Reply #15: Have you ever carried bags of beans, potaotes, and canned goods home?

[nadine_mn]

I can't even begin to complain - I was lucky...when I was in school, I at least had a bus nearby to the grocery store.

Nothing like trying to carry canned goods, sacks of produce, and a gallon of milk on the bus. Then haul them up the 3 flights of stairs. I was thinner when I was poor - had to walk everywhere and carry everything, and the poverty diet of hmmm what can $10 buy is freeing. My food wasn't healthier - I was just having a lot less of it.

Now I have a car and I am a lazy fat ass, and my nutritional choices still suck.

Thanks for the laugh about making the home made bread...that helped, because really after working all day we all have time to bake bread rather than hit the 7-11 for some cheapass Wonderbread.

Oh and when my mom and I lived in a trailer park...we didn't have a refrigerator - only an ice cooler - eggs and non-powdered milk were a luxury. Eat it all and eat it quick - no leftovers.

I get your poorly made point - you can make good nutritional meals on less money - but it takes a lot of ifs:

:if you have a access to a grocery store
:if you have access to working appliances
:if you have skills to cook (ummm seriously...this is not a given)
:if you have time and energy to prepare food rather than hurry up and eat what you can
:if you don't latch-key children (sorry that is an outdated term, but I was one) because you can't afford child care, and you really don't want them cooking home alone