A hundred thousand years ago, back when my daughter was just a little thing, well I was single then….. (long story) (long before Chili-man) and boy were times tight.
Back then, we frequently ate like college students. Oh, I fed her good, the skimping was on me!
I would buy a can of potted meat. Do you remember potted meat? Then I would buy the cheapest white bread in the store and those old fold up baggies, remember those? I would make FIVE, count ‘em, FIVE sandwiches out of one little tiny can of potted meat. Then I’d put them in the freezer.
Each day, I’d pack a frozen potted meat sandwich on white bread for my lunch. THAT was cheap, man. And now, I know that ‘gosh’ that wasn’t the best thing I could have eaten, but it sure was cheap…… Hmm, come to think of it, I was ‘thin’ then…
Today, the poor college student lives on ramen or boxed macaroni and cheese, unless they have their parents credit card!
It’s a wonder we survived!
Today, I’d be able to conjure up a much more decent meal plan at a very low cost, but I doubt I could get it as low as that can of potted meat and cheap bread….
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I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
Ditch water?! Very colorful!