25 Quick 1980s Soul Food Suppers for Black Seniors on a Fixed Income

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25 Quick 1980s Soul Food Suppers for Black Seniors on a Fixed Income

In 1984, the average Social Security retired worker check ran $460 a month. For a Black widow in Detroit who had cleaned offices for thirty years, the number landed lower. After rent and the gas bill, she had about $12 a week for groceries. She kept a tin of Carnation milk in your kind of cupboard and a smoked turkey neck in your kind of freezer. Number 19 on this list fed her for three days off one pot. Number 14 cost $1.40. Number 7 on this list used a can of pink salmon bought before the Reagan cuts hit. These 25 suppers were not party food. They were arithmetic, memory, and the kind of dignity your grandmother kept at a small table. Hit subscribe and stay with us. Here are the 25 quick 1980s soul food suppers Black seniors made stretch a fixed-income check across a long month.

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