Fresh vegetables

[Crossless2.0]

I always have chickpeas on hand. A week without hummus is just a mistake.

[Whateverist]

One day a can of spam was the highlight of my day. On a cross Sierra hiking trip from Mammoth to Yosemite valley, we came to the Merced High camp. We bought some chocolate and a tin of spam. The chocolate was M&M's but tasted incredible. But that soon paled by comparison when we opened that tin right beside a river and cooked up the spam in slices. The mouth feel was incredible, the first animal fat we had in a week. I will never stand by and let others bad mouth Spam unchecked after that experience. I wonder if Spam might be god?

[Mermaid]

I wonder if Spam might be god?

It would explain a lot. I will tithe to the Church of Spam from now on.

[Whateverist]

Build it and they will come.

[thesummerqueen]

Of course, America has become such a lazy country that convenience can no longer be an excuse. Tin is just convenience turned lazy.

It's always easy for someone to say "lazy" when they're not shoehorned into situations that require them to work a job with a 45 minute one-way commute to pay for their families.

Farmer's markets often have great deals, as do dollar stores which sell groceries. Of course, you have to live with blemishes.

Blemishes aren't bad. The Farmer's Markets just often aren't convenient. And then too, my grandmother lived in a house where she could grow a ton of tomatoes, but then she could can them and store them.

I don't have storage in my apartment to do that. So you know, I don't mind buying 'cheap' canned food.

I'm grateful for places like Trader Joe's which sell cheaper fresh veggies. But not everyone has those places.



Until you grow your own food and try to store it, or live in poverty level conditions, don't fucking bitch about how people eat. It literally makes me want to shove a "check your privilege" in your face. I had to learn the hard way.

[Aractus]

[Thumpalumpacus]

Blemishes aren't bad. The Farmer's Markets just often aren't convenient. And then too, my grandmother lived in a house where she could grow a ton of tomatoes, but then she could can them and store them.

I don't have storage in my apartment to do that. So you know, I don't mind buying 'cheap' canned food.

I'm grateful for places like Trader Joe's which sell cheaper fresh veggies. But not everyone has those places.



Until you grow your own food and try to store it, or live in poverty level conditions, don't fucking bitch about how people eat. It literally makes me want to shove a "check your privilege" in your face. I had to learn the hard way.

Oh, I'm not bitching. I don't look down on folks who don't share my diet, I'm just pointing out that some of the objections aren't really objections in many cases. If your case is one where they are, you still have to eat, and far be it for me to look over your shoulder.

I've got some experience with poverty as an adult. In one instance, because I lived not too far from a 99-cent store, I was still able to keep fresh vegetables in our diet. I understand that isn't the case everywhere, especially in so-called "food deserts" -- inner-city slums with no proper food market for miles.

[Losty]

[Aractus]

[Losty]

I think it's just a difference in the way language is used?
"Everyone else knows that Butternut and Calabaze are types of squash also described as pumpkin." Butternut and Calabaze are squash but they're not pumpkins.
All pumpkins are squash. All squash are not pumpkins.

You are right that fresh is not 3-4 times the price of canned.