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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Asian and African countries, low income people cook from scratch and the meals are simple and mostly healthy, they simply can't afford processed or pre packaged food. You will be hard pressed to find a low income Asian who is overweight or obese, They do however have the cooking skills thanks to their parents or extended family. I have always wondered (not in a judgmental way) why poor Americans don't have basic cooking skills when they are the ones who stand to benefit the most from such skills.

Yes, I have seen the aforementioned EBT grocery hauls on TikTok, all the women have functioning kitchens, it seems for a lot of people buying processed and pre packaged food is a choice.

It doesn't take a lot of expense to cook fresh beans, rice with a small salad or some roasted vegetables. Lots of vegetables are not expensive. Pasta cooked in olive oil with come sausages, garlic + bell pepper is a $10 meal for the family. Good oil can be bought in bulk on EBT. Two packets of linguine 99c each at Trader Joe's, chicken sausage $4.99, 1 head of garlic @ 30c, 2 bell peppers for $1.50 and oil + seasonings bought in bulk which can last months.[/quote]

As a nutritionist, I used to think the same way you do. However, after working with patients and seeing the faces of those on snap, it’s not that easy. Many are elderly, unable to afford a working stove or unable to lift a pot of water to boil rice. Many are children, whose parent works two jobs to stay eligible for the snap. No time to cook, and often kids unable to safely cook for themselves unless it can be microwaved. 
There are many who have a plot in community gardens, make their own bread, and eat rice and beans instead of expensive meats. But these are the young healthy ones who are not on snap for long. 
For those in urban settings, corner stores rarely offer produce. Shelf stable processed food are a more reliable investment for the store owner. 
For those in rural settings, [b]which represent the majority of snap recipients[/b], stores are often a long drive away and trips are not often enough to get produce or short lived goods. Living near a farm doesn’t mean you actually have access to what’s grown on that farm. Most farms are corn, wheat, soy. Not the readily edible kind. 
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This is literally dollar general’s whole business model. They build them either in the middle of nowhere or in low income neighborhoods where there isn’t a lot of grocery options. If you have limited transportation a lot of people buy their food from there, and they don’t sell fresh meat or vegetables. [/quote]

They don’t sell them because people won’t buy them.  Not when they can buy crap instead.  If snap was limited to ONLY milk, fruit, vegetables, cheese, eggs, beans, rice, oatmeal- you can bet Dollar General and gas stations would start stocking these items [/quote]
DP. Don’t be dense. Do you know how much food grocery stores have to throw out? Of course these stores are more interested in stocking things that can sit on a shelf for six months. If Whole Foods could do that they would too. [/quote]

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