These days the truely poor mostly live in cheap apartments in cities and have no place to grow a garden and have no way to get anywhere they can grow one. Of course this doesn't include the rising numbers of homeless whos outlook is even more bleak.
Rachael Ray is always saying that when she goes home to her cabin in the mountains she can get all the things she needs at the local store there. All I have to choose from is a Walmart or Krogers. Krogers has a good selection but they are high.
Racheal Ray is so full of crap it's no wonder her eyes are brown! When she goes home it's to a cabin a short drive from a major upscale resort destination area. So naturally anything she wants she can find there. The town exists to serve the sophisticated needs of people from New York, and Boston, and like that.
It's like being surprised that Ina Garten can find anything she needs in the Hamptons.
In neither case are they typical of rural or even small town living. And to imply otherwise is the height of irresponsibility (not that that ever bothered anyone on the food network).
The town near where I live is the county seat and is a college town. Population is about 75,000 for the county. Yet the stores here don't stock anything that I need. Not even (maybe I should say "especially") the Kroger.
Here's one example. We have had, the past six or eight years, a growing hispanic population. You wouldn't know that from Kroger, which has two shelves of "Mexican" foods, all of which relate to tacos, cans of refried beans, and similar Tex-Mex convenience products
I can drive to Lexington, where it's somewhat less than a desert. But even so, when any of those celebrity chef's says, "found in any grocery," the stores around here aren't included in that rubric.
To do any sort of meaningful shopping in Lexington requires a full logistics plan, and driving to anywhere from half a dozen to 15 different shops. And I still have to fill in via the internet.
It's like being surprised that Ina Garten can find anything she needs in the Hamptons.
In neither case are they typical of rural or even small town living. And to imply otherwise is the height of irresponsibility (not that that ever bothered anyone on the food network).
The town near where I live is the county seat and is a college town. Population is about 75,000 for the county. Yet the stores here don't stock anything that I need. Not even (maybe I should say "especially") the Kroger.
Here's one example. We have had, the past six or eight years, a growing hispanic population. You wouldn't know that from Kroger, which has two shelves of "Mexican" foods, all of which relate to tacos, cans of refried beans, and similar Tex-Mex convenience products
I can drive to Lexington, where it's somewhat less than a desert. But even so, when any of those celebrity chef's says, "found in any grocery," the stores around here aren't included in that rubric.
To do any sort of meaningful shopping in Lexington requires a full logistics plan, and driving to anywhere from half a dozen to 15 different shops. And I still have to fill in via the internet.
Bubba707 wrote:These days the truely poor mostly live in cheap apartments in cities and have no place to grow a garden and have no way to get anywhere they can grow one. Of course this doesn't include the rising numbers of homeless whos outlook is even more bleak.
Bubba you are right about that and it is a sad dilema. I stand corrected on that respect. Maybe what they could use is someone to remind them that they can cook and eat better than eating out at say McD's and such. Of-course it would have to be some sort of an educational program on a major scale. I remember at one time I got a really terrific cookbook when my grandchild was on WIC, it was "The Bean Cookbook" put out by the North Dakota WIC program, and it was a terrific cookbook that I still love and have. If somehow folks could be encouraged to cook nutritious meals and not eat out it would help, but perhaps not.
By the way there is a great book about the true life story of a homeless man it is called "Breakfast At Sally's" and is a truly wonderful read. I highly recommend it to anyone, I bought my baby sister a copy as a Christmas gift and she called me to say she could not put it down. A very insightful look behind the scenes.....
Unfortunately most people consider making a box of Kraft mac and cheese to be cooking. Now, I'll admit I get canned ranch style beans because I like em but I use as many fresh ingredients as I can while staying within the food budget. Now, I gotta learn to make my own ranch style beans.....