SNAP recipients get nothing as Trump just announced he is going to brazenly violate the court orders that they be restored.
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who is eating that much mustard to be unable to afford it
"poor people shouldn't be able to afford food because I'm irresponsible with my money"
.... That's what this sounds like.
If you're not "poor enough" to need snap, and you can't afford to buy whatever food you want, within reason, then either, you need snap and you're in denial, or you need to learn money management.
Snap recipients are forced to spend the money on food, since that's the only place that money can be spent AFAIK.... So they're forced to be responsible with their food money. They can't use the funds to get drunk at the pub and stumble down the street picking fights and ending up in the drunk tank.
Whole discussion is about " I can only afford 1/3 price generic mustard, but SNAP recipients are spoiled"
SNAP funds can also be used to buy cheap mustard to stetch limited SNAP budget.
I love the idiocy of the view that the poorest among us are eating like kings for free while we all suffer and toil for peanuts. I mean, how dumb do you have to be? I've got a steal of a deal on some property on mars you may be interested in.
I have MAGA family. The first thing they always mention about SNAP is how "welfare queens" are gaming the system, even though they were all on food stamps at one point. It's purely all about racism and punching down. They don't like the idea of black and brown people eating on "their" taxdollars. However, when my brother was on food stamps, it was out of "necessity" because he relied on SNAP to feed his step children.
Same, overheard one day they are paying immigrants $3000 a month to not work. Like what in the actual fuck is wrong with these people? That doesn't hold up to even the slightest bit of scrutiny. But there's no reasoning with people who lack any form of it.
It's definitely infuriating. Anything is "true" in their land of make believe..
That's how my dad was. He was the one only one who actually needed food stamps; everybody else was cheating the system. As far as I could tell, it wasn't about race because he'd talk shit about other white people who used food stamps, too.
Well at least your dad hated everyone equally ;)
If that’s all you can afford, you might need snap tbh
Let them eat French's™
Fuck that! I'm a stone ground and horseradish convert. But French's does make some damn good basic yellow mustard.
Are poor people really gorging themselves on fine condiments? Of course not. Ridiculous.
It also bothers me that there's the implication that poor people don't deserve any luxuries. As if being poor is a moral failing, so you should suffer.
Of course, what's really absurd is the trillions of dollars the US spends on military bullshit every year, not the fact that some unemployed worker might be able to buy top-shelf mustard.
Yes, we are. I have nothing to put them on though, I'm just pouring Poupon straight down the throat hole.
This made me howl like that one-too-loud audience member from a canned laughter cassette tape.
You don't fill up a kiddie pool and bask in it?
Maybe? An ex from NC introduced me to putting Sweet Hot Mustard on summer sausage + cheese + Ritz cracker, and damn. It added like, 3 points in tastiness (on a 10 point scale).
Oh yes, the classic “the poor people are secretly happy and that bothers me” argument. It’s like a cat call for stupid people. The whole point of it is to say “you’re not allowed to have anything remotely nice because I consider myself better than you.”
It’s mental illness made into a political platform.
That's not the same Sunshine that's on Lemmy, is it? 🤔
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Sunshine would never
Yellow mustard is not less fancy. It's yellow because it has turmeric in it. That's more ingredients and it's one of those fancy unique spices.
The reason it's cheap is because Americans like the flavor of turmeric in their mustard so some companies have made a cheap version of it.
Dijon mustard is yellow? Isn't it not only the classic mustard but also (if it's made as it should, anyone can make "Dijon mustard" IIRC) made without any special additives?
Sorry, maybe my post was confusing. Dijon is the one that doesn't have turmeric and isn't yellow, the bright yellow ballpark mustard does.
Not at all, I guess my dijon mustads yellow is a bit desaturated in comparison!
Oh I see, sorry I agree most mustard is a little yellow. I was just contrasting it to ballpark mustard yeah.
Plus, different mustards for different foods. I like a yellow with a lot of things, but on a hotdog is pretty classic. I like a spicy brown mustard with some chicken. And maybe a stoneground for a deli sandwich. Chinese mustard from some restaurants, like with spring rolls, is also quite the treat at times, if you like the spice level! I'm hungry.
Mustard greens are quite possibly the best greens ever.
A little bit of mustard can enhance many sauces, too. Key words "a little bit". Like a bean pot recipe I base mine off of called for either 125 ml or 250 ml ketchup and 5 ml mustard. But if you forget that teaspoon of mustard, it doesn't taste nearly as good.
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