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George Cassie
George Cassie
Fri, 10/10/2008

Food Stampery: The rest of the week

Tuesday

Old Wessex for breakfast. Rice, beans, and kale for lunch.

Tuesday night I went to a software gathering in Harvard square. Afterwards, I did end up going out for dinner and spending an entire week's allowance on a biryani and a beer. If it is any consolation, I had to take the Red, Green, and Blue lines to get home, and they were all broken.

Wednesday

Old Wessex for breakfast. I had the day off, so didn't eat breakfast until late, around 10 or so. I ended up skipping lunch.  read more »

George Cassie
George Cassie
Mon, 10/06/2008

Food Stampery: Prep & Day 1

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I'm trying the food stamp challenge as well. I had to make a few modifications to the amount, though. My wife agreed to try too, but only for dinner, and we can really only hit six-and-a-half days, due to some preexisting plans. Given that, I alloted $24.

I also added the rule that you can eat food you grew. In my case that only really amounts to a few tomatoes, a handful of chilies, and an acorn squash.

Here is a picture of the week's larder:  read more »

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