[blackdog]

I proved to my family that we could eat three meals a day of nutritious food for .33 cents a day per meal with a family of five. That was back in 2002, but I'll even go to .40 with inflation.

Oatmeal, cabbage, meats for seasoning (not as the main course), potatoes, carrots, apples, etc.... Especially key is what's in season and preserve it.

Did you know you can buy 100# sacks of potatoes for $5.00? The ones that are too big. Same with carrots. A harvested field leaves behind at least 10% edible crop residue or uncollected items.

When the suckers run in the spring, you can walk into the knee deep water and toss em on shore while your partner loads up burlap bags of them. You take em home, clean, skin, and pickle the filets. It's nothing to load up 300 pounds in your trunk in two hours.

It's hard family work that keeps you connected, away from the TV, and out of the bars. It's all about choices.

[reaganaut]

Oatmeal, cabbage, meats for seasoning (not as the main course), potatoes, carrots, apples, etc.... Especially key is what’s in season and preserve it.

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Ever make Beirocks?

I can and do feed my family for under $125 per month.