This week, senators introduced what they're calling the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, which would make the supermarket staple an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
Basically. We have a few grocery stores that have restaurants and put their left over food in a cooler to buy when they close (8pm). You can’t use snap until they relabel it and stick it in the cooler thing. Same food but because it isn’t handed to you it’s snap approved.
If you don’t have a fridge, or a stove, that “no prepared food” rule makes it very expensive and extremely wasteful to eat.
It also increases reliance on chips and soda, which a lot of places are trying to (or have) banned on SNAP without addressing the issue of “good” food being a hard to manage with countless restrictions on purchases.
When I roast my own chicken or turkey, I’ve already invested so much time into cooking and cleaning up that often I can’t give it more time to turn it into stock (id throw it in the freezer for another time if I had the freezer space.) If I buy rotisserie, I almost feel guilty if I don’t make more use lol. Plus my grocery store has an “almost free because it’s starting to rot” produce shelf. Pennies will get you all the veg for soup.
Yeah, doing the stock is an extra step for sure. I use so much stock in cooking for normal meals that it saves me a ton of money to carve out the freezer space (especially because all the almost rotted and throwaway veggie bits can find a home in the pressure cooker).
Our grocery stores don’t have the last chance shelf, unfortunately. In school, we’d raid the produce dumpster and have smoothie nights.
ah, yes, the rule of “you can’t buy 2lb of tasty cooked protein for $7 but you can buy 2lb of uncooked tasteless meat for $7.99/lb”
Basically. We have a few grocery stores that have restaurants and put their left over food in a cooler to buy when they close (8pm). You can’t use snap until they relabel it and stick it in the cooler thing. Same food but because it isn’t handed to you it’s snap approved.
If you don’t have a fridge, or a stove, that “no prepared food” rule makes it very expensive and extremely wasteful to eat.
It also increases reliance on chips and soda, which a lot of places are trying to (or have) banned on SNAP without addressing the issue of “good” food being a hard to manage with countless restrictions on purchases.
Plus, with a slow cooker, instant pot, or just a stove, you can make delicious broth from the leftovers and upgrade your next couple meals.
When I roast my own chicken or turkey, I’ve already invested so much time into cooking and cleaning up that often I can’t give it more time to turn it into stock (id throw it in the freezer for another time if I had the freezer space.) If I buy rotisserie, I almost feel guilty if I don’t make more use lol. Plus my grocery store has an “almost free because it’s starting to rot” produce shelf. Pennies will get you all the veg for soup.
Yeah, doing the stock is an extra step for sure. I use so much stock in cooking for normal meals that it saves me a ton of money to carve out the freezer space (especially because all the almost rotted and throwaway veggie bits can find a home in the pressure cooker).
Our grocery stores don’t have the last chance shelf, unfortunately. In school, we’d raid the produce dumpster and have smoothie nights.