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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cooking at home is only meaningful cheaper when you kind of specialize in a type of food and have a lot of the ingredients in stock. I find that Italian cooking, for example, is not that cheap. Often I have to buy a bottle of wine (not a drinker here). And then I need to buy some kind of diary that goes bad, like cream or half and half, or sour cream. That stuff adds up.

Chinese cooking, in contrast, I find to be much more economical. A lot of the ingredients are shelf stable or can keep for a long time (soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic etc). [/quote]

When I buy wine for cooking, I buy cheap wine. Maybe if I'm making something fancy I will upgrade, but if I just need something to cook down into a sauce, I will happily buy a $6 wine. Whole Foods has a "Three Wishes" brand wine that is super cheap and I often grab if I need a wine reduction for just a weeknight sauce.[/quote]

I buy the cheapest wine too but it is often around 8 bucks, which I think is still expensive to use each time I cook a meal. [/quote]

But it lasts forever in the fridge.  I just reseal it and use the same bottle for months.  So it’s really only adding $1-2 to the cost of the meal[/quote]

I feel like a fortified wine keeps better for things like deglazing a pan. If the recipe called for a lot of wine (like beef burgandy) I’d probably be wary of using something that could taste off and ruin expensive meat. But then again I always drink the bottle of wine in the fridge anyway so I may be biased! [/quote]

+1 and anyone who doesn't know how to use up "dairy" like cream and sour cream needs their kitchen privileges revoked. Or ask here. We have great tips. Or asking the internet "how to use up extra cream" is so helpful. [/quote]

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