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trixie2

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32. I would not eat anything from this bag

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:14 PM

Feb 2018

The juice has 40g of sugar per 8 oz glass. Pop has less sugar than this. There is no nutritional value at all. Never eat canned food - gross. Canned fish? Again gross. Even the pasta is not good. We have moved from regular pasta to sliced up zucchini.

You can buy fresh food for a fraction of the cost. I just bought asparagus for 88cents a pound. Green beans for 59 cents a pound. We have been eating in season and found we eat much better at a fraction of the cost. Every major city has a fresh market. I see that in the Detroit area most fresh markets accept the bridge card - food stamps.

They really are trying to kill us.

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Blue Apron for food stamps already exists. And some recipients hate the powdered milk. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2018 OP

Seniors and all people need real food pandr32 Feb 2018 #1

You can't feed people like they are cattle. procon Feb 2018 #5

Salmon surprize sounds like cat food crazycatlady Feb 2018 #6

Out of that package, I could eat Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #7

If the green beans are canned there is too much sodium pandr32 Feb 2018 #13

Sodium is not an issue for me - Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #23

Many people in this country have HBP pandr32 Feb 2018 #35

I know, but I was not providing a general critique of the contents Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #36

Lots of people with diabetes, too pandr32 Feb 2018 #37

And it is proportionately higher in the population receiving food stamps Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #38

And you would be right pandr32 Feb 2018 #39

a block of processed American cheese dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #9

No one in my family could be forced to eat Velveeta, so it would go to waste. procon Feb 2018 #10

did they change the cheese? d_r Feb 2018 #12

They did indeed change it. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #17

aww, man. nt d_r Feb 2018 #24

I KNOW, right? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #25

Sodium phosphate raises cardiovascular risk and kidney disease pandr32 Feb 2018 #14

There is very little of that I could eat. Maybe the beans, applesauce, spaghetti and smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #11

I doubt the "grape juice" is 100% fruit juice pandr32 Feb 2018 #15

Google tells us it is 100% juice. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #18

Thank you for this pandr32 Feb 2018 #34

Insulting is the word! Ohiogal Feb 2018 #26

Yes! Poor people should take what they get and LIKE it! smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #29

Republicans Win the Prize for Creating New Ways to Degrade Poor People dlk Feb 2018 #2

Remember the ketchup is a vegetable for school lunches BS during the Reagan years? nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #4

We also have WIC. It's a better model IMHO. moriah Feb 2018 #3

WIC was a lifesaver Ohiogal Feb 2018 #27

Here they issue vouchers. moriah Feb 2018 #33

Looks like pretty standard stuff -- I'd cook with the powdered milk, not drink it FarCenter Feb 2018 #8

I Don't Think RobinA Feb 2018 #16

Salmon patties Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #19

Someone must - checked the local supermarket & have Bumble Bee, Starkist, and Chicken of the Sea FarCenter Feb 2018 #22

I would not eat anything from this bag trixie2 Feb 2018 #32

To be clear, the proposal did not say "powdered milk"... brooklynite Feb 2018 #20

Read the last line SoCalNative Feb 2018 #28

What is with the milk thing anyway? smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #30

Is it possible to make wine out of the grape juice? hunter Feb 2018 #21

Anything is possible with an Instant Pot....Here's the recipe The empressof all Feb 2018 #31