There is a high cost and learning curve on 'making their own' food. Its hard to tell your kids that they dont get to eat tonight because mommy and daddy turned a chili into sadness.
I mean, if you go with your example of bread, you have to buy all the ingredients. I can make about six loaves for $15. But I lost a LOT of bread to get to that level. If you are trying to stay afloat as so many families are, do you pay $4 for your bread for the week or do you buy $15 worth of ingredients and potentially have no bread for the week?
You could go the bread maker route, but the cheap bread makers are all poisonned chinesium from Amazon or WalMart. You are going to pay more than $300 for one that'll get you five years of life.
And you still risk losing your bread if you make a bad dough. You can end up with wheat soup or a baseball bat.
What the heck are you taking about? 🤣. You just made my point. People “really” struggling brings about change. I grew up on homemade bread from an oven. My mom had 2 or three bread tin molds. Flour water yeast salt milk. Pretty simple. If ya cant make bread then thats were the strong survive. I can make anything given the proper encouragement.
IMO, it's not important whether people buy their bread or make their bread - the pain will come when people can't do either because the basic ingredients aren't widely available at prices people can afford. Grow your own? Not practical for 3/4ths of the US that lives outside of the zones where it's viable to grow wheat. Most of the sugar sold in the US comes from outside the US. Yeast? Where does one get that if not from the store. I know it's "possible", just not practical for the vast majority.
RPPM.. if it gets that far.. then its over. Thats my point. Complacency will spawn a rude awakening at some point. Its just not there. Food shelves are fully stocked. Its not that expensive.. yet.. waters on, electricity is on, gas heating running, car gets me were im going easily. But i know better.. im stocking up, sold my truck to get rid of payment, and i pay attention. Too many are not yet. My true belief is for some, you take away their coffee, gym membership, boat, etc…. Theyll start opening their eyes. Slowly. My side of the family is exactly this. Just not me.
Yes, your parents showed you how and financed your training throigh generations. Theirs didnt.
I can do many easy things, probably some you cant. I wont point and laugh at you because you havent bothered to dam a river on your land for free power. Its soooo easy. Why havent you done it? You deserve being the power company's bitch.
There is a high cost and learning curve on 'making their own' food. Its hard to tell your kids that they dont get to eat tonight because mommy and daddy turned a chili into sadness.
I mean, if you go with your example of bread, you have to buy all the ingredients. I can make about six loaves for $15. But I lost a LOT of bread to get to that level. If you are trying to stay afloat as so many families are, do you pay $4 for your bread for the week or do you buy $15 worth of ingredients and potentially have no bread for the week?
You could go the bread maker route, but the cheap bread makers are all poisonned chinesium from Amazon or WalMart. You are going to pay more than $300 for one that'll get you five years of life.
And you still risk losing your bread if you make a bad dough. You can end up with wheat soup or a baseball bat.
What the heck are you taking about? 🤣. You just made my point. People “really” struggling brings about change. I grew up on homemade bread from an oven. My mom had 2 or three bread tin molds. Flour water yeast salt milk. Pretty simple. If ya cant make bread then thats were the strong survive. I can make anything given the proper encouragement.
IMO, it's not important whether people buy their bread or make their bread - the pain will come when people can't do either because the basic ingredients aren't widely available at prices people can afford. Grow your own? Not practical for 3/4ths of the US that lives outside of the zones where it's viable to grow wheat. Most of the sugar sold in the US comes from outside the US. Yeast? Where does one get that if not from the store. I know it's "possible", just not practical for the vast majority.
I’m fortunate to be able to grow my own yeast.
RPPM.. if it gets that far.. then its over. Thats my point. Complacency will spawn a rude awakening at some point. Its just not there. Food shelves are fully stocked. Its not that expensive.. yet.. waters on, electricity is on, gas heating running, car gets me were im going easily. But i know better.. im stocking up, sold my truck to get rid of payment, and i pay attention. Too many are not yet. My true belief is for some, you take away their coffee, gym membership, boat, etc…. Theyll start opening their eyes. Slowly. My side of the family is exactly this. Just not me.
Yes, your parents showed you how and financed your training throigh generations. Theirs didnt.
I can do many easy things, probably some you cant. I wont point and laugh at you because you havent bothered to dam a river on your land for free power. Its soooo easy. Why havent you done it? You deserve being the power company's bitch.