On Jun 28, 11:24 am, Giusi > wrote:
> wrote:
> > Friends,
>
> > I have decided to live the month of July spending just two dollars a
> > day on food. Other than vague notions of pasta, rice, beans, and
> > raman, I have little idea what I'm gonna eat.
>
>
> While you will probably get bored from eating leftovers, beans and rice
> in their myriad combinations are going to be your cheapest good protein.
> When cooked in their multi-ethnic splendor with added vegetables,
> onions, garlic, tomatoes, eggplant, they're good food. Served with
> cornbread, darn, I'd come over to eat. Can't think of anything to use
> fish sauce with!
>
> In summer with farmer's markets and all, I should think you could get
> vegetables, and lucky you to have a yard full of citrus!

I live in a very old neighborhood in Orange County, Ca. I think it was
the law when they built the houses that every yard had to have at
least one citrus tree. JK, but it does seem that every house in the
older neighborhoods has an orange tree. And during orange season,
there are more oranges than leaves on them. The lemons seem to produce
(quite prolifically) all year round. I'll be drinking lots of lemonade
in July

>
> Where I live a housewife will often use a single tomato from a can and
> keep the rest. In season a fresh one takes its place. Cooked pasta,

Tomatoes are by far my favorite fruit. I picked up the habit of a
canned tomatoe with my eggs for breakfast on a trip to the UK. The
Welsh certainly can put out a good breakfast.

> with 3 ounces of tuna, a few frozen peas thrown in with the pasta at the
> end of cooking, and a single diced tomato-- cannot tell you how many
> times I've been served that. It isn't a favorite, but it's good and
> very cheap.
>
> I understand the yen for bacon, but I should think nutrition would come
> first.

My main motivation for the bacon is the drippings. Gramma used to keep
a coffee cup of bacon fat next to the stove and put a dab into just
about everything. I figure much of the beans and rice stuff will be a
bit bland. Browning some onions in bacon fat should flavor it up a
bit. And I can't think of anything that wouldn't be made better by a
spoonful or two of crumbled bacon.

>
> Portion control will play a part, too. I salute your effort, really.

I expect this to be my biggest hurdle. I'm a big guy (230lb) and am
used to big portions. Half a chicken with mashed potatoes, creamed
spinach, and a biscuit is dinner to me (God bless Boston Market).

> More people should get acquainted with how hard life is for a lot of
> people.

Check this out: http://tinyurl.com/23xtt3
Not necessarily expressing how hard life is for some, but interesting
none the less.

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