Mac and cheese study reveals Canada's social inequality

[KarenCee 3]

Spirit though i totally agree with what your saying. Its terribly sad that low income families don't have that option. They are going to get what we give them. Low income families can't afford a lot of this stuff. I always said we should be investing more in community gardens and stuff. Many low income families can't afford fresh vegetables.

ITA! Why is it so much higher to buy fresh veggies anyway...and it's even higher if the fresh veggies are touted as organic. Sigh.

[Sprailenes 47]

I don't know. If I had a yard, I'd grow my own vegetables.

A few city apartment complexes are also investing in rooftop gardens which are great for the environment and bringing green into an urban landscape.

[SpiritAlight 1]

Spirit though i totally agree with what your saying. Its terribly sad that low income families don't have that option. They are going to get what we give them. Low income families can't afford a lot of this stuff. I always said we should be investing more in community gardens and stuff. Many low income families can't afford fresh vegetables.

YES!!!!

[Marilyn. 340]

I can't believe they did a study on this

Maybe they could just form a board of say 5 people who have common sense and just run this kind of stuff by them.

instead of doing the study couldn't they have given the money used to do the study to some poor people ??

[Reba 2]

Last week a guy who won the lottery in Ontario ($900k +) went out and bought 2 cases of Kraft Dinner, because its his favourite food and now he can eat more!

And he apparently doesn't know the Barenaked Ladies song either.

[Sprailenes 47]

When I was a teenager, I loved Kraft dinner so much that my mom thought she'd go out and get me a case of the stuff. Well after a week of coming home and having it after school every day, I didn't like it any more. Even now it kind of makes me cringe.

The same with mr. noodles. When I was a youngin, my friend and I got an apartment in North Bay, we failed to realize that the apartment didn't have any appliances so we lived on mr. noodles for a month because all we had was a kettle. We basically killed ramen that month, both of us still hate to this day.

Edited September 1, 2008 by Sprailenes

[SpiritAlight 1]

When I was a teenager, I loved Kraft dinner so much that my mom thought she'd go out and get me a case of the stuff. Well after a week of coming home and having it after school every day, I didn't like it any more. Even now it kind of makes me cringe.

The same with mr. noodles. When I was a youngin, my friend and I got an apartment in North Bay, we failed to realize that the apartment didn't have any appliances so we lived on mr. noodles for a month because all we had was a kettle. We basically killed ramen that month, both of us still hate to this day.

What, you haven't seen how bachelors made grilled cheese (sandwiches) with an iron in the movies?!

Bahaha!

Oh Spraileness...at least it is all behind you now.

Edited September 1, 2008 by SpiritAlight

[Marilyn. 340]

I have eatn a lot of Kraft Dinner and I still love it...

one thing I can't really stand now is Hamburger Helper.. one of my roommates and I would eat that a couple times a week .. ugh... you start to realize that all the different "varieties" all taste the same

[Sprailenes 47]

When in college one of my "gourmet meals" was cream of mushroom soup mixed in with macaroni. Damn I loved that stuff. If it was a good day I'd add some ground beef.

[LindaB 0]

When in college one of my "gourmet meals" was cream of mushroom soup mixed in with macaroni. Damn I loved that stuff. If it was a good day I'd add some ground beef.

my favourite is macaroni, tuna and mushroom soup!

[Sprailenes 47]

You know what else is good for a cheap meal and I still love it to this day?

rice and tuna mix it with a little lemon pepper and MMM.

[MrsCat 6]

When in college one of my "gourmet meals" was cream of mushroom soup mixed in with macaroni. Damn I loved that stuff. If it was a good day I'd add some ground beef.

Mine was similar but instead of mushroom soup, I added Heinz Tomato soup - maybe even a little onion.

[Sprailenes 47]

Ohh my aunt would do that but with tomato juice.

It was really good though!

[KarenCee 3]

A cheap meal for us is mac n cheese, ground beef, and mushroom soup. Add a bit of milk. Makes a big pan, enough for leftovers and for me to have lunch the next day.

[Marilyn. 340]

my favourite meal when I was living on my own was fry up some ground beef and whatever vegies I have on hand, onions, peppers, celery, sometimes even carrots and then throw in a jar of sgetti sauce and serve over sgetti... mmmm