Chicken is expensive as hell where I live. Like I said: I bought stretchy, crunchy chicken (the lowest quality possible) for approximately 6 dollars. Meat isn't that cheap, and if it is, then it's low-quality frozen food type stuff. Ground beef is affordable and chili-type meals are a pretty cheap and balanced fill-ups, I would not argue against that.
Also, the reason I'm seen as preachy is because I'm trying too hard to put my personal experience and morale out there on a forum dedicated to luls culture. If a story's to be told, it's to be told with humor and by somebody else, otherwise it's just powerleveling. I seem to forget what makes this site different than 4chan.