nadinbrzezinski (118,251 posts)
3. that is a rw talking point
And a tool of opression. Havinf an empty fridge, and not being able to afford more than cheao stsrches is low level malnutrition, for example
You miss the point dipshit. Many people in the world would love to be 'oppressed' by cheap starches. People in N. Korea are boiling grass blades for Pete's sake. The point is people have food, whether the make good choices with what they do have is on them. I would actually submit that it's a total lack of cultural and overall education when it comes to cooking from scratch that compels people to choose 'cheap starches'-probably a dose of laziness too. Not to mention when people do cook from scratch, they often cook 'ethnic/cultural' choices/techniques that are high in fat and starches. This was often a holdover from roots that were steeped in the days of REAL poverty when you wanted to fill your belly with something that would hold you through whether that was potatoes, rice, biscuits, the leftovers of meat, etc and you ate what was available to you. It's utter bullshit that the only thing availalbe to people are cheetoes and ding dongs. Hell, I hardly buy those anyway BECAUSE of the price, not to mention the shitty nutritional content. Why would someone pay 2.50(on sale) for a bag of cheetos and 3.00 for a bag of powdered donuts and 2.00 a piece for micro meals when they could get a bag of onions, potatoes, head of lettuce, tomatoes, 2 bags of frozen veggies for 10 bucks. Throw in another 5 and you could get a pretty good size pack of whatever meat is on sale. The first won't really even make any meals--they are just high fat snacks and the second will feed a single person lunch and dinner for 2 or 3 days. Breakfast you say? I see oatmeal on sale for a buck all the time--Oatmeal--1.00--will last at least a week. Loaf of bread and peanut butter--3.50 to 4. bucks--will last more then a week. Throw a bunch of bananas in for the week at about 2.00. Throw a couple of baked potatoes in there and put some canned tomotoes that are seasons on them and I have about 25 bucks there for a week of eating healthy. Remember the cheatos and the mico meals were about 15 and would get someone through maybe 2 or 3 days and thsoe aren't even complete meals. you lie Nadin and in the places it is expensive ie New york and such--those are leftist created hell holes who should ask why they are paying as much as they are. Here in flyover land I just bought a gallon of milk for 1.99 and cheese for 1.79 for an 8 oz block. Hell I can even get a container of feta crumbles for a 1.99 at Audis.
Today my daughter made veggie burgers(3.00), roasted red peppers(.99), feta crumbles(1.99), wheat thin roll(1.49), salad(.99), vinagrette dressing(negligible as it's used sparingly and can last a month)....if I was on my own, this would serve me 4 dinners for just over 8 bucks--extremely healthy at that. I could throw the breakfast/lunch combos I mentioned for another 10 and eggs and make meals for the WEEK for under 20 bucks. A little creativity and willingness to eat the same thing for a couple of days is all that is required. If it means eating decent food that tastes good and is good for you, I'd do that and change my menus up each week to match what I find on sale.
