/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18027863]

LARP as me, a poorfag. I've worked out that until I find work I have approximately $35USD to spend on food a fortnight which works out to $2.50 a day. Assuming I have 2 meals a day - and even that isn't a hard requirement - what meals could I make for $1.25 to $2.50 a plate? Getting a little bored of beans and rice.

[Anonymous No.18027871]

>>18027863
I survived on less than that for about a year once. Go to the supermarket and buy the cheapest dry noodles you can find, you can actually use sauces to make a pretty tasty & filling meal. I made the mistake of getting banned from my supermarket, was the only one in town so I was eating bone scraps meant for dogs.

[Anonymous No.18027877]

>>18027863
Two years ago you could have struggled and pulled this off. I don't think it's so anymore. You should find a food bank and see what kind of help you can get.

[Anonymous No.18027885]

>>18027877
Food bank won’t do him any good unless he’s already got food in it, dumbass. That’s like going to a bank and trying to withdraw money when your balance is empty.

[Anonymous No.18027897]

>>18027885
Don't be a fag. These kinds of situations aren't really funny anymore. All of this going on right now is unprecedented. We've never had this many horrible things happening at the same time. A lot of people legitimately need help.

[Anonymous No.18027903]

>>18027871
Noodles will be a staple for sure. Any other meals you made?
>>18027877
I'm looking into it but I figure there has to be some meals I can do for that amount. The beans and rice I make works out around $1.25 but I figure there has to be other meals for similar pricing.

[Anonymous No.18027908]

>>18027897
Who said it was funny? I’m not laughing? I can relate to his struggle. Telling him to go to some magical place stocked with free food just isn’t realistic. Have you ever watched that show “Friends”?

[Anonymous No.18027917]

>>18027903
>any other meals you made?
Sure, when I got tired of noodles I would go to the local bakery and buy bread, donuts, cakes etc that was about to expire. The food was perfectly fine to eat, it’s just that it’s not suitable for selling to customers anymore. I fucked up though and got banned from the only bakery in town.

[Anonymous No.18027918]

>>18027863
Huge bag of cheapest rice possible, huhe bag of cheapest beans possible. Requisition all the hot sauce packets from taco bell and the likes for seasoning your rice and beans.

[Anonymous No.18027919]

>>18027917
How did you get banned from these places?

[Anonymous No.18027937]

>>18027863
Can't be done anymore, get help.

[Anonymous No.18027943]

>>18027903
You've pretty much already found the cheapest thing. Large sacks of potatoes used to be cheap. Eggs used to be cheap, but they aren't anymore. Check for food banks, churches, soup kitchens, etc. Apply for government assistance if you haven't already (although they tend not to approve certain people, it's worth a shot). Remember, there's no shame in asking for help when you need it, or in giving help when you can.

[Anonymous No.18027951]

>>18027919
Not that it’s relevant or important but I was defecating because I had no home to use a toilet in.

[Anonymous No.18027956]

>>18027871
>I made the mistake of getting banned from my supermarket
How in the fuck did you do that?

[Anonymous No.18027963]

>>18027943
Government assistance has knocked me back, waiting on a letter to find out why. I've not really used potatoes much, but looking it up online I can get 4kg for $8.50 AUD which is around $5.90 USD, that sounds like a pretty decent deal. I'm seeing if there's any cheaper meats around as well.
>>18027951
Outstanding. No parks or public toilets around or anything?

[Anonymous No.18027968]

>>18027863
one avocado - $2.00
plus tax - fifty cents
wa la

[Anonymous No.18027974]

>>18027963
Chicken thighs and sometimes whole chickens are the only cheap meats left as far as I know.

[Anonymous No.18027977]

>>18027863
Anyone remember what that asian food is where they pick through the garbage for food scraps then make street food out of it? You should have that OP. There's a nice webm on it.

[Anonymous No.18027990]

>>18027974
I'm seeing 1.1kg of chicken drumsticks for $8.80 AUD and that's looking as cheap as it gets. Any advice on making soup out of bones? I've heard of people doing that.

[Anonymous No.18027992]

>>18027977
Pagpag. And that's not safe. It's half-eaten, half-rotten food. Hunting rabbits or something would be a better alternative.

[Anonymous No.18027993]

>>18027863
get snap or something my god man

[Anonymous No.18027994]

>>18027885

[Anonymous No.18027997]

>>18027990
Yeah, just don't throw away the bones or cartillage. Simmer them in water to make a stock. There's not a lot of calories in there, but you'll get some vitamins and collagen.

[Anonymous No.18028003]

>>18027992
And you can hunt rabbits with a slingshot pretty effectively, btw. Countless youtube videos about this, and about making slingshots.

[Anonymous No.18028005]

>>18027993
I'm in Australia
>>18027997
Okay so between that and some potatoes there's a meal there right? Again I could potentially eat one meal a day which is what i've been doing for a week now.

[Anonymous No.18028012]

>>18028005
You could probably simmer the chicken bones, or the entire legs in the beans.

[Anonymous No.18028020]

But what's nice about bone-in chicken thighs and whole chickens is all the extra fat you're gonna get out of them. People obsess about the protein content, but all those extra fat calories are very good, and can be quite useful for cooking the starches in. So just think. Don't waste anything.

[Anonymous No.18028023]

>>18028012
That's a good idea. I was thinking with the thighs, I said drumsticks before, what I do is keep a little meat on them and fry them in some hot sauce to have little winglets for a snack. Might do that instead if that stretches it further.
Found 1kg of dried white beans for $5 as well so that sounds decent.

[Anonymous No.18028025]

If you're near the ocean, lake, or river fishing is an option. Pole fishing is not effective. That's sport fishing. Nets and basket traps are how you collect food. But be careful because in a lot of places this is illegal because of its effectiveness.

[Anonymous No.18028032]

>>18028025
I'm not, I wish I was still by the ocean because where I used to live wasn't bad for crabbing. I think they're not in season at the moment though.

[Anonymous No.18028045]

>>18028003
Aren't a lot of rabbits and hares so infested with parasites they are inedible? If you were slightly picky with your pagpag you could probably avoid getting sick.

[Anonymous No.18028071]

>>18028045
Tell me how to find some in a place where they aren't native and i'll give it a try

[Anonymous No.18028092]

>>18028045
https://rabbitscage.com/can-you-eat-wild-rabbits-in-australia-1649169995

You have to know what you're looking at, but the biggest danger is when the rabbit has ticks. When you're dressing it just wear gloves, and cook it at a high heat. Most people stew or braise rabbit anyway so it's not tough.

With pagpag you're looking at deadly bateria and potential viruses from other humans, which are far more transmissible than anything from a rabbit.

[Anonymous No.18028096]

>>18028071
And rabbits are considered an invasive species throught Australia. They're all European rabbits that were released there long ago and you can kill as many wild ones as you want.

[Anonymous No.18028099]

>>18028092
>>18028096
I'm probably not going to anyway but thanks for the suggestion all the same. There aren't any bad ideas at the moment other than suggesting sucked dicks per dollar

[Anonymous No.18028117]

>>18028005
If u r in Aus then why do you say fortnight ok that's two weeks(?), and use USD?

[Anonymous No.18028122]

>>18028025
That's not the main reason why a license is good, it's really to prevent overfishing and outright destruction by drunk morons.

[Anonymous No.18028127]

>>18028117
Because most people here are American and I can't imagine USD to AUD is that common of a conversion, so I thought i'd take the initiative

[Anonymous No.18028128]

>>18028099
you wouldnt have gotten into this situation if you just sucked 1 dick for 1 dollar a few hundred times

[Anonymous No.18028132]

>>18028045
That's what those wascally wabbits want people to believe, it's a conspiracy.
t. Bugs

[Anonymous No.18028160]

>>18028132
No, the government DID introduce a few diseases to the wild rabbits to kill them after they released them into the wild in the first place. Which didn't work and actually compounded the problem because people were afraid to hunt them for a while. Some time ago there were campaigns to assuage the populace that the meat was safe under most circumstances. The Australian government is particularly stupid, I guess.

Anyway, in case this turns out to be a longer period of unemployment for OP, he should sacrifice a few cut up potatoes to grow in planters or boxes. It's stupid easy to grow potatoes. You can even use a sack filled with soil.

[Anonymous No.18028163]

>>18027956
probably stealing, given the circumstances

[Anonymous No.18028175]

>>18027863
You should be able to loot some food near Twin Towers

[Anonymous No.18028180]

>>18027919
Where did this nigga not get banned from?

[Anonymous No.18028184]

>>18028180
Reminds me of this

[Anonymous No.18028219]

>>18027863
https://imgur.com/gallery/pHUdq
This should help you a lot.
You are going to need to look for many deals.
It's hard, but doable.
I really recommend looking for under the table work.

[Anonymous No.18028257]

>>18028219
This is pretty useful, i'll hang on to it