Originally Posted by phoebeisis

Yikes-driving 6 miles to get groceries-bank-12 miles roundtrip in an "average older car" city driving-maybe 2/3 gallon-almost $3 -plus wear and tear on vehicle-figure $6 per trip easily.
And forget about riding public transportation with frozen food-6 miles-probably 40 minutes one way+ wait time-
you flat can't buy frozen food-
and poultry-beef- really not improved by 1 hr in the summer heat!
Bacon/ham/preserved meats-do OK but they aren't so great stomach cancer wise.(taste good of course-vit c might mitigate the stomach cancer risk- fresh tomatoes (vit c source)good combo with ham/bacon/lunch meat -tastes great too-BLT-HAM EGG TOMATO OMELET)