Could you eat on $5 a day?

Bangor Daily News ^ | Posted Sept. 23, 2013, at 12:27 p.m. | Georgia Clark-Albert

[Vendome]

Easily.

[tomkat]

'older guys' ?    A r r rggggh . . .

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

At a company cafeteria, I ate on $1 a lunch. Bowl of soup and crackers. Add in 25 cents for a can of Coke from a 12-pack. In the evening, I would eat a 17-cent pack of Ramen noodles and another can of Coke.

I don't know what the calories were in your company-subsidized lunch soup, but between two cans of coke and a package of ramen noodles, you're getting 560 calories. For comparison, inmates at Auschwitz were fed 1300 calories per day, eventually leading to starvation. A healthy, moderately active person needs about 2500.

[tomkat]

Bought any Velveeta lately ?

Last time I glanced it was like $83/ounce     (+/-)

[trisham]

I can’t say that I have. :)

[tomkat]

Me either !     LOL

[9YearLurker]

Of course you could eat well on $5 a day.

Fresh chicken, pork or beef, at least on special, can be had for $2/lb. Lots of fresh veggies for an average of $1 a pound.

That’s $3. A daily serving of oatmeal or eggs and toast, plus coffee and milk, leaves you a bit to kick in on cooking oil, spices, etc.

You can substitute in pasta with a tomato meat sauce or quiche or lots of other things for variety on your variety.

[DuncanWaring]

I’ve heard that claim on more than one occasion.

I would think, though, that if they ate less of the garbage food, they would be able to afford more decent food.

They’re not fat because they’re too poor to buy decent food; they’re fat because they’re lazy to shop for decent food.

[patriot08]

Sorry. Didn’t mean anything.:)

[spawn44]

What is FOOD INSECURITY. A leftist communist phrase invented to explain why we increased our food stamp program by 200% since THE FOREIGNER took office.

[bgill]

$5 is living high on the hog with no ramen or beans anywhere on the menu. Of course, I do enjoy a pot of beans and cornbread. Last night, we had Chicago Dog Salad that’s a salad with half a package of 70 cent weiners and a sweet mustard dressing - sounds weird but good and very cheap.

I love Schlotzsky’s sandwiches but there isn’t one nearby. Earlier this summer, I ran across the recipe and decided to have a go at it. http://texascookin.blogspot.com/search/label/breads#uds-search-results
Minus the genoa salami, since it’s not sold here in podunkville, I can make 6 homemade sandwiches (1/4 C more flour to the dough recipe) for the $5 price of Schlotzsky’s 6” Original at the restaurant.

[American Dream 246]

I can get all the meat I want - I mean heart - tongue - kidney - pigs head etc..from a slaughter house 10 miles away - for free!!! I don't even go there as often anymore because they give me so many bags of totally fresh meat that I don't have anymore room in my freezer. I wish I could find some "poor" people around where I live so I would send them there..

That would feed so many families for ever because you can get it anytime - year round - they THROW IT AWAY!!!

People either don't like it - so they are not hungry enough - or just don't know. But when you are REALLY hungry you look somewhere else than at Hannaford. Even at Hannaford actually - the other day I found a piece of pork for $2.95 - huge - I had for 4 days of meat - that would have feed a family of five for at least 2 days.

I am sorry to say that American don't know what hunger is. Ask europeans - they know - the war - they know all the tricks.

But they spend in food before they buy a flat screen tv or iPhones - they buy cheap from farmers potatoes - onions - garlic etc..and store in the cellar for the winter.

My point is that if you really look, here in America, here is free food everywhere if you look for it. Tonnes of fruits and vegetables after a market closes - they throw away what was not sold also. Free meat at the slaughter houses and may be some potatoes that you will have to buy?

And if you live in the country - duck dynasty: HUNT or trade.

I know it's easy to say but the slaughter house free meat is true and veggies and fruits when markets close is also true. Why anyone think of that? I guess everyone has one of those not too far from their home?

[bgill]

I grow my own arugula.

[Donnafrflorida]

150.00 a month
first go to Sams by bulk meat. chicken breast n strips abt 2.00 a pound.
Go to aldi n pick up staples cheap incl milk n eggs.

go to supermk n get buy one get 1 free.
weekly go to farmers mkt or flea mkt for fresh veggies n fruit

all on food stamps are eligible for free brktfast and lunch at school everyday.
now add WIC.

you can do alot with 5.00 a day if you plan it and use coupona.

[patriot08]

It’s good. Really. Everybody loves ‘grandma’s stuffed peppers’ around here.

[EBH]

Uh? Really? The 7 day $5 a day menu

[sitetest]

I know lots of middle class, working families, two incomes, hard-working, who feed families of four and five folks on $150 per week.

[tomkat]

             

[Vermont Lt]

$200/month comes out to about $6.50 a day.

[trisham]

LOL!