The reality of life on food stamps

[SheilaT]

3. Already having a kitchen with sufficient pots and pans, not to mention

various staples, which doesn't only include seasonings and spices, but oil for cooking, makes a huge difference.

I have been relatively poor at times, and making do on a very limited food budget. But I have always had a home and a kitchen with pretty much all of the necessary things in it. I do sometimes have to plan ahead about buying spices, but nonetheless I'm able to get them.

I also have a freezer compartment to my refrigerator. Last week I made lasagna and froze five individual portions which I'll be consuming at the rate of about one a week. So the total cost for each portion, including what I ate, works out to about two bucks per. I can eat quite cheaply when I put my mind to it, but it all depends on a lot of stuff that homeless people definitely don't have, and extremely poor people may not have either.