Eating on $4/day

Waiting2exhale
Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:18:40 +0000

@great lakes mom: Food preservation works for me as a starting point of a conversation about how we eat, and the value we get for our money. If one stores the untouched parts of a meal, and remembers to go in and use it within a few days, there is a savings versus a loss right there; one more (small) meal can be had. If one freezes bread about to go bad, and then creatively blends in a few dairy items and sugar, one can have a sweet treat down the road from what is too easily destined to be thrown into the trash. Sealing things properly, refrigerating them in the proper place in relationship to the door, etc. All of these conscious acts help to give a sense of control, and the ability to exercise a frugality that can feel like triumph.

Women (and men, I suppose) are amazing at being economical when they can set their minds and psyches in a place that shuts out the ghoulish sounds of “Have This New Shiny and You’ll Be a Good/Better Mom,” "Buy From This Venue and the World Will Know You Care About Your Children!. It is about the dignity of still being able to provide something more than dust for their children that pushes them forward, their dignity intact.