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      9 months ago

      Turns out you can simply keep raising prices and the idiot consumers (us) will keep buying.

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          Rice and beans is still ultra cheap. So, I agree a family needs more than that to “live well” they don’t need more than that to “survive”

          Edit why downvote?

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            1kg of rice was 0.90 euros 5 years ago, now it’s 2.40 euros.

            One of favourite cheap meals is my vegetarian chilli recipe but about 5 years ago all the ingredients cost me about 5 euros for a whole week of food, now it’s about 15 euros. It’s still affordable but the cost of everything is still skyrocketing.

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              Gotta get your rice in bulk. I recommend Asian or Indian markets, they often sell huge bags of delicious rice. I bet you can get back towards your old rate

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              You will survive. Throw some milk and some greens in there and you are well on your way. If youre actually in this spot, I have more poor as fuck, but need calories for manual labor tips, but don’t wanna preach

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              Lentils, chickpeas, quinoa. The latter is pricier, but has all the animo acids you need without meat in your diet, which is really, really pricey. Costco generally has 5lb bags in the $10 range if you have a membership.

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                … quinoa. The latter is pricier, but has all the animo acids you need

                That’s called a “complete protein”, and many combinations of food result in complete protein, including rice and beans. Lentils and chickpeas is probably complete without the need for quinoa.

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      I’m from the future and bananas are still $0.29¢/pound in 2024. I was surprised that fruits and vegetables still exist in supermarkets.

      Alrighty, that said I’m adding bananas and strawberries to my cricket protein smoothies now

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      When we’re at wits’ end, remember that it costs nothing to sit and do nothing.

      Except that it will cost your health & sanity.

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          That’s fucked up dude. Even the most expensive legal weed is still around the same for a gram in my prinvince. It the lack of bulk discounts that is a problem.

          But being federally legal the illegal markets are still great.