Could You Eat On $30 A Week?

CNN/theindychannel.com ^ | September 22, 2011 | Sheila Steffen

[Abathar]

(CNN) -- That is the reality for the more than 40 million Americans who rely on food stamps. According to the Food Research and Action Center the average food stamp allotment is just $30 per week.

I began thinking about taking a food stamp challenge earlier this month when I met several women who we profiled on hunger for two CNN stories airing this week. These women had to make tough choices between paying bills and buying food. Often they skipped meals so their children could eat. Often the amount of food stamps they received was not enough.

Living on a food stamp budget for just one week won't begin to put me in these women's shoes or come close to the struggles that millions of low-income families face every day; week in and week out, month after month. But I do expect to gain a new perspective and a better understanding.

[Fledermaus]

Don’t forget a lot of them get WIC also.

[GOPJ]

the average food stamp allotment is just $30 per week.

Average. Food stamp allotments are based on income. A person who makes more money gets a smaller allotment. That makes the question feedding a family on '$30 a week' a CNN lie.

For example: - IF you got $30 a week in food stamps AND you were making $40,000 a year, could you feed your family? That question is much closer to the truth...

[GOPJ]

And free housing - and cash - and student loans paid... and and and....

[sickoflibs]

That (Food stamps) plus EITC, medicaid, SCHIP, free school lunches,....they dont count any of that stuff.

[FromTheSidelines]

The biggest challenge with this bread: timing it JUST RIGHT so it comes out of the oven early enough before dinner to cool down a bit, but not so early that it disappears before dinner...;)

[ctdonath2]

:-) Indeed.

The last loaf came out just as all were finishing their first course. [insert choir of angels here]

[yldstrk]

Hey F

I was answering a question about to buy on foodstamps, I think. Or how to eat cheap.

BTW I got some beautiful looking Boarshead cheese, swiss, sliced, and couldn’t get the silly slices apart. So won’t buy that particular package again.

Boarshead bologna is sure good, though. And if you are skinny like my family, you can eat pretty much anything. Which we do.

[yldstrk]

Husbands are problematic.

Adultery, drugs, alcohol, unemployment...........

[Responsibility2nd]

Careful. Your misandry is showing.

[GOPJ]

That (Food stamps) plus EITC, medicaid, SCHIP, free school lunches,....they dont count any of that stuff.

You're right - there's many ways for CNN to be played for a fool - and the left knows them all...

[GOPJ]

That (Food stamps) plus EITC, medicaid, SCHIP, free school lunches,....they dont count any of that stuff.

You're right - there's many ways for CNN to be played for a fool - and the left knows them all...

Some people only get $10 a week in food stamps because their income is high... but most people would have caught the lie if they had used $10 as an example... Asking middle class people if they could live on that... AND no one calls them on it. CNN sucks.

[FromTheSidelines]

Careful. Your misandry is showing.

I don't show this image often, but it seems to fit SO NICELY at this juncture:

[yldstrk]

Hey, do you really think those ladies on welfare wouldn’t like to have a good husband?

[Responsibility2nd]

Hey, do you really think those ladies on welfare wouldn’t like to have a good husband?

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Are you series?

No, of course they wouldn’t like to have a good husband.

If they had a husband (good or otherwise) it’d mess up their welfare benefits.

If they wanted a good husband, they would have completed their education - gotten married - and then had children. You know - the way normal women with good husbands do.

If they wanted a good husband - they would have married a good husband. Not the ones into “Adultery, drugs, alcohol, unemployment...........” as you previously posted about.

I’m not saying all husbands are perfect, but I’m also not accepting your critique of them either.

I’m guessing you had a good husband at one time - but he turned out to be a jerk. I’m very sorry.

[trillabodilla]

Your post deserves a BUMP

This is what is wrong with America.

[Chickensoup]

Personally, I think we should give poor people boxes of food. If they don’t like the food, they can trade or buy their own.

I agree. I remember government dry milk, cheeze and rice. Good for people. Peopel ate it, traded it, or fed it to their pigs.

[Fledermaus]

Was it prepackaged or did you get it out of the deli? The deli folks are supposed to put deli paper between the cheese slices.

Also, it might have been sliced too thin. I've had the same problem with mozzarella before.

[yldstrk]

Yeah, it was prepackaged but out of the deli and the paper in between was there but minuscule..........

[Califreak]

>I’m a decent cook, but can’t seem to get bread right. Can’t even get a bread machine (tried 3) to work.<

Same here. Hubs got me one of those Kitchenaid mixers for our 10 year anniversary. I made the bread recipe from the cookbook that came with it and it hasn’t failed yet!

1/2 C milk
2 t salt
2 t vinegar(I added this to keep bread fresh longer)
3 T sugar
3 T butter

Heat the above ingredients until the butter melts.

Meanwhile, put 2 pks of yeast(I buy my yeast by the bag for around $3-4 and use 2.25 t for each pk yeast that recipe calls for) in your processor bowl with a pinch of sugar and 1.5 C warm water

After yeast & water have bloomed, pour in lukewarm milk mixture and add 4.5 C bread flour(buy in 25 lb bags for under $10).

Let mixer run at speed 2 until blended and then 2 more minutes. Usually it pulls away from bowl completely and forms a perfect ball.

Remove dough from bowl. Oil bowl lightly, slap dough in & flip over to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap & raise for an hour or until doubled.

Form into loaves(this recipe usually doesn’t even require flouring a board to knead or shape) and place in loaf pans that have been liberally sprayed with non stick cooking spray($1.00 a can). Let rise until double. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, cover with foil so it doesn’t burn and bake 15 minutes more.

Let it cool completely on a rack and bag it up.

Until I got this recipe and new mixer, I baked nasty old bricks every time I tried.

I don’t know how I ever managed all these years without this mixer.

[greeneyes]

I have always used a stout wooden spoon. Never had a problem, plus it keeps your forearm strong. LOL.