Picked up about $500 worth of rice and bean supplies and my pantry is open for business!

[WEATHER53]

Were you able to share printed instructions on how to earn money and buy food
Short term help is noble but long term self sufficiency is the answer.

 

[justoffal]

I figure a steady diet of beans, rice and powdered milk would get old pretty quick to those who aren't starving, But for the truly hungry they would be happy to have that.

There were homeless when I was a kid but they were called 'hoboes' back then. They would show up at a kitchen door offering work for food. My mother would always have a chore for them--clean out/clean up this or that, stack firewood or whatever--nothing really strenuous or time consuming--in return for a hot meal or food he could take to his family. The depression era works program also returned compensation for actual work even if a lot of that was pretty much 'make work.'

But in both cases, it allowed a person the dignity of earning instead of just begging, pride and sense of self worth that he earned what he received. That is a terribly important thing. No form of entitlement is created. People are rewarded for taking responsibility for themselves and doing what they can to support themselves and their families.

The current administration policy of requiring work--community service or whatever--of those able to do that in return for those EBT cards, etc. is a very humane and constructive policy. And could change the character of millions from being beggars to knowing and appreciating the dignity of work.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-recipes-for-nutraloaf

 

[Foxfyre]

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-recipes-for-nutraloaf

Yes there are many recipes out there for good, well balanced meals using more inexpensive ingredients. Ground chuck at something like $7/lb here though isn't really an inexpensive ingredient.

 

[justoffal]

Yes there are many recipes out there for good, well balanced meals using more inexpensive ingredients. Ground chuck at something like $7/lb here though isn't really an inexpensive ingredient.

That recipe doesn't look too different from my normal meatloaf recipe....lol...
I'm definitely not a Julia Childs

 

[Foxfyre]

That recipe doesn't look too different from my normal meatloaf recipe....lol...
I'm definitely not a Julia Childs

Me either. I keep a pretty good supply of the most popular herbs and spices and the usual other pantry staples--flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, cheap cuts of meat I buy on sale, some canned and frozen veggies, dried beans, rice, pasta and such. If the recipe wants anything more than that, it doesn't get made.

My kitchen is something of a science lab because almost everybody I cook for has some degree of food prejudices, allergies, other medical conditions/intolerances and I know how to cook for all of them. But Gordon Ramsey or Julia Chiles I am not.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Rice and Beans but no sausage or ham? Needs more Louisiana!

 

[justoffal]

Rice and Beans but no sausage or ham? Needs more Louisiana!

Ham.....you know what ....gonna add that....
Cheap enough and it's protein....easy to make.
So far no customers.... But this is just the first day in Massachusetts let's see what happens.

 

[Foxfyre]

Rice and Beans but no sausage or ham? Needs more Louisiana!

Back when we were really poor, our friends and we would get together. Different ones brought a couple pounds of pinto bean--10 cents a pound back then--add some rice just before the beans are done, then mix with a pound or so of browned 25 cent hamburger meat or equally cheap ham or sausage, season all well and we could feed a small army all day while we played bridge or pinochle or poker or whatever. We also looked after our babies who always came with us since we couldn't afford baby sitters.

Some of our happiest times though.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Back when we were really poor, our friends and we would get together. Different ones brought a couple pounds of pinto bean--10 cents a pound back then--add some rice just before the beans are done, then mix with a pound or so of browned 25 cent hamburger meat or equally cheap ham or sausage, season all well and we could feed a small army all day while we played bridge or pinochle or poker or whatever. We also looked after our babies who always came with us since we couldn't afford baby sitters.

Some of our happiest times though.

I ate this about once a week as a kid, but also with cornbread. Same to same for red beans and rice. I miss Mom's version of these so much.

 

[justoffal]

Back when we were really poor, our friends and we would get together. Different ones brought a couple pounds of pinto bean--10 cents a pound back then--add some rice just before the beans are done, then mix with a pound or so of browned 25 cent hamburger meat or equally cheap ham or sausage, season all well and we could feed a small army all day while we played bridge or pinochle or poker or whatever. We also looked after our babies who always came with us since we couldn't afford baby sitters.

Some of our happiest times though.

Fried bread dough was always a staple....
Some cinnamon and powdered sugar!
Heaven!

 

[Foxfyre]

Fried bread dough was always a staple....
Some cinnamon and powdered sugar!
Heaven!

LOL. Yes. I suppose any of us who qualify as senior citizens have probably enjoyed that. But oh my. How really bad food it is for us. Still, now and then

I have railed against the southern custom of fried apples as it generally destoys most of the nutritional value of the apples--stewed or baked much better if they are to be cooked at all--but nevertheless I order them when we go to Cracker Barrel for lunch or dinner. So good. . .

 

[Invisibleflash]

We have a lot of low income neighbors. I never asked them about their EBT benefits or whether they have any. I do know they have kids.

I have a large commercial rice cooker and right now 200 pounds of rice, 24 restaurant size cans of kidney beans and eight cases of Goya tomato sauce.

Additionally I have over a thousand packets of sazon..... We stand ready to start passing out the plates!

Hand out cups of ramen. Another easy give away.

 

[justoffal]

Hand out cups of ramen. Another easy give away.

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Microwave baked potato...split open add adobo and thousand island dressing...

 

[Frankenstein]

Remember a Government that can feed you can starve you!

 

[fncceo]

Some free advice: When you play dumb for too long, you forget to stop.

You speak from personal experience?

 

[Frankenstein]

You speak from personal experience

Yeah Reichwinger is a real piece of work

 

[Zincwarrior]

Microwave baked potato...split open add adobo and thousand island dressing...

Ok, I am starting to get SERIOUSLY hungry.

 

[WEATHER53]

Back when we were really poor, our friends and we would get together. Different ones brought a couple pounds of pinto bean--10 cents a pound back then--add some rice just before the beans are done, then mix with a pound or so of browned 25 cent hamburger meat or equally cheap ham or sausage, season all well and we could feed a small army all day while we played bridge or pinochle or poker or whatever. We also looked after our babies who always came with us since we couldn't afford baby sitters.

Some of our happiest times though.

What we went through back then conditioned us for the wonderful life we achieved

 

[Foxfyre]

What we went through back then conditioned us for the wonderful life we achieved

It certainly helped build a strong foundation of personal responsibility, accountability, work ethic, sense of right and wrong that generally moves a civilization forward in productivity, morality, compassion, common sense. That is lacking in far too many cases among the present generation.

 

[AZrailwhale]

And that’s the nature of most of this “pity me”

I used to have sympathy for the "homeless and hungry" until I spent five years working on L.A.'s skid row. I saw that the pan handlers were all scam artists and the few really needy people had a lot of organizations willing to help them. I got to know the scammers and to a person, they thought I was a chump or working for "the man" every day when they generally scammed more in a day than I made. At least one of them had a nice car and commuted to his panhandling corner every day. I saw him doing it many times.