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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 370294" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Hang on! Remember my occasional references to gourmet poverty food? And how, if we have to buy fast food, we find a generic hamburger shop because what you buy at a back blocks greasy spoon truck stop is a much bigger, better burger made fresh with fresh ingredients, for half the price?</p><p></p><p>Who the H is so RICH that they can afford a meal at McDs? Sorry, someone's telling porky pies here.</p><p></p><p>Occasionally on Aussie TV, the sensationalist media make a big noise about the impoverished pensioner who can't afford to buy real food to live on, can only afford to eat cat food. I've watched those stories and laughed at the stupidity of the reporters, falling for the rubbish - the pensioner who is sitting down to eat a tin of Whiskas Black Label (or other expensive gourmet cat food) knows two things:</p><p>1) the media will give him a lot of attention and probably some money, all he has to do is eat pet food on camera;</p><p></p><p>2) all tinned pet food is safe for humans to eat. But cat food, especially the gourmet stuff, is higher in protein and usually pure meat of some kind, such as fish or chicken. So someone eating pet food for a stunt, knows to choose the expensive cat food in order to make sure they can do it without barfing.</p><p></p><p>The problem - tinned pet food is very expensive, gram for gram if you buy fresh meat (especially the budget cuts, which can be very tasty with careful slow cooking) you can get a lot more food, for a lot less money. And that's just meat. People can live very well on vegetarian diets. If you buy direct form farmers, buy what is in season, grow it yourself, you can eat a healthy, full and enjoyable diet.</p><p></p><p>If your measure of affordability is "I can only afford Brand X fast food" then you are not poor. Poor is being lucky to have a cup of rice a day.</p><p></p><p>gcvmom - your husband is being had. But I'm sure you knew this.</p><p></p><p>Buy them a cookbook, or let me email you my cookbook text which is designed for easy, inexpensive meals. Marvellous for alleviating the sort of boredom that would otherwise need to be managed by going to Vegas for a spot of gambling...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 370294, member: 1991"] Hang on! Remember my occasional references to gourmet poverty food? And how, if we have to buy fast food, we find a generic hamburger shop because what you buy at a back blocks greasy spoon truck stop is a much bigger, better burger made fresh with fresh ingredients, for half the price? Who the H is so RICH that they can afford a meal at McDs? Sorry, someone's telling porky pies here. Occasionally on Aussie TV, the sensationalist media make a big noise about the impoverished pensioner who can't afford to buy real food to live on, can only afford to eat cat food. I've watched those stories and laughed at the stupidity of the reporters, falling for the rubbish - the pensioner who is sitting down to eat a tin of Whiskas Black Label (or other expensive gourmet cat food) knows two things: 1) the media will give him a lot of attention and probably some money, all he has to do is eat pet food on camera; 2) all tinned pet food is safe for humans to eat. But cat food, especially the gourmet stuff, is higher in protein and usually pure meat of some kind, such as fish or chicken. So someone eating pet food for a stunt, knows to choose the expensive cat food in order to make sure they can do it without barfing. The problem - tinned pet food is very expensive, gram for gram if you buy fresh meat (especially the budget cuts, which can be very tasty with careful slow cooking) you can get a lot more food, for a lot less money. And that's just meat. People can live very well on vegetarian diets. If you buy direct form farmers, buy what is in season, grow it yourself, you can eat a healthy, full and enjoyable diet. If your measure of affordability is "I can only afford Brand X fast food" then you are not poor. Poor is being lucky to have a cup of rice a day. gcvmom - your husband is being had. But I'm sure you knew this. Buy them a cookbook, or let me email you my cookbook text which is designed for easy, inexpensive meals. Marvellous for alleviating the sort of boredom that would otherwise need to be managed by going to Vegas for a spot of gambling... Marg [/QUOTE]
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