• Mac@mander.xyz
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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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        9 months ago

        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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          9 months ago

          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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            9 months ago

            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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            9 months ago

            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.