If you had to borrow money for...
By Loverbear
@Loverbear (4918)
United States
September 5, 2009 12:51am CST
If you were short on food and had to borrow money from a friend so you could eat for the rest of the month, what would you buy. Figure that it is 8 days before you get paid again. Would you buy special cut deli meats directly from the deli, and Hormel pre-cooked roasts or would you buy food that will last for more than one meal? You only have $50 USD.
2 responses
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
5 Sep 09
I buy like like only the essential... or food that is nutritious but not too expensive... $50 will not really take me and my daughter far... so i would have to stretch it as far as i could... but good thing is that this sort of thing has never happened to me yet... but if it does... then i we would be spending a lot of time at my parents' or in-laws' house where we can eat full meals for free...
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
5 Sep 09
Thank you! You make me feel so much better. I was riding home with my BF when I was thinking of this subject. I was with my friend when we did the shopping and she bought stuff that I could only dream of buying. I think that I have bought deli cut meat from the deli counter twice in my life! What she bought lasted her about three days and she needed MORE money and food. I didn't provide it for her as I was more than a bit upset.
One of the things that I bought a ton of tonight was marked down luncheon meat. I got it for 25 cents a pack...and it is excellent meat and it wasn't out dated. When I pointed it out to my friend once when we were in the store together she stated that she didn't like it. She also stated that she hadn't tried it. I couldn't figure out if she hadn't tried it, how could she not like it?
I spend about $60 a month for my food, it's only me and I usually have food left over at the end of the month. Shoot, when I was putting food in the freezer tonight I discovered that I had two whole chickens in there. That was a wonderful find!!!
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@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
5 Sep 09
I drink a lot of water and tea. I can't drink sodas because of digestive problems and I will drink milk on occasion, but not too often. My big splurge is for a Mango smoothie...and of course when they are in season I eat mangoes like they won't ever grow again!
I would love to have mango trees, but where I live the climate isn't right. 
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@Qaeyious (2357)
• United States
5 Sep 09
First is whole wheat bread. That provides the fiber I need.
Second, peanut butter. It has protein and also fiber.
Since I have $50 I'll buy preserves since I like it with peanut butter.
Then various vegetables and fruits. No, not the canned stuff. I will never do canned vegetables, ever, except for beans (pinto, black, kidney, etc.; not green beans.)
With $50 I think I can go for over two, maybe even three weeks.
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
5 Sep 09
My grocery bill tonight was filled with fruit and veggies. I will eat veggies til I turn green before I eat too much meat. Every so often I crave chili, but I make it with ground turkey rather than beef. I'm not too big on beans except for green beans, whether string or just cut. I guess that's why my food bill stays at around $60 a month for myself. Shoot my animals (dogs and cats) eat better than I do.
Oh, I will go down to the lake that I live close to and do some cat fishing (no, not for the kind of cats that purr! )but my beef intake is next to nothing...beef costs too much.
)but my beef intake is next to nothing...beef costs too much.