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ORIGINAL: ChatteParfaitt

I get it just fine. Some people don't have space or resources for a small freezer. Some don't have transportation to shop often (reason, perhaps to be less prickly and therefore capable of making friends with those who do have transportation).

I have a good friend who goes with me on my monthly shopping route, since she doesn't have a car. She doesn't have space for a freezer either, sometimes she tosses a roast or whatever into mine.

I so get not everyone has the space or resources I have. But to presume I have never been poor is a very erroneous assumption. I have been. I worked 3 jobs to put myself through school. I could give you all the ugly details, but I am not an "air my dirty laundry in public" person.

I have always, my entire life (no matter how much money I had), made eating healthy a priority. And guess what? I am pushing 60, and I have no major medical issues. No diabetes, no heart disease, and I've never had cancer. Now, maybe that is just luck, or good genes. I think it's paying attention to what goes into my body.

There may be many things I advise that you can't do. Why whine about it? Do what you can with what you have. It's all you can do.

In my never humble opinion, you would find your time better spent making up a meal plan than arguing with me about how poor people can't eat right.

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ORIGINAL: ChatteParfaitt

Why spend $3 on a bottle of BBQ sauce? I'm way to cheap to do that.

Basic BBQ Sauce for Pork

1 15 oz can tomato sauce
small amount of chopped onion (to taste)
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped fine or pressed
2 tab brown sugar
1 tab soy  sauce (low sodium)
2 tsp vinegar, can be as cheap as white or as pricey as rice vinegar (my choice)
Spices: small bit of allspice, clove (ground or whole), cinnamon, cayenne pepper, oregano, bay leaf, salt, and pepper

Simmer all these things together for a bit, then correct seasonings and brown sugar and vinegar to taste.

This will cost you less than $1.

See what I mean?

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ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom

Ours didn't even have wings, Now, I didn't say you couldn't cook in one , I said you couldn't get a freezer chest in there

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http://www.freewebs.com/kc8jwa/classicshastas.htm

If you will scroll down you will see what I mean by wings. The trailer about a third of the way down, with the man standing beside it, is exactly what we had.

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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one!

Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!

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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

TFTB, Hell, if you don't have a stove, you wouldn't need a freezer cause you can't cook in the trailer anyway lol.  Problem solved. 

Something tells me she wasn't as good as what she does when she was your age but it was a necessity she HAD to LEARN because she had kids and stuff and i will be it's a skill and talent she has honed with age.  It's easy to say hey this is easy to do, and forget what it was when you first begin.    Plus TFTB, i think you are in your 20's, she is pushing 60, she didn't grow up in a world where processed food was the norm as were fast food etc, she grew up in the era of my mom, my mom eats a hell of a lot more healthier than i do and she knows how to cook things from scratch.  So her knowledge while it wasn't necessarily inborn, she grew up in a era wherein processed really wasn't a word yet nor was fast food.

But she is correct about one thing especially in this age of the internet, you can learn to do what she does, there are millions of articles on shopping for good quality on a budget, learning to store food, and learning to cook foods.

Hell, i have no clue how to cook most things, i have even less knowledge on how to store food, even more so, i don't eat left overs.  Just the thought of learning all of that for all foods is very intimidating for me -- i don't need to do this out of necessity, i want to.  But i will say this, i have been on many low carb boards and one of the BIGGEST reasons it's so hard to do is because it's back to basics and getting rid of processed foods and learning how to do that on a low budget for people who already stretch their food budget for their familes is not easy.  So you are probably in the majority of people TFTB, she is probably in the minority of people and knowing how to eat healthy, unprocessed foods from scratch on a already stretched budget.  

But she is correct, if you want to learn it -- you have to learn it.  Start small, perhaps focus on one thing at a time and then slowly add other things.  

Also, this isn't necessarily about being poor, i am not poor, never have been poor and i have no clue how to store most food, cook most food from scratch or shop on a budget.   In this day and age, i think you find more and more people who never had to worry about that now needing too and they simply don't know how to do it -- ergo, the processed food company's see money signs because they seem to be offering healthy food for low costs.  They play on the ignorance of their customers.


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ORIGINAL: Cherylmazana

Anyone here make their own pasta?

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ORIGINAL: ChatteParfaitt

Er...weren't you in the hospital with kidney failure?

Not that long ago?

I could be wrong, I'm not good at names and frankly can't be bothered with people who have to prove they are better than me.

Let's get this straight: I don't think I'm better than you. I think I shop and cook better (more healthy and cheaper) than you. I get to say this knowing 99% of the time I am correct.

And Angel is right, I have years of experience and long practice. Now, you can learn what I know, since I am happy to share it, or you can keep up with this pissing match, in which case I will stop responding.

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

TFB,

You DO need to learn how to shop for better options. Chips should NEVER be on your grocery list. Maybe once a month as a treat.

You can make SO many great things in a crock pot and they usually don't take much skill. Fresh fruit should last you at least a week, more depending on what it is. Apples last a really long time, so do oranges. Keep grapes refridgerated and they will last more than a week. Fresh blueberries will easily last a week (except in my house, but that is because they get eaten within a couple days). Pineapple, watermelon, cantalope, honeydew, will last a couple weeks until you cut them, then in a seal container should last a week in the fridge. Bananas don't last long, but when they get brown, you can mash them up for banana bread and they don't go to waste.

The best way to shop economically is to make a list based on what you are going to make for dinner all week. Then stick to the list.