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

absolutelastone 2y 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.
- throwaway2037 2y 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.)
  - absolutelastone 2y ago
    I meant "cheap" because it is easy to make from scratch. https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I++make+tofu+from+scratch https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I++make+tofu+from+scr... As for "other fermented foods" your final sentence admits it works as used in my post.
Marsymars 2y ago
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.)
smcin 2y 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.
- addicted 2y 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.
  - smcin 2y ago
    That's ridiculous. Cottage cheese is typically pasteurized, therefore safe. (We're not talking about cottage cheese from raw cow's milk). Cottage cheese is a fine idea, hysteria about bird flu is overdone, cottage cheese is healthier than processed meat, in the US. Remember Chipotle's multiple meat handling scandals that sickened 1100? You can't point to similar for cottage cheese.
  - bsder 2y ago
    > Cottage cheese is a terrible idea with bird flu floating around in dairy Almost all dairy in any normal supermarket has been pasteurized. I would say "all" but I'm sure there is at least a single exception somewhere even if I can't find it. Raw milk products at your "natural" farmer's market on the other hand ...
addicted 2y 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.
s1artibartfast 2y 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.
- Centigonal 2y 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.

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.

throwaway2037 2y 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.)
- absolutelastone 2y ago
  I meant "cheap" because it is easy to make from scratch. https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I++make+tofu+from+scratch https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I++make+tofu+from+scr... As for "other fermented foods" your final sentence admits it works as used in my post.

Marsymars 2y ago

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.)

smcin 2y 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.

addicted 2y 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.
- smcin 2y ago
  That's ridiculous. Cottage cheese is typically pasteurized, therefore safe. (We're not talking about cottage cheese from raw cow's milk). Cottage cheese is a fine idea, hysteria about bird flu is overdone, cottage cheese is healthier than processed meat, in the US. Remember Chipotle's multiple meat handling scandals that sickened 1100? You can't point to similar for cottage cheese.
- bsder 2y ago
  > Cottage cheese is a terrible idea with bird flu floating around in dairy Almost all dairy in any normal supermarket has been pasteurized. I would say "all" but I'm sure there is at least a single exception somewhere even if I can't find it. Raw milk products at your "natural" farmer's market on the other hand ...

addicted 2y 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.

s1artibartfast 2y 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.

Centigonal 2y 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.