Meat or Fish?

With all of the economic concerns going on this world we have yet another concern. It seems that Rubashkin a leading meat distributor for the kosher meat has been caught with his pants down. Now, on top of rising prices we are also concerned with actually having meat to buy. What is this Russia year 1993? I agree that this is a problem. There seems to be more demand then supply at this point. Though, I am more concerned about people making continual blanket statements such as: “well we’ll just eat less meat”. That is fantastic in theory. In reality and in practicality, not so much. Chicken in my city costs $2.25 per pound. Ground beef costs $5.99 per pound. Chollent meat costs $4.99 per pound. These prices are not on sale this is regular store prices. If on sale most of the above items get a dollar reduction. Now let’s take fish, what appears to be everyone’s solution to the problem. Fish costs $8.99 per pound in the same store as above prices for meat are found. Of course we find it for cheaper, $4.99 per pound in another store where fish is sold. So, seeing these prices my question is: “Should we all just become vegans?” If we are so worried about the price then obviously the only solution is to not eat Meat or Fish and only fruits and vegetables and dairy products. Now, I’m not sure where people see SUCH a high price difference in order to stop eating meat. So in a way we are stuck between a rock and hard spot. So what are our solutions? I propose people eat healthy, don’t buy any junk food at all. With all the money saved on not buying any junk food at all people might be able to afford the price of meat. I know there are skeptics out there thinking but Oreo’s cost $5.00 for 2 packages (which by the way did not go up in price). So my answer is if you refrain from buying 4 packages of Oreo’s you can afford to buy two pounds of meat. It’s a trade off, whether you chose it or like it or not is your prerogative. In general is the economy kicking people where it hurts, yes! Is American economy much worse then any other economy in the world, no! People in America just need to make choices that they are not used to making; one of those is in regards to food. Americans are used to buying a food store out, not looking at prices and over filling their baskets. Now, they have to look at prices and decide if they will actually need the item, to some Americans that is just too much to ‘deal with’.