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Habib Fanny, Political Animal, Physician, Goofball, and All Around Nerd. Updated Sep 6, 2016
10 years ago, I was living on a meager $600/month.
10年前，生活穷困的我每月工资只有600美元。
I lived in a rooming house where my rent was $250. That left me $350 for living expenses.
我住在一间房租250美元的房子里。这给我剩下每月350美元的生活费。
What did I eat?
那么我都吃了些什么？
Not much fast food, interestingly enough.
Lots of ramen noodles. Very filling, very cheap.
有趣的是，我并没有吃太多快餐。我吃了很多日本（速食）拉面。很能充饥，价格非常便宜。
Rice-a-Roni. Easy to make. Quick. Relatively filling.
rice-a-roni。容易制作。制作速度快。相对来说较充饥。
（译注：rice-a-roni是一种加了米饭、意面、粉条和作料的混合食品）
从Save-A-Lot（美国连锁折扣超市）购买鸡腿。我会将每个鸡腿切成两半，保证自己每餐有1个鸡大腿或1个鸡小腿。
会买很多金枪鱼罐头。
吃完全煮熟的蛋。
花生酱。
吃各种豆类。黑豆、红豆、（黑白）斑豆等的所有豆类。我吃了那么多豆子，惊讶于地球上竟还会有豆子。
白米，酸奶。
Frozen mixed vegetables. Fresh vegetables? Forget it! Too expensive.
I lived next to a Domino’s Pizza. So, there would be some of that.
Raisin bran cereal and whatever cheapest yogurt I could find.
My most standard meals would be:
买冷冻的混合蔬菜。吃新鲜蔬菜？算了吧！那太贵了。
我住在一家达美乐比萨店旁边。所以，那里会有些（速冻混合蔬菜）。
吃葡萄干麸皮麦片和我能找到的最便宜的酸奶。
When I felt like splurging, I would buy a chicken shawarma sandwich. But I would agonize over the decision: a whole $5 spent on only 1 meal… at this rate, I’d spent a whole $300 on food for the month, an unimaginably large sum.
当我想要挥霍好好犒赏自己一顿时，我会买一个鸡肉沙威玛三明。但我随后会为这个决定而感到痛苦：1顿饭钱就花了整整5美元......按这样的花销速度，我每月需在伙食上花费整整300美元，简直是我难以想象的一大笔开销。
我小时候家里穷，老妈会用豌豆扁豆之类的做大锅杂烩，且一连吃好几天。这玩意随着日子久了会越来越稠。
I’m still not sure what’s in it - and I don’t want to know so please don’t be helpful in the comments!
我至今仍不知道这到底是什么做成的——我也不想知道，所以请不要在评论区里告诉我！
I’m not saying all poor people eat this nor that it’s all they eat by any means. Nor God forbid am I blaming anybody for anything. But the economics of food in the United States today mean that the cheapest foods are the most fattening and often have little nutritive value as well.
我不是说所有穷人都吃这些，更不是说他们只吃这些，我没有任何这个意思。且上帝不容，我也没有为此责怪任何人的意思，但美国如今的食品经济决定了最便宜的食物是最容易发胖的，而且也往往缺乏营养价值。 |
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