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Eating cheaply is really difficult to do for the folks with the least amount of money to spend on food, as working is counter to the things that make eating cheaper: cooking your own meals, shopping or growing cheaper foodstuffs, having appliances to store items for longer periods or cook dried items, being able to plan meals out in advance, etc. That is the reason why convenience foods are popular. A lot of advice s…
While it is a great article, and potentially useful info for those that fall on hard times, I don't share some of the other poster's views of this being aspirational. Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time.
> Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? Speak for yourself. > I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time. I've eaten the same lunch every day for well over a year or more at times. Food is fuel; it doesn't have to be a source of entertainment.
When I lived by myself for a little over a year, I was quite happy with this arrangement. As fuel and as entertainment -- I really really love my simple sandwiches.
While it is a great article, and potentially useful info for those that fall on hard times, I don't share some of the other poster's views of this being aspirational. Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time.
I more or less live on pasta, cooking 1-2 kg at a time and then heating it up in a pan with tomatoes, ham and possibly eggs. Takes less than ten minutes, and less than twenty including the actual meal, and two meals (~250 g of pasta) get me more or less through a day. And, yes, to me food is mostly a mechanical source of fuel. Sure, there are occasions where a good dinner with friends is a nice thing, but definitely…
The urge to make celebration food every day is a hard one to resist, of course, and I'm sure not everyone enjoys preparing food.
Eating cheaply is really difficult to do for the folks with the least amount of money to spend on food, as working is counter to the things that make eating cheaper: cooking your own meals, shopping or growing cheaper foodstuffs, having appliances to store items for longer periods or cook dried items, being able to plan meals out in advance, etc. That is the reason why convenience foods are popular. A lot of advice s…
So these people have no free time whatsoever?
While it is a great article, and potentially useful info for those that fall on hard times, I don't share some of the other poster's views of this being aspirational. Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time.
> Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? Speak for yourself. > I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time. I've eaten the same lunch every day for well over a year or more at times. Food is fuel; it doesn't have to be a source of entertainment.
I wonder which was a better evolutionary adaptation in the past? And which is better in the industrialized world today?
While it is a great article, and potentially useful info for those that fall on hard times, I don't share some of the other poster's views of this being aspirational. Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time.
> Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? Speak for yourself. > I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time. I've eaten the same lunch every day for well over a year or more at times. Food is fuel; it doesn't have to be a source of entertainment.
I love food. I adore it. It's part of my heritage, my family, part of our lives, our childhoods. Good food is up there with good sex, it's an overwhelming and amazing experience.
I absolutely understand that some people find food an annoying necessity and not something to take pleasure in, but many of us, I'd posit an overwhelming majority in fact, love and enjoy and relish our day to day meals. As such, living on the bread line can be a deeply depressing and dispiriting experience.
Project for someone: provide better sorting, ranking, visualization etc. for food nutrition info. You sometimes see these, not all of them are well done. OP mentions use of the USDA National Nutrient Database. Here is where you can get a download, plus previous versions and updates from previous versions if you plan to maintain your own database copy over time: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964
[1] e.g. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/quarterly-food-at-home...
While it is a great article, and potentially useful info for those that fall on hard times, I don't share some of the other poster's views of this being aspirational. Food is not just a mechanical source of fuel, surely? I couldn't abide eating the same stuff more than a couple of days in a row, let alone every day for weeks at a time.
I believe we should all try to have a healthy relationship with food, and learn enough about it to eat well, but some people will just eat whatever's easy instead of craving fancier feasts.
Project for someone: provide better sorting, ranking, visualization etc. for food nutrition info. You sometimes see these, not all of them are well done. OP mentions use of the USDA National Nutrient Database. Here is where you can get a download, plus previous versions and updates from previous versions if you plan to maintain your own database copy over time: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964
Ah, the unquantifiable "healthy" designation.