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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 118 points 2 months ago (1 children)

>rob my neighbors at lunchtime
>Made out with $40 cash and free pizza
Yeah, I'm a robbery only guy from now on

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

>go to the forest

>become a farmer

free food, the big agribusiness doesnt want you to know

>dies of parasites

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 2 months ago (3 children)

>make pizza at home
>its shite
>pic related

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How else am I meant to make the cheese stick?

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[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 48 points 2 months ago

4channers slowly discovering the cost of convenience

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (5 children)

$1.50 how? Is he having a sliced tomato on cardboard?

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Yeah seriously; I made pizza at home once, and the basic ingredients ended up costing more than getting pizza for takeout. So even though it was fun, I never attempted it again.

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 22 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Jeez, pizza cost so much in USA, even by comparing with cost of living i can't belive that a margherita is 8 dollars

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

wtf where the hell yall getting $8 margherita pizzas
in nyc a small is like $14 😭

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Same here on the west coast 💀

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[–] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

We had three large pizzas delivered (16") and the total came out to $95

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Here in Italy i pay 4€ or even 3€ in some places 🙏

[–] maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 months ago

Well, they got to ship them from Italy to the US, so that makes sense

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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

eat nothing costs $0

Yeah, I'm an anorexic only guy now

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Absorb nutrients directly from the air

Free

Save heaps of time not having to prepare food and I feel lighter every day

Yeah I'm a breatharian now, never going back to physical foods.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Decide on a whim to make za at home
welp, see you in 4 days

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

Pizza at home is a whole hobby by itself, not a dinner choice.

I do it from time to time, but if factor my time, each pizza ends up costing like 20 euros, and I don't even have any fancy equipment to amortize...

Much more efficient to do an hour of overtime and order from a local Italian restaurant, if all you want is to eat a good pizza.

[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Making own pizza is the way to go for sure, especially when there are like taco leftovers or something. Yummy!

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It takes a pretty long time though. I eat pizza first and foremost because it's fast

[–] bumblefumble@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Takes a long time for the dough to rise, but at least where I love you can by premade dough if you wanna sacrifice some quality for a faster process. And then it's like a 20 min job.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

I love you too.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That's always the balance between time, quality, and cost. Fast and good js expensive, cheap and fast is crap, cheap and good requires time.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup I also ended up migrating to the restaurants/cafe's own apps for pickup

I might have 47 food related apps on my phone now but beats a fuggin 30% charge to the restaurant

https://merchants.ubereats.com/au/en/pricing/

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I went through a local boba place’s website to order for a few months. Would order, walk there, and it would be ready right as I arrived, all very neat.

Then I found out my $9 order was $5 for a drink and $4 for door dash, who apparently runs the site? I don’t want to contribute to door dash becoming ticketmaster, but restaurants opt-in to that shit willingly.

Now I’m paying half price in person and wasting 5-10 minutes each time. Can’t win.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe just call them, like in the good old days?

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago

Literally inspired me to make homemade pizza tomorrow

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did you know that if you spend $70 on ingredients and 4 hours in the kitchen you can make a burger that is superior to anything at McDonalds or Burger King? Follow me for more lifestyle tips!

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[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Frozen pizzas are like 10$ in northern Canada..

That being said, pepperoni is prohibitivly expensive for homemade pizza

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Why even make pizza? What is it really? Bread, cheese, toppings, and tomato sauce. I can knock that down to $0.25 or less per pizza.

Take a slice of bread, spread with tomato sauce, top with cheese and toppings, then broil until toppings melt. Want a calzone? Add a second piece of bread on top of the end, broil until toasted.

Boom. Pizza.

.../s ?

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Cost of store brand premade pizza: $6-8, 15 minutes cook time, versus Cost of homemade pizza:

$2.00 for half block of store brand mozzarella cheese (Pre-shredded cheese has additives in it to keep it from clumping.) 1/2 onion - $0.50 2 cloves garlic $0.25 4 ounces tomato paste $0.50 Dry basil, oregano, bay leaf, parsley, paprika $0.10 2 cups flour $0.30 Packet of yeast $0.30

Total cost of ingredients: $4.45 Ingredient wise, I’m saving $1 - 4.

The real cost is time. Prep time/clean time: Making dough, chopping veg, making sauce, shredding cheese, bake time, and washing dishes, is 2.5 hours (My hourly wage is $28) so that’s a $70 cost in terms of time. That cost will be variable depending on a person’s hourly wage. Looks like premade, frozen, store brand gets you the best bang for the buck.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)

I'm sorry but you can't make a pizza for a $1.50 unless he live in Cambodia

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I wish I could make a pizza at home for $1.50. For $1.50, I can make the crust. No sauce, no cheese, no toppings.

"Hey, Jimmy, gimme a pie with nothin'!"

"Nothin'?"

It is still cheaper to buy everything for a pepperoni or cheese pizza to make at home than even a Little Ceasars pizza, tho. Can make a bigger pizza, too.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (12 children)

$3.99 for a frozen pizza? Either the only eat gourmet brands (those do exist), or they have some seriously whack pricing. Cheap frozen pizza should be like $1.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago (8 children)

what fucking world is frozen pizza $1 usd?

The absolute cheapest thing that tastes like cardboard is still like $4

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Like 20 years ago

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

A $1 pizza sounds like the kind of thing you get if you don't want your kids to love pizza.

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)

frozen pizza indeed comes in extremely varied quality levels.

the cheapest ones are barely food while the higher range promises more quality and healthy ingredients

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[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can not comprehend how someone buys a pizza or something for a dollar and goes: yeah, that's human food for consumption.

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