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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:50 am
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I'm really glad you posted this link. For a long time, I was living in *extremely* poor circumstances. As in, I had to choose between having a place to sleep, having something to eat, or buying feminine hygiene products. When I did get something to eat, I usually bought rice and store-brand peanut butter, and occasionally celery because it could keep for so long without refrigeration. OF COURSE I got fat! But people would be so cruel about it. "You don't look like you've missed any meals, to me." "Oh, yeah? Well, you can afford to eat like a pig." "If you don't think you have enough money, just stop eating so much and you'll have enough to buy a brand new house." Yeah. Thanks.
Thank goodness, it's all better now for me, but I still feel awful when I see someone who is obviously overweight as well as obviously lower-income. Cheap food is fattening; fattening food is cheap.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:03 am
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Very true. I've recently lost my job, which means that while we can live on my spouse's income, I'm doing my best to make our grocery shopping as inexpensive as possible. Here's a look at what I'm purchasing lately:
GRAINS: bulk millet bulk quinoa bulk brown rice bulk Persian rice bulk basmati rice cornmeal 3 mini-loaves of bread - enough for each person to have, basically, a mouthful on Sabbath
STAPLES: brown sugar vegetable oil baking soda white and apple cider vinegar dried beans and peas whole-grain pasta (linguine, spaghetti, Israeli-style couscous) matzah meal
PROTEINS: canned salmon canned tuna
VEGETABLE & FRUIT (NON-PERISHABLE): canned pumpkin cranberry juice x 4 frozen vegetables - onion, green pepper, corn, broccoli, black-eyed peas, English peas, et cetera
DAIRY OR DAIRY SUBSTITUTE: soy milk organic heavy cream (for making my own butter and buttermilk) fat free half & half Smart Balance Lite (margarine, but it doesn't really go bad)
FRESH PRODUCE: herbs - dill, mint, basil, cilantro, parsley, scallions (every week, for fresh salads) salad greens - lettuce, spinach tomatoes cucumbers carrots potatoes whatever else is at a good price
OTHER: seltzer (added to matzah ball batter, it helps make the balls light and fluffy) Kitchens of India & Near East ready-meals (for traveling, so as to avoid fast food) sushi (at the supermarket, not a restaurant - it's cheaper, and it's in honor of Sabbath, a good fish dish everyone enjoys as part of the meal) grape juice or wine - for blessing the Sabbath
I don't buy everything on this list every week. This is a monthly shopping list, not weekly. The only things I buy EVERY week are fresh produce and fresh bread, and we only eat bread on Sabbath, for the sole purpose of fulfilling a religious obligation -- otherwise, we don't really do processed grains.
We keep kosher, and while it isn't HUGELY more expensive, kosher food does cost a bit more than non-kosher food. I'd guess that if we didn't keep kosher, this stuff would run us, oh, maybe $400 a month? Since my food budget is $800 a month, that leaves me half our budget for non-food items, like cleaning supplies, bath/grooming supplies, and the other little items that keep a household running nicely.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:22 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:30 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:09 am
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