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“Carbohydrates are practically free. A one-pound loaf of generic white bread, containing 3,600 calories, often retails for under a dollar. Even earning minimum wage, it takes a worker five minutes to earn enough money to buy adequate calories for two full days.”
#maybetrueinUSAbutnoteverywhere.
— Feb 13, 2019 10:34PM
#maybetrueinUSAbutnoteverywhere.
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Shannan
is 30% done
“Carbohydrates are practically free. A one-pound loaf of generic white bread, containing 3,600 calories, often retails for under a dollar. Even earning minimum wage, it takes a worker five minutes to earn enough money to buy adequate calories for two full days.”
#maybetrueinUSAbutnoteverywhere.
— Feb 13, 2019 10:34PM
#maybetrueinUSAbutnoteverywhere.
Shannan
is 26% done
Fast food competed head-to-head with processed food in the post-war years, although its genesis can be traced back to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, which is where Americans learned to eat hot dogs, soda, and ice-cream cones while walking around the fairgrounds.
— Feb 13, 2019 10:10PM
