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Alright /ck/ I got my own place and a job to boot. Now I need to cook with bills, which is much harder than I thought.
I've been at this two months and have found potatoes, onions, celery, bread, Spam to be helpful. Other poorfag foods?

>> No.16475919

>>16475915
chicken
rice
beans

you will live forever on those.

>> No.16475933

>>16475915
When I'm being lazy I load up on Totinos and hotdogs

>> No.16475937

Spam is pretty expensive in most places though.
Which meat is actually most cost effective is going to depend on your area, but it's generally going to be chicken thighs / ground beef.
Beans. Lentils.

>> No.16475977

>>16475919
in no particular order
If you can afford it go with frozen fish over chicken on some days. Also: add pastas. Fuck ramen and conventional poor foods.
If you have a food bank nearby use it. Eat your leftovers by alternating fresh meals and leftovers. Cheese is good tasting and good for you but relatively expensive if you eat as much as I like to. Experiment with cooking. potatoes and onions with a splash of tomato sauce is amazing. Crack an egg over top and cover for a kickass breakfast.
drop fast food and meals that won't fill you up. You probably already can't afford snacks but snacks are a meme. Don't buy them. Watch budget cooking YouTube/tiktok. My final recommendation is to watch Townsends or other historical cooking programs. It's really interesting how simple classical cooking was before cookbooks were commonplace. That can also lead you down the path of foraging and naturalism which aren't practical skills for city slickers but they give some perspective and that's priceless

>> No.16476000

>>16475977
Thanks anon. In my two months, I've found these all to be useful. Cheese is expensive, but holy shit is it a treat.
Never thought about egg and tomato sauce, will need to try that.
Snacks are a joke, and so is any preapred food. Fish is expensive where I live, landlocked as hell.
I've been watching Townsends and Atomic Shrimp for some time now. Not much of a naturalist, but you're right, the perspective and understanding of food as survival is priceless.

>> No.16476157

>>16475915
Dry Goya bean sacks
Goya Sazon
Goya brown rice
Goya olives
Goya oil
SIMPLE AS

>> No.16476169

>>16475915
>spam
>poorfag
this shit costs twice as much per pound as actual bacon, and 5x as much as pork shoulder, which its made from.
Post mechanically separated chicken and/or pork dollar store tinned luncheon meat.

>> No.16476175

>>16475915
>spam
>poorfag
This shit is wildly overpriced now. In Australia it's $16.18 a kg. You can literally get fresh ham at the deli for less. I don't even know how it still exists. Who is buying it at that price?

>> No.16476205

>>16476175
>>16476169
I picked it for recognition more than it being the absolute best value. I buy it as a treat. If I'm retarded, tell me, but also tell me how to stop being retarded.

>> No.16476238

>>16475915
spam is more expensive than chicken

>> No.16476240

>>16476205
I admit, I buy a few cans when its on sale, it is actually pretty tasty, and infinitely better than the off brand shit. Spam + egg + american flavor sandwich slices is top tier.
Genuine poorfag food: dry beans, pork shoulder, rice, potato, cabbage, rice, onions, etc.

>> No.16476264

>>16476205
when you're buying chicken, get leg and thigh quarters, they're 80cents a pound, don't waste your money on breasts

>> No.16476280

>>16476205
If you're actually poor rice, bread, beans, eggs, potatoes and onions are your staples. Throw in some tinned tuna if you like, it's half the price of spam.

>> No.16476295

>>16476000
If you do get cheese make sure you get a brick and a cheese grater. A brick of cheese is quite versatile and using a grater to shred your cheese will make your brick last longer as opposed to buying slices.

>> No.16476313

>>16476295
cheese is pretty much the same price whatever form you purchase it in

>> No.16476376

>>16476313
True
but I'd rather get a brick and slice, shred, and cube it rather than buying all three individually.