Eating on $4/day

great_lakes_mom
Thu, 01 Oct 2015 04:23:33 +0000

Just tonight I had a rather eye opening comment along the same line. Someone who helps me with cleaning and gardening has ended up staying here for a bit. She is bright, but not of the same cultural demographic, though the same age as me. She noted that I spend a lot of time cooking. Compared to kids being home, I think I’m in a lazy nirvana. I stated as much, and said that even though I live alone, I still need meals, even if just boiled corn and salad, which is what I do for myself at this time of year. She mentioned calling for take out.

Now this is someone with no money. I said that by the time you decide what to order, and wait for it to be delivered, a simple meal can be cooked, a little pasta or something in a tortilla. I’m a little shocked, but if you think about what is advertised, it tends to be toward convenience rather than the initiative of cooking for yourself. Maybe I’m wrong, as I rarely see television. But the cook it yourself message in this book for food stamp recipients can be counter to what people see around them in terms of effort put into food preservation.