Thoughts on the prce of food.......lead to a game!
09-19-2011, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Rann
Are you all aware that the amount of Food Stamps you get is based on your income?
To play your game, if I had to operate on a food budget of $20/week, I'd probably get eggs, lentils, cheese, potatoes, onions, apples, oranges, bread, broccoli, tomatoes. And my bottled distilled water. I'd vary it up a bit. I wouldn't finish a bag of potatoes in a week, for example, so the next week I might get peanut butter or rice, spinach, etc.
09-19-2011, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by donna13350
My mother always had a tupperware type container in the freezer, and always tossed in that "last" tablespoon of corn, peas, potatoes, meats....,.just about everything...then when it was full we always had the most delicious stew...never knew what was going to be in there, but it was something about all of those flavors..it was always good, and just about free!
09-19-2011, 10:23 AM
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If you use coupons you can make your food stamps streach, but even with that, $17 does not buy for many groceries. There should be a food pantry or food bank in the area that she can go to. Your church should know where the food pantires are (if they don't have one)
09-19-2011, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by cherrio
Originally Posted by ptquilts
I was at a Walmart and the produce guy was picking out tomatoes with blems, I said are you going to mark those down, I can use them for cooking. He said, no, we have to throw them out. grrrrrrr.....
09-19-2011, 01:42 PM
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We've played that game for real. Both my husband and I are very frugal shoppers- Ican turn a double pack of chicken from Sam's club into 4- 6 meals for a family of 5. In the cooler months I make our own bread- A 25 pound bag of flour is around 8.00. Yeast in a bag not by packs is around 3.00.
Frozen or large cans of veg are less then little ones. Raman nooldes are under 2.00 for a 12 pack. Milk and juice are cheaper at Kwick trip by the 1/2 gallon bag. Buy a 50 lb bag of potatoes from a farmer for under 12.00. Rice large bag around 10.00. We have to watch the prices ad make ends meet. It's not a new stroy but one many have not heard or have no idea how to play the game because they didn't grow up with it. Many food pantries only want prepreped items because according to them people don't know what to do with raw ingrediants. I grew up the daughter of a pastor to a small church. His pay was partly what the farmers could not sell because of blemishes but still was good. We learned to eat everything even though we did not appreciate how hard my mother worked to turn squash into a meriod of dishes etc.
I don't buy for food pantries anything we can't afford for ourselves
Frozen or large cans of veg are less then little ones. Raman nooldes are under 2.00 for a 12 pack. Milk and juice are cheaper at Kwick trip by the 1/2 gallon bag. Buy a 50 lb bag of potatoes from a farmer for under 12.00. Rice large bag around 10.00. We have to watch the prices ad make ends meet. It's not a new stroy but one many have not heard or have no idea how to play the game because they didn't grow up with it. Many food pantries only want prepreped items because according to them people don't know what to do with raw ingrediants. I grew up the daughter of a pastor to a small church. His pay was partly what the farmers could not sell because of blemishes but still was good. We learned to eat everything even though we did not appreciate how hard my mother worked to turn squash into a meriod of dishes etc.
I don't buy for food pantries anything we can't afford for ourselves
09-19-2011, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
what you get in food stamps is to "help" you buy food, not to be a complete subsidy for everything you need.
09-19-2011, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
The biggest cheapest bag of beans, protein and carbs. I would also try and glean if I was that person.
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