"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> > > In article >,
>> > > says...
>> > >
>> > >
>> >>> $30 would only buy maybe one meal here.
>> > >
>> >> I find that impossible to believe.
>> > >
>> >> 30 USD is roughtly 20 UK pounds.
>> > >
>> >> UK food prices are far higher than the US, even so, for that sum
>> I
>> > > could easily make at least three healthy nutritious delicious
>> > > balanced meals for two.
>> > >
>> >> Even if I bought smkt READY MADE meals (NOT an economical way to
>> > > eat) , for that sum I could buy two dinners for two ( main
>> > > course, side and bottle of wine)
>> > >
>> > > http://www.marksandspencer.com/s/food-and-wine/dine-in
>> > >
>> > >
>> >> Janet UK
>> >
>> > Yup Janet. Though Julie hopefully meant to feed 3 on that 30$,
>> > others took it as one person which is ridiculous. For your 20 UK
>> > lbs, I feed a person for a week here for all 3 meals. Some weeks a
>> > little more, some a little less but that is the average. Yes, it's
>> > cheaper here but i also may be selecting less expensive things with
>> > more prep time on my end making it work. Thats ok. All 3 of us
>> > cook (though Charlotte understandably is still learning some
>> > aspects, she's a fine baker in her own right now).
>> >
>> > Meantime I use a fair amount of freecycle (freegle where you are)
>> > for other savings on appliances and such. I pass on what didnt
>> > work for me and get what i need if another has it.
>>
>> I think you would be very hard pressed to feed one person here for
>> $30 a week. You could do it if you ate beans, the cheapest rice you
>> could find and perhaps a little produce. Probably no meat. When I
>> spent that much for myself, I never ate meat.
>
> Julie, you are wrong. Don't take it that Sheldon thinks so and
> associate to that. It will do you no good to associate to him anyways.
>
> Beans, rice, cheaper fresh veggies, and a hot dog a night of the cheap
> sort would be 9$ a week. 9.45 if you added home made bread. Not
> balanced at all but you'd make it for a time on it.
>
> On 30$, lots of room for better stuff.

That would not be the case here at all. I have seen those crappy hot dogs
for sale on occasion perhaps a couple of times a year. I do not generally
buy those or any hot dogs. Perhaps once a year I will buy those. Perhaps
twice a year I will buy uncured beef or chicken hot dogs. I did so
recently. I just do not think that hot dogs are wholesome food. So I don't
buy them often at all.

When I didn't have much money, I ate no meat all all and not even beans, but
I did eat eggs. Eggs were far cheaper in those days and so was dairy. I
also ate peanut butter and lots of pasta.