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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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2. I can tell you how it ends up being done.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:47 PM

Jun 2012

You either starve, or you eat all the wrong things---and end up getting fatter and fatter. (Don't ask how fat or I'll knock you on the head). Cheap and filling foods---pasta, rice, breads. Few fresh fruits and veggies except when they are in season and on sale. I can give you all kinds of meals that are cheap and horrible for us. I have a friend who eats a lot of ketchup sandwiches---just ketchup on bread because lunch meats are even too expensive. It is hard to eat cheap and well at the same time.

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Info provided by USDA about the costs of feeding a family [View all] Kaleva Jun 2012 OP

Good stuff. cbayer Jun 2012 #1

I can tell you how it ends up being done. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #2

I believe you. My mother also lives on Social Security, and I honestly cbayer Jun 2012 #3

The first time I saw a ketchup sandwich was in Moscow Flaxbee Jun 2012 #4

It is true that cheap food and obesity go hand in hand. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #5

I have to disagree on that TheCruces Jul 2012 #6

Most of my meals recently include dried beans and long grain brown rice. Kaleva Jul 2012 #7

You are lucky if produce is consistently cheap there. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #8

I'm originally from NJ, so I know how produce prices jump. TheCruces Jul 2012 #9