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by hirundo 2184 days ago
Look at this list of the cheapest food:

https://www.upstart.com/blog/lowest-cost-per-calorie-foods

Even sticking to that list there's an enormous difference between eggs and beans versus brownies and pancakes. And rural poor can grow the eggs in the backyard for chicken feed, and often do. Only the most desperate can't make consequential decisions about what's on the plate.