I did the same maybe 6-7 years ago for an Anthropology textbook. I figured there probably hadn’t been world-shaking developments in the world of introductory anthropology in the last decade and bought the previous edition online for $10. Not only was it nearly identical, most times I was even on the same literal page as the rest of the class. I assume that’s where they started in with the online codes and mandatory downloaded study guides.
I got one of those too! This was decades ago, but the biscuits went over really well with the dog. The recipe I got at the time was pretty simple, it involved whole-wheat flour and parmesan cheese. (which was still pretty cheap at the time.) I expect any firm gratable cheese would do. But you’re right, it’s not like cookies where you can make a dozen at a time.
Magiver: “I’ve washed my hands of the issue.” Ha ha, but not with Dial soap!
Definitely. Hungry Gerbil is more like it.
Really? I’m 66, and food quality is a lot better. Now price is another matter. I remember fondly getting hamburger meat for 68 cents a pound and T-bone steaks for $1.68. Of course I was making $400 a month then.
Your observations might be relevant if the available cartons of OJ (or ice cream) were in metric portions, but they’re not. Orange juice is now typically sold in 56-ounce cartons. And after Big Ice Cream successfully changed the standard carton to hold 56 ounces (to the point where the store brands followed suit), they went back for seconds, and shrink-rayed it again, this time to 48 ounces.
Grrrr.
By quality I meant stuff taken out. For example, I liked Budget Gourmet Swedish Meatballs but when they took the onions out I liked it less. When they put less gravy in I stopped eating it.
I’m not gonna pay the same price when it’s mostly just noodles.
That’s the quality I’m talking about.
I did a cheese and peanut butter batch that the doggies went wild for. I had visions of making biscuit bags for my pup-owning colleagues, but found that I didn’t have the 72-hours to spare 
I wonder if there is a bigger biscuit “waffle iron” available? Hmm, I’ll take a look today. A people waffle iron could work, but couldn’t make the cute little bone shapes . . .
I don’t think the dogs will mind. 
Hee hee. But I’d like to see a cartoon where they do.
<snout held all snooty-like> “I say, what is she thinking with these pedestrian waffle-shaped atrocities? Only a traditional bone-shaped delicacy will satisfy me gustatorily and please my artful eye. And by the way, do you have any Grey Poupon?”
I always used to notice that “anti-bacterial” hand soap, which used to be displayed right next to the dish soap in identically shaped bottles, but was always watered down by comparison and it used to be a minor PITA when I would buy it by mistake. A year or two ago ABHS was tested out as ineffective, and the manufacturers had to stop marketing it that way. I wonder now if they decided to rebrand ABHS as regular dish soap, and what had formerly been regular dish soap as concentrated.
Our old guy is rather snooty, I could imagine him wearing a monocle and saying this with an English accent.
The young dogs are rather indiscriminate.
In my experience, while prices have obviously gone up (and quantities of many packaged goods sneakily decreased), overall food quality is better and selection has vastly expanded, notably in the produce department of supermarkets. And despite the occasional food poisoning/contamination scare, safety seems to have improved as well.
Ew, I’ll bet that smells horrible!
Meh, it gets so I barely notice it anymore.
Welch’s, I believe, also added in some artificial sweetener to make up for the watered-down sweetness. I can’t entirely decide if that’s better or worse.
I would be tempted to scan the entire book, and sell copies at a steep discount. Copyright, schmopyright.