FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
on 05 Jun 14:28
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Huh, I'm eating less meat than I ever have. Shit's expensive plus stuff like garbanzo beans are surprisingly tasty and protein packed. Plus, it's way healthier for you.
panthera_@lemmy.today
on 05 Jun 14:39
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I think you have to combine it with other foods to get a complete protein.
For me, when I had no money, it was pulses (garbanzos and lentils, mainly), brown rice and fish. I lived in a town with a fishing port, and back then everyone was barely getting by, so prices weren’t bad. But those same sand dabs I used to buy off the boat, cleaned, 4 for a dollar, are nowhere near as cheap now. And there is no fishing fleet there anymore, it’s become a yacht marina.
Anyway I’ve moved on and am living in another country. Here, the low-food-mile, low-cost options are different. And my consumption of red meat is on the order of once a week. I’m not a big fan of chicken, but still have fish when I’m motivated to visit the fishmonger.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
on 05 Jun 17:39
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Black beans and rice is a good combo, complimentary proteins too!
marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
on 05 Jun 14:33
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Chicken is literally a quarter of the price of beef, of course people are eating more chicken. Just a reminder meatloaf, which would now cost at least $15 to feed a family of four, used to be one of the cheapest meals. And outside the anglosphere more people are able to afford meat at all, and chicken and pork are the meats of choice for the world because of their incredibly low cost and relatively low environmental impact; modern cooking techniques and knowledge also pretty much entirely eliminates the risk of food-born illness from historically famously risky sources.
little_tuptup@sh.itjust.works
on 05 Jun 14:52
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not only is chicken cheaper, it’s healthier. so maybe that also has something to do with it?
i hope as humanity advances, it would be nice to see technological advances in meat alternatives rather than farming chickens. i love eating meat, but damn is it inhumane and inefficient
tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social
on 05 Jun 14:51
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I can safely say this is an underestimation. I ate exactly 0 (zero) chickens in 1961 on account of not having been conceived yet. I eat more than 6 * 0 chickens now.
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Huh, I'm eating less meat than I ever have. Shit's expensive plus stuff like garbanzo beans are surprisingly tasty and protein packed. Plus, it's way healthier for you.
I think you have to combine it with other foods to get a complete protein.
Pulses plus grains give you the right set of amino acids to make proteins.
For me, when I had no money, it was pulses (garbanzos and lentils, mainly), brown rice and fish. I lived in a town with a fishing port, and back then everyone was barely getting by, so prices weren’t bad. But those same sand dabs I used to buy off the boat, cleaned, 4 for a dollar, are nowhere near as cheap now. And there is no fishing fleet there anymore, it’s become a yacht marina.
Anyway I’ve moved on and am living in another country. Here, the low-food-mile, low-cost options are different. And my consumption of red meat is on the order of once a week. I’m not a big fan of chicken, but still have fish when I’m motivated to visit the fishmonger.
Black beans and rice is a good combo, complimentary proteins too!
Chicken is literally a quarter of the price of beef, of course people are eating more chicken. Just a reminder meatloaf, which would now cost at least $15 to feed a family of four, used to be one of the cheapest meals. And outside the anglosphere more people are able to afford meat at all, and chicken and pork are the meats of choice for the world because of their incredibly low cost and relatively low environmental impact; modern cooking techniques and knowledge also pretty much entirely eliminates the risk of food-born illness from historically famously risky sources.
Chickens can also be raised with very little land and just some basic resources. Cows need large amounts of pasture, barns, special equipment, etc.
Perhaps, eating insects might be a solution.
Maybe stop eating animals?
not only is chicken cheaper, it’s healthier. so maybe that also has something to do with it?
i hope as humanity advances, it would be nice to see technological advances in meat alternatives rather than farming chickens. i love eating meat, but damn is it inhumane and inefficient
I can safely say this is an underestimation. I ate exactly 0 (zero) chickens in 1961 on account of not having been conceived yet. I eat more than 6 * 0 chickens now.
It’s just Chickens Georg who eats 10,000 chickens daily and offsets the average for everyone.
It isn’t that surprising. Humans have gotten very good at raising chickens in the past 60 years.
I saw videos of chickens from the 1900s. My word. They were a fraction of the size today.
I’m doing my best, but I wasn’t alive in 1961.