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What is the poorest dinner meal that you can remember eating during a time of financial hardship?

在經(jīng)濟(jì)困難時期，你能記得的最窮的一頓飯是什么？

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Ranna Marie
I loved all the answers to this question, and so I decided to add my own memory.
I started bartending as soon as I turned 21, and right after that found myself working almost all weeknights and weekends doing the night shift.
I was still taking classes for college, and although I worked most nights- I only worked part time hours. Money was tight because I spent my savings on school, books, gas, and the rest put towards moving out on my own for the first time.
I loved it all. I felt free. But I was starving.
I had a 99cent store near by that I would go to with a $10 a week budget (if that). So about $40 a month. And for one whole month it was hard. That month all I ate was a half can of tomato soup ($1 each- I added extra tap water heated so it was a larger portion), a cheese cracker packet (they were like 20–30cents per pack of 6 crackers), and a flavored water (69cent each). I would buy enough for the week and I ate this Every Day.

我喜歡這個問題的所有答案，所以我決定加一些我自己的記憶。
我21歲就開始當(dāng)酒保了，從那以后我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己幾乎每個工作日和周末都要上夜班。
我還在上大學(xué)，雖然我大部分都是晚上在工作，但我只是做兼職。我手頭很緊，因為我把積蓄都花在了上學(xué)、買書、加汽油上，剩下的都花在了自己第一次出去住的房租上。
我喜歡這一切，我感到了自由，但是我餓壞了。
我在附近有一家99美分的商店，我可以每周花10美元（如果有的話）。大約一個月40美元。整整一個月都過得很艱難。那個月我只吃了半罐西紅柿湯（每罐1美元——我加了一些水，所以份量更大），一個奶酪餅干包（每包6塊餅干大約20 - 30美分），還有一罐調(diào)味水（每包69美分）。我會買足夠一周吃的東西，每天都吃。

Eventually my manager (sweet old guy) started to take notice that I was looking skinnier and sickly. He mentioned it once and I laughed it off and would lie that I was eating enough. He never asked again, but started leaving me “extra” pizza slices or take out. He always said that he ordered too much or that he changed his mind and didn’t want it. These were random food bonuses for me.
I also remember the last time I ate watered down tomato soup and crackers.
After the food bonuses helped me get to my first paycheck, I made myself my usual meager meal, and then left for a late night shift. After I was done I went out to a 24/7 diner with said manager, and a couple coworkers. I was so excited! I had a terrible, but wonderful, steak dinner, and I threw it all up later because it was too much. Even now I still remember the joy I felt being able to buy myself something good after so long. And on top of that, I got to pay back the manager with buying his dinner that night. He tried to fight me on it, but I won (it was cheap but still a win for me at the time).
It wasn’t until years later, still keeping in touch, that I asked my old manager why he did what he did, and that I knew he had bought me the food, that it wasn’t just given. I told him it meant so much to me. He just smiled and said he didn’t know what I was talking about.
He truthfully was an angel.

最終，我的經(jīng)理（一個和藹的老家伙）開始注意到我看起來更瘦了，而且體弱多病。他提到過一次，我一笑置之，并撒謊說我吃得夠多了。他再也沒有問過我，而是開始給我留“額外的”披薩片或外賣。他總是說他點的太多了或者他改變主意不想要了。這些對我來說是隨機(jī)的食物獎勵。
我還記得上次我喝了加了水的西紅柿湯和餅干。
在“食品獎勵”幫我拿到第一份薪水后，我像往常一樣給自己做了一頓簡陋的飯，然后去上晚班。完事后，我去了一家24小時營業(yè)的餐館，和我的那個經(jīng)理，還有幾個同事一起去的。我太興奮了！我吃了一頓很糟糕但很美味的牛排晚餐，后來我全吐了，因為吃太多了。即使現(xiàn)在，我仍然記得在這么久之后能夠給自己買到好東西時的喜悅。最重要的是，那天晚上我還得請經(jīng)理吃飯來回報他。他試圖在這個問題上反駁我，但我贏了（雖然很便宜，但在當(dāng)時對我來說仍然是一種勝利）。
直到多年以后，我仍然和他保持著聯(lián)系，我問我的老經(jīng)理為什么當(dāng)時他要這么做，我才知道那是他給我買的食物，而不是別人給的。我告訴他這些食物對我很重要。他只是笑著說他不知道我在說什么。
他確實是一個天使。
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Uncle Justin
When I moved out on my own I had a rough February with only one paycheck due to the short month
We got paid on the 15th and 30th of every month no exceptions. Since February only has 28 days, that money was rolled into the 15th of March check.
So after bills and filling my tank with gas I had $5 to last me for two weeks and all I had to eat in my new apartment was some creamed corn, green beans and salt.
I discovered a day old bakery that had expired loaves of wonder bread for 11 cents per loaf so I grabbed six and put them in my freezer, I then found a five pound sack of small russet potatoes at the grocery for $1.30 and a 3Lb bag of small red apples for $2 that left me with a few cents change which I put away in case of emergency.
So I ate a small baked potato and toast for breakfast, cream corn spread on wonder bread for lunch and for dinner a small baked potato, toast and a small apple for dinner.
Over the course of 17 days I lost about 20 pounds but I was still alive, I got a decent paycheck on March 15th and used some of it to treat myself to a pizza.

當(dāng)我獨自搬出去的時候，我度過了一個艱難的二月，因為這個月很短，我只有一份薪水
我們每月15號和30號發(fā)工資，沒有例外。由于2月只有28天，這筆錢被轉(zhuǎn)到了3月15日的支票上。
所以，在付了賬單和給油箱加了油之后，我身上只有5美元可以維持兩個星期。我在新公寓里只能吃一些奶油玉米、青豆和鹽。
我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一家老舊的面包店，里面有過期的神奇面包，每塊11美分，所以我拿了6塊，把它們放在冰箱里，然后，我在雜貨店里找到了一袋五磅重的小黃褐色土豆，花了1.3美元，一袋三磅重的小紅蘋果，花了2美元，還剩下幾分錢的零錢，我把它們存起來以備不時之需。
所以我早餐吃了一小塊烤土豆和烤面包，午餐吃抹了奶油的玉米面包，晚餐吃了一小塊烤土豆，烤面包和一個小蘋果。
在17天的時間里，我減掉了20磅，但我還活著。3月15日，我得到了一份不錯的薪水，我用其中的一部分犒勞自己，吃了一份披薩。

Reese72
I was broke and neglected growing up because of my parents drug addiction. Me and my brother haven’t ate in days and I went to go look in the fridge to see if there was ANYTHING to fill us up. That night we ate an entire jar of grape jelly and it wasn’t very good but it was all we had. Also a lot of times there was a food box in front of the church in town that people would put things they didn’t need in. I woke up at about 5:00am so I could get there before school started and before everyone woke up so I could make sure my brother had something to eat. Most the time is was wheat bread and peanut butter in there and sometimes canned soup but it was better then nothing. Sometimes I would jus heat up a can of peas or corn and that’s all we ate. School lunch and breakfast was usually all we ate everyday but the school would give us a bag of food every month because they understood how broke we were but it was never really enough because of the conditions we were in and didn’t eat pretty much all week. We’re both in a good place now different homes but we see each other often. For some reason though it’s still hard for us to put on weight. I weighed 79 pounds when I was 12 and now I’m 14 and weigh 89. Idk if that’s normal or not. I’ve tried eating healthier and I’m gonna get a gym membership soon. My dad went to rehab and now he’s doing better than I could ever imagine he even started his own business. My mom is in county jail and on her way to prison tho. If you read all of that thanks for listening or reading I should say. I’m happy with my new family and so is my brother. We’re beyond thankful.

因為父母吸毒，我在成長的過程中家里破產(chǎn)了，在被忽視的環(huán)境中成長。我和我弟弟好幾天沒吃東西了我去冰箱看看有沒有東西能填飽我們。那天晚上，我們吃了一整罐葡萄果凍，味道不太好，但我們只有這些。還有很多時候，鎮(zhèn)上的教堂前會有一個食物盒，人們會把不需要的東西放進(jìn)去。我早上5點起床，這樣我就能在學(xué)校上課前到學(xué)校，也能在大家都醒過來之前到學(xué)校，這樣我就能確保我弟弟有吃的。大多數(shù)時候里面都是小麥面包和花生醬，有時還有罐裝湯，但總比什么都沒有好。有時我會熱一罐豌豆或玉米，我們就吃這些。我們每天只吃學(xué)校的午餐和早餐，但學(xué)校每個月都會給我們一袋食物，因為他們知道我們有多窮，但這永遠(yuǎn)不夠，因為我們所處的環(huán)境，幾乎整個星期都沒吃多少東西。我們現(xiàn)在都在一個很好的地方不同的家里，但我們經(jīng)常見面。盡管出于某些原因，我們?nèi)匀缓茈y增加體重。我12歲時體重79磅，現(xiàn)在我14歲了，體重89磅。我不知道這是否正常。我試著吃得更健康，而且我很快就要成為健身房會員了。我爸爸去了戒毒所現(xiàn)在他的狀況比我想象的要好，他甚至開始了自己的事業(yè)。我媽媽在縣監(jiān)獄里，正在去監(jiān)獄的路上。如果你讀了所有這些我的敘事，我應(yīng)該說，謝謝你的聆聽或閱讀。我對我的新家庭很滿意，我弟弟也是。我們很感激。

Angela Birch
When my husband and I got married We were in grad school I worked for minimum wage he didn’t work. Every week we bought 2 pounds of meat, usually chicken a pound of rice and about $7 worth of vegetables and that was what we had. By the end of the Week it was broth made from the chicken bones, with about a 1/4 cup of rice a half an onion and whatever left over vegetables we had. There was a glorious week when our next door neighbor gave us 2 tomatoes and a pound of green beans from her garden. We didn’t snap the beans and throw away the tops and tails we ground up the tops and tails into a green mush and added it to the broth the onion and some cabbage and we had sliced tomatoes. IT was lovely. The beans we had for breakfast the next day. We were thin grad students. Our weekly food budget was $21. Everything else went to rent and utilities. It was a tragedy when my bike got a flat it cost Seventy cents to repair it and that came out of our food budget. That was the week my parents dropped by and gave us an early Christmas present after looking into our cupboards. They went shopping and spent almost $250 and stocked us up with beans, rice salt coffee powdered milk and sugar among other things. We almost felt drunk drinking coffee we hadn’t had coffee since our wedding day. That was totally outside of our budget in 1975. About 6 months later my darling mother in law did the same. For a graduation present my brothers took us out for Pizza. We felt so so lucky and loved.

我丈夫和我結(jié)婚的時候我們還在讀研究生，我拿最低工資，他不工作。每周我們買兩磅肉，通常是雞肉，一磅大米和價值7美元的蔬菜，這就是我們所擁有的。到了周末，我們吃的是用雞骨頭做的湯，加上大約1/4杯米飯、半個洋蔥和我們剩下的蔬菜。有一個愉快的星期，我們的隔壁鄰居給了我們兩個西紅柿和一磅從她花園里摘來的青豆。我們沒有把豆子掰碎，沒有把頂部和尾部都扔掉，我們把頂部和尾部磨碎，做成綠色的糊狀，把它加到肉湯里，還有洋蔥和卷心菜，還有切片的西紅柿。味道非常不錯。我們第二天早餐吃的豆子。我們都是很瘦的研究生。我們每周的食物預(yù)算是21美元。其他的都用來租房和交水電費了。我的自行車沒氣了，修理它花了我70美分，這還得從我們的伙食預(yù)算中扣除。那個星期，我的父母來看我們，在查看了我們的櫥柜后，提前給了我們一份圣誕禮物。他們?nèi)ベ徫?，花了將?50美元，給我們儲備了豆子、大米、鹽、咖啡、奶粉和糖等。我們喝咖啡的時候都快醉了——自從結(jié)婚那天我們就沒喝過咖啡了。這完全超出了我們1975年的預(yù)算。大約6個月后，我親愛的岳母也這么做了。我的哥哥們帶我們?nèi)コ耘_，作為畢業(yè)禮物。我們感到如此幸運和被愛。

Barbara Sova
When I was a child, I remember a rather large family on our block. I think they had about 7 children. One Sunday evening I was at their house when they were called to dinner. Placed on the table were several sleeves of saltine crackers and a large pitcher of water. I asked them what they were having for dinner. They said that they had crackers and water every Sunday for dinner. That is the poorest meal those kids had every Sunday.

當(dāng)我還是個孩子的時候，我記得我們街區(qū)有一個很大的家庭。我想他們有7個孩子。一個星期天的晚上，他們被叫去吃飯時，我正在他們家里。桌子上放著幾個蘇打餅干和一大壺水。我問他們晚餐吃什么。他們說他們每周日的晚餐都有餅干和水。那是那些孩子每周日吃的最糟糕的一餐。