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[KNat <knat AT sprintmail.com>]

Marie McHarry wrote:
> On 11/16/06, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw AT chilitech.net> wrote:
>   
> > I suspect that a lot of people define "food" as something you heat in the
> > microwave. If you actually have to prepare it...rice, potatoes, etc. (i.e.
> > the things 'low food security' people have lived on for centuries)...it's
> > not 'food'.
> >     
>
> Do you really think that people who have nothing else to eat in the
> house would refuse to cook a potato?
How would you eat it in a hotel room? In a cardboard box? Even microwave 
ready food is often not useful.
Next level up, slum apartment, needs enough finances to have and power a 
microwave.
Next up, inadequate house- adequate house, uses most of income on 
preprocessed foods, for which they work so many hours they are not home 
to cook.
Next up, overage house, use time for supporting house, processed food, 
"health," and staff to clean and repair.
(we do have a few rich now employing organic gardeners and cooks in 
personal staff around here, but I consider them exceptions.)

My point is, the skill level of what to do with a potato is way down.
If we don't allow immigrants who have agriculture in their upbringing to 
be among our impoverished populace they will starve.

Kathyann