The participants have started an e-mail chain and I’ve been reading it with fascination and humor. I grew up on food stamps and hunger was a thing we rarely dealt with in part because food was the option often selected over heat, rent, and entertainment. Another option we had which is available to the crew is going to food banks and churches which is what many food stamp recipients do - there you can find basics such as proteins (beans) and unfortunately poor carbs (white rice) and mac and cheese. I believe as simulated food stamp recipients we have that option.
It was not so much the poor food options and choices and the ego-deflating look received when using a food stamp but the harsh realty of being a second class person, a labeled person, a hopeless person that wore away much at my parents. read more »
