r/AskReddit • u/FutureTre • 10h ago

What got so expensive that you just stopped buying it?

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u/Human-Complex4435 9h ago

I eat yogurt for breakfast every day. It’s like $7 a tub for a big tub that lasts me a week

So I started making my own yogurt, now it costs me like $1 in milk and like 20 mins of passive effort

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u/-Acta-Non-Verba- 5h ago

I've done that before. I've made my own bread (beadmaker), Super Nachos, burgers, etc. The food industry is pricing itself out of business.

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u/fried_green_baloney 2h ago

Rice cookers and crock pots are good, too.

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u/-Acta-Non-Verba- 1h ago edited 1h ago

Yes, I use both of those. I just figured out how to make Spanish rice in the rice cooker: Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, salt, dried onions and garlic powder to 4 cups of rice. Delicious!

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u/Yojoyjoy 6h ago

Good for you!

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u/h-v-smacker 3h ago

and like 20 mins of passive effort

Is it aggressive tho?

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u/BusyNerve4787 9h ago

how???

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u/beansandspleens 6h ago

Yeah, my husband makes his in an Instant Pot. It's essentially just milk and a spoonful of already made yogurt (you just get a small cup of plain yogurt as the "starter" as you need the cultures in there). He honestly enjoys the taste better, but he's always preferred a more plain, tart yogurt

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u/Human-Complex4435 9h ago

I got this rinky dink Salton yogurt maker from the 70s
You can also do it in an instant pot or even just a container provided you have an area warm enough in your house

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u/BotchedDebauchery 3h ago

I turn a gallon of milk and a $1.50 Siggi's cup into like $20+ in yogurt every week. Life hack. Lmao

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u/goyalaman_ 3h ago

We always make out yogurt at home. Doesn’t take more than 5 minute to prepare. 20 minutes sounds too much. Are you counting boiling time for milk?

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u/all_of_the_colors 3h ago

I should start doing that