Addie
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I should be sleeping. I have to go to Winthrop today. They want to see me about my little excursion to the hospital. They just want to check me out to make sure I am all right.
It never sounds like you eat enough to use up your food stamps, Addie, but I guess with your boys being there so much you need that extra food. My brother-in-law is eligible for food stamps but won't apply. He's eligible for a lot of things he won't apply for. I don't know why. He worked all his life and paid taxes. In fact, he still works a little part time job and is still paying taxes. He would rather live so frugally instead of taking what he calls hand-outs.
I'm recalling yesterday's visit to the meat aisle at Publix. The prices were insane; these days all I can do is stroll by and look - with maybe a nod of greeting to the beef cuts. Cube steak - $4.99/lb. Oy. I saw a leg of lamb priced at $38.00.
Don't some prices get reduced in US supermarkets at a certain time of day? They do here in UK.
I've spent all morning getting out Christmas decorations, too. I have to find a new place for my many houseplants, so that's been a challenge. It's fun though, and I'm getting into the spirit. Much of the Christmas décor was my late mom's, and many of those are over 60 years old and charming as can be. I love them, and it helps me feel closer to her during the holiday season.
Meat prices....oy. I'm with y'all there. I bought a tray of chicken wings when I had family visiting recently, and it was something like $13 for not even 3 pounds. They used to be the cheapest cut around, not any more.
Addie, I'm surprised you can share your EBT card with your son. I don't know much about them, but I think in CA you have to show ID and only the person they are issued to can use them.
Addie, I was really surprised that this year, I actually got a raise on my food stamp card of $6!!! I only get $26 here in Louisiana with my raise.
I guess the rules are different in Mass. Maybe I'm missing something. Please PM me if you have any advice. XOXOX
Addie, I was really surprised that this year, I actually got a raise on my food stamp card of $6!!! I only get $26 here in Louisiana with my raise.
I guess the rules are different in Mass. Maybe I'm missing something. Please PM me if you have any advice. XOXOX
Z, your produce in mostly shipped in from Texas. So it costs less for you than it does for us.
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You're kidding, right? About half the produce grown in the United States is produced in California. Texas a farm belt? Maybe for wheat. Not for melons, mangos, avocadoes, broccoli, salad greens, lemons and other produce in your flyer. Do you really think those things are grown local to you during your four-month growing season? Take a look at where your produce comes from. It's on the package.
Gas is not the only, or even the most important, factor when it comes to pricing goods. Labor is a huge expense. Which is why so many farmers hire illegal immigrants who they don't have to pay well and who won't complain about living expenses.
And Massachusetts is a high-tax state so social programs are supplemented by the state, which is not true everywhere, particularly the deep south, including Louisiana.
When I lived in Texas, I was only an hour away from their farm belt. And they grew all kinds of veggies. They always have two plantings a year.
Their farm belt may not be as big as California, or produce all of the foods that CA. does, but a lot of their produce is shipped via truck to other southern states. Which helps keep down the cost to the consumer.
And yes, we do get a lot of our produce from the local farms here in New England... You would be surprised at just how much local foods we have available.
Green beans are placed in the wooden box the farmer brought them in, right up there on the produce shelf. The name of the farm is right there on the box.