Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

efficiencyiseverything.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

231–240 of 289 posts

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#231

Post by peteradio »

syshum wrote: post #132
peteradio wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are shit loads more people in a position where they don't have the money. You probably just encounter more of the type who are frivolous because of where you live and who you interact with. Step outside your neighborhood, your county your state.

It is more my experience working with Housing Authorities in 5 different states, and the stories from front line Social Workers that see some of the abuses of these systems first hand

Do you feel that those anecdotes give you enough confidence to make broad statements like the below?

"if you look at their daily life they eat out often, stop a Starbucks routinely, have the latest iPhone, have subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and a 100 Channel TV Line up, have massive credit card debit from buying things they did not need, etc etc etc"

Show me your bootstraps folks I know you all got em. Put down your iphones and pull up your pants. Listen up I'm here to condescend.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#232

Post by bluedino »

Theodores wrote: post #206
jb3689 wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it funny that we can find plenty of bread but flour is a completely different story. I'm a little surprised the demand - I recognize how useful flour is, but I'm surprised so many people actually feel confident enough to do anything with it (not that baking is that uncommon, but I only know a few people who know how to stuff like bake bread). On the other hand I guess it is the perfect time learn

Under normal circumstances I make a loaf of bread every other day for sandwiches, using a bread making machine. So that is 500g of flour, 350ml water, 25g butter, 1 tsp of yeast, 1.5 tsp sugar, 1.25 tsp of salt. My 'peacetime' rationale is to have fresh bread with no additives in it. There are spin off benefits such as the baking smell. Over the last decade I have worked in different companies and never met another p…

Flour and yeast were one of the first things to go. As was regular bread.

Either all the bread machines were dug out of the closets or those bread recipes from Pinterest are getting put to work.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#233

Post by rolph »

saiya-jin wrote: post #202
rolph wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the biggest issue is fresh eggs that have chicken guano on them. the bacteria can move through the pores of the shell and produce toxins in the egg, the egg itself has enzymes [lysozymes] that attack bacteria, but not perfectly

I see the logic there, but since whole EU and much more (ie Switzerland) works on purely non-washed non-refrigerated eggs, and nobody bats an eye, I think this concern is overblown. I mean we talk about trillions of eggs over the time. You should rather worry about toxic chemicals present (hopefully only) in non-BIO eggs, those are rather guaranteed

the whole point is clean your eggs but dont wash them down unless you want to go the whole nine yards and seal them up again. they may taste funny but eggs canbe cracked into a bakeing pan and freeze dried or airdried for shelvage. i do this all the time and keep egg powder in jars and cans.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#234

Post by peteradio »

TallGuyShort wrote: post #133
peteradio wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

WTF are you even responding to? I'm responding to a person other than you first of all. State as in New Jersey or Ohio, not state of mind. Chill the fuck out. What is the intent of your messaging here?

I'm responding to your comment. Scroll up to see my initial interest in this thread. Yes, State as in New Jersey. As in, you're in the United States. Where there are far better WIC-like programs than many other countries. You are better off than people who are happier than you are. Poverty is relative. It sucks, but if you are eating when there's no pandemic, a very slight change over a long time will prepare you for…

I'm responding to the dickhead making generalization about poor people buying tvs iphones and eating avocado toast or whatever politically motivated talking point they are clearly pushing. I'm definitely not responding/repudiating to your point.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#235

Post by maxerickson »

jb3689 wrote: post #155
syshum wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flour and Sugar are also gone here. Bread is limited supply

I find it funny that we can find plenty of bread but flour is a completely different story. I'm a little surprised the demand - I recognize how useful flour is, but I'm surprised so many people actually feel confident enough to do anything with it (not that baking is that uncommon, but I only know a few people who know how to stuff like bake bread). On the other hand I guess it is the perfect time learn

A family can use 200 pounds of flour up before it spoils. Hard to freeze that much bread.

And then there are lots of people where a $100 hedge is a pretty simple choice.

(I bought 5 pounds of flour, about on the normal schedule)

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#236

Post by SlowRobotAhead »

sabujp wrote: post #136
SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Truth. But, people aren’t thinking clearly. Two things could make this situation a lot worse. 1. A worker strike because of panic, or overwork, or opportunity, or inequality, or whatever. I hope everyone has realized the truck drivers and shelf stockers are way more important than Hollywood celebs. But I wouldn’t “rely” on shelves just being magically stocked as panic increases. There is unfortunately a smug level of…

upvote for terries getting froggy, is that from key and peele?

Merely coincidence I’m sure. To my original point, draxx them sklounst.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#237

Post by SlowRobotAhead »

belltaco wrote: post #121
SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Truth. But, people aren’t thinking clearly. Two things could make this situation a lot worse. 1. A worker strike because of panic, or overwork, or opportunity, or inequality, or whatever. I hope everyone has realized the truck drivers and shelf stockers are way more important than Hollywood celebs. But I wouldn’t “rely” on shelves just being magically stocked as panic increases. There is unfortunately a smug level of…

>I hope everyone has realized the truck drivers and shelf stockers are way more important than Hollywood celebs The issue with pay isn't just how important a job is. It also depends on how replaceable people are in a job,and how much skilled and educated you need to be in order to do that job. Pretty much anyone that isn't too old or disabled can stock shelves, including kids. Not everyone can entertain millions of p…

Yea, for stocking shelves, sure.

But for truck drivers? No, I don’t think you are right. If you think trucking is a no skill no experience needed job with instantly replaceable workers, there isn’t much we’ll agree on.

I think the side you aren’t considering is forget “striking”, what happens if there is enough panic to make people not do the things they’re supposed to do? Or whatever reason that keeps people from keeping the gears moving. How long do you think it takes to run out of the “replaceable” people?

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#238

Post by ohiovr »

dvtrn wrote: post #193
ohiovr wrote: post #188

If you can still get it, frozen self rising pizza costs less than $3 for about a kilogram of food. As I live alone I would buy a pizza like this and chop it into pieces before cooking it so it is fresh every serving. I add a few chunks of butter to the bottom above foil. Similar taste to pizza hut for a fraction of the cost. Speghetti is also good when cooked with butter. Instead of adding the usual tablespoon of oli…

Spaghetti is also good when cooked with butter. Instead of adding the usual tablespoon of olive oil to the boiling water try butter instead. Cacio e Pepe is another easy enough recipe that one can make without needing an excess of ingredients, it’s in the name :)

Looks good. Gnocci with butter is also delish. Can be made from mashed potato flakes and flour. Or fresh potatos. Manufactured food is so cheap you can get a pound of it for a couple bucks already made.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#239

Post by SlowRobotAhead »

rolph wrote: post #80
SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it’s just my area but I’m not seeing any rational panic buying anywhere. My stores have PLENTY of non-perishable items, but you know what’s missing for me? Russet potatoes, bottled water (which will last you like a week without a means to make more), frozen pizzas, bananas, bread, milk, eggs. I don’t get it.

you have glanced off a big point. Water takes space and needs maintenence to keep in large quantity its better to be able to generate clean water than try to keep large quanta of water clean

Definitely.

Propane to boil takes up a lot less space than water itself. Sawyer filters cost less than a couple days of water. Etc

If I was in a city I might understand collection of a water is the issue, where I am and seeing bottled water disappear we have no shortage of non-potable water.

Re: Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages

#240

Post by SlowRobotAhead »

jlokier wrote: post #55
SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont think there was any link to Fox News. Can you source why you think that is the case?

I think "Fox News" is being used here as code for right-wing propaganda, masquerading as journalism. And that the type of right-wing propaganda is that associated with the word "scrounger" in the UK, which is code for "poverty isn't real, it's fakers and stupid people wasting their copious money, people make themselves poor (so we don't have to care)". Represented in this case by someone saying poor people buy new ca…

Ok, so no sources, just biases about an opposing ideology that can only be filled with evil and irrational people (because if they were good people they would align with you) MIGHT think. Got it.
Post reply on HN