I also would like to give this .pdf a look-see, if you don’t mind. Can you put it up on a file hosting site and give us a link?
I saw something like that. the guy went to a feed store and bought a big sack of wheat - then each day, he would take about a cupful of it, wash it in a strainer, put it in a large thermos with some chopped vegetables and, if available, a little meat, top up with boiling water and seal it.
After six or eight hours, he would open it up and it would be something a bit like a stew - I think whole wheat is still pretty chewy when it’s done like this - and prolonged steeping in hot water can’t be great for the vitamins in the veg, but he claimed to be able to feed a family for less than a dollar a day this way.
I think you’d need a family that is either very understanding, or one that has no other choice.
Captain_C, here you go:
It’s called “$45 Emergency Menu for 4 to 6” and I’m not sure where I found it, but the filename (45dollarmenu.pdf) is the original so maybe that will produce the original post online somewhere. If that File Host does not work let me know and I’ll rehost it.
Excellent, thank you sir.
HillBilly Housewife/ is a website all about low-cost home cooking from scratch. She has examples of menus that will feed a family of 4-6 for either $45 or $70 a week. Her site has terrific recipes and other tips on cooking on a budget.
Could you live on dry dog food? Dogs are similar to humans-would this be a balanced diet?
No - there is no requirement for dog food to contain vitamin C (dogs do not get scurvy). You run a risk of nutritional deficiency on dog food alone.
I doubt it - dogs synthesize vitamin C, but humans don’t. So you are likely to wind up with scurvy.
Regards,
Shodan
Which one can get by chewing on conifer needles or making pine needle tea. In many places this can be had for free.
I just got around to checking the SDMB today. Thanks for the PDF, Bob55. It looks like it came from the Hillbilly Housewife site that Officegirl followed up with.
I heard that you can survive on bread, bananas and orange juice.
That looks pretty cheap.
I’m sure someone will be along to tell us why neither of our statements are entirely accurate, however…
It’s my understanding that normal people with normally functioning internals (especially kidneys) can handle far more than the recommended daily amount of sodium with no long term effects. Yes, there are those (a great many people) who are predisposed to sodium-induced hypertension. But it is not true, in general, that high sodium intake will cause high blood pressure with no other underlying causes. I’ve seen this fact stated many times on the Dope.
A little bit off topic but slightly relevant .
I found that the diet that was the most effective for weight loss was the "Caviar,Truffles and Crystal Champagne "diet.
It was so expensive that I could only afford to eat every six weeks and I NEVER EVER overfilled my plate.
And these so called professional nutritionists think that they know it all !
In their dreams.