The health secretary thought he was offering practical advice to people who can’t afford their groceries anymore.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is addressing the affordability crisis by asking Americans to eat more liver and less steak.
“There’s a lot of good food in grocery stores that goes to waste. Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. If you buy a porterhouse steak … it is gonna set you back,” the secretary said as he gave the keynote address at the “Eat Real Food” rally in Austin, Texas, on Thursday. “You can buy liver, or the cheaper cuts of steak that are very very affordable.”
Nothing’s wrong with eating liver. But to put the burden of the affordability crisis on the choices of everyday Americans rather than the administration he works for is woefully out of touch.
Most of our shopping trip this week was low cost items like pasta, rice and canned goods which aren’t quite so expensive. The fact we are a two person household also helps keep the overall trip costs down.
I build our grocery list as we notice we need something throughout the week, and then go through it again adding and removing items as I’m planning our meals for the week with our local grocery store’s sales flyer guiding what we are having for the week. While shopping, I check the prices on everything in case there is a surprise sale on something we will definitely need. Doing this helped reduce our grocery trips to something manageable and reduce the amount of items that we have to throw out. And I never go to the grocery store hungry because if I do, I won’t stick to the list.