The (Dollar) Days of Our Lives

A year ago, from my Virtual Poona Blog,  an article about cutting costs

which suddenly seems worth a second glance:

I came across this ABC news clip which explores the possibility of
using the very same Dollar Store items to produce a Gourmet meal....
so to speak. They got one of the top Chefs from the Food Network and
went shopping for the Dollar items, and then showed the results on
Good Morning America. The shopping bill for the entire Dollar store
meal came to $25 plus change, and the taste test turned out to be pretty good.
When you consider the $112 tab for shopping for similar ingredients
elsewhere, there's something to be said for alternative sources like this
during the current US recession.

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