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hobo finds
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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2010 : 18:40:01
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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2010 : 00:29:35
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| She should try the discount dollar store buying only $7.00 a week in grocery bills. That's true poverty. |
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Nickelless
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USA
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
 Posted - 03/21/2010 : 14:51:44
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Originally posted by Nickelless
At the risk of painting with too broad of a brush, the issue for a lot of people isn't how much they spend on food, but how much they spend on too many other things that they don't need.
Your brush isn't nearly as broad as you might think... 
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billo
Penny Collector Member
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PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1720 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2010 : 17:07:34
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| I think < $5/day food is very doable. |
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illeagle
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 03/23/2010 : 20:13:29
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Grow it, find it.
If you have more time than money, if you have space. The soil will cost you, though I have heard of people growing on top of their apartment buildings. My city, Columbus, Ohio has a land redevelopment program. You may lease vacant city lots for beautification etc. for $1 a year. ( You must be logged in to see this link. ) All that is needed is a half decent proposal for your garden plot. There will be extra, give back to the community. There are many online places where people share seeds ( You must be logged in to see this link. ). Eat rice and beans - buy a fishing/hunting/trapping license. If you are motivated about food, you can eat for free.
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Jason
Penny Pincher Member
USA
138 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 21:23:01
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Originally posted by billo
$1 per meal per person is doable, per day is difficult.
Not if you like ramen noodles and dry beans, lol. |
Rule six: There is no rule six. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 21:42:55
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I could do it!
Wait,
Does beer count as food? |
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smartinson
Penny Collector Member
USA
287 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2010 : 22:24:04
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| It can be done but it sure would get boring eating the same old thing. Did the $28.00 a person food stamp challenge once (soup, beans, rice, ramen noodles). Thogey you could always make grape juice wine, it is cheaper than beer. Is it good - not sure, my brother in law made it once. IT IS CHEAP!!!! |
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billo
Penny Collector Member
293 Posts |
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silverhalide
Penny Sorter Member
92 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 06:05:49
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I think it can easily done provided you have enough space for a garden and a place to fish/hunt and enough freezer space and or canning supplies and time.
It probably couldn't be done and provide a diet with balanced nutrients if you had to pay for all of the food.
I visited the $365/year blog and to me it appears the diet definitely lacks Vitamins B-12 D and the mineral calcium. |
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Be Nice to BankTellers
Penny Sorter Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 11:17:58
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I remember reading a long time ago that an American can live on $2k a year if his diet is heavy on beans and dry milk. That figure would need to be adjusted up to account for housing, but $5k should be doable if health care is provided gratis.
$1 a day for food? No problem. Heavy on oatmeal and eggs for breakfast (maybe even some french toast!). Heavy on beans, rice, potatoes and carrots. Sugar, flour, bananas and apples are also usually pretty cheap. I think you could even have coffee on a daily basis. Cheese can be had on the cheap. Corn tortillas, too. Hmmm, maybe I should try. Oh wait, I am pretty sure I did that for about five years in the early 90's! |
Grandpa always told me, "Back in 1964..." I listened.
Selling copper cents @ $2.50/lb. + shipping. |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2010 : 22:50:18
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| I don't know about $1 a day, but $5 a day is not hard at all if you don't mind cooking. |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2010 : 23:19:46
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Originally posted by Be Nice to BankTellers
I remember reading a long time ago that an American can live on $2k a year if his diet is heavy on beans and dry milk. That figure would need to be adjusted up to account for housing, but $5k should be doable if health care is provided gratis.$1 a day for food? No problem. Heavy on oatmeal and eggs for breakfast (maybe even some french toast!). Heavy on beans, rice, potatoes and carrots. Sugar, flour, bananas and apples are also usually pretty cheap. I think you could even have coffee on a daily basis. Cheese can be had on the cheap. Corn tortillas, too. Hmmm, maybe I should try. Oh wait, I am pretty sure I did that for about five years in the early 90's!
The only problem is "gratis" health care is a fantasy |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2010 : 00:14:36
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$5 a day for a single person is very doable. My monthly food bill is less than $100. That's less than $3.33 a day. But I cook, buy larger packages because it is usually cheaper per unit/lb./oz and stock up when things are on sale.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2010 : 00:22:57
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I could do it.. but I don't wanna eat like that! Tonight I picked up 8 Very large boxes of Kellogs cereal for $2 each.. marked down from something like 5.95 a box. Then used coupons to knock another 70 cents off per box.. making each box net at $1.30. The kicker.. Kellogs gave me coupons for 3 Free gallons of milk (any flavor up to $4.19 each) So between this and the oatmeal I bought at Costco I got breakfast covered.
I like Ramen, but the sodium content is kinda high.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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billo
Penny Collector Member
293 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2010 : 02:11:02
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(It's really dumb how they load everything with sodium, isn't it? Then you have to pay more for them to leave something out...ridiculous.)
But cheap food is great to stock up in case of emergency, it'll look really good in hard times.  |
That's not a dollar, mate...THIS is a dollar.
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silverhalide
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 03/27/2010 : 09:24:32
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Originally posted by billo
(It's really dumb how they load everything with sodium, isn't it? Then you have to pay more for them to leave something out...ridiculous.)
But cheap food is great to stock up in case of emergency, it'll look really good in hard times.
Its all a conspiracy high sodium, saturated fat and high fructose corn syrup food that forces you to be hungry all the time. You end up overweight with high blood pressure and in the long run you end up chronically ill.
I know I don't spend much for food. I figure I spend about $1.50/day since usually about half of my food is either grown/harvested by me, caught/hunted or foraged (if I get a deer the percentage is even higher). It is also helps that I have an Amish bulk store and an Aldi's by me for staples and only buy sale items at really good prices at the regular grocery store.
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/27/2010 : 09:38:22
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Its all a conspiracy high sodium, saturated fat and high fructose corn syrup food that forces you to be hungry all the time. You end up overweight with high blood pressure and in the long run you end up chronically ill.
I thought politicians called this stimulating the diet pill/excersise/diet book etc, blood pressure meds/health test, office visits, surgical, etc etc, basically stimulating the medical economy |
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smartinson
Penny Collector Member
USA
287 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2010 : 11:08:46
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Originally posted by Kurr
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Its all a conspiracy high sodium, saturated fat and high fructose corn syrup food that forces you to be hungry all the time. You end up overweight with high blood pressure and in the long run you end up chronically ill.
I thought politicians called this stimulating the diet pill/excersise/diet book etc, blood pressure meds/health test, office visits, surgical, etc etc, basically stimulating the medical economy
You end up overweight with high blood pressure and in the long run you end up chronically ill.
For many months now, I have suffered with horrible muscle and joint pain and swelling, extremely tired and just feeling awful. Fibromyalgia?????? HERE IS YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PAIN MEDS AND ANTI DEPRESSANTS. Well, I recently went to the Chiropractor to see if maybe he could help. I read that with Fibromyalgia chiropractor treatments are not recommended. After an hour talking to the Dr. and an adjustment, I decided to follow his instructions. He recommended a gluten free diet. It is hard to find anything without gluten but after just 2 weeks, I almost pain free, have lost 7 lbs and feel so much better. All the things that we fill our bodies with are actually making us sick. Actually, it has been cheaper to eat fruits, vegetables, sprouts, rice, beans non processed foods and meats and no junk food. Did I actually have Fibromyalgia, not sure but eating better has sure made a difference and my food bill has dropped 75%. Dropping the meds saved more than the better choice for food. |
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silverhalide
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 03/27/2010 : 16:48:44
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Smart- The right food can be an excellent therapy for quite a few ailments and definitely good for prevention of many diseases and much cheaper in the long run.
Kurr- As for stimulating the medical economy I think they got that permanently covered with the new health bill. |
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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2010 : 12:21:11
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