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Do these people have access to cooking facilities? Also a lot of the stuff there is being bought in bulk, and I imagine that storing stuff might be a problem. A

Do these people have access to cooking facilities? Also a lot of the stuff there is being bought in bulk, and I imagine that storing stuff might be a problem. And of course, there is the omnipresent fact that many poor people do not have the time/knowledge to prepare many kinds of meal.

frogpelt 14y ago
I would think time would be more abundant for poor people.
- drcube 14y ago
  I don't know about Hong Kong, but not in the States. Time is a luxury.
- zem 14y ago
  why? if you're poor, the amount of time you need to spend just taking care of life's basic necessities goes way up. getting things done efficiently, getting other people to do things for you, and deciding you can sacrifice a few hours' earning potential to do something else, are all things that require you be well-off first.
- pessimizer 14y ago
  Only if you wrongly assume that poor people don't work.
  - derleth 14y ago
    > Only if you wrongly assume that poor people don't work. Fiscal conservatives must assume this or their philosophy does not work.
  - yummyfajitas 14y ago
    In the US it's generally true. http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2010.pdf http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2010.pdf (Note: read past the title.) However, the US is an unusual place, so we should certainly not extrapolate that the same is true in Hong Kong or anywhere else (besides Canada).
ctdonath 14y ago
Some is bought in bulk, but not all. In response to similar concerns, some meals listed were prepared & cooked with just a knife, pan, spatula, and open fire of scrap wood.
VLM 14y ago
20+ years ago I worked at a food store frequented by urban poor including some homeless and as a starving student at that time I fit right in. At that level "cooking" is buy a bun (or two) from the bakery for 50 cents (or less if day old), a dollars worth of sliced meat from the deli, a slice or two of deli cheese for a quarter, grab a handful of condiment packets from the deli, and "cook" that into a sandwich lunch for about two bucks while laughing at the $7 premade subs from the deli or the fast food joint. And frankly the ingredients are probably higher quality than the fast food restaurant.

frogpelt 14y ago

I would think time would be more abundant for poor people.

drcube 14y ago
I don't know about Hong Kong, but not in the States. Time is a luxury.
zem 14y ago
why? if you're poor, the amount of time you need to spend just taking care of life's basic necessities goes way up. getting things done efficiently, getting other people to do things for you, and deciding you can sacrifice a few hours' earning potential to do something else, are all things that require you be well-off first.
pessimizer 14y ago
Only if you wrongly assume that poor people don't work.
- derleth 14y ago
  > Only if you wrongly assume that poor people don't work. Fiscal conservatives must assume this or their philosophy does not work.
- yummyfajitas 14y ago
  In the US it's generally true. http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2010.pdf http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2010.pdf (Note: read past the title.) However, the US is an unusual place, so we should certainly not extrapolate that the same is true in Hong Kong or anywhere else (besides Canada).

ctdonath 14y ago

Some is bought in bulk, but not all. In response to similar concerns, some meals listed were prepared & cooked with just a knife, pan, spatula, and open fire of scrap wood.

VLM 14y ago

20+ years ago I worked at a food store frequented by urban poor including some homeless and as a starving student at that time I fit right in. At that level "cooking" is buy a bun (or two) from the bakery for 50 cents (or less if day old), a dollars worth of sliced meat from the deli, a slice or two of deli cheese for a quarter, grab a handful of condiment packets from the deli, and "cook" that into a sandwich lunch for about two bucks while laughing at the $7 premade subs from the deli or the fast food joint. And frankly the ingredients are probably higher quality than the fast food restaurant.