Reading the title made me think this is something they are preparing for school lunches or for prisons and thought it was bad. But the reality is even worse, they are expecting average Americans to prepare this feast for themselves at home.
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In fed prison we were fed more than that for less. Though it turned out we were getting cow hearts, horse meat, and other stuff not fit for human consumption. But boy did they brag about the savings.
if it's any consolation, damn near all meat in the US is considered unfit for human consumption by most of the rest of the world
But ironically heart and horse meat are normal in a bunch of places too
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Definitely a sign of an "A+++++++" economy: one where you condescendingly tell people how to eat cheap and then lie about the cost of the shitty meal you propose.
If you're gonna tell us how to eat depressingly cheap at least suggest rice and beans. It's healthy, filling, cheap, vegan, and capable of tasting quite good. It's just also something you'd be pissed if was all you could afford to eat.
"But brown people eat those things!" -- some Trump staffer, probably
cajun red beans and rice (~1hr with prep):
- two cans small red beans
- holy trinity (diced onion, dice celery, and a doced bell paper any color). The better the dicing, the nicer the effect of the sautee.
- meat protein (sausage usually, smoked sausage is easier to get, anandouillie is better, if you can avoid the pre cooked ~~hotdogs~~ hillshire farm stuff go for it). Sliced after cooking, not in huge chunks.
- water/stock (optional, but kinda necessary imo)
- a pot
- rice (im filipino, I use what I have, which is jasmine)
- spices
- black pepper
- garlic powder
- cajun seasoning
- I add on top of cajun seasoning, more smoked paprika, and cayenne
cook the rice separately if you have a rice cooker or equivalent. im filipino, a rice cooker is more important than a microwave lol so I assume people got em but its fine if you dont, but then youll need another pot if you are looking for speed
in your stove, just use a single pot. cook your meat first if not cooked then slice it. then add the holy trinity and sautee. Then add black pepper to taste (1 tbsp for starters). Then beans (dont let em stick) then your water/stock, and start throwin in that cajun spice, like 2tbsp. it should start smellin amazing. let the beans soften and I like mushin a few to thicken it up. then add those additional spices to taste. No one is gonna say "too much smoked paprika". The stock should be salty already, but if you used plain water or if you want more nows the time as well.
let it do its thing for like 30 minutes, dont let the beans stick to the bottom. squish beans as they soften if you want it thicker (I like it that way).
taste your food as you cook it. Its okay to be imprecise with measuring as long as you are tasting while cooking. Dont overdo the cayenne or people will not like you. Smart with like a teaspoon and taste from there
bone apple tea. This lasts me for a long while, I cook this and another long lasting dish like my grandmas cinci style chili, or a filipino rice dish like adobo/sinigang) and I am a full man for a long time haha. Once you 'invest' in the spices the most expensive ingredient is the meat, so how much you wanna spend on that is up to you, but meat is always going to be expensive because you have to grow an entire animal, feed it, and then harvest it.
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As stupid as this statement was from the AG secretary all the Democratic legislators jumping on it with AI images is pretty dumb too. You're telling me you couldn't get a staffer to make a shitty meal and post a photo? Come on.
They gotta save that extra money to send emails begging for donations, clearly.
Squad Victory Fund.
You can send money directly to the best members of Congress, even if you don't live in their districts.
Just remember folks. If you see someone stealing food, No you fucking didn't.
I know that a lot of Americans could lose some weight but there is a difference between dieting and not being able to afford food.
You are being overly dramatic here with your statement!
The only difference between eating 50grs of chicken a day because you are on a diet and eating 50grs of chicken a day because that's what you can afford is merely conceptual!
You are taking this with the wrong attitude! The Great Leader is making the prices go up so your weak will doesn't have any problems to stick to a diet that will make you thinner!
If they want to make me to eat that little they should at least make insurance cover GLP-1s ffs.
This is healthier and cheaper: you don't take a drug that has side effects and they don't have to spend tax money to pay for the drug.
See? They really are thinking of everything! You'll eat less and you won't have a tax increase because you won't need a subsidized drug to achieve it!
See why The Great Leader is president and you're not? He devised this masterful plan and you are unable to see "the bigger picture"! I bet you couldn't ace the many cognitive tests The Great Leader takes monthly as he does.
Add the "/s" because you know someone believes that
Nah, they can believe what they want of my comment about these National Socialist ameriKKKans.
With the amount of white people I've seen eat a corn tortilla and complain, you'd almost think this is satirically produced
Corn tortillas are superior to flour in every way
Can't make a burrito with a corn tortilla. Otherwise, solid insight.
Damn it how could I forget about the burrito
wouldn’t it be easier to deny burritos are food, block everyone who disagrees with you, change your name to “BurritosDontExist” and make this an intrinsic part of your personality than to admit you… forgot about something on the internet?
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As a half Mexican who grew up with my Mexican family, spent a lot of time in Mexico, and has celiac disease (meaning I cant eat flour), I actually disagree. It makes me sad that I cant eat flour tortillas anymore - especially because my grandma's home made flour tortillas were the fucking bomb.
That being said, street tacos only belong on corn.
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Hopefully the people that supported this see it as the true grift as it is, feel insulted by being deceived by their worshipped one, and turn on him with all the powers of their wallets supporting them. Then they eat each other.
Only 9 meals away...
$3 used to go a lot further before the Annoying Orange Pedophile fucked shit up. $3 was enough for a whopper at BK, which means $3 was a lot more groceries.
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This is probably the diet they recommended for the orange fatso who barely moves. A construction worker or lumberjack cannot possibly function on 'A Piece of Chicken, a Piece of Broccoli, Corn Tortilla, and One Other Thing'.
Secretary of Famine. I would like to stop collecting horsemen.
Can't even throw in a ketchup packet and call it a vegetable? It's like they aren't even trying.
What's new with the Epstein files? Or the Epstein ballroom?
As someone living on a tight food budget, it's still possible to stretch 3$ WAYYYY further. Prices are bad, don't get me wrong but this kinda seems like performative bs
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You see... the problem with food (and all other inflation) is those damn regulations! Imagine how much bigger piece of chicken you could buy if it was infested with avian flu, and our great American farmers could just make you buy it! If all of the anti-business commies stopping American from being great again, we could should empower (taxpayer giveaways to largest political donors) innovation that provides far cheaper food: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_nNemsNT8
Is that the buying power of $3usd? Cool, the economy is probably fine, happy eating
Article FILLED by AI bullshit.
I think the common dreams imagery is almost comical but fuck these Trump folks are incompetent. They basically asked for it.
You can easily feed a person well and varied for $3-4 a head. Why, for fucks sake, would you phrase it as a 'piece of chicken'?
85% of the country has access to 6 or so ounces of chicken or pork, some carbs, and veggie side. You know a well balanced meal. It's going up, Address the negative news, but fuck why would you phrase it this way? Just morons. We'd be fully nazified by now with any compliance beyond grifting.
We're all probably lucky that the only thing they are good at is hate.
Trump's presidencies have been great for killing people. A shame he can't keel over right fucking now.
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