Comments on: Desperate Times Don’t Call for Spam: Eating Green on a Budget http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2008/12/desperate-times-don%e2%80%99t-call-for-spam-eating-green-on-a-budget/ Find Good Food with the Eat Well Guide. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:04:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paula Crossfield http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2008/12/desperate-times-don%e2%80%99t-call-for-spam-eating-green-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Paula Crossfield Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:52:50 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=251#comment-741 Thanks for this informative post! I think its always important to remind people that it is possible to eat good food on a budget. I also wrote about this at Civil Eats a few weeks ago, here: http://civileats.com/2008/10/21/8-ways-to-eat-well-in-hard-times/ Best, Paula Thanks for this informative post! I think its always important to remind people that it is possible to eat good food on a budget. I also wrote about this at Civil Eats a few weeks ago, here:
http://civileats.com/2008/10/21/8-ways-to-eat-well-in-hard-times/

Best,
Paula

]]> By: Erica J. Peters http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2008/12/desperate-times-don%e2%80%99t-call-for-spam-eating-green-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Erica J. Peters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:02:30 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=251#comment-731 I hope your "Eating Well on a Budget" series will take seriously some of the issues that bring people to eat prepared foods. It is far easier to ruin a home-cooked meal if you get distracted than it is to ruin take-out food. Well-off foodies have backup plans if they burn their chicken or their lentils; poor people can't always afford backup plans (in money or time). Also, buying in bulk only makes sense if you have the cash to do so, and if storage space is not an issue in your kitchen. Finally, canning one's vegetables may be cost-effective, but if done incorrectly can make people very ill. Please stress safety issues and education when you encourage people to save money in these ways. I hope your “Eating Well on a Budget” series will take seriously some of the issues that bring people to eat prepared foods. It is far easier to ruin a home-cooked meal if you get distracted than it is to ruin take-out food. Well-off foodies have backup plans if they burn their chicken or their lentils; poor people can’t always afford backup plans (in money or time). Also, buying in bulk only makes sense if you have the cash to do so, and if storage space is not an issue in your kitchen. Finally, canning one’s vegetables may be cost-effective, but if done incorrectly can make people very ill. Please stress safety issues and education when you encourage people to save money in these ways.

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