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Martha Stewart

Phillygurrl — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:31:27 GMT

$187.00 for pork? Seriously?

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Katcat1 — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:37:52 GMT

All the food items are ridiculously high priced.

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Nightowlz — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:38:36 GMT

I thought it was expensive since it's wrapped in pork belly with all that fat so how much of it is edible besides the center small pork?

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kjae — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:40:19 GMT

Let's add the $85 for 2 of Valerie Bertinelli's 2 1/2 lb lasagna.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:40:55 GMT

But, but....it's Martha!

She no doubt raised and hand fed the pigs on her own farm in CT!

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RoughDraft — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:44:20 GMT

Making porchetta is an all day job and there is no waste. Pork belly is where bacon comes from. That can't be bad.

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MarkeieMark — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:45:57 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
But, but....it's Martha!

She no doubt raised and hand fed the pigs on her own farm in CT!

Maybe twenty years ago, but wish her the best.

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TenderMercies — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:49:19 GMT

Very expensive, but boy it looked good.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:50:50 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
But, but....it's Martha!

She no doubt raised and hand fed the pigs on her own farm in CT!

Her farm in NY.

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sfnative — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:33:03 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
But, but....it's Martha!

She no doubt raised and hand fed the pigs on her own farm in CT!

@Snowpuppy

Hahahahaha!

Martha Stewart hand-feeding hogs???? No way! Been there, done that on my grandparents farm in Michigan as a kid and teenager and I'm tellin' you she would assign that to some farm hand making minimum wage.

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Financialgrl — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:35:34 GMT

@kjae wrote:
Let's add the $85 for 2 of Valerie Bertinelli's 2 1/2 lb lasagna.

And end your meal with the Juniors $200+ cheesecake stuffed with apple pie and something else (looked so gross)!

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cherry — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:03:22 GMT

If I was going to give a dinner party I would use it. It is a convenience item. Someone has done a lot of prep work on this, and its gourmet grade meat

If you want things that are tasty, and high quality, you must pay the price.

I doubt anyone is going to pull it out for a week night dinner. This is the holidays, and people do a lot of entertaining. I hope they enjoy it. Good luck to them

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Momofdogs — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:14:31 GMT

I could not believe the price for 2 pans of lasagna, anyone buying this ?? It's so easy to make your own, or pull Valerie's recipe up on the computer, I bet it's alot cheaper to make it !

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Skididdy — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:31:36 GMT

LOL.....RIDICULOUS IS RIGHT

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Texas Gray Wolf — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:55:00 GMT

My husband was walking thru the living room & stopped to glance over at the TV........his remarks: "$187 for that? Are you kidding me??"

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RedHeadedWench — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:00:42 GMT

I always wonder how much the celebrity makes from their food items, or actually any item they hawk on QVC.

$85 for 2 pans of lasagna is a little high IMHO, I’ll make my own.

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Danky — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:06:56 GMT

I, personally, would never spend that kind of money for lasagna.

It is so easy to make (you don't even need a recipe since it is more a method of layering ingredients ) and, in a pinch, there is always a $10 tray of

perfectly acceptable Stouffers.

The pork, on the other hand, is totally different. In my area, Hampshire pork goes for $15-20 a pound plus the cost of the pork belly. Just the meat to prepare the 8 pound roast is around $160. Porchetta is very labor intensive and, to me, a real pain in the (pork) butt to prepare------And results are not guaranteed. I would pay the price with no qualms whatsoever.

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Cakers3 — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 22:45:43 GMT

Poor piggies.

And the pork isn't from Martha-it comes from Pat LaFrieda butchers. It's on the label.

Martha has worked with this meat purveyor before; I'm not sure who actually has put these together but Martha certainly didn't raise the poor pigs.