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Says the software developer making 100K+ a year. I have been poor before. I didn't need healthy. I needed cheap so I could work on other parts of my life.

lovich 5y ago
McDonald’s hasn’t been cheap in a while. Even doing their cheapest hamburger at .99 cents for 250 calories that’s still about 8 dollars for a full days calories with little nutrition. You can get pasta and sauce or pasta and butter for nearly half that price for the same number of calories and better nutrition as long as you can boil water. Rice and beans is even cheaper
mastrsushi 5y ago
Black beans Oatmeal Frozen vegetables Peas Peanut butter Eggs Brown Rice You don't have to be wealthy to eat well. Just don't shop at Whole Foods and other foolish places. Also learn to enjoy cooking. You'd be surprised how much you'll save.
- JoeAltmaier 5y ago
  Says somebody with time to cook. And probably a fulfilling job. Spend a double shift being yelled at while making change for rude people, then imagine how appealing shopping for all those things, then spending another hour preparing them, then 5 minutes eating, then another half hour cleaning up. What joy!
  - mastrsushi 5y ago
    >Spend a double shift being yelled at Find a job where you're not yelled at. Do you work double shifts every day? You can try meal prep. >how appealing shopping for all those things Frozen vegetables? Uhh Oatmeal? Wh-Where?? >then spending another hour preparing them I have a feeling you have little experience in cooking. Microwave black beans in a bowl and put salsa on top. Tada, 1 minute! Scrambled eggs with spinach, 5 minutes. With your defeatist attitude, life sounds like one big chore.
    - JoeAltmaier 5y ago
      I cook daily, Italian and German and American Southwest. I'm upper middle class. I live out in the country. I grow my own ingredients. But I have some empathy, for people who don't have the leisure I have. For instance, I have sympathy for folks who want hot prepared complex food without spending the hour to make it. Nobody imitates a Big Mac or fried chicken sandwich in seconds. Eating oatmeal at home after a hard day is very far from my idea of a good life.
      - mastrsushi 5y ago
        >Nobody imitates a Big Mac or fried chicken sandwich in seconds And nobody should dare try. That's toxic crap that'll make you depressed, tired, and unhealthy. Please don't tell me how difficult it is to ball up some ground beef and flick it on a stove top. Oatmeal is just a grain. https://www.loveandotherspices.com/5-savory-oatmeal-recipes/ https://www.loveandotherspices.com/5-savory-oatmeal-recipes/
        JoeAltmaier 5y ago
        Ah! So that's why you don't like hamburgers - no idea whatsoever, what it takes to cook it right. And dress it. And the right bread.
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lovich 5y ago

McDonald’s hasn’t been cheap in a while. Even doing their cheapest hamburger at .99 cents for 250 calories that’s still about 8 dollars for a full days calories with little nutrition. You can get pasta and sauce or pasta and butter for nearly half that price for the same number of calories and better nutrition as long as you can boil water. Rice and beans is even cheaper

mastrsushi 5y ago

Black beans Oatmeal Frozen vegetables Peas Peanut butter Eggs Brown Rice You don't have to be wealthy to eat well. Just don't shop at Whole Foods and other foolish places. Also learn to enjoy cooking. You'd be surprised how much you'll save.

JoeAltmaier 5y ago
Says somebody with time to cook. And probably a fulfilling job. Spend a double shift being yelled at while making change for rude people, then imagine how appealing shopping for all those things, then spending another hour preparing them, then 5 minutes eating, then another half hour cleaning up. What joy!
- mastrsushi 5y ago
  >Spend a double shift being yelled at Find a job where you're not yelled at. Do you work double shifts every day? You can try meal prep. >how appealing shopping for all those things Frozen vegetables? Uhh Oatmeal? Wh-Where?? >then spending another hour preparing them I have a feeling you have little experience in cooking. Microwave black beans in a bowl and put salsa on top. Tada, 1 minute! Scrambled eggs with spinach, 5 minutes. With your defeatist attitude, life sounds like one big chore.
  - JoeAltmaier 5y ago
    I cook daily, Italian and German and American Southwest. I'm upper middle class. I live out in the country. I grow my own ingredients. But I have some empathy, for people who don't have the leisure I have. For instance, I have sympathy for folks who want hot prepared complex food without spending the hour to make it. Nobody imitates a Big Mac or fried chicken sandwich in seconds. Eating oatmeal at home after a hard day is very far from my idea of a good life.
    - mastrsushi 5y ago
      >Nobody imitates a Big Mac or fried chicken sandwich in seconds And nobody should dare try. That's toxic crap that'll make you depressed, tired, and unhealthy. Please don't tell me how difficult it is to ball up some ground beef and flick it on a stove top. Oatmeal is just a grain. https://www.loveandotherspices.com/5-savory-oatmeal-recipes/ https://www.loveandotherspices.com/5-savory-oatmeal-recipes/
      - JoeAltmaier 5y ago
        Ah! So that's why you don't like hamburgers - no idea whatsoever, what it takes to cook it right. And dress it. And the right bread.
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