You're getting confused, it's the Koreans and Japanese who can't afford to eat meat or fruit because a kilo costs them over 10 kek dollars
In Latin America you can eat everything and cheap
For example, today I ate egg with toast, cheese and salami, As a snack I had a Colombian grain coffee and I ate almonds, a banana and corn paste
For lunch I will eat chestnuts with oatmeal, honey, apples and dark chocolate
And finally at dinner I will have pork chops and baked chicken breasts with mushrooms, potatoes and different vegetables.
All that came out to me less than 20 dollars
Of course, health is shit, parasites, salmonella and who knows what other shit our food has If you don't cook it right