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why not beans and seeds and nuts. they can be pretty cheap especially beans? why not rice or oats? do you eat a variety of potatoes? My brother used to make a potatoe casserole that was just differen potatoes layerd with butter and salt and pepper (maybe some other spices but really just seemed to be pepper). squash and other vegetables are cheap when in season.
Why not beans? Simple. They are disgusting, and I would rather starve.
Oh no! Beans are my favorite!
What do you like that you can't afford? Might be able to make more suggestions with more information.
Potatoes are actually expensive where I am.
"Like" is a strong word. These days it's more of a tolerate. I tolerate potatoes. I definitely don't "like" them. And I don't really know what I like. I ate like 7 kinds of food my whole life, and one of those kinds was a birthday cake. I still remember it. It was almost 8 years ago.
Where I live, potatoes are a staple food. Everybody eats them because they are cheap and they are cheap because everybody eats them. The wonders of Central Europe. You can buy 1 kg of potatoes for like 20 cents. That'll feed you for literal days.
Are you perhaps interested in an exchange of goods? What is the baseline/staple food where you're from? And what is the average price?
I'm in the subtropics so bananas grow here, lots of different fruits, rice is pretty cheap, it's more common than potato in our food. Potatoes just have to travel I guess.
ETA potatoes are about $1/lb so 10 times the cost of yours. Sometimes on sale for near half that but not usually. I can grow sweet potatoes so those are essentially free. Somehow sweet potato is tropical and potato is grown in cold places.
I'm surprised you haven't gotten scurvy or something. I had restrictive eating disorder when young but it wasn't like this with the pickiness, more like I still enjoyed the taste of things but sort of wanted to chew them & spit them out because calories. I just didn't want to eat but still could enjoy when I did, until I felt like I had done something wrong, if that makes sense. If it was a small serving I could without fear.
Recovered for decades and I really enjoy flavors and textures, still can't really overeat without anxiety but certainly can eat well and feel ok about it. Few things I don't like - ham, raw tomatoes, sweet vegetables like squash, bland cheeses.
Did you like the cake? Do you think you might like a sweet bread, if you like bread? I do wish you could afford butter, that makes a lot of things better. Also do you want to enjoy more foods or no?
ok. I get that. Remember though that some things can be cheap when they are in season even if they are not year around.
Yes. I am aware of seasons and shifting market value of produce.
I just remembered I forgot to buy fruit for jam this year. So I guess I'm not as aware of the seasons and shifting market value of produce as I assumed.