Let’s Talk About the Duggar Family’s Food Choices

Pop Culture Crime
7 min readJan 4, 2020
Photo credit: Jim Bob Duggar via Wikimedia Commons

I am certainly not the first to notice that the Duggar family has disgusting eating habits, but I feel like we can really dive into this strange phenomenon. I’ve eaten some garbage in my day, but some of the food this family eats is downright repulsive.

We have all heard of tater tot casserole, but I want to go deeper.

First Things First: Feeding 19 Kids Is Expensive

Look, I totally get that you can’t feed 21 people cheaply, no matter what you are feeding them. But for a family so intent on “traditional” values, they sure do rely on eating processed crap that makes it hard to call anything they cook “homemade.”

I also get that the TLC money wasn’t rolling in when this family had children 1 through 15. But now, these people own planes and properties. And I’m not seeing any real changes based on social media, the TV show, and the family’s Youtube videos.

I also see a lot of comments defending the garbage these people eat saying, “I’m sure they don’t eat like this every day.” Again, all evidence points to the idea that these people eat like this most days. Every other episode and Youtube video features one of the family members laughing at how poorly they cook and being afraid they’re going to ruin a simple recipe. Take a look at…

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