and, from that thread:
If you HAVE to live on two dollars a day, what do you eat? -I've done it, in college, for about four months, where our weekly food budget for myself and two roommates was basically the $10 that my Grandmother mailed me every Saturday. It helped that we had the foresight to stock up on things like toilet paper and shampoo, plus 100 lbs of flour, at the start of the term. Probably the best part of that time was that we baked (and ate) a loaf of bread every single night. The scent of hot bread is my enduring memory of that time.Bear in mind that this was almost 20 years ago, so food was somewhat cheaper, but in retrospect we did eat pretty well. The fresh bread, plus we would by a single tomato and somehow make sauce enough for two meals for three out of it. Fried Bologna also stands out in my mind. I believe we also did a brisk trade in stolen mustard and mayo packets from the local fast food joint. It helped that one of the three of us was a food science major: she could do quite a lot with next to nothing and it still tasted good. That experience has dulled my fears about surviving real poverty to this day. posted by anastasiav
- You can eat a lot of brown rice and beans or lentils for $2/day, if you shop wisely. And if your $2/day is really $14/week. It would not be pleasant, but you could survive, and perhaps even have enough to buy some cheap greens and/or onions and garlic and/or spices. The real problem with $2/day is that most people who have that much money don't have transportation or access to decent shopping, etc. With my car and my Costco membership, and lots of time to think about it, I could more easily get by on less money than someone who really doesn't have the money.posted by anapestic have I noticed anapestic before?