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It is a lot easier to eat well cheaply if you aren't poor.
We have a large fridge and freezer to store fresh food in and store leftovers and precooked soup. It's never going to defrost because the electricity meter ran out because we don't have one.
We have lots of quality pot, pans, and knives etc that will last forever and make cooking easier.
Cheap pans wear out, need replacing often, and food soon starts to stick to them. They make cooking a pain.
Cheap pans wear out, need replacing often, and food soon starts to stick to them. They make cooking a pain.
We can buy in bulk. Big sacks of rice and beans, big bags of spices etc. They work out as better value but we can afford the upfront costs, we have space to store them, and there are no mice or rats in our house that will damage it.
We have a pressure cooker, which is a large initial expense, and lots of glass and plastic lidded containers to store bulk cooked food in.
We have a food mixer, food processor, and lots of baking stuff to make homemade bread and cakes.
We have a food mixer, food processor, and lots of baking stuff to make homemade bread and cakes.
Quite a few of the expensive kitchen things were secondhand, because we had the luxury of time to wait and browse online listings and the money to pay for things whenever they become available. Also, the ability to move heavy stuff with us when moving house.
There is so much more too. The ability to invest and accumulate forgotten past costs is hidden in the ability to cook a cheap meal for many people who aren't poor.
It's not just the price of some vegetable.
It's not just the price of some vegetable.
My family weren't wealthy growing up but I've never been poor. I try to listen to people who have though.
