Yeah, while I don't think that the cabbage-potato-milk powder diet is what people are talking about when they refer to the "eat well for less" principle, I also agree that some people don't seem to have the slightest ability to figure out where there is real value in their food budget and where they are just wasting money.
If I ever needed to, I could cut our food budget in half without *too* much hardship, although as you say, toddler food creates a bit of a problem. I may spend $1.75 a day on a coffee from Tim Horton's, but you can be sure that if I need to save $50 a month I know where I could start! As for myself, I could survive very happily on what would be an extremely high-carb but nonetheless adequate diet of rice, potatoes and pasta with some very simple flavours, but that's me, and that wouldn't work for everyone.
I do really think though that some of the 'eat well for less' rhetoric comes from vegetarians who think they are saving money by not buying meat, as part of a rationalization for their diet. Many of the vegetarians I know are buying high-cost expensive store-bought organics that can't possibly be cheaper than a whole chicken or a kilo of stewing beef. Or they eat out three times a week and then no matter what is in their pantry, it's not cheaper!
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Date: 2007-08-30 06:54 pm (UTC)If I ever needed to, I could cut our food budget in half without *too* much hardship, although as you say, toddler food creates a bit of a problem. I may spend $1.75 a day on a coffee from Tim Horton's, but you can be sure that if I need to save $50 a month I know where I could start! As for myself, I could survive very happily on what would be an extremely high-carb but nonetheless adequate diet of rice, potatoes and pasta with some very simple flavours, but that's me, and that wouldn't work for everyone.
I do really think though that some of the 'eat well for less' rhetoric comes from vegetarians who think they are saving money by not buying meat, as part of a rationalization for their diet. Many of the vegetarians I know are buying high-cost expensive store-bought organics that can't possibly be cheaper than a whole chicken or a kilo of stewing beef. Or they eat out three times a week and then no matter what is in their pantry, it's not cheaper!