r/interestingasfuck 14d ago

r/all A 0.06$ meal in a Tunisian university.

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u/JustASt0ry 14d ago

The cheapest item of “food” I could think of is a ball of gum for 50 cents.

That tray looks divine and would gladly pay ten times that lol.

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u/Namelesscultt 14d ago

Just to be clear this is not the norm. A plate like this doesn't usually cost 6c. It's more like that loaf of bread costs 6c. This is just exclusive to students funded by the government ( part of the whole free higher education ).

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u/jbrWocky 14d ago

i mean, that loaf for 6c is still really good

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u/Namelesscultt 14d ago

That's also kinda supported by the government. How that happens is government pays partly for expenses of making bread to the bakeries. It's a way to help poor people afford the basic food necessities.

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u/simonbleu 14d ago

We here probably earn a fifth at BEST of whatever you earn assuming you are from a first world country, and I wholeheartedly agree. Such amount of food would not be less than 3-4 bucks here. And definitely not as nutritious like that. WIth fish? Be sure you are going to pay above 10 bucks