Okay, I just read that a single 5lb bag of potatoes can make over 15 meals for one person. That's like 30 cents a serving. I found it in a USDA cost breakdown from last year.

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Wow, that's actually wild. My buddy was broke after his car died last month, and he basically lived off one of those giant potato bags for like two weeks. He'd bake a few for dinner, fry some for breakfast hash, even made this weird but okay potato soup. He said it got old, but he wasn't hungry.

the_richard1d ago

Yeah, that tracks. @the_sam's buddy is proof it works in a pinch, but man, that's a survival tactic, not a life. Your body needs more than just cheap carbs after a while. It's smart to know how to stretch food money, but it's also a sad sign of how bad things can get for people.

shanelee1d agoProlific Poster

Honestly, I've found a lot of pride and good meals in making the cheap stuff work.