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Pasta and butter? Bread? Fruit? Snickers bars?
by danielmarkbruce 4y ago
Pasta and butter? Bread? Fruit? Snickers bars?
- giraffe_lady 4y agoCan you fry an egg in a snickers bar? Ever eat the famous staple food black beans & fruit? Yes I know that other foods exist.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoThose other foods are substitutes, by definition. Maybe that was sarcasm and I missed it..?
- giraffe_lady 4y agoMy point is that people don't consume calories they eat meals. The foods people eat, especially staple foods, are important parts of their lives. We can't guarantee every staple be cheap obviously, but a lot of these things are staples in the first place because they are cheap and widely available. If you're eating for example beans and rice as the base of your diet you're already near the bottom of possible prices for sustenance. Sure junk food is cheaper per calorie in the short term, but we don't have public healthcare where I live and you're just signing up to be publicly shamed for your health problems later.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoThere is a long history of humans changing their diet in response to economic forces.
- giraffe_lady 4y ago[flagged]
- selimthegrim 4y agoThere are plenty of Caribbeans that eat black beans with plantains or bananas.