle 1 year ago

Or meat alternatives - two veggieburgers (250 gr total) are now 4.5 euros. They used to be 2.5 - 3.

13points

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#12

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford I don't know if it's because of inflation, but heavy cream jumped in price a few months back and I stopped buying it. For years that's what I used in my coffee but I'm back to half and half bc it's, well, half the price.

spaghetti_poodle , Alberto Bogo Report

Final score:

78points

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ISeeWendiGo 1 year ago

Evaporated milk is nearly $2 a can for 12oz. That's generic price. If you go to the Family Dollar store you can get a 12oz can for $1. I bought 8, lol.

22points

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#13

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford In Germany, Butter prices are through the roof. Canola and sunflower seed oil as well because they used to be imported from Ukraine.

Also M&Ms. Not an ingredient but man that price...

aminho , jonathan ocampo Report

Final score:

77points

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Ches Yamada 1 year ago

My husband saw a man stop dead in his tracks and scream out "$5 for butter?!" - guy didn't even have anyone with him, he was so shocked.

22points

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#14

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Oxtail. It was a tasty, inexpensive meal growing up, not so much anymore. Sucks, it was a comfort food for me.

lotsalotsacoffee , titanium22 Report

Final score:

77points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

It's not been cheap for a few years here, thanks TV chefs §

37points

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#15

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford fresh vegetables, mostly just use frozen now

onions, potatoes & carrots in huge bags when they are on sale. Used to just pick them up when I wanted them but now plan ahead & make lots of meals for the freezer

beef is another one because dammmmm

finding recipes that don't use eggs

EditorNo2545 , Thomas Le Report

Final score:

69points

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Gavin Johnson 1 year ago

BP readers…… recipes without eggs? Look up vegan meals and change / add in whatever protein you want to make it yours.

2points

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#16

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Crab. Any crab. Blue, snow, king, dungeness, canned crab. It's all priced like caviar.

Wild salmon, especially King Salmon.

Lunch meat, I mean seriously.

Ennion , Mae Mu Report

Final score:

69points

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Spooky Scary Skeletons 1 year ago (edited)

The US had to suspend the snow crab fishing season because of a drastic decline in crabs. Learn to make dishes using mussels. They're still cheap and it's a VERY sustainable resource.

6points

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#17

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Certain cheeses. They hopped up not too long ago, now I try to avoid dishes with a lot of cheese.

YakBig1676 , Waldemar Report

Final score:

68points

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Narwhal Blast 1 year ago

It's not just some, it's all cheese! Some has doubled the price!

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#18

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford I rarely buy avocados or beef anymore

thriftingforgold , Gil Ndjouwou Report

Final score:

64points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

Only if they're reduced to clear. And they go so well together

15points

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#19

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Lamb (Aus). It used to be peasant food :(

bigbagofbaldbabies , Sebastian Coman Photography Report

Final score:

61points

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Molly Whuppie 1 year ago

this so much. I remember when lamb cutlets used to be under $5 a kilo. Now they are up around $40 a kg at coles. Even the meat bones are $8 kilo now.

28points

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#20

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford In addition to items that other posters have mentioned, celery. It’s now $2.99 a bunch. I use it for recipes like tuna salad, potato salad, etc and rarely use a whole bunch before it gets old. It’s gotten too expensive for me to want to buy it. (Location is in US, the Midwest).

TinaKayyay , Hello I'm Nik Report

Final score:

59points

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InvincibleRodent 1 year ago

I had the same issue as the poster, I only really use it for mirepoix and don't like the flavor raw- a good solution is to chop it up into small pieces, put it into a resealable freezer bag, and just toss it in the freezer. I now buy a bunch every couple months or so, break off what I know I'm gonna use at one time, and it keeps for as long as I need it to. :)

21points

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#21

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Salmon. My favourite fish :(

Librarycore , CA Creative Report

Final score:

57points

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InvincibleRodent 1 year ago

Interestingly, where I live, that's the only thing the price of which is stagnating. But it WAS by far the most expensive kind of protein anyway, so it's not like it makes much of a difference. It's always been 6-8000+ HUF, only now a pound of ground pork is not 700, but more like 1600.

6points

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#22

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Lemons. I used to keep them on hand but now just buy what I need.

BurroCoverto , Julia Peretiatko Report

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56points

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beethebi 1 year ago

we just have lemon juice

8points

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#23

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Watermelon. Large seedless watermelon was “on sale” for $12.99 USD in the store this weekend

friendlyuser15 , 张嘴 Report

Final score:

53points

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Erin Geiger 1 year ago

It's winter, if you're getting it it's coming from South America. Wait until June/July

39points

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#24

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Corn syrup. I use it for my small candy business. At the restaurant store, it used to be $7.99/gal and now it’s $21.50

dentalgirl74 , karthik reddy Report

Final score:

51points

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Cathy 1 year ago

Maple syrup is €6,- here 250grams...

2points

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#25

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Sunflower oil went from €0.90/L to €4.50/L due to the war so I'm using other oils as much as possible now.

dradoyu , RF._.studio Report

Final score:

50points

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Doug the Special one 1 year ago

I use Castrol GTX mostly.

26points

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#26

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Enoki Mushrooms. They used to be $1 for 2 packs at my local supermarket, now its about $6 for 1 pack. I'm not sure if this is due to inflation but the price increase is insane.

unsu23 , m.shattock Report

Final score:

47points

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Dan Bexell 1 year ago

It's corporate greed taking advantage of inflation to camouflage their price hikes.

44points

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#27

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Eggs. I don't like egg-centered dishes that much to begin with such as omelets, eggs benedict, fried or scrambled eggs, etc. They're now more than double the price where I live so I mainly just use them for when I need them in baking.

Darwin343 , Jakub Kapusnak Report

Final score:

46points

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Naomie Moore 1 year ago

And I love eggs and would go through at least 3 dozen every two weeks - no longer, I can't afford them. Jumped from $2.29 per dozen to over $7 a dozen. I can't have chickens, too many natural predators and my back yard isn't big enough to build a safe place for them.

14points

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#28

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford $3.50 for 3 shallots? I can get a kilogram of chicken thighs for that. Shallots would be off my menu if they cost 30 cents each! I buy them when they are 35 cents for a pack as no one seems to buy them from my local place so they are always discounted.

I've definitely eaten less ribs and pork belly though.

captain-burrito , Ruth Hartnup Report

Final score:

41points

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Naomie Moore 1 year ago

I am flabbergasted on every visit. I shop several grocery stores that are on my path on my way to and from work. And everytime I need something another item goes on the list that I can't afford or have to budget for. I have been living on lots of soup. Make a pot every few days and freeze some so it doesn't get boring. Even though flour is high it's still cheaper to make my own crackers or bread than purchasing.

2points

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#29

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Calamari, it used to be so so cheap. I could pick up tubes for $1 a piece, now it is $20 a kg.

Imaginary_Dirt29 , Farhad Ibrahimzade Report

Final score:

35points

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Cassi Lyris 1 year ago

Ok, this has always been pricey out here in the desert. Y'know, I remember when I was a kid and other kids would joke about how gross something like calimari was (and sushi, omg). Tried it the first chance I could! (Large Iranian wedding dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant around 11pm at night.) Loved it immediately. Sushi too. 😂

3points

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#30

"It Used To Be Peasant Food": 30 People Share What Products They Can No Longer Afford Buying whole ducks and roasting them has replaced a lot of beef for me.

jlangfo5 , MorNa Tang Report

Final score:

32points

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Ches Yamada 1 year ago

Can't get those here, they're too costly

17points

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What do you think ?

Oerff On Tour 1 year ago

Do you all realize that the farmers who produce all these foods, are now being paid LESS for their products? The mark-up is going straight to the shareholders of the multinationals who own the supermarkets

36points

It depends. Certainly the farmers are not the cause, I agree. But in this case, corporations aren't really the root cause. Where I am, the cost is being driven-up by the rise in fuel prices and the lack of key ingredients due to the war and (nessessary) changes in engery policy to reduce emissions. Flour has become insanely expensive (and so all flour-based things like bread as well) because we can't get wheat from the East for instance. The price of fresh produce has risen because fuel for farm machinery / greenhouse heating has risen. It is not so much corporate greed (although the supermarkets are not willing cutting profits to help - but what business does?!) as a direct result of supply-demand relationships. The fact that we are running out of resources like water on a global scale is a major factor too and will become increasingly relevant.

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Mabelbabel 1 year ago

There's a chef in the UK, Jack Monroe, and she's famous for producing meals on a low budget-she was a single mum on benefits when she started out. She had a twitter thread a while back showing that the cost of staples from supermarket economy ranges and own brands like pasta, rice, tinned veg etc had gone up disproportionately in comparison to the cost of their luxury ready meals-the "Finest" range, those "Eat in for 2 for £20' deals. The burden and main bulk of price rises fell on those who were more reliant on the economy brands to start with, so the least able to manage. And the fact the companies had these price differentials meant a lot of the rising costs was simply price gouging-they aren't paying suppliers or farmers more, but the companies are making more profit.

11points

I usually do my grocery shopping for the entire month and then just have to pick up things like milk, bread, and produce later on in the month, y'know, the stuff you normally run out of. My monthly items are pretty much the same items with different items occuring seasonally. For my son and I plus 2 dogs and a cat it usually runs us about $300-$350 USD. Yesterday we bought less as some staple items are outrageously overpriced and I refused to buy them. Out total after sales items and coupons was over $430. I'm on disability, so a very fixed budget. I know there's lots of people that are in even worse financial shape and people with more mouths to feed and I can't imagine the amount of stress they're under considering how high my stress level is. I refuse to go to food banks because I don't want to take from some that needs it worse. We've all gotta eat, so what do you do?

7points

Jessica Taylor 1 year ago

Food banks end up throwing food a away I’m some places

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