See, this is the real hate I have with Tom's shit.
As this post (and the excellent
Kiwi Cook Book thread, check it out if any of you haven't) proves, you can absolutely eat really well on a budget if you just have a little knowledge and some basic cooking skill. It's food, it's not hard.
And yet, somehow, Tommy manages to botch the simple act of preparing food with literally limitless free time and free government tardbux.
For real, how does one screw up pasta? It is designed to be a dish you can prepare blackout drunk, it's Italian for God's sake.