Guess How Much These Babies Cost?
Look out! Here’s another rare post from Tom…
While prices in general have risen quite a bit in the past several years in Buenos Aires, food prices are still dramatically less than what we’re used to in the States. Let’s take a recent example, in which I decided to cook up some steaks on the stovetop.
My selection was the Bife de Chorizo, which is the equivalent of a NY Strip steak. (Argentine cuts of beef can be quite a bit different than US cuts, but the bife de chorizo maps pretty exactly.)
Four thick steaks equals about four pounds of beef.
Total cost: $10 US dollars, or about $2.50 per 1 lb. steak.
Checking the New Seasons Market web site (where we shopped in Portland) shows that back home, the NY Strip steak would be about $15/lb. Can’t complain about that!
Please note that the above is a pre-cooking photo. While I like beef on the rare side, this would be a bit excessive…
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Hey baby, nice post!!
Hmmm. Good looking meat, Tom. I had better take advantage of cheap steaks and eat more before I leave.
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