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[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, I would prefer cooking raw materials myself if I were that poor. For $6 I could cook myself a day's worth of food in India, but that probably cannot be said about Canada.

[–] berrytopylus@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

but that probably cannot be said about Canada.

Depends on what you're eating. Even in the most insanely priced areas, beans and rice tend to be pretty damn cheap, and North Americans do not eat a lot of rice or beans or chili or other cheap foods that are staples in lots of Asian diets.

[–] Justfollowingorders1@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's been a bit tight. Like surely, for $6 you could definitely get more food at the grocery store, but being that poor often involves not having the proper equipment or space to really cook anything. But yeah, our grocery store situation isn't pretty right now. Fresh and healthy foods are expensive.