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13. If you're poor and cook your own

Sat Feb 1, 2014, 10:03 AM

Feb 2014

Going beyond institutional food, if you're poor and cook your own food, you're still up against obstacles because the stores that sell food to poor people feature cheap, over-processed starches and sugar. You can get nutritious food at a place like Walmart, but you have to know what you're looking for and be able to ignore walls of cheap crap.

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Poor People's Food [View all] eridani Feb 2014 OP

Sounds like the food when I was in high school. Igel Feb 2014 #1

My family eats well Herman D Feb 2014 #2

Fresh vegetables are very expensive Bette Noir Feb 2014 #7

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The person in the OP is in a seniors complex in MN riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #38

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Fresh vegetables are not expensive ???? SamKnause Feb 2014 #8

I live in western PA spinbaby Feb 2014 #11

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where aren't fresh veggies expensive? what do you consider expensive? cali Feb 2014 #15

They're cheaper than meat [smile] Herman D Feb 2014 #16

I was the second in charge of a kitchen at a assisted living facility and I'll tell you honestly Arcanetrance Feb 2014 #3

This might interest you, it's a TED talk that speaks to happiness and a lack of choice Fumesucker Feb 2014 #4

that was really interesting. I watched the whole lecture. Very worthwhile. KittyWampus Feb 2014 #25

I grow a lot of vegetables in the summer and share them with seniors in the area that appreciate Mr.Bill Feb 2014 #5

My boss's "money-saving" lunch: ramen, a granola bar, crackers. El_Johns Feb 2014 #6

Any vitamins left in that meal is purely by accident newfie11 Feb 2014 #9

Not to mention vankuria Feb 2014 #22

True! Nt newfie11 Feb 2014 #23

True! Nt newfie11 Feb 2014 #24

What's wrong with banquet meals? CFLDem Feb 2014 #10

I guess I was number 666 madokie Feb 2014 #12

If you're poor and cook your own spinbaby Feb 2014 #13

Not only this... pipi_k Feb 2014 #19

It's sad spinbaby Feb 2014 #20

Food is a very strong component of any person's morale ck4829 Feb 2014 #14

The OP's meal is their ONLY meal of the day because they're too broke to buy food riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #17

People have strange cutoff points in their heads sometimes. Warpy Feb 2014 #27

Its as though they aren't even reading the OP. They have their own agenda I guess riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #29

My eyesight sucks so I'm a frequent offender Warpy Feb 2014 #31

Thank you. enlightenment Feb 2014 #30

Sounds like a food snob brought down to earth. KentuckyWoman Feb 2014 #18

I cannot believe the shit I'm reading in this thread... Bigmack Feb 2014 #21

Not in its present condition, it can't Warpy Feb 2014 #26

Fresh collards, peas, carrots, squash, venison, real potatoes... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #32

You do realize the person in the OP has NO ACCESS to any of that right? riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #33

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Getting past your aggressiveness, the foods I mentioned are Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #35

The poster in the OP is living in a seniors complex in MN riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #37

I'll be 66 in May; my SS is -$900/mo. My CACH failed yrs. ago, Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #40

The info in the OP is readily available for you to see and comprehend riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #42

Do you have any proposals? Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #43

Nope. Because the systemic problems are so entrenched riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #44

No where have I blamed or scolded anyone. Rather, Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #45

LOL. Sad and pathetic. Your initial post was all about how fresh veg and meat riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #46

Done. Bye. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #47

those disabled old takers should do some huntin and fishin! while growing a garden of the roof!11! dionysus Feb 2014 #48

My god some of the comments in this thread are bizarre. MadrasT Feb 2014 #39

Do you have some proposals? Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #41

Its total systemic economic failure, and the blaming of the seniors in need. nilesobek Feb 2014 #49

I'm not really surprised at some of the comments. ladyVet Feb 2014 #50

+1 JNelson6563 Feb 2014 #52

Very thoughtful post. nt cry baby Feb 2014 #54

My husband has been for 2 months and will be eating this type of food for as long as he lives WinkyDink Feb 2014 #51