I didn't know times where THIS BAD!!

mmurphy · Jan 8, 2011

mjarrels said:
My experience says that the poor in America are by choice. Old saying is that if you want to starve an American, "hide their food stamps under their work boots".

mark

I like that, will have to remember that one.
Of course I am poor, and can not afford work boots!!

scesnick · Jan 8, 2011

I have also been around the world and seen the poor from other countries. It is sad to see the really poor no matter what country they live in.

I live in the mountains on the Md/ Wv border and I have family in southern Wv. If anyone thinks there are no truely poor people in America like there are overseas just head on down to Southern Wv. and you will quickly see that is NOT the case at all. Mingo and McDowell counties come to mind.

Egon · Jan 8, 2011

My experience says that the poor in America are by choice. Old saying is that if you want to starve an American, "hide their food stamps under their work boots".

This may apply in some cases but there are others with mental/physical problems that do need help.

s78wingrider · Jan 8, 2011

What gets me is the amount of GOOD food thrown away every day by I guess all supermarkets! If you don't believe me, just go around back sometime and look in their dumpster!

dmccarty · Jan 8, 2011

When I lived in S. FLA seeing people, almost always the elderly, loading up with buffet food to take home was very common. They were not poor. They were just cheap. You would really see this in the winter when the Snow Birds arrived. They were not poor since they could afford two homes. One in S. Florida and another one up Nawth. They were very cheap.

As they would say, "They were just getting what the paid for."

The story about the salad bar I call cheap not poor. If you are poor you do not go to Wendy's to eat. You go buy a pound of beans for less than a dollar. Get some onions, a bit of this and that, with maybe a bit of meat for seasoning for a couple more dollars. And then buy some rice or corn meal. For the price of the salad bar you can feed a family of four for a couple of days.

Frankly, I would rather eat the beans and rice/corn bread than the salad bar.

We actually eat beans 3-4 days a week.

Amazing to me how many dishes can be made from a pot of beans. Add cheddar cheese and you have one dish. Maybe throw in some hot sauce and it is kinda Tex Mex. Put in a good Parmigiano or Mozzarella and olive oil you got Italian. Take the above and put it over rice you have that many more dishes. Put it over pasta and you have even more. :licking::licking::licking::licking:

Cheap. Good. Healthy. Homemade. And easy to eat all week. Make a big pot on Sunday and eat all week. :thumbsup:

If one can afford meat, cheap sausage, even bits of bacon, or left over ham from the holidays. What is even better is putting in chunks of smoked pork loin. YUMMY. I always wait for the loin to go on sale. Buy the biggest one I can since we will eat off of it for two weeks or so. Then if we have any left overs it goes into the beans. :licking:

Later,
Dan

blueriver · Jan 8, 2011

The best part of a good ham dinner comes a few days later in the form of Bean Soup!!

Bird · Jan 8, 2011

s78wingrider said:
What gets me is the amount of GOOD food thrown away every day by I guess all supermarkets! If you don't believe me, just go around back sometime and look in their dumpster!

Awhile back, I was in a 24 hour Walmart early in the morning and one of the things I was going to buy was fresh asparagus in the produce section. The stocker was there replacing some bundles of asparagus because one or two stalks in each bundle were broken. I asked what he was going to do with them and he said, "Throw them away, because no one will buy them." I said, "Well, I'll buy them if you discount them just a little bit." And he said they were not allowed to do that; had to throw them in the garbage.:shocked: Seems ridiculous to me.

I don't know whether you have them in your area or not, but we have Cici's Pizza buffets; may not be the best pizza in the area, but good pizza, pasta, and salad bar, and cheap. They're one of the best deals around to eat out. And it just amazes me at the number of people who load up their trays, eat some, and waste so much.

blueriver · Jan 8, 2011

Bird said:
And it just amazes me at the number of people who load up their trays, eat some, and waste so much.

Now that one just gets to me ... eat less than they waste!

kidr · Jan 8, 2011

s78wingrider said:
What gets me is the amount of GOOD food thrown away every day by I guess all supermarkets! If you don't believe me, just go around back sometime and look in their dumpster!

You should see what gets thrown out by kids in school who get the free lunch. Wait till schools are required to have salad bars. Food fight any one?

PILOON · Jan 8, 2011

dmccarty said:
When I lived in S. FLA seeing people, almost always the elderly, loading up with buffet food to take home was very common. They were not poor. They were just cheap. You would really see this in the winter when the Snow Birds arrived. They were not poor since they could afford two homes. One in S. Florida and another one up Nawth. They were very cheap.

As they would say, "They were just getting what the paid for."

Dan

All so true, I saw the exact same thin when we were in Fla.
They would also take all the sugar sachets as well as salt and pepper and crackers and tea bags.

Most of those folks came down abord the 'Miracle Flight' from New York.

The stewardess explained it this way.
In New York wheel chairs are boarded first and usage is free.
In Fla you deplane last and you pay for the chair.

Miracle Flight because every one is cured while on board!