Hi Bill Vaughn; Regarding old people buying cat food: Why don't you go to an old person's home and count how many cats they own? On the other hand, I have almost bought cat food for myself on at least one occasion. But the reason wasn't cost cutting, it was cause they now market cat food in cans that look a lot like a human tuna fish cans. Mistakes are made. In addition, different people have different standards on what they eat. Maybe growing up back in the depression, or in a poorer part of the world, tends to make one a little less picky...
The Larry's Market I shop at sells Macaroni and Cheese dinners at a rate of 4 for $1. I don't believe this is a special, it is, instead, their regular price for the "Western Family" brand. One of them fills me up quite substantially, though it requires a little butter and milk to make a complete meal. This is a lot cheaper than any canned animal food.
As far as living cheap, anybody who has ever been dirt poor, (and I have,) knows that the animal food of choice is dry dog food, not cat food. Cats eat some nasty stuff. Dried dog food is good for humans, and is incredibly cheap.
When I was a kid, on the other hand, I ate dry dog food all the time. So did my siblings. Our mother did not approve, nor did the dog; maybe she should have put more on the table at dinnertime, but the fact was that we liked the taste and it was always handy.
Reminds me of the time my brother had a moocher staying over at his house too long. Seems the guy was eating him and his roommate out of house and home. So he bought some dog snacks, the kind that look like little hot dogs in buns. Sprinkled it with parmesan cheese and baked it for a few minutes in the oven. Left the tray out, and sure enough, the squatter ate them. My brother and his roommate then laughed him out of the house.
-- Carl |
