> wrote in message
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> Haven't looked at the comments yet, but the author already has
> and she listed which tips she's going to use.
>
> I have to admit, unless you live in the sticks and/or need to
> lose weight anyway, it WOULD be pretty difficult to feed 4
> people with $200 a month!
>
> Lenona.
>
>
> http://www.cafemom.com/group/115189/...s_imp ossible
>
> "On average, we spend about $850 a month at the grocery store
> (includes non-food items like diapers, toiletries, and cleaning
> products...but honestly, most of that IS food).
>
> "We do not go to restaurants more than 1-2 times a month (and
> that's usually only a $30-$50 bill at a place like Stevie B's),
> we always eat our leftovers the following day, and we make 98%
> of our food from scratch (the best we can...we don't have an
> oven or a stove--just the microwave, a grill, and an electric
> skillet).
>
> "If I'm going to be a responsible budgeter...I need to get that
> number down to $200 a month. I've seen other posts and perused
> blogs that boast they made this happen, but I'm struggling to
> believe it. Unless you get food stamps and don't count those,
> or you spent $1200 the month before...I just don't think it's
> really possible to spend so little on food every month. So just
> tell me...if you're not a big fat liar...do you really spend
> $2400 or less on food a year?? And if so...HOW?! Do you skip
> meals? Go days at a time without eating? Mooch off others? Hang
> out at food pantries in your shabbiest clothes?"

It can be done depending on where you live and what you are willing to eat.
If you live in an area where stores double coupons and you're willing to eat
crap food, much can be had for free or next to nothing.

If you have a large garden and can raise crops most to all of the year, it
can be easily done.

If you eat beans and rice for the bulk of your meals, again, it can be done.

Perhaps you live in an area where you can catch a lot of fish or can hunt.
Or do like Honey Boo Boo's family does. Arrange with the authorities to
call when there is roadkill like deer. Got get it, butcher it and freeze
the meat.

Most people are not going to take the time to jump through all the hoops
necessary to save that kind of money but some certainly do!