Where's the Beef?

We had an All-American dinner last night courtesy of the Wadsworths. We inherited the food from their freezer when they left a couple of weeks ago. They had purchased some frozen beef burgers from one of the stores in VI. They cook up very fast and were fairly tasty. They looked similar to a hockey puck when I got done frying them. Our buns were from the Oasis market where we purchase most of our food. They make very nice bread and rolls there. The buns were so much larger than the patties. I couldn't help but think of the old Wendy's commercial - "Where's the Beef?" I sliced up some small cooked potatoes that were left-over from another dinner to serve as our French Fries. Notice the Heinz ketchup that is imported from Egypt. Add to that a lovely cabbage salad, and we were stuffed! Elder K. Someone can do the conversion of grams to pounds to verify Sister Krupp's "hockey puck" comparison. Sixteen burger patties weigh 800 grams. So that is 50 grams per patty. The other side of the equation is dollars. Sixteen patties cost about $16. A buck a patty.
We made a Saturday run to the produce vendor and picked up enough tomatoes to make a new batch of salsa. In the sink is our chicken thawing. We are getting into the routine of baking one chicken a week, either on Saturday or Sunday. That seems to get us by for the week since I turn it into about 3 different meals, plus a pot of soup. I made salmon patties again the other night. They add some variety to our life. (Elder K, the Salmon Patties are wonderful) I also made another batch of banana cookies yesterday to give to a family that we went to visit and to our neighbors, the cute Elders. I'm going to make some chocolate chip cookies next week. We will buy a big bar of chocolate and chop it up. That sounds so yummy. I am going to take a bunch of cookies to a Family Home Evening that the High Priests are sponsoring next Monday evening. I know how to win friends and influence people! Elder K. Sister Krupp is always thinking of other people and how to care for them. She is so great!

Elder K. Some details on the food items above. The vegetables include tomatoes, a cucumber, the replacement cabbage for the bad one we bought on Friday, carrots, bananas and a Pineapple. That represents about $10 worth of vegies and fruits. The chicken in the sink is pricey. That little fellow cost us about $14. Protein is expensive, even in the form of a "Free-Range" Nigerian Chicken. We'll use up two or three batches of vegetables and fruits like that each week. Last week, she made us Chicken Pizzas out of two large, thin, tortillas, some chicken, spicey ketchup, BBQ sauce, some fresh salsa, and a little grated cheese on top. Just like Dominoes, Josh!