With a used 4-track and an eight dollar Radio Shack microphone, there's a l… Read Full Bio ↴With a used 4-track and an eight dollar Radio Shack microphone, there's a lot of things you cannot do. Mostly you cannot record quality music. That's what two friends from Birmingham discovered when they decided that it was actually a good idea to try and write and record a few songs.
With each free tape released upon their massive 9-person audience, the recording quality increased somewhat. Better equipment, more experience, less eight dollar microphones.
Towards the end, the sound quality was near excellent, with a (perhaps unfortunate) tendency to use less actual real "instruments" in the recording process. Their tapes were carried to at least four countries (in quantities of 1).
To sum up, listen hard and you might hear something you like. It's a buffet of music styles, with lots of choices for the family (and hopefully you won't get a tummy ache).
With each free tape released upon their massive 9-person audience, the recording quality increased somewhat. Better equipment, more experience, less eight dollar microphones.
Towards the end, the sound quality was near excellent, with a (perhaps unfortunate) tendency to use less actual real "instruments" in the recording process. Their tapes were carried to at least four countries (in quantities of 1).
To sum up, listen hard and you might hear something you like. It's a buffet of music styles, with lots of choices for the family (and hopefully you won't get a tummy ache).
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Big Fat Loser
Easy Bake Omen Lyrics
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kobaltkween
@Julie Anne Harrison Costco greens cost less than $4, and are at least a week's worth of salad. A Whopper is over $5. Even when I've used a deal at BK and gotten a second Whopper for just a dollar, it was over $8. So still above $4 per Whopper.
Just about everything in Costco that's bulk plain food of the type I'm talking about is in the range of about $10. Flour, frozen veggies, frozen fruit, noodles, oil, etc.
I can't say as much about current Walmart prices (I tend to avoid it, and hit Target instead), but I can say that most people I know, which includes people who couch surf and don't have steady employment, spend at least $100 a week on food that isn't organic. That's less than $15 a day. A McDonald's meal is at least $5, usually more. At three meals a day, that's $105 a week. Your math is poor if you think almost $100 for a week's worth of food is more than a week's worth of McDonald's. Which, just to say, wasn't my comparison. The above listed, with $3 something being less than $5 something, was.
Most people in food desserts are in urban areas, and pretty much all urban areas in the US have Costcos within reasonable driving distance. Also, a food dessert means that the only food is, as you note, from a more expensive source. So the problem is not cost. The problem is the driving part of that statement, which is frankly a whole other issue. Of course, one could just solve that once every month or more. Say about 8 or 10 times a year, get some access to a car. It would probably still be cheaper than living off the food in a food dessert, which is all very high priced.
Here's some real numbers from a study of SNAP beneficiaries: 66% of respondents reported using their SNAP benefits at supermarkets (such as Kroger, Safeway, Albertsons), 59% at mass merchants (Walmart, Target),... [and] 21% at club stores (Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s Wholesale). So about 1 in 4 of shoppers with the least advantage use Costco or something like it.
The issue isn't that it's impossible. It's that it takes a huge amount of effort on all levels. It means using inventive and unusual methods to go unfamiliar places, and doing whatever it takes to periodically get access to a car (or access to a car you can use periodically for short trips). It means spending almost all your money up front, and having little to none for day-to-day. It means never splurging on anything you get a craving for, or going out for food with anyone. Never spending a dollar or two on a piece of pizza, if you can find it for that little (you can't where I am). Never getting a drink from a convenience store. Only ever eating meals you planned a month or more in advance. Only eating a limited number of foods, which may or may not agree with you, and being dependent on what Costco carries (which varies throughout the year). Not even getting bulk snacks at Costco, because even though those are cheaper than anywhere else (supermarket or convenience store), that's money you probably need for transport. Only ever drinking water, for the same reason. Never socializing in any instance where you'd need to pay for food. Always preparing your own food, including breads, and therefore gaining or having a whole lot of cooking knowledge. I could go on and on, but the issue really isn't plain money.
Eating mostly or only organic vegan or vegetarian food from Costco is a possible cheap solution for a huge number of people. That cost is transferred to work, discomfort, and major lifestyle changes on the person's end. Not the least of which is eliminating meat from one's diet. But if I suddenly absolutely had to take my food budget down to almost no money, and wanted to live more than a year, my best bet would be organic bulk foods from Costco as opposed to cheap ready food from the dollar store.
I know this because I've compared prices (as in actually recorded prices, tracked all expenditures, etc.), even looking at costs per pound, volume, etc., and tried to live off of a diet of mainly dollar store food. When we were driving a domestic hoopty from 1995 with 220k+ miles on it just a few years ago (I got $200 for it when I got rid of it), and renting a 2 bedroom apartment with an el cheapo fridge from a slumlord who never fixed anything, Costco was by far the cheapest source of food, except for Walmart's Sam's Club (Costco had other advantages). Yeah, things could have been much, much worse. I'm really thankful that they weren't, and aren't. But we were below median income, and still are. Organic produce isn't bougie. It's just normal.
Alyssa
I didn’t even realize that I had disordered eating until I started watching you. You’re fixing me and I didn’t even know I had to be fixed. I am so glad I found you and your cookbook!
victory4life00
same
Alena Droze
Agreed! I thought the 80/20 concept was great but now I get how it makes food good/bad.
Anete Barisa
@Alyssa oh that is a good point. I started 2 weeks ago as i got really bloated, painfully so. I am planning to go to a doctor and see what to do, but for now taking it easy so i can go through the day 😄 but thank you, i will look into probiotics and see what little steps I can do to help with that x
Alyssa
@Anete Barisa oh nice! I’ve done FODMAP as well and I’d say they’re actually pretty FODMAP friendly and you can do some easy substitutes. I want to make sure that you know that FODMAP should be temporary because when you limit your diet you’re doing to decrease the diversity of your microbiome which will cause more digestive problems. I’m not sure what Abbey’s stance on probiotics is, but I highly recommend taking a high quality probiotic that has 10+ species and 15B+ CFU. I took Garden of Life Women’s probiotic and was super bloated for a week but it temporarily changed my microbiome long enough for me to start introducing food groups that I hadn’t been able to eat for years and your diet will change your microbiome long term so now I’m no longer reliant on the probiotic because my diet is diverse again! There was one point that I couldn’t eat most foods that were high in fructose, fructans, lactose, and some other various foods and I’ve regained all of those back. I only have a couple random trigger foods still and I’m going to get an allergy test next week because I suspect that they’re true allergies rather than intolerances at this point.
liv ics
Abbey fixed me too. I understood that carbs are not the devil and I found out about hunger crushing combos. I didn't know about all that and she helped me release my stress around food ❤️
Pamela Atkinson’s Cats
She comes across as so joyless and overly intense when she talks about food. When I think of all the people you’ve spoken about on your channel, I like the ones who enthuse about and really savour what they eat.
D N
She's like a robot.
Micky Hoffman
it doesn't help that her voice is annoying and is she serious? she talks about eating 1/2 cup of organic fat free gluten free baked cheese doodles is a big splurge.
#JohnnyDeppIsRacist
@Abbey Sharp I am ssooooo disappointed to hear you say you want your videos to be shorter! That is definitely the opposite of what I needed to hear. I wish I knew everything you learned in your studies!