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Foods to Buy When You’re Broke
New York Daily News ^ | FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 | Aaron Crowe

Posted on 01/18/2014 11:57:04 AM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/18/2014 11:57:04 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Thanks for posting this. I’m bookmarking it.


2 posted on 01/18/2014 12:01:33 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Money is tight these days.)
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Pretty soon we’ll be like north Korea and the TV and radio will run with PSAs on how to prepare grass and tree bark soup.


3 posted on 01/18/2014 12:05:49 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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I have about 10,000 squirrels in my neighborhood...

They are free...

4 posted on 01/18/2014 12:06:58 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it.


5 posted on 01/18/2014 12:09:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
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My wife and I raised six kids on one income...

Many cities have large farmers markets that sell local produce, bulk items like beans, rice, cheese and other fresh food...

Yea, you will buy in larger quantities, but the price can as much as a third verses the supermarket...

We saved two to three hundred dollars a month making that trip...that was 20 years ago...

Oh' they often open up at 4:00 am to 10:00 am...so the restaurants can buy as fresh as possible...

6 posted on 01/18/2014 12:14:01 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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I have about 10,000 squirrels in my neighborhood... They are free...

And with rice, beans and hotsauce, an excellent Cajun meal.

7 posted on 01/18/2014 12:14:16 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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Lentils. pasta and veggies, that's it. This would cut the SNAP budget by 80%. Put me in charge. I'll save $10 billion in the first month AND produce healthier Democrats.

On second thought, forget it.

8 posted on 01/18/2014 12:14:56 PM PST by Praxeologue
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I have about 10,000 squirrels in my neighborhood...

Perhaps you can host a celebrity hunt-&-cook event?

Ted Nugent likes squirrel. Huckabee knows how to utilized a hot-air popcorn maker for squirrel.

Early editions of the "Joy of Cooking" have skinning and cleaning instructions.

OTOH, squirrel populations are cyclical, based on food. Big populations will put a dent in the growth of vegetation, meaning less food, and fewer tree rats the next few years, until the trees and bushes recover.

If you're really lucky, mass migrations of squirrels are not unheard of. Lucky, that is, if you are the origination, and the the destination.

9 posted on 01/18/2014 12:19:21 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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Ross estimates that they spend less than $400 per month on food and drinks, saving money by buying in bulk during sales.

For 2 people? They think that’s cheap? If they only ate salads, frozen vegetables, potatatos, rice and beans as the article suggests it would be a heckuva lot cheaper than that.


10 posted on 01/18/2014 12:20:06 PM PST by sheana
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Aren’t the commies in the EPA desirous of regulating what people can grow, food-wise, in backyard gardens?


11 posted on 01/18/2014 12:21:27 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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Years ago my Mother noted that those she knew to be of lower income (it was a small town where everybody pretty well knew) tended to buy food for convenience like TV dinners rather than buy something like a whole chicken that could be made into several meals. She grew up during the Depression and learned to stretch your food budget. The big problem is that today few people know how to cook food from scratch.

Fortunately she taught me how to cook many things from scratch. A whole chicken for example can be simmered with some carrots, celery and an onion to make fantastic chicken soup and taking the meat off the bone you can make chicken sandwiches or my favorite chicken pie by using a tube of biscuits.

12 posted on 01/18/2014 12:24:00 PM PST by The Great RJ
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Even if it's just a small space for a flower garden or large flower pots, in the fall you can plant turnip greens, collars, spinach, broccoli, and even brussel sprouts.
They grow easy and quick, and like the cold.
13 posted on 01/18/2014 12:26:06 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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When they had food stamps back in the ‘70’s I was a bag boy at Big Star. The people who paid with stamps often bought the best cuts of meat and the most expensive prepared foods. When I told a woman she couldn’t buy canned dog food she shoved the cans aside, huffed off and returned with several steaks an told me “Well f*ck all of you he be eatin’ steak.”

I was recently in a Wal-Mart and the foreign couple in front each paid with their own EBT card. Not only did they buy expensive stuff but they were wearing leather coats, plenty of jewelry and had iPhones.


14 posted on 01/18/2014 12:28:35 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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NY DAILY NEWS writers pretend that people live off SNAP even though these people can have other income: “To qualify, a family of four can have an annual net income of up to $23,556”... yet this fact seems to not penetrate their skulls


15 posted on 01/18/2014 12:28:37 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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...not to fall for the theory that fast food is cheaper than what you can purchase at a grocery store.

I'd never heard of that "theory." It flies in the face of all logic.

16 posted on 01/18/2014 12:28:43 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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chicken.. biscuits... chicken n dumplings...


17 posted on 01/18/2014 12:30:38 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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Brown rice. The vitamins, minerals and antioxidants are some of the benefits, but one of the biggest pluses may be that the high amount of fiber in brown rice helps slow digestion and fill you up for a long time.

Short grain brown rice in a pan of water topped with a vegetable steamer filled with green beans or broccoli. Cook covered gently for about 40 minutes or until water is absorbed. To finished add Italian dressing and Parmesan cheese.

I lived on this for years and never got tired of it. I was very active back then. I tried to eat it recently and gained weight.

18 posted on 01/18/2014 12:31:26 PM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?”


19 posted on 01/18/2014 12:31:28 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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“I have about 10,000 squirrels in my neighborhood...”

My boy would love it. A killer with his pellet gun.


20 posted on 01/18/2014 12:31:40 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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