/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13202052
>o food in the house.
>What should I buy?

food.

What country do you live in? This tells us nothing, cost of living is different everywhere. You could panhandle in the US and make a fortune being a Europoor, in some areas, and get arrested for doing it other places. The lockup is warmer than the streets.

Get 2 or 3 whole chickens. It's meat. Can easily be purchases for less than that much money. And should last you about a couple weeks depending on how much of a fat fuck you are, as long as you supplement it with potatoes, rice, and other cheap ingredients. Also look into stews.

>>13202068
How do I best stretch a chicken over a few days? How long does it take to go off after cooking?
I'm a total retard for this stuff and need help. Even telling me some good websites would be helpful

>>13202061
God damn it anon, you've done it again

>>1320206
>£20
>Don't even know what country you're in
Nigger please

>>13202052
>20 lbs of rice
>5lbs of beans
>still have half the money leftover
>eat for an entire month
wa la

>>13202052
Cook onion, add 1 tin of tomatoes, some sugar, oregano and garlic powder.

Mix with 500g pasta and top with grated cheddar.

I could only add a max of 12, but you can eat 250g for 4 days.

When using 500g of dried pasta though, must be like 2000-3000 calories a day easy.

>>13202066
>£20
>£
your deductive skills aren't that good are they

>>13202082
Like I said, using it with recipes that incorporate a lot of cheap ingredients will help stretch them. Potatoes, rice, carrots, celery, beans for example. It doesn't necessarily have to be chicken, if you see a good price on pork or something that's fine too. Look at the price per pound and compare it to a whole chicken, which will usually be cheaper unless something is on sale. Jamie Oliver's food tube has a lot of noob friendly recipes. If you have an aldi or lidl near you, you're in luck. Kino poverty store.

If you really want meat then the best you can hope for is cheap value brand frozen sausages. You won't get enough calories otherwise, because you really need to eat carbs, since they're cheap and high calorie.

>>13202052
>>13202149

>>13202089
>>13202131
Well fuck you assholes, I was going to help but I'm sure as hell not now. In fact, I encourage no one else to help this ungrateful piece of shit. Enjoy figuring it out on your own OP.

>>13202169
it's ok dude not everyone can be smart

>>13202052
Rice.

>>13202192
>rice is meat

>>13202052
food bank you poorfag. 20 ain't enough to feed you for 2 weeks,.

go to a store with self checkout and just steal some shit if it gets really desperate

>>13202206
>not knowing how to stretch your dollar
Oh man that's sad.

>he doesn't shoplift at least half of what he gets
Not gonna make it.

>>13202211
>being that poor

>>13202169
>MY HELP WAS UNIQUE
>REEEEEEEEEEEE

Here's a new list. Turns out it's cheaper to just buy pasta sauce already made.

So you've got sausages, bacon, eggs and even some ham, as well as bread and butter. You can easily make sandwiches out of this for lunch, as well as breakfast foods. You'll have to freeze on loaf though, since it won't last 2 weeks.

Then you've got pasta+sauce+cheese for dinner, again, 500g of pasta when cooked turns into like 1000g+. It's a lot of calories. You'd easily survive on this, you might even put on weight.

>>13202277
>Turns out it's cheaper to just buy pasta sauce already made.
I guarantee you it's not. Stop trying to "help" the OP. You're retarded.

>>13202283
I literally posted two lists, one making the sauce from scratch using only basic and cheap ingredients and one buying it jarred, and it wasn't even the cheapest jarred option. You're the retard.

>>13202301
All that proves is that you're fucking terrible at grocery shopping. Probably because you're trying to do it over the internet like a retard. And probably terrible at cooking too considering you were putting sugar in pasta sauce. Please kill yourself.

>>13202301
Do you know how math works faggot

Also this illustrates the whole "poor people can't buy boots that last and end up spending more money over time" thing

tldr don't be poor

>>13202052
chicken and potatoes

>>13202309
>Probably because you're trying to do it over the internet like a retard.
Eh, the OP is asking for help over the internet? Are we suppose to meet up and go shopping? Again, you're the retard.

>And probably terrible at cooking too considering you were putting sugar in pasta sauce
We're talking about budget food where OP can only afford the cheapest possible tinned tomatoes. He's not using fresh or san marzano tomatoes here. Sugar is perfectly fine to add to a tomato sauce. Again, you're the retard.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/235565/chef-johns-tomato-sauce/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/how_to_make_a_tomato_07153

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QM2z2QmiQ8

Here, two recipes, one from Chef John and one from the BBC, as well as a Youtube video from Matty Matheson where guess what? He adds sugar to his tomato sauce.

>All that proves is that you're fucking terrible at grocery shopping.
Nah, it proves that you're an ignorant retard who knows jack shit. Fact > Opinion.

Show me a recipe for a tomato sauce that produces 500g for 39p. Bet you can't retard.

>>13202359
>Eh, the OP is asking for help over the internet? Are we suppose to meet up and go shopping?
No, you're supposed to give general advice for him to do when he goes shopping for himself. Sugar is not "perfectly fine" to add to tomato sauce. Fuck off.

A bag of whey and oil and multivitamin should keep you going.

>>13202373
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6605-using-baking-soda-to-tone-down-tomato-sauce

>An important factor in achieving great tomato flavor is balancing acidity and sweetness. Too much of either can leave you with a tomato sauce that tastes one-dimensional. Adding baking soda will change the pH of tomato sauce, making it less acidic. Generally, we balance tomato sauce acidity by adding a bit of sugar. While sugar can’t neutralize acidity in the same way that baking soda can, it does change our perception of other tastes.

Another source, this time cooks illustrated. You're just an ignorant retard who obviously can't cook.

>>13202373
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-marinara-sauce

Again another, Bon Appetit this time. Guess what? Sugar.

>>13202388
I'm not even bothering to read your links you ass clown. Allrecipes is garbage. Chef John is soccer mom tier. And matty matheson is an insufferable fat faggot. I assume you are an insufferable fat faggot too guzzling down sugar sauce with cheddar cheese. Now stop fucking replying to me.

Ive done this plenty of times. Buy grocceries as you need it, dont let anything go to waste. Single onion, eggs, bread, potatoes. Slowly buy any meat so it doesnt go bad. Scramble 2-3 eggs in with some onion, cheese if you have it, and potatoes. Obviously cook the potatoes beforehand. Make some toast as well. Only drink water. Make sure you cook this meal around 4pm so you won’t feel as starved. It’ll suck the first day or two but you may not even feel that hungry for the rest of the 2 weeks

>>13202400
>Stop fucking replying to me.
You're the one replying to me retard. Are you suffering from psychosis as well as mental retardation?

>>13202419
I'm trying to get you to fuck off because you're shitting up the poor bastards thread with your terrible advice. Now fuck off.

>>13202427
I saw you didn't want replies and came as fast as I could.

>>13202427
>you're shitting up the poor bastards thread with your terrible advice
And what advice have you contributed to the thread besides flaming around like a retard? I answered OP. He gave a specific budget and asked what to buy and I answered him. You're the one who started flaming. Again, I bring up psychosis because it seems like you're pretty delusional to the facts of reality. Now stop replying to me retard.

>>13202436
Careful now, you don't want to push him over the edge. He doesn't seem very stable.

>>13202169
agreed, fuck OP

get $20 of steel reserve and go to a soup kitchen every day like a normal bum

To not waste you have to reserve your fat.
Eat sugar with fats to raise your blood sugar levels which makes it easier for your muscles to replenish their energy reserves and allow energy to be turned into fat cells in your body.

Do not exercise at all without having eaten first, it would drain your fat reserves. Eat breakfast before doing anything after waking up. Eating a sugar/fat heavy diet allows you to retain maximum amount of body fat.

A couple large meals per day (say 8am, 16pm) allows more time to digest each meal and lets the body rest. Anything irritating/laxative like milk or spicy food is bad.

>>13202052
Greggs

>wants to eat meat EVERY DAY
What are you, the king of fucking england?

>>13202277
Depending on Transpo situation he could just make a second trip. Seems like a solid menu though for poverty tier.

>>13202233

>>13202561
you got a problem with that, nonce?

>>13202561
I don’t think England has a king currently.

>>13202169
I would be tempted to help simply because OP made your dumb ass so mad, but fuck Anglos.

>>13202052
Lentls, beans, rice, onions, canned tomatoes, salt, garlic and the cheapest frozen vegetables you can find

>>13202131
Just admit you live in South Sudan, poorfag nigger

rice and frozen veggies. waaaah it's not a meal!!! well fuck you then stop being poor. deal with your circumstances and eat what you can, which is rice and veggies. sounds boring and shitty? maybe stop being fucking poor then you retard. eat that for every meal until you can afford something else

>>13202052
>webm
wait, is there finally a good rip of this movie?

>>13202052
>meat
No. You're eating rice, beans, potatoes, eggs, and frozen vegetables. It's gonna be rough, but you can do it.

>>13202206
>20 ain't enough to feed you for 2 weeks,.

Shopping at ALDI can do it.

>>13203074
This guy gets it.
Meat is way too expensive if you're poor.

>>13202052
You can get a 24 pack of cheap sausages for $8 AUD, spend the rest on rice and some ‘chup.

>£20 for 2 weeks
You do know that literal hobos spend more than that right? Just borrow some money or beg on the street or some shit. The solution is simple : get more money. Instead of spending time on 4chan go beg on the street or do some juggling or whatever you could earn more than £20 in a single day.
I would recommend you to just spend the money in one day and starve the next two weeks, you will be forced to get more money to feed yourself

>>13202169
I dont think we need the advice of somebody who cant recognise a £ sign

>>13202427
Post your amazing advice then

>>13202739
>20£ for two weeks of food in South Sudan
>poorfag

>>13202125
that made me think of a good recipe, pic related

>>13202277
asda's jarred tomato & garlic sauce is the best out of any supermarket. Aldi's is decent too

>>13203169
Not really. Obviously you're not going to be eating steak every night. But you can get meat pretty cheaply if you know what to look for.

>>13202052
Do OMAD fatty

KCl
NaCl
Water
Fast

for real though go to a church potluck so you dont run out you can probably go to multiple on Sunday.

>>13202082
>Get 2 or 3 whole chickens.
Don't listen to this retard.

>>13205112
Care to explain why?
>cheap for the amount of meat you get
>versatile
>easy to cook

>Go to dollar store
>Buy 9 tortilla packs
>Buy 6 things of meat
>Buy 2 things of beans
>Buy 3 things of cheese

You can make burritos, tacos, nachos, tostadas
If you have oil you can make rolled tacos

>>13202052
Buy a packet of oats and you have breakfast for 2 weeks (bonus is some cheap applesauce)
>porridge
Then buy loads of pasta/rice or potatoes and the cheapest sausage/meat you can find a garlic and some krushed tomatoes to make your own sauce

>>13206573
>£20
>£
>go to the dollar store

OP here is sausage chilli and rice for £20 odd

works out to 1700kcal, 67g protein, 22g fibre a day (14 days). Honestly i'd do what you can do get a bit more money so you can get more carbs in.

Also bulk buying rice/dry beans from ethnic shops is often cheaper

>>13207728
Looks good but why basmati over plain long grain? I'm just asking. I have always gotten long grain rice and never branched out to stuff like basmati or jasmine. Currently I use Uncle Ben's converted rice both for nutrition, texture, and ease of cooking unless I'm going particularly for white rice.

>>13207751
yeah messed up there actually

I just switched out the basmati for the cheapest long grain and saved £3.30, allowing me to add 2.5kg of pasta and 1.5kg of frozen green beans bringing total to £19.90 for 2340kcal, 89g protein, 33g fibre per day

the peppers also a luxury that could go if you were desperate for more kcal

>>13202725
>fuck Anglos
>Bitting the hand that feeds you
You'll live to regret your racism.

>>13207774
Nice! I don't know if they have Uncle Ben's converted or any other converted rice over there, but it's really good for pilaf and having more nutritional rice than fully white rice (depending on price and budget). I think it's brown rice that has already been parboiled, so when you cook it the texture and taste are closer to white rice while retaining the nutrition of brown rice and being filling. It's not what I'd cook if I wanted white sticky rice or coconut rice, but it's a great option day to day.

>>13207797
Uncle Bens is a brand here but I don't think I've seen that

sounds interesting as the main drawback of brown rice is the cooking time. Probably too expensive for OPs purposes though

>>13207822
It's almost $2.50/lb and the only converted rice brand/option where I shop in store but only $0.58/lb (10lbs for $5.78) for Great Value brand online from Walmart and looks like it'd be that price in store. If you have that option then it's a great deal. I will try that next time I buy more converted rice instead of paying for name brand markup.

>>13205112
>enough portions for 12 meals
>strip the carcasses and make a stew for another 4-6 meals
Yeah OP, don't listen to that arsehole. He doesn't have a clue.

>>13202052
Go Lidl's. Buy pasta, beef mince, eggs, oil (if you seriously don't have any), rice, bacon, and frozen mixed veg. Will cost you around £12, have a look for reduced stock too (reduced by 30% if it is on or the day before the expiry date but it's still perfectly safe to eat), also bread is reduced to 20 pence for the same reasons. Wonky veg boxes are £1.50 for a 5ish kilo box of assorted veg. Don't buy frozen chicken or fish because it's bulked up with water "for succulence" but really it is a 50:50 ratio of meat to water by weight--2 kg bag of chicken is really only 1kg and that applies for almost all frozen chicken and fish products.
Egg fried rice with peas and bacon is very nutritious, high in calories, and very cheap.

>>13207774
>>13202052
best advice so far, enjoy your industrial pork cylinder chilli for the next two weeks OP

>>13207048
maybe turn your brain on. every country has an equivalent of a dollar store.

>>13202125
500 gram are 1500 kcal roundabout.

>>13202052
Flour, oats, eggs, , rice, beans, hot dogs.

>>13209025
Bar-S I presume?

>>13202427
You aren't even giving advice, just sperging out. Have you even made tomato sauce, anyway?

>>13206573
Eating food from a dollar store is worse than starving.

>>13202052
bag of 4 large potatoes is 50p at Sainsburys. Get some cheap chicken breasts or something to go with that. bag of peas.

>>13207787
>bitting the hand that feeds you
>bitting
brainlet
>the hand that feeds you
>implying

>>13202169
Might be the best advice in the whole piece of shit thread.

>>13202061
fpbp

>>13202082
cut it up, make stock with bones and skin and leftovers from cutting the chicken apart.

freeze rest of the parts 3 chickens give u
6 brests
6 wings
6 Drums
and so on, u can use each for one portion

also a good idea is to make a stew with like like 3 drums or 2 breasts.

also buy a big bag of rice

>>13202052
You need the true slav chef in your life Anon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfmRhfuI8g

>>13202052
Onion, cabbage, potatoes, beans, rice, and any meat you can get cheap.
Watch Borris like this guy suggested >>13214599

Two week fast.
Do it, fatty.

>>13202169
Imagine being retarded and then blaming everyone else for my retardation. Amazing.

buy a shit ton of rice. it's cheaper than any other carb you can get and a 4kg bag will be able to feed you for 2 weeks for every single meal. then buy onions and garlic and whatever cheap protein you can find.

>>13214599
This Anon knows where it's at. Also check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvKQNLdMr48 for some basic tips. But really, pretty much all of Boris's recipes are cheap to cook.

>>13202052

https://youtu.be/UKfmRhfuI8g

>>13215000
>>13215140
Ah fuck me. Should have read the whole thread before replying.

>>13202169
>I was going to help but I'm sure as hell not now.

Your help would have been shit anyway m8, go lick a window.

>>13202277
Nice effort, looks like a real homeless grade poverty shopping list.
I had to live on the same menu a few times. Realisticaly, these are your options

>>13215377
With $20 on a homeless budget you can pick up a handle and eat for days

>>13202052
>I have £20 to feed me for two weeks
Says who? You can get more money ya know, it's rather easy to earn or even beg. You could even steal but I wouldn't recommend it since one little stupid mistake could cost you far more than you ever earned.

>>13202373
hang yourself, nigger

>>13202052
as others already said, go for rice, beans, maybe some eggs, and frozen veggies (don't know where you live, but here they are cheap). Buy big packages, so they're even cheaper.

>>13215377
Yeah, a retard that can't manage money and ends up homeless would indeed buy stuff like that. You're right.

>>13202052
>I have literally no food in the house.
Yes you do. Quit being dramatic.