On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:21:36 GMT, Sarah Gray >
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>"FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in
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>> "Dee.Dee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/1...r-healthy-food
>>> /#more-146
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>>> No wonder I'm broke and always hungry just tryin' to stay alive!
>>
>> You would be hungry if you eat the junk food mentioned in the article
>> as it's empty calories - people who eat a lot of junk food are
>> effectively starving themselves. But as for broke??? Are US food
>> prices really so high for nutritious food?
>>
>> The report says that the average American spends $7/day on food and
>> that surely can't be right as it's a miniscule amount of money. I did
>> a currency converson and that is about $7.97 in my currency and, if
>> the two of us were eating meat for an evening meal, I'd spend at least
>> $10 in my currency just on the meat component of the meal.
>>
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>All the meat you eat is $16.00 a pound? Maybe you should shop somewhere
>cheaper...

$10 Australian dollars is $8.73 in US dollars.
http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html





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>$7 a day per person is $210 a month. Pretty small budget, but do-able,
>especially if you are someone who does not cook complicated things. I can
>feed myself and my daughter (including buying paper products and other non-
>food comestibles) on around $300 easily...
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>The grocery price situation is not as dire as many make out.. you just have
>to know how to cook, be creative about it and be flexible about specific
>ingredients; buying things when they are on sale and such.
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Susan N.

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