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originally posted by: DanDanDat
originally posted by: pavil
But making poor people eat like starving people in Sudan with beans and rice is just as crazy.
Half the world eats Beans and rice as a main staple of their diet. It's not just for pore people starving in Sudan.
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: DanDanDat
originally posted by: pavil
But making poor people eat like starving people in Sudan with beans and rice is just as crazy.
Half the world eats Beans and rice as a main staple of their diet. It's not just for pore people starving in Sudan.
Wahhhhh.
It's good food, don't get me wrong. I just made scratch refried beans today. Better and cheaper than buying a can of the bland stuff from the grocery store. Most of those people around the world who eat them as staples do so because they have to, they don't have a choice. 35% of the world doesn't have access to clean water as well, should the poor of America do that as well?
I agree that the SNAP program can be improved. We disagree on the methods I guess.
Those foods would include shelf-stable milk, juice, grains, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned meat, fruits and vegetables, according to the USDA. The department estimates that it could supply these goods at about half the cost of retail, slashing the cost of SNAP while still feeding the hungry.
www.washingtonpost.com...
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: pavil
so, how long did it take to make your refried beans?
I haven't made them in long time, a real long time. I do occasionally make ham and bean soup and don't get me wrong, it's worth the time and effort to use the dried beans, if not just because they are so much cheaper than the canned, but they taste better also. But, I am sorry, I just can't see a single mom coming home from her 8 hour shift from her 9-5 job and deciding to make ham and bean soup that night.. it takes me three to four hours to make it and most of that time is simmering the beans. and, if not cooked well, they can be toxic and dangerous...
wildoats.com...
Those foods would include shelf-stable milk, juice, grains, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned meat, fruits and vegetables, according to the USDA. The department estimates that it could supply these goods at about half the cost of retail, slashing the cost of SNAP while still feeding the hungry.
www.washingtonpost.com...
and, reading this, it does sound like they are wanting to give out the good ole fashioned dried beans...
if you continue reading that article you will find out just how successful Blue Apron is. it seems that as much as one third the cost of a blue apron box goes for shipping and logistics and well, many of their customers have decided that it's cheaper for them to just go to the store and buy their own food.
originally posted by: DanDanDat
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: DanDanDat
originally posted by: pavil
But making poor people eat like starving people in Sudan with beans and rice is just as crazy.
Half the world eats Beans and rice as a main staple of their diet. It's not just for pore people starving in Sudan.
Wahhhhh.
It's good food, don't get me wrong. I just made scratch refried beans today. Better and cheaper than buying a can of the bland stuff from the grocery store. Most of those people around the world who eat them as staples do so because they have to, they don't have a choice. 35% of the world doesn't have access to clean water as well, should the poor of America do that as well?
I agree that the SNAP program can be improved. We disagree on the methods I guess.
I haven't made claim to how I think SNAP should be administered. I don't know much about SNAP.
But I do know that beans and rice aren't eaten just "because they have to" they are ingrained in many cultures.
so you are telling me that it will cost alot less money for our gov't to process this food, load it up in trucks, or box it up and ship it to people's doors?? or is it more like they will contract some lucky companies to do this for them, and probably pay more!!!
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: WUNK22
It should be for healthy essential products, that’s it! No soda, no candy, no KFC, no fast food! Believe it or not, in New York this is racist. Your denying people of color enjoyable things in life like McDonalds and Pizza Hut. My state is one of madness
You can buy Food at McDonald's with SNAP?
“States can distribute these boxes through existing infrastructure, partnerships, and/or directly to residences through commercial and/or retail delivery services,” the department said in a statement.
time.com...
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: dreamingawake
“States can distribute these boxes through existing infrastructure, partnerships, and/or directly to residences through commercial and/or retail delivery services,” the department said in a statement.
time.com...
I guess they are leaving the distribution headache to the states?? so ya, there might be some savings for the federal gov't, but it could be that their savings will mean an increased cost on the state level.