/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18172150]

Why is everything so expensive nowadays?

[Anonymous No.18172156]

Receipt or gtfo with this crap

[Anonymous No.18172159]

>>18172150
>$10 Rao's pasta sauce
>$8+ fancy bacon
nah, go fuck yourself

[Anonymous No.18172162]

>>18172150
Where are they shopping, erewhon? $35 MAX.

[Anonymous No.18172189]

>>18172150
If you ever need rice or noodles or spices, just go to a Mexican or Oriental market. The prices are way better.

[Anonymous No.18172191]

>>18172150

>Premium bacon at Kroger

Fucking moron. Stop buying high end bacon, waste of money. Most people eat bacon as a garnish, buy Kirkland Bacon Bits and get a pound of cooked bacon by weight. This is what, 10 USD and half of its weight will get lost in cooking at least?

>Maple Syrup that is cheap

Waste of money.

>Name Brand pasta/sauce.

Buy generic if cost is a concern. Also, make your own fucking alfredo sauce. Takes maybe 10 mins tastes way better, even if you use shitty cheese and a bit of parmesean.

>Fruit in a cup.

Retard.

>Deli meats

Buy cheaper version, those are about 7 USD each.

>Salad in a bag.

Buy the whole lettuce, dumbass.

The only smart thing they did was get the 2 for 5/6 USD bread deal Kroger has.

>Eggs

At least they bought generic eggs.

[Anonymous No.18172194]

putin's price hike is in full effect

[Anonymous No.18172197]

>>18172191
where do you see fruit I'm a cup?
I thought those were cherry tomatos

[Anonymous No.18172200]

Sleepy joe and co are doing everything to self destruct America in as little time as possible..at least le racist orange man was somewhat competent at his job

[Anonymous No.18172203]

>>18172159
Lol what the fuck are you smoking? Have you ever grocery shopped?
>$10 Rao’s
Try maybe $7 and probably less.
>$8+ fancy bacon
Oscar Fucking Mayer bacon is $8 in a ton of places now.

[Anonymous No.18172204]

Maybe people need to get over the need to buy brand name everything. I work at a store where even the organic store brand is cheaper than name brands shit.

[Anonymous No.18172210]

7 limes

[Anonymous No.18172212]

>>18172204
Aldi brand my beloved

[Anonymous No.18172213]

>>18172189
I'd actually love for a /ck/ fag here to post a really nice system of grocery shopping where you buy what you need from the best sources like spices from mexican store and idk what would you say walmart is best for when grocery shopping? and dont be a smart ass about it im being serious

[Anonymous No.18172217]

>>18172212
fuck off we're full

[Anonymous No.18172221]

Oh look, this thread again

[Anonymous No.18172228]

>>18172203
I just bought bacon for less than $4 a pound by not buying fancy bacon and see on Kroger website pic related the price is $9 crossed out on sale for less than $7

[Anonymous No.18172236]

>>18172197
Same fucking thing, even worse if they are tomatoes. I stopped caring, this person is retarded. I can get a cartful of food for 80 USD without even trying.

[Anonymous No.18172252]

>>18172236
Tomatoes are healthier though

[Anonymous No.18172270]

>>18172191
>Most people eat bacon as a garnish, buy Kirkland Bacon Bits and get a pound of cooked bacon by weigh
Most people eat bacon as bacon. Not bits.
>cheap syrup = waste of money
Yet you’re literally recommending cheap versions of the other products
>make your own alfredo, bro
Assuming that dude has butter on hand, he’s still going to spend more than that jar of sauce on a carton of heavy cream and cheese.
>cup fruit = retarded
Agreed for cups of fruit, but I think that is a container of tomatoes
>deli meat
It’s like ~$6 at Kroger for 16oz. You aren’t going to find much in the way of deli meat cheaper than $6lb
>salad in a bag
Leaves look weird. It’s probably like kale or some other mixed fag-green
>bread deal
Kroger site shows those at $4.49ea at my local. That “low carb” bread tends to be overpriced compared to equivalent normal bread.

[Anonymous No.18172295]

>>18172236
>Same fucking thing, even worse if they are tomatoes
Anon, cherry tomatoes come in a container.
Because they’re small.
It’s not like buying diced fruit in a cup instead of just fruit from the produce area.
Those tomatoes were bought from the produce area. But they are in a container. Because they are cherry tomatoes.

You really should have just said “oh shit, my bad. Those are tomatoes.” because acting like it’s the same is just silly.

[Anonymous No.18172303]

>>18172150
>thick cut bacon
there is about $25 of your budget right there

[Anonymous No.18172304]

>>18172150
thats probably $50 in michigan. in a liberal shit hole i can see 85

[Anonymous No.18172316]

>>18172213
Plan out your meals and snacks, create a grocery list and stick to it. Don't fall back in the habit of just grabbing things that catch your eye, or you'll end up spending extra.

Buy in bulk when you can. 2lbs of rice is $1.50. 20lbs of rice is $9. That's a significant savings just by purchasing the larger bag. Invest in some glass jars and containers for storing the stuff.

Walmart is very cheap and their Great Value brand is generally better than your typical budget brands.

Fruit and Meat are basically the only things worth shopping around for. Go on the internet and look at the weekly ads for 3 or 4 of the grocery stores in your area. If meat is on sale, buy as much as you can freeze or use. If you go somewhere other than Walmart for a sale, scope out the other items on your list just to see if they're cheaper where you're at.

Eat more chicken. Try to only buy beef, pork, fish and sausages when they're on sale. Chicken is anywhere from $1 to $3 per pound. Ground beef is almost always over $5 per pound. Having chicken 3 or 4 days a week is a simple way to save. Eating beans, lentils, soups and stews where you can use a couple strips of bacon, a couple chicken drum sticks, or a few ounces of beef will save money, too. Buy beef and chicken bouillon and some of that Goya ham extract for flavoring, and you can use even less meat without sacrificing flavor.

Lastly, learn to cook. Hamburger helper costs $3 a box for $0.25 worth of noodles and seasoning. Learn basic techniques like searing, braising, and baking. Learn a few simple pan sauces and gravies.

Butter, olive oil, onion and garlic makes everything better. Carrots, celery and green peppers, too. Add in potatoes and some green vegetable like spinach or broccoli and you're set.

[Anonymous No.18172323]

>>18172316
>Plan out your meals and snacks, create a grocery list and stick to it.
Too busy with my business. Every second counts, i dont have time like you NEET virgins

[Anonymous No.18172330]

>>18172316
good informative post, how do i uptoot

[Anonymous No.18172336]

>>18172323
yeah thats why ur on 4chan telling people you are too busy to be on 4chan and be a neet, like you are doing rn. fucking dummy ill kill you

[Anonymous No.18172343]

>>18172316
>Walmart is very cheap and their Great Value brand is generally better than your typical budget brands.
maybe. but the cons are you have to shop at walmart and any lady you bring back to your place will laugh and leave without jobbing your knob when they see how poor your food is

[Anonymous No.18172352]

>>18172343
implying ill cook for her BEFORE she slobs my knob? yeah right

[Anonymous No.18172354]

>>18172150
Who the fuck buys two loaves of white bread in the same shopping trip?

[Anonymous No.18172358]

>>18172336
He was joking retard

>>18172343
Women love losers, bro. They think they can "fix" us and start buying us clothes and shit.

[Anonymous No.18172359]

>>18172354
it was on sale 2 for 5

[Anonymous No.18172360]

>>18172191
Boy I say boy
You don't have to double line break to get a single line break on this website.

[Anonymous No.18172367]

>>18172359
acceptable

[Anonymous No.18172369]

>>18172330
Here's another povertyfag guide I wrote a while back, with recipes and pictures

>>/ck/thread/S18076318#p18078102

[Anonymous No.18172373]

>>18172369
You click that link

[Anonymous No.18172377]

this is what 330 dollars at Costco looks like

[Anonymous No.18172383]

>>18172373
nvm i clicked it right after i posted this and its legit. cool anon!xxpsmw

[Anonymous No.18172384]

>>18172373
It's just a chan archive.

[Anonymous No.18172386]

>>18172377
why do you need so much tape

[Anonymous No.18172387]

>>18172316
im saving this in a text document.

[Anonymous No.18172397]

>>18172386

[Anonymous No.18172398]

I just went to Chik-fil-a for the first time in years. I got a 4 piece chicken strips (very small, emaciated-looking strips), large mac and cheese, and a shake (they didn't give me the option for a large, just one size, which is small).

Twenty fuckin dollars.

$20. What the fuck. I could have gone to a real restaurant and gotten out of there having eaten more and better food for $15.

[Anonymous No.18172401]

>>18172387
I should just write an ebook, I don't think I've spent more than $60 a month on food in a couple years now.

[Anonymous No.18172407]

That is not $85 dollars unless Commiefornia hikes prices. But I like how syrup and pancakes are "essentials" in the Fatmurican diet.

[Anonymous No.18172408]

>>18172343
>any lady you bring back to your place will laugh and leave without jobbing your knob when they see how poor your food is
It’s those poor people that breed like rabbits and have 15 kids. Your statement makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.18172412]

>>18172401
That'd be a win win for everyone .

[Anonymous No.18172419]

>>18172191
>>Premium bacon at Kroger
Wright is not "premium bacon." It's the bare minimum in quality.
>Fucking moron. Stop buying high end bacon, waste of money.
It really isn't. Cheap bacon is always cut too thin or is cut inconsistently, so some of it cooks way faster and then a lot of it burns and becomes inedible.
>Most people eat bacon as a garnish,
Stop projecting.
>buy Kirkland Bacon Bits and get a pound of cooked bacon by weight.
Yuck. What the fuck.

>>18172194
Go back.
>>>/d/od/

[Anonymous No.18172427]

>>18172419
Post wrists

[Anonymous No.18172430]

>>18172427
rolling for douche posters wrist reveal

[Anonymous No.18172434]

>>18172203
you can still make an Alfredo for like $3 for the amount in that jar

[Anonymous No.18172436]

>>18172427
>>18172430
Is this a new kind of agitprop?

[Anonymous No.18172443]

>>18172436
>agitprop?
what? it's just funny saying post wrists krk

[Anonymous No.18172448]

>>18172443
....Why, though? Seems like I called out a DoD shill for saying "muh pootins price hike" and then suddenly the obfuscation.

[Anonymous No.18172451]

>>18172448
idk man this shit happens its not that deep dork

whats your wrist to fore arm ratio look like?

[Anonymous No.18172456]

>>18172451
>>18172443
>>18172430
>>18172427
LOLOLOL I SED POST WRISTS, LMAO SO RANDUM!!

[Anonymous No.18172465]

>>18172448
The post you replied to was pretty retarded. Buy bacon bits instead of bacon? Lmao how do you make a pot of beans, carbonara or potato soup with bacon bits?

[Anonymous No.18172473]

>>18172150
>reddit post
>op's post is a single sentence leading question
>"hur dur just buy literal poverty food every day for the rest of your life what's wrong with you? Why would you expect a certain quality of life?"
Meanwhile, in another thread.
>"NO I WILL NOT EAT THE BUGS. I WILL NOT LOSE MY $5 GROUND BEEF LOG. DA JOOZ ARE COMING AFTER MY MEATS."
You're all retards

[Anonymous No.18172481]

>>18172465
How the fuck are you going to sit down to breakfast and eat eggs and bacon bits, you mouthbreathing faggot?

[Anonymous No.18172486]

>>18172473
Where's the lie, though?

[Anonymous No.18172487]

>>18172377
>*Scott Bath*
What? Also how big of an octopus do you get for $20?

[Anonymous No.18172508]

>>18172456
dude relax you bitch.

i'd humble you with a single k.o

[Anonymous No.18172519]

>>18172508
Underage confirmed

[Anonymous No.18172551]

>>18172481
Why are you calling me a faggot if you're agreeing with me, faggot

[Anonymous No.18172552]

Lot of tough guys in this thread

[Anonymous No.18172553]

>>18172519
sounds like you WANT me to be underaged. is that it u fart, cuz id gun u down

[Anonymous No.18172609]

>>18172456
Its not random. You sound like a fat fuck, so post wrist so we can see how fat are you

[Anonymous No.18172636]

>>18172150
How is that expensive? Seems par for the course judging by the amount of food

[Anonymous No.18172642]

>>18172150
>go to local supermarket website
>add a bunch of past purchases until i reach $85
wild shit, man

[Anonymous No.18172645]

>>18172636
Real goyim hours

[Anonymous No.18172724]

>>18172386
useful to have
>>18172487
little over a pound, all tentacle(i think)

[Anonymous No.18172730]

>>18172487
also "scott bath" is toilet paper

[Anonymous No.18172741]

>>18172434
Please show me where you can get a carton of heavy cream and enough cheese to shred, plus butter and garlic, for $3

[Anonymous No.18172758]

>>18172741
you think like a midwit retard who sees ingredients as unitaskers. there's so much you can do with heavy cream, shredded cheese, butter and garlic, the possibilities are endless. you factor in those 4 ingredients into your budget and you can make your alfredo sauce along with a bunch of other stuff and not have to justify some shitty bottled product. your line of thinking is absolutely pathetic

[Anonymous No.18172798]

>>18172270
You can make alfredo with milk you snob.

[Anonymous No.18172840]

>>18172150
I can't see that being $85. Even here in Leafistan I can see that maybe being around $65 (about $51 USD.)

[Anonymous No.18172851]

>>18172343
>Any lady you bring back home
My wife? Who's family was incredibly well off yet shopped at Walmart since forever?

[Anonymous No.18172874]

>>18172851
>He fell for the marrying trap
Good goy

[Anonymous No.18172884]

>>18172758
Biggest factor that keeps retards poor is not being able to correctly view costs. With food it's all about the cost per serving, not the initial upfront cost. It doesn't hurt to spend $10 at a restaurant, but it's painful to spend $80 at grocery store... even though you're going to get much more than 8 meals out of that $80 and end up saving a ton of money.

Also, sometimes being too cheap fucks you.. you could spend $150 on work boots that would last you a year, or buy the $50 that need to be replaced every 3 months. You save $50 a year by buying the more expensive boots.

[Anonymous No.18172890]

>>18172884
Blue collar detected

[Anonymous No.18172897]

>wtf i voted for demoshits and now everything is expensive wtf is this
Lol, fucking retards.

[Anonymous No.18172899]

>>18172487
>>18172724
Spending $20 for barely a pound of meat? What a bunch of suckers

[Anonymous No.18172904]

>>18172897
Dont care. Owning republicunts is the reward

[Anonymous No.18172905]

>>18172890
It's a poverty thread. You're either blue collar or a NEET leech.

[Anonymous No.18172911]

>>18172874
>He fell for the /pol/ brainwashing
Good incel

[Anonymous No.18172913]

>>18172904
owning the republicunts by performing so poorly you ensure a red wave that will persist for years

pwned

[Anonymous No.18172922]

>>18172911
>Projecting
Massive cope lmao

[Anonymous No.18172935]

>>18172922
Nah he isnt, but you are

[Anonymous No.18172939]

>>18172398
Yep, I went to an Outback recently on a road trip and it was $17 for a fried chicken breast with fries and broccoli, and much more filling than CFA.

[Anonymous No.18172998]

>>18172874
It's been nice and we get a tax break. Also, I was definitely marrying up socially, so it's not like she's after me for my money, and I'm also not much of a looker.

[Anonymous No.18173020]

>>18172935
>N-no u
Lol keep coping

[Anonymous No.18173243]

>>18172150
>$15 of bacon
>$12 thing of cherries
>$5 bottle of fake maple syrup for no reason
>$5 bag of premix salad instead of buying a lettuce for 60cents
lol this one's almost as funny as the one where the cunt had $50 of mountain dew in there

[Anonymous No.18173261]

>>18172398
>Chik-fil-a
Don’t worry I paid $27 plus tip at BJ’s for a hamburger and a shitty mixed drink.
I’m not eating out anywhere anymore except maybe McDonald’s.
Thanks brandon, run it into the ground and reset it all please.

[Anonymous No.18173297]

>>18172316
Retarded. Here's the only system you need: go to store, buy what's cheap.

[Anonymous No.18173305]

>>18172150
That's really poor budgeting.
>two loaves of bread
You should really buy one, and get a discounted one that is about to go stale. You can either eat it before it goes stale, or if it goes stale, you just toast it and it'll taste fine.
>maple syrup
Just kind of a pointless purchase because it's overpriced sugar water.
>bag of salad
This is an extremely poor purchase. Buying a head of lettuce will not only be cheaper, but also fresher.
>packaged cherry tomatoes
Another bad purchase. With vegetables and fruits, you never want to buy the pre-packaged shit because it's always going to be more expensive than if you just bought it normally by weight, and the freshness is always suspect.
>jar of pasta sauce
If you're going to buy a jarred sauce, you might as well buy the cheapo generic brand. There's zero difference in quality, both will be equally inferior to just making your own sauce, but at least generic brand (or store brand) costs less. You're of course better off making your own sauce, it's generally cheaper, but I understand time isn't always a premium people have.
>eggs
Not bad but given how this person shops they probably didn't bother to check the expiration on them. It seems they bought the store brand which was likely the cheapest.
>pre-packaged deli meats
Like vegetables, buying pre-package deli meats is a poor choice. Cheaper typically to buy it from the deli by weight. Krogers typically have their own in-house deli, you can usually get cheaper meats from them than buying some brand named pre-packaged stuff.
>box of pasta noodles
This is a good choice if they shopped for the best deal which I know they didn't, but not bad in spirit.
>bacon
It's a marked up brand that isn't really any more quality than the cheaper stuff so bad purchase.
>pre-packaged potato salad?
Assuming that's what that is, why? Make your own. Cheaper and takes zero effort, zero skill, zero time, plus you'd get way more.
>vinegar?
Also why? For the salad? That's dumb.

[Anonymous No.18173322]

LAUGHS IN COSTCO

[Anonymous No.18173326]

>>18173297
K

[Anonymous No.18173327]

>>18172150
you get what you voted for

[Anonymous No.18173355]

>>18173327
I wrote in Ralph Nader?

[Anonymous No.18173358]

>>18173305
Thanks

[Anonymous No.18173374]

>>18172899
>What a bunch of suckers
i lol'd

[Anonymous No.18173485]

>>18172316
>even remotely suggesting buying meat at walmart
you need to be really, REALLY poor to even consider buying that trash

[Anonymous No.18173490]

>>18173485
It was literally a how to eat for cheap post, you moron

[Anonymous No.18173495]

>>18172194
Kek

[Anonymous No.18173497]

>>18173485
I buy meat from Walmart sometimes and I drive a Porsche

[Anonymous No.18173510]

>>18172236
>Buying cherry tomato meme food on a budget
Lol

[Anonymous No.18173516]

>>18173490
>eat for cheap
buying walmart meat isnt eating for cheap, its "im so poor i live in my car" cheap. and even then the risk of eating something thatll put you in the hospital isnt worth it

[Anonymous No.18173535]

>>18172377
>Dried mango
?????
I tried this once and it was literally what it sounded like, some mango that's dry, slimy, and has a weird texture

[Anonymous No.18173544]

>>18172642
>Purchasing a single sweet potato at a time

[Anonymous No.18173546]

>>18173535
>buy something
>surprised you got what it says on the package
idk what to tell you. also they're not supposed to be slimey

[Anonymous No.18173559]

>>18173546
I have saliva in my mouth and they're either too dry or have a slimy gooey texture. Very yucky, will not eat again.

[Anonymous No.18173630]

>>18172150
money-manipulating private central bankers

[Anonymous No.18173636]

>>18172270
>>18172798
alfredo is cheese and butter, that's it.