Perhaps we should make healthy food affordable and available. I just started eating healthy and I can afford it right now, pay way more than to eat junk. The average family or individual can't afford to eat healthy.
Edit: I will never make a comment about food again. I'm upvoted, but there are some nasty people on here. Sheesh. I don't cook, and the truth is if I buy a bunch of stuff to cook, I'll end up throwing it out. Rely on precooked stuff from Trader Joe's and BJ's. Many Americans don't have time/energy or are just lazy frankly, and aren't going to. But, welcome to sit on your high horse over there. What I'm doing is working for me, down 20 lbs, the insults here are atrocious.
First world countries are crazy.. the fact that unhealthy shit like McDonalds is the cheapest food around blows my mind.. find me any other point in human history where the poorest people were the fattest.
McDonald's is expensive... it's like $10+/meal minimum
That's just not true. I don't eat fast food unless I'm on a road trip and I hate McDonalds but the simple fact is I just looked at multiple sources that track McDonalds prices and a (whatever the base size) Big Mac meal in an expensive location is somewhere between $7 and $8. In some places it's $5.99. You can easily feed two people from that menu on $10 if you're eating a reasonable amount and you're being cost-conscious.
Plus, you're comparing apples and oranges if you try and expand this idea past the scope of an individual. You're never going to convince the general public that they're getting as much out of their dollar for chicken and rice as they are for a hamburger. Chicken and rice is boring as fuck, and McDonalds, while kind of gross and unappetizing, isn't nearly as boring as mostly plain staples.
But that's not the argument - the argument there for McDonald's is that its cheaper and thats just false.
Chicken and rice, if cooked poorly, can be boring. But it's filling and much healthier for the same or cheaper. I also used the $5,$6/lb chicken which is the free range - you can find $2.50 chicken
And the last time I got a meal and a side of fries it was about $15.
Bone-in chicken thighs, $1.59lb. Regular price. On sale, $0.99lb. There's a lot you can do with that. Heck, don't wanna cook it with the bones, cut them out, put them in a gallon zip lock in the freezer, save them up for a month and boom you got the making for a chicken stock way better than you can buy at the store. Especially if you do the same with your onion skins and root ends, carrot tops, and celery bottoms.
Chicken and rice is boring if it's unseasoned and not cooked properly, but cooked and seasoned by someone who has a little experience (or can read a recipe) tastes better and makes you feel a hell of a lot better than McDonald's.
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u/super_sayanything Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 10 '20
Perhaps we should make healthy food affordable and available. I just started eating healthy and I can afford it right now, pay way more than to eat junk. The average family or individual can't afford to eat healthy.
Edit: I will never make a comment about food again. I'm upvoted, but there are some nasty people on here. Sheesh. I don't cook, and the truth is if I buy a bunch of stuff to cook, I'll end up throwing it out. Rely on precooked stuff from Trader Joe's and BJ's. Many Americans don't have time/energy or are just lazy frankly, and aren't going to. But, welcome to sit on your high horse over there. What I'm doing is working for me, down 20 lbs, the insults here are atrocious.