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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (111937)	5/26/2009 2:55:47 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 541844

I had bouts with poverty when young and still managed to eat well most of the time. The difference was my mother was educated and came from a family that valued eating vegetables and going to college. As a kid, we collected coke bottles to pay for snacks and sodas (which mom didn't buy). At least we got some exercise hauling empty bottles around. Kool-aid came out and mom wouldn't buy that either, even though all the other kids had it. In college, I bought off-brands and at the end of the month went into subsistence mode. Kraft used to have a warning on their Mac and Cheese box saying it wasn't suitable for use as a main dish. I was a connoisseur - I'd eat the off-brand Mac and Cheese that was 4 for a dollar but not 5 for a dollar. I think Kraft was 3 for a dollar unless on sale. On sale it was the same price as the better of the off-brands. Frozen broccoli was a favorite side dish along with Lima beans.