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phdoofus t1_ja942a9 wrote

Reply to comment by Miserly_Bastard in The Cost for an American to Comfortably Retire in Every State and Country, mapped by berrysardar

In the US, as soon as you start slapping 'farm-to-table' and 'locally crafted' labels on everything you start paying a price premium.

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Miserly_Bastard t1_jaa5pkl wrote

It's not just that. We also mechanize and process the shit out of everything in large part because labor is expensive. Where labor is cheap, miraculously vegetables are typically less expensive than processed food.

We are also very used to eating comparatively giant portion sizes of meat and not very much offal. The developing world knows how to take tough meat, use it sparingly to maximal effect, and cook it well.

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phdoofus t1_jabdxvw wrote

Was just eating really excellent braised beef tendon in Singapore. In the US, you never see it on the menu (except maybe some beef tendon in pho). Easy enough to find dried tendon being used as dog chews though. I apologize if anyone thinks I'm referring to Singapore as part of 'the developing world'.

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