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Thinking clearly
Your not reading clearly
(sorry don’t mean it nasty but too juicy to pass up)
I wrote in my post
“Without shabbos”
Shabbos is tricky.
There is a huge discrepancy if you make or buy
Here goes, for home made
Challa, five pound of flour plus ingredients $5
Wine $5
Soda? $5
Loaf gefilta fish $8
Family pack chicken $15 (bigger pack for shabbos includes two pieces for soup )
Soup veggies $3
Home made cake $3-5
Shabbos day
Liver $8
Cold cuts (huge range) prepacked variety $15
Cholent meat $5
Rest of cholent $5
“Shalishudis”
Can Of tuna $2
Eggs $1
Dips $6
Total $88
Of course the sky is the limit and beyond
I’m just showing it can be done, and I tried to be generous.
Even in this list there is plenty to cut if one needed to do so and still feed everyone to be full.
I’m using Brooklyn average shopping prices