Poor People's Food

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27. People have strange cutoff points in their heads sometimes.

I've gone through periods of real hunger because I knew that maintaining an address was central to everything else. I've also gone through periods of semi hunger when my one meal a day was a sub sandwich cut into 2 pieces for brunch and supper.

The pressed turkey, powdered gravy, instant potatoes, powdered eggs, powdered milk and overcooked canned vegetables would have been luxury for me at various times. It also tastes wonderful if you've been hungry for a while.

People who haven't been there (yet) just don't seem to understand that some people have no choices left when it comes to food. It comes down to what there is in the food bank and what there is on the steam table at the mission, mostly the latter.