Posted on 11/19/2013 12:19:47 PM PST by wbill
Anyone ever hear of LEFTOVERS???? My niece came to visit when she was about 13....it was the first time we’d spent any time with her....I asked her about eating desires....she said...”I don’t like leftovers.” I said...”Well, I don’t like throwing money down the drain.” She learned to like leftovers!
Just have to shop carefully.”
It’s more than that. You also have to cook - from scratch. I would bet that there are many households which don’t even own a cookbook, don’t do any menu planning and wouldn’t dream of going on-line to download any recipes. See a whole lot of people at the grocery store who don’t have a list or coupons. People who make their money through suggestive selling just love them.
Those skills have been lost, sadly.
The hs kids now have to study important things like African history, climate change, the civil rights movement, and sex education.
I am not feeling a lot of pity either. I'd love to have someone else buy my food.
Perhaps they should add a requirement for eligibility for food stamps... the recipients have to take and pass a class on basic cooking and shopping skills. But, since it would be government run, it would be screwed up, I expect.
A dozen eggs, a half-gallon of milk and some bananas- I could live on that for a week
No, you are not heartless. You just see through the propaganda.
It was a really good exercise. I made some food discoveries that will save me money every week.
That was without any planning ahead. I'd think people who have that limit can plan ahead for future menus and get even further ahead.
Nope, I’m with you.
Anyone who knows how to cook and how to use basic staple ingredients could eat pretty well on that, if not living luxuriously.
My wife made sure my son could cook before he moved out... I guess that is another difference in approach to life. Of course, what prompted her to do this was not knowing much about cooking when we got married 31 years ago.
Yeah, I don’t buy much prepared food. Canned tomatoes is about it, and even then I use that to make my own chili and pasta sauce.
Can’t they learn what they need about cooking on Pinterest on their “free” Obamaphone?
Libraries are full of cookbooks. As are thrift stores.
It’s been about 2 1/2 generations of the “Great Society”.
The black family structure has been destroyed.
No politician dare even mention this as the top problem affecting urban society.
Some time ago, I watched a TV show that was done by some professional artist / victim where he and his girlfriend tried to get by on two minimum wage salaries for a month.
Set aside the fact that their "minimum wage" budget was exactly equal to my monthly budget at the time, and we were hardly starving or doing without. But I digress....
The problem was that the "artist" couldn't do it. He and his girlfriend couldn't find minimum wage jobs - plenty of jobs making MORE than that, but no minimum wage work. And....When they finally found min wage work, they were fairly clean cut, showed up ontime, etc etc etc, so their bosses kept giving them raises. Hard to claim that The Man is keeping you down when they keep shoveling money and promotions at you.
Finally, they had to resort to a bunch of contrivances to deprive themselves ..... "Let get an apartment in a really lousy section of town" "Ow! My back hurts! I need medical help and don't have any insurance! And I can't work! And I need workers' comp!" And so on.... A whole lot of problems to stuff into only a month.
The show's premise was "Isn't America a miserable place to live". However, my takeaway was: "If you show up on time, look presentable, and work hard, it's difficult NOT to succeed."
No. Food Stamps are meant to be "supplemental" -- the "S" in "SNAP".
But, just as insurance must cover everything for everyone, the attitude is increasing that the stamps must pay for all the recipient's food.
The “S” in “SNAP” is for “supplemental”, not “sole”.
Are we talking about $5.49 a day New York or $5.49 a day (Mississippi/Alabama/for example)?
I hope Cathy remembers to apply for every other government nipple that a person who joins the SNAP program is eligible to receive. Those extras would tend to help the $5.49 stretch a bit farther.
I hear ya brother! $154/week????
Mrs p6 and I can spendless than that in a month and eat well!
Even when we had three kids we could eat well and get by on less than $200 a month.
We do bake our own bread and make a lot of meals from scratch. I personally enjoy “Dollar Store Cooking.” Might put together a cookbook.
We do use pressure cookers and other appliances to help out.
We also like some prepackaged things like soups, Zataran’s and such.
One pack of Zataran’s jambalaya with little smokies or leftover chicken or pork makes at least two meals for mrs p6 and me.
However like I said most of the time we make it from scratch. The boxed stuff is for convenience.
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