Living on One Dollar Page #5

are having huge impacts on our lives.

Probably the most important one is lard.

We bought some straight lard

today in town to try to add to our fat content.

If you could feel this texture

right now, it is one of the

foulest things ever. [ Sizzling ]

This lard right here has -- what was it -- 208

grams of fat and 1,080 calories, which is the

equivalent of more than the rice or beans that

we were eating. And we started mashing our

beans and refrying our beans in lard.

It's so good in the stomach.

[ Speaking Spanish ] In our third week,

they invited us over to their home for a

small snack. But when we arrived, they

were preparing the traditional meal

of pulick, served only twice a

year for special occasions.

[ Both chuckle ] Oh!

Oh! s?

S. Claro. Claro.

Mmm. Sean, you can sit down.

Yeah.

He wants to say a few things

to the camera. Oh. S.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

Muchsimas gracias a mi hermano.

Yes.

[ Chuckles ] Our desire to repay

Anthony and rosa, not only for the

expense of the incredible food but also

their generosity, is overwhelming.

They have so little, yet they're willing to give so much.

We all agreed that, somehow, we

will save the money to cook them

a pulick dinner before we go.

We have like 60.

It's only three days.

We can just decrease our amount. We can

get like, you know, a pound and a half.

I mean, I don't think we even really need

to dip into our savings that much...

Yeah. ...At all.

That would be awesome.

If we just want to, like, not eat very much.

[ Shivers, sniffles ]

[ Rooster crows ]

I drew a low number today, so we're having some...

Struggles with how we need to

pay Anthony's family back and also pay off

our loan, which is due in three days.

So...

We drew really low numbers for four days.

I pulled four numbers in a row,

and two of them were zeros, and two of them were ones.

So amongst the four of us, we

had 12 cents a person to live on, per day.

And, you know, we woke up, and

it was market day, and we

literally have no money for food.

Open the other one now.

[ Hinges squeak ]

So this is a big pull we need

a minimum a two or higher

if we get a one no

bananas if we get a zero

we have to go talk to Anthony

and take out a loan from him.

Let's see it. It's a nine.

No way!

No! [ Chuckles ] Yeah!

Seany boy! Dude, you're the

clutchest puller in the world!

[ Giggles ] It's a mosh pit!

Whoo!

Yes! Oh, my God!

Dude, so huge.

Bananas for everyone! [ Chuckles

] We got lucky and pulled a

nine. But what if you're out of

food and you don't know the next

time money will be coming in? How do you

choose between feeding your child or keeping

them in school?

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