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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/inflation-is-forcing-americans-to-change-their-diets-11655932733

Inflation is forcing Americans to change their diets: ‘We make vegetable soup’

 

The rise in the cost of living has prompted people to cut down on meat, and eat out less
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Some 72% of people who said they have changed their shopping habits reported they had cut down on their meat purchases, Morning Consult said.

 

“A mother of two reported, ‘Sometimes, there is not much money. Like meat — you know today how much it has gone up in price. That’s why sometimes we don’t buy meat. Instead, we make vegetable soup,'” Martinchek told MarketWatch

I have been making vegetable soup most of my life. I currently have one in the fridge made of potatoes, carrots and tomatoes. I drink it without reheating, unlike some inferior people who eat hot food with the air conditioner turned on. (Also, unlike the meat-eater above, I have never reproduced. This is actually the best way to save money.)