r/asheville • u/silkysmoft • Mar 21 '24

What does this mean?!?! Meme/Shitpost

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Please, what does this mean? I’ve seen this same car with this bumper sticker a few times in the mills river/fletcher area and I can’t let it go. I NEED to know what this means. Why ground beef? Why 2lbs and not 3? Help!

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u/karstomp Mar 21 '24

So they have lots of kids, or one teenager?

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u/kyuuei Black Mountain Mar 21 '24

My nephews are just hitting the teen phase of life and it was insanity buying them food this visit!

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u/Its_all_made_up___ Mar 22 '24

This. It’s like having bears in the house.

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u/Sensitive-Policy1731 Mar 23 '24

As a still teenager who is now living on his own and buying his own food, I feel bad for my parents. I am continually astounded by my grocery bills and I am only one person.

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u/Its_all_made_up___ Mar 23 '24

If you are buying your own food I feel for you. Food prices have never been higher. I am shocked every time I go to the grocery store. It’s like I’m making a car payment to eat

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u/PlopTopDropTop Mar 24 '24

Yeah I be eating rice like everyday lol

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u/kevinchronicles Mar 23 '24 edited Mar 24 '24

2 pounds of beef, tortilla and seasoning along with some sodas and magically I’ve spent $80. It’s gotten really rough these last few years.

Edit: /s on the price…

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u/gridirongavin Mar 24 '24

How in he world are you spending that much on those items?

2 pounds of beef at most would be a little over 15 bucks and that’s good beef. Tortilla like 5-10 bucks and some seasoning if it’s like a ready pack that’s like 2-3 bucks most and maybe individual seasonings would be more but necessary. And you don’t need soda you could cut that out but even so what is that 10 bucks at most? So you aren’t even looking at 50 bucks there and that’s generous even 50 bucks would be a little.

I could make enchiladas with quality ingredients feeding 2 for 40 bucks or less for sure.

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u/una_verdadera_lata Mar 24 '24

Yeah but that’s one meal for a family multiply by the 3 meals a day you need every week and it really gets crazy

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u/gridirongavin Mar 24 '24

I agree it does get expensive overtime, I won’t deny that.

But there are good ways to get filling meals without breaking the bank.

I just minimize the shit I don’t need. Like if my body doesn’t require it to function then I consider it a luxury. Get rid of those things and then start from there is what I would say but yes totally agree groceries are expensive as fuck right now no way around it.

Just got back from Italy and it was crazy to me how the cost of there food was comparable or even cheaper for some things.

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u/AccurateCycle2649 Mar 24 '24

yeah for sure. it’s so insane how much cheaper produce/locally sourced meat and dairy is in other countries too…it’s almost like health through holistic means like food is a luxury rather than the norm here. we’d rather feed our citizens processed grain and sugar and then load them up with pharmaceuticals when they experience the negative effects rather than just provide them with affordable nourishment. /sorry for the rant

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u/gridirongavin Mar 25 '24

Na you’re exactly right my friend. It seems like the easiest way to eat healthy in the US is to avoid the most widely available foods. In other countries it’s often that avoiding the most widely available foods would be detrimental to your health.

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u/voiddrifter85 Mar 25 '24

We are just Tax cattle for them. Fatten us up, tax us to hell and we will have so much mind fog from all the sugar carb overload we won’t notice them running the country into the ground.

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u/Sensitive-Policy1731 Mar 23 '24

The only protein I buy anymore is the 93% lean ground turkey that comes in rolls. I usually eat around 4 pounds a week of it.

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u/jesuss_son Mar 23 '24

How do you usually prepare it?

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u/Sensitive-Policy1731 Mar 24 '24

I try to switch up the seasoning each week, sometimes Mexican, sometimes Indian, sometimes in a bolognese.

My carbs are either potatoes or rice depending on my calorie goals, and for veggies I mostly eat broccoli, green beans, or peas.

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u/gridirongavin Mar 24 '24

If you are looking for meat to be your main source of protein I would certainly offer some diversity.

Shop around at different stores you’d be surprised what you can get good ground beef for especially behind the counter hit up the store on a Monday or Tuesday night and get better deals since it’s the end of the weekend rush and they want to restock fresh items before the higher volume days at the end of the week.

I will go and find salmon and tuna for pretty cheap as well both great sources of protein and also certain amino acids and fatty acids that you need.

Also you can find chicken for a good price.

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u/Sensitive-Policy1731 Mar 24 '24

I love salmon and tuna because they are super cheap and protein dense but I need over 180g of protein per day because of my size (6’3” 220lb). I am worried about mercury poisoning so I try to limit my tuna intake to less than 12oz per week.

I do like ground beef and will have usually 1-2lb per week though.

I also realized I didn’t clarify that I meant 4lb of ground turkey per week.

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u/gridirongavin Mar 24 '24

Na you were clear and you’re a little bigger than I so I can’t speak for your diet but I do think you could eat a little more fish than just the 12oz before worrying about mercury poisoning though that is a valid concern.

Also chicken is going to be a great way to get that protein up as well.

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u/topps_chrome Mar 24 '24

Pop is fucking ridiculous but the rest of that is like 20 bucks unless you’re getting exotic spices

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u/PlopTopDropTop Mar 24 '24

Yeah dude I feel this. Rn I’m saving for a car so I be making sacrifices and shit, my mom had to drive me so I’m tryna get a car fsst so she ain’t gotta. When I go get food I ask if she wants anything just to try and be nice and help what I can. I had food stamps then my last two months they just didn’t give me my benefits and cut me off. That shit helped lol.

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u/voiddrifter85 Mar 25 '24

Look up meat dad on Facebook/tiktok. He shows cheaper cuts of meat that are just as good as the expensive ones, teaches you how to properly butcher food with bones in and a bunch of other tips. Saved me $200 a month so far in meat for my family.