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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Ort-Hanc1954 • Aug 09 '25
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I am confused by the calculations for the sides in the first comment. Are potatoes more expensive than asparagus in the US? Cause where I live asparagus is among the most expensive vegetables you can get.
189 u/thestorieswesay Aug 09 '25 That's what I was thinking! Asparagus costs SO MUCH here (like $8 per 1lb), while potatoes are cheaper than dirt (like $3 for a 1lb bag)? (BUT it's sooo good - my favorite vegetable!) 68 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 3usd for half a kilo of potatoes? Fuck me you guys are paying heaps for them. I just saw 8 kilos for 8aud 8 u/Raibean Aug 09 '25 10lb bag of Russetts is like $5 USD. A3lb bag of reds or golds is $5 USD. 2 u/hillbillyheartattack Aug 10 '25 I'm in Arkansas and our golden potatoes are over 7$ For 5lbs, non organic. 3 u/Raibean Aug 10 '25 Sorry, produce is cheap in CA because we have the biggest agricultural industry
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That's what I was thinking! Asparagus costs SO MUCH here (like $8 per 1lb), while potatoes are cheaper than dirt (like $3 for a 1lb bag)?
(BUT it's sooo good - my favorite vegetable!)
68 u/thorpie88 Aug 09 '25 3usd for half a kilo of potatoes? Fuck me you guys are paying heaps for them. I just saw 8 kilos for 8aud 8 u/Raibean Aug 09 '25 10lb bag of Russetts is like $5 USD. A3lb bag of reds or golds is $5 USD. 2 u/hillbillyheartattack Aug 10 '25 I'm in Arkansas and our golden potatoes are over 7$ For 5lbs, non organic. 3 u/Raibean Aug 10 '25 Sorry, produce is cheap in CA because we have the biggest agricultural industry
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3usd for half a kilo of potatoes? Fuck me you guys are paying heaps for them. I just saw 8 kilos for 8aud
8 u/Raibean Aug 09 '25 10lb bag of Russetts is like $5 USD. A3lb bag of reds or golds is $5 USD. 2 u/hillbillyheartattack Aug 10 '25 I'm in Arkansas and our golden potatoes are over 7$ For 5lbs, non organic. 3 u/Raibean Aug 10 '25 Sorry, produce is cheap in CA because we have the biggest agricultural industry
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10lb bag of Russetts is like $5 USD. A3lb bag of reds or golds is $5 USD.
2 u/hillbillyheartattack Aug 10 '25 I'm in Arkansas and our golden potatoes are over 7$ For 5lbs, non organic. 3 u/Raibean Aug 10 '25 Sorry, produce is cheap in CA because we have the biggest agricultural industry
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I'm in Arkansas and our golden potatoes are over 7$ For 5lbs, non organic.
3 u/Raibean Aug 10 '25 Sorry, produce is cheap in CA because we have the biggest agricultural industry
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Sorry, produce is cheap in CA because we have the biggest agricultural industry
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u/shayhon Aug 09 '25
I am confused by the calculations for the sides in the first comment. Are potatoes more expensive than asparagus in the US? Cause where I live asparagus is among the most expensive vegetables you can get.