-=> Dave Drum wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

 DD> the toll-taker at a perking garage (min-wage gig) my go-to "poverty
 DD> suppers" were often a generic box of mac & cheese, a pound of ground
 DD> beef, and a can of "store brand" (cheap) cream of mushroom soup. Fed
 DD> two generously w/leftovers.  Bv)=

Done that in the past, now the boxed mac & cheese that is gluten free is
too expensive.  Can make it cheaper from scratch. ;)

 DD> Now the mac & cheese is 59c (store brand), the hamburg is U$2.39/lb,
 DD> and generic/store brand cream of mushroom is U$1/can.   Bv)=

Annes GF mac & cheese = $1.97, ground tube meat = $5.97, Aylmer GF
cream of mushroom soup = $0.97.  So I guess it's still a cheap(ish) meal.

 DD> Min wage in '68 was U$1.25/hr. Min wage (in my state) currently is
 DD> U$12/hr.   Bv)=

$15/hr here now, in '68 in ontario $1.16

Shawn

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