Well, I gotta say, thanks. This is still one of my favorite DCUM threads of all time! Simultaneously DCUM at its most ridiculous and DCUM at its most helpful. |
This thread is amazing! I was just lectured by a budgeting person because I spend too much on food. But kids like to eat. I also think food isn't as nutritious as in the past, even healthy fresh foods and this causes kids to want to eat more. |
I missed this thread the first time around and it's hilarious.
Love it when OP acted indignant about her family of 6 including 2 teen boy athletes eating 10 chicken legs - TOTAL. Or that she seriously expected one rack of lamb to feed them all! |
Ha! Thank you I also missed this one first time around. Don't know if I should have stayed up until 3 to finish, oh well.
My comment is regarding the PP who said 40 wings was an app for 2 people. Come on! Obviously OP was way off on the portion sizes to start, but I really was surprised at how much meat others were recommending. I wonder if we'd still make the same recommendations in 2021. |
I'm crying rereading this thread. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a mom of two teen boys, this thread is hilarious! I wonder if the OP can look back on this and laugh too. |
I have turned boys. They eat 2 dinners a night. They play sports and have a practice or game 6 days a week. It'd THOUSANDS of calories a day for each of them. |
I'm glad someone ressurected this thread. I was saw the other thread that referenced this. My toddler kid just ate 3/4 of a rack of ribs. I laughed when I thought how 1 rack of ribs would feed an entire family. |
You mean that the raw ingredients are less nutritious now? Why do you think that? Do you think the veggies are growing in depleted soil? |
And one serving each obviously isn't enough. |
Well damn. I thought this seemed familiar. |
Um yeah... I did 4 carts once a week with 7 kids between 2 and 14, and the two eldest were sedentary girls, not teen athlete boys. No junk, but we filled one refrigerator totally with vegetables, the other half way with fruit and the rest was dairy and meat for 2 days. The freezers were meat and frozen fruits and vegetables, and there were multiple 5-10 pound bags of fruit on the counter. I did a crock pot full of corned beef, expecting that it would be 1/3 or less of the meal; a crock pot FULL of beans could be split between immediate need and the next 2 weeks. Kids are moving and growing. They need to eat healthy food in whatever quantity their body needs. If you want to cut down on costs, get dry beans instead of canned. Get quantities of cheap cuts of meat and cook them with a lot of moisture on lower heat for longer. Get a subscription to the produce company that ships the produce that looks less attractive and costs less. Get a subscription for 2-3 boxes per week to a coop. |
Food stamps only go so far. Food banks supplement like crazy, as do teens who work to put more food on the table. |
It's that or do multiple grocery shopping trips per week. |
They know that it won't keep them full, and worse, they'll be even hungrier as soon as all that liquid moves on through. |