• schnokobaer@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    for cash-strapped families

    Is Kellogg’s cereal even cheap at all?? I’m not in the US so I could only imagine but I’d guess it’s not, is it?

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      9 months ago

      Not really, no. I mean, it’s cheaper than, like, steak, but it usually goes for twice as much or more than the store brand or bargain brand cereals.

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        I’m pretty sure Ukraine was a big cereal exporter before the war, so it makes sense I guess

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        9 months ago

        And compared to dinner?

        I’m asking because if I was “strapped for cash” I’d always go for cooking something rice or potato based myself, rather than buying already processed and packaged food, a most likely overpriced brand no less!

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          I think it’s partly that any home cooking is more difficult and time consuming than it. I have cheap and easy meals I do but they’re less feasible than cereal. Except dipping bread in pesto that’s dirt cheap and easy as fuck

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      9 months ago

      It’s cheaper than a traditional dinner probably… But yeah might as well get the cheaper cereal.

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        I’m betting it would actually be cheaper to cook something like rice and beans than it would be to eat cereal.

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          Not everyone has cooking (as well as cool storage) facilities and/or can afford to power them. Cereal requires no cooking and can be stored anywhere, as can UHT milk.