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Mr. Announcer: "Ghetto Science Public Television presents 'Cooking with Grandpa Pookie!' Tonight's guest is Brotha Hustle, the Ghetto Science Team's roving and mobile entrepreneur. On this segment of the program, Grandpa Pookie and Brotha Hustle will show you how to eat well on a recession budget."

Grandpa Pookie: "Greetings, culinary friends! Can you smell what's cookin' in the kitchen? If you can't, it's because you eat pre-packaged foods sold at your local corner convenience or dollar store. The economists say this nation is moving out of the recession. Yeah, right. Even if the knife is pulled out of my back, the wound remains. And poor folk are hurting. Now, poor people must resort to food shopping at a neighborhood 'bodega' (aka convenience store) for their daily or weekly meals. Brotha Hustle, how does a financially challenged individual eat well on a restricted budget?"

Brotha Hustle: "Despite what is happening with the economy, poor folk still eat like kings by purchasing extremely low priced items from 'bodegas' like Mr. Habib's Gas Station or Jojo's Discount Dollar Store. On the kitchen counter is an inexpensive dinner for less than $5. And it's good eating, too!

"Here's what you get: Shrimp and pork-flavored ramen noodles, saltine crackers, barbecue-flavored beef jerky, a super-size bottle of lemon-lime flavored Juicy Juice, a honey bun and a bonus large snack-bag of teriyaki-flavored pork rinds."

Grandpa Pookie: "The smell of shrimp and pork-flavored noodles and teriyaki pork rinds fill the air. Yummy!"

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153640

Comment

Me thinks you've been looking in my pantry when I left the room. Another good one. The question is can Grandpa Pookie make a turkey flavored Thanksgiving dinner with all the above. Now that would be real recession cuisine. Bon Apetite!!

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EDDIESEATON

Date

2009-11-24T21:41:16-06:00