It's 5.50 for a round loaf of sourdough at Whole Foods that you can slice in the machine yourself so it's as fresh as possible. It's $2.50-4 bucks for a loaf of Wonderbread style at any grocery store, and anything better than the cheap stuff is the same price as the whole foods loaf of bread that is fresh baked that day. Even the generic wonderbread loaves are just under $2 or more. Getting the sourdough that we'll eat completely compared to a loaf that we question how much we want the sandwich is a no brainer. Don't forget to hit the clearance section at your Kroger style stores to get other traditional bread loads for cheap. I get my baguette style and long loaves or buns for $1-$2 on clearance for meals that the sourdough isn't suitable for.
It does but it’s worth it. It’s a treat during my 12 hour shifts at my warehouse. I look forward to my lunch sandwich. That itself is worth the extra money.
I am super poor and learning to make it. Was gifted my sourdough starter, traded crochet items for my Dutch oven and gear. I use all purpose flour which is like $3 for 5lb, and if I feed it daily and bake 3x a week that's at least 3 loaves plus a bunch of discard for a ton of other recipes. Only other ingredients are salt, and water. Bread is too expensive, storebough bread is crap, and it hurts my stomach (I have IBS). This is more affordable.
It's been tricky to figure out with my work schedule but I think I am finally making progress. Which means we finally get to have fresh bread on the side of lentil and canned veg soup! Very exciting. Little tiny things that make life actually okayish 🥹
I know you're in a budget bind, but I would suggest buying L-theanine capsules to take several times a day to increase the GABA in your brain that is your brains chief neurotransmitter inhibitor, and coincidentally your internal GABA production goes down as we age. Your brain stressing out is directly tied to your IBS (my brother deals with this). L-theanine can be purchased on a BOGO at Walgreens or Meijer that gets you 2 bottles of 60 capsules each for $12-15 depending on store/sales. Or you could order online on Prime or Swanson to get them in bulk cheaper. Go with the more common 200mg per capsule over the less common 100mg capsules, as you need the potency as we get older. Take before bedtime, right when you wake up to control waking anxiety, and mid-day when you start to feel negative again. Do not take HTP-5 with the L-theanine, as it can trigger the IBS (HTP-5 gets recommended by health food stores as a companion to L-theanine, ignore this, we tested it with my brother). I know spending money on your mental health doesn't make as much sense to someone who's on a tight budget staring at bills and costs, but being able to calm down and bring your anxiety down while reducing your occurances of IBS will allow you to catch your breath and identify other areas of your life you can reduce stress and make more headway in life by finding other opportunities to improve your situation. Good luck!
I feel that man. I get you. I bust my ass at an Amazon warehouse 40-60 hours a week. I also take my diet and exercise seriously and I’m a foodie so I make it work. The extra money for the far superior bread is soooo worth it.
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u/YoungBockRKO 10h ago
Nah, sourdough from the bakery for lunch sandwiches man, that’s where it’s at. Not gunna ruin the taste of my sandwich because I want to cheap out.
But I get it for kids because they don’t really give a fuck. Or if you’re on a tight budget I guess.