"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message 
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> Ross <rli### [at] speakeasynet> wrote:
>> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
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>> > On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:24:07 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>> >
>> >> Incidentally, in the US, it's often cheaper to eat out at an 
>> >> inexpensive
>> >> restaurant (like pizza of McD) than to buy fresh food to prepare at
>> >> home. That's why poor people get fat here.
>> >
>> > I don't know about cheaper, but easier it certainly is.  Especially 
>> > with
>> > a bunch of kids that need to be fed.
>
>> Cheaper. Subsidized corn makes up the most used ingredient in everything 
>> on
>> the menu at a place like McDonalds. From the filler in the meat (and what 
>> do
>> they feed the meet factories? corn... they feed corn to an animal that is
>> specialized to eat grassy greens. wtf), to the breading around the meat, 
>> the
>> buns, french fries (what potatos?), beverage and salad dressing.
>
>  It may be cheaper if you want to eat the *same* food you get from the
> restaurants. However, I'm sure that one can come up with cuisine that's
> actually cheaper and equally (if not even more) nutritive..
>

No doubt. However, in some neighborhoods of NYC there are no markets that 
carries fresh produce. And yes, they happen to be low income neighborhoods. 
McD's or Burger King on every corner though, I'd bet.

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