2 minutes ago, Gannan said:

So are they taxing it as income?

Answering my own question. Yes, yes they are. Have fun @HazletonEagle

Just now, Gannan said:

Answering my own question. Yes, yes they are. Have fun @HazletonEagle

wont affect me.

We're a few months away from a "kill and eat squirrels in your yard" recommendation from the US gov't.

...cheap cuts are also getting pricey though. I love cheap cuts, it's annoying. Shoulders, shanks, liver, ribs, thighs are all traditionally "cheap cuts" but sure as sheet aren't regularly affordable for anyone who was on food stamps right now

16 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

...cheap cuts are also getting pricey though. I love cheap cuts, it's annoying. Shoulders, shanks, liver, ribs, thighs are all traditionally "cheap cuts" but sure as sheet aren't regularly affordable for anyone who was on food stamps right now

Exactly. When everyone buys the "cheap cuts", they stop being cheap or even available lmao. This administration is frustratingly stupid.

On 2/27/2026 at 5:47 PM, DEagle7 said:

...cheap cuts are also getting pricey though. I love cheap cuts, it's annoying. Shoulders, shanks, liver, ribs, thighs are all traditionally "cheap cuts" but sure as sheet aren't regularly affordable for anyone who was on food stamps right now

During COVID I was eating the hell out of cheap cuts. You couldn't find a can of soup anywhere in the supermarket, but you could find roasts, broth, veggies, and seasoning, so I would just make a ton of stews in the crock pot.

Recently I'm trying to cut back on the red meat and eat a ton more fiber. (Last semester I did a paper on dietary causes/remedies of Atherosclerosis, and the overriding consensus of my research was it's not the type of diet, e.g. Mediterranean, Asian, etc, but rather the amount of fiber within that diet, and spamming fiber was about the best thing one can do for overall health. Obv other factors are at play, but fiber intake was showing to be the largest factor.)

I thought that upping my intake of fruits and veggies was going to break the bank, but it's surprisingly cheap to get what you need nutritionally out of fruits and veggies. Granted, most of that is flash frozen, so the quality isn't the same as fresh, but nutritionally it's a wash. To offset meat intake, I've been swapping in shelled edamame, and that's pretty cheap. I just pretend not to be aware of how much legumes are prone to have a high heavy metal content.