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18375854 No.18375854 [Reply] [Original]

If you were to go into straight poverty mkde. How well do you think you'd be able to eat with you current knowledge of cooking and lifestyle?

Especially with the way the economy is going now, probably would be a reality

>> No.18375871

>>18375854
I think I can eat pretty okay on a very small budget. My meals usually consist of vegetables for the most part, a grain in the form of rice, pasta, or occasionally quinoa, which would probs have to be dropped, and then meat occasionally.
You can make just about anything root veggies and hearty greens, and they're cheap az to boot.

>> No.18375875

I'm already into poverty mode
I eat better than 99% of people

>> No.18375887
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>>18375854
very well, i've doing it since the 2008 crash
>coat hanger tongs for cooking $0.75/8pk turkey dogs over a yard waste fire in the back yard

>> No.18375893

Right now I eat ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when I run out of food bank food I get every two weeks.

>> No.18375894

>>18375854
I spend about 400 usd a month. Noting fancy, not cheapest shit, though. Could easily live decent for 200, I've been there.

>> No.18375896
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>>18375887
that where i started
i have spent the years learning to cook better and better meal for less and less money

>> No.18375910

>>18375887
Do you have any independent thrift stores near you? Like not the brand name stores like Salvation Army or Goodwill. The independent stores usually have great deals on steak knives or grill utensils. A couple around me sell them for .33 or .50 cents each if they aren't part of a set.

>> No.18375916
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>live love laugh

>> No.18375925
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>>18375910
i had a few real pairs and a few can openers but they kept breaking so i got pissed and started making my own tools (which is very common for mechanics )

>> No.18375934
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>>18375854
It would be exactly the same, just without luxuries.

>> No.18375939

The economy is doing well right now, though. Literally everyone is hiring and paying way more than they were 5 years ago. Even if I did go full poverty tier I'm not sure how that would turn me into a complete slob.

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>>18375939
>The economy is doing well right now, though. Literally everyone is hiring and paying way more than they were 5 years ago.
shit jobs that refuse to give out even 40/h weeks and the inflation way out paced pay increases, just look at gas prices

>> No.18375978

>>18375939
They're paying more but it isn't exactly in line with the rate of inflation

>> No.18375980

>>18375972
Gas prices have been back at what they were 2 years ago for awhile, dude. That image did not age well.

>> No.18375985

>>18375939
But orange genius says otherwise.

>> No.18375988

>>18375978
Yeah, 4 years of Trump kind of fucked things up for at least the next decade, but you're insane if you actually think people are falling into abject poverty because things got a little destabilized. Anyone with money is doing just fine.

>> No.18375990

>>18375980
Prove it cunt.

>> No.18375992

>>18375990
If you owned a car you wouldn't need proof.

>> No.18375996

I already eat like shit.
Not because lack of money. Mostly because I've kinda lost my motivation to give a fuck anymore and I'm at a place that gives me no pleasure to cook
I mostly just eat oats mixed with cereal, bread and the occasional mcdonalds.

Yes my life is awful. Hopefully it gets better I hope

>> No.18376000

>>18375980
the fuck they are! i was paying $2/gal now $ 3.75 is good and food and electric prices went crazy

>> No.18376005

>>18375854
What do you mean "if"? I'm a neet, I've been in poverty mode for years. Cook my own food every day and probably only go to the restaurant/order out a couple of times a year.

I can live quite comfortably on 20c per 100g of food. I used to be able to get that down to 10c/100g, but inflation happened.

>> No.18376587

I'd be living better because it would externally motivate me to get my shit together. I cook most of my consumed food, but the process of losing my mind has led to exponential decline in meal quality.

>> No.18376628

>>18375854

I am a cook. I'm already poverty mode.

Give me eggs, dairy, potatoes, onions and bread and I'll eat like a fucking king.

>> No.18377428

>>18376628
i'd change that to
eggs, dairy, potatoes, onions, flour and meat

>> No.18377499

>>18375854
>no more beer
Is it really worth it at that point

>> No.18377504

>>18375854
Pretty well, i'd say. Too bad i'm not supposed to eat that kind of stuff per doctor's orders.

>> No.18377516

>>18377499
Either start drinking cheap shit or sacrifice part of what little you already use for food towards it. Whenever I want a 6 pack I drag from the food budget and get hip with making a 6 pack last a week. Shitty but whatever.

>> No.18377562
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>>18375854
pretty well.

>> No.18377578
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that's like a $5, and will feed you for days... at current exchange rate... when i bought it ithe exchange was +70 RUBUSD
Chicken cost 300 RUB
fuck a chicken is super versatile. Get whole chickens, cut them up, use the bones for stock... a bird goes a long way.

>> No.18377582
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PIzza is good. You can use left overs to make it.

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Also good to figure out how to preserve food.

>> No.18377595

Check deals, buy in bulk.

>> No.18377687

>>18377585
ay i got that same scale, sometimes it refuses to shut off though

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>>18377582
>use leftover pizza to make more pizzas
you're a genius bro

>> No.18377707

>>18375854
I did OK but it's not something that I'd want anyone else to go through. Seriously.

>> No.18377708
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18377708

>>18377595
this but you need to plan out your budget for at least one month, i try for 6 month so each month i buy different things in larger bulk for better deals like flour then rice then beans

>> No.18377712

>>18377708
It's not just that, sometimes a lot of deaths come and hit there's one thing and this that and the other thing. It's difficult at best to plan for that.

>> No.18377732

>>18377708
Life isn't some shitty scripted hollywood movie.

>> No.18377753
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>>18375854
Extremely well. I already eat cheaply. Lots of food harvested and preserved in the summer.
I eat lots of eggs. I'd have to start collecting or growing food for the birds of things got really poor.
I feed five people on almost nothing. Most of my cash is spent on fruits, dairy, staples like flour, rice, potatoes,beans, clearance meat.

>> No.18377755

>>18375854
Considering I'm already in poverty, pretty good.

>> No.18377778

>>18375854
Pretty well. I turned much of my back yard into a large garden when the libs caused food shortages in 2020, so I've got a near-infinite supply of herbs, mint, tomatoes, figs, and chili peppers.

Buying staples like beans, rice, pasta, pork butt, and chicken thighs in bulk is cheap as fuck, and with my garden's produce, I could make quite a variety of good meals without spending much.

>> No.18377800

>>18375854
poor people generally deserve to be poor

>> No.18377829

>>18375854
It might help you if instead of using some weird term like "mkde" you used English. I'm not wearing a decoder ring and don't need to do so.

>> No.18377834

>>18377755
That's nothing to be proud of.

>> No.18377997

>>18377708
Yes. That's what I do. I pretty much buy thing to last me the year. Get beans, and rice in 50lb bags; or whatever size the Grain Supplier has them. Compared to buying at the grocery store, i save hundreds of dollars.

>> No.18378010

>>18377753
I wish i had some property. Might get some quail to raise in the garage.

>> No.18378026

I'm unfortunately in that situation. Internet is my sole luxury.
I bulk up my food with legumes. I fucking am so over lentils, chickpeas and beans. But I can get an extra 2-3 days out of a stew if I add them.
I made a soup last week for $7 that was healthy, filling and got 8 meals from it.

>> No.18378070

>>18377753
Why do you need to feed five people?
You haven't taught them properly if you have to feed them you fucking cultist weirdo.

>> No.18378084

>>18378010
I got this bridge in NYC that I can sell you, it goes between Manhattan and Brooklyn, not very many people have heard of it before.

>> No.18379156

Pasta + garlic + can of tomatoes. Easy poverty meal.

>> No.18379167

Student of the soup pole, i see

>> No.18379282

>>18375854
This is the type of kitchen of a poor person who eats takeout all the time, while blaming the government and elon musk for being poor.

It's so obvious, clean your fucking kitchen by not being a lazy slob, and then maybe you will actually want to do some cooking

>> No.18379288

>>18375854
I'm poor and I mostly eat eggs as ramen and pasta doesn't fill me up whatsoever

>> No.18379308

>>18375854
Extremely well. And a secret is that hunger is the greatest seasoning.

>> No.18379323
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Hello this is Chef John from FoodWishes.com with... Kewpie™ Airfied Mayo Chickpeas! This might sound a little bit strange but it works. It works really, really well. And unlike the more popular Chickpea dishes, this requires very little effort and almost no finesse or technique. There's no grinding or sifting involved.

The first thing you want to do is get your can of chickpeas and drain the liquid from them. Some people might want to use a sifter but you don't actually have to.

We'll go ahead and fill the can with water and drain it again to get rid of the preservatives and salt. Now dump the can of chickpeas into an airfryer and set it for 7 minutes. Depending on your airfryer you may want to set it longer for that extra crispy texture.

We'll go ahead and get out Kewpie™ not-mayonnaise out and add a generous serving of it over our chickpeas but not generous enough that it overwhelms the chickpeas. We'll give it a quick stir with the spoon and that's it. My take on what I consider a proper mediterranean meal.
And as always... enjoy!

>> No.18379327

>>18375854
Piss off survey bitch, answer your own question before asking me.

>> No.18379329

Anyone notice that these questions are from survey bitches and the OP never answers?

>> No.18379369

I've been poor so I lived on 40$ for over a month (prices are high in Sweden). Back then I wasn't a good chef though so I could probably eat good food for the same amount if not less now

>> No.18379575

>>18379327
>>18379329
Take your meds

>> No.18379780

>>18379323
fuck i read this in his voice

>> No.18380827

>>18375854
Perfectly well; I have a farm

>> No.18381385

>>18379329
yes. some people will do anything for some semblance of human interaction, a lot of people would do anything for large amounts of attention. some people some people blah blah blah. reverse image search and the picture has been around a while..
it's a pretty common topic though, and definitely worthy of discussion and a thread imo. other poverty threads can be something like dumpster diving or college cooking threads. the low effort crap is when someone comes along and says 'how do i cook for cheap' with some gay wojack bullshit calling the pepe black.
>i love survey threads btw :)

>> No.18381391

>>18375972
I like how posting images like that proves you either just started paying for your own gas within the last two years or have the memory of a 90 year old woman with dementia.

>> No.18381492

The way I cook and always have done has been based on health and money, not luxury.

If I was buying food for pleasure all this time i'd be fucking broke, i'd have been drinking copious amounts of beer and eating hundreds of dollars of lobster and steak

I eat pasta and rice mostly, and i will continue to do so

>> No.18381838

>>18381391
i remember not having a car but paying gas money for a ride to work back in 2011-12 so i was paying for two round trips for a pickup truck, it was like $5/gal back then, after pay gas, cell phone and food i was broke
but really besides 2011 and now its not really been this bad

>> No.18382188

>>18375996
I feel this, anon. I feel like I could cook and eat better and enjoy the whole process if I didn't live in someone elses stinking shithole.

>> No.18383751

>>18375854
What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output.

>> No.18384164

>>18375854
What is that bread concoction? looks good.
Is it just butter sliced into bread?

>> No.18384170

>>18375854
I would never be poor. My superior genetics and social class ensure that my bloodline will bathe in the lap of luxury till we ascend to Valhalla.

>> No.18385608

>>18375893
Why are you on the food and cooking board

>> No.18385639

>>18377708
Based Sir Galahad bro, I thought I was the only one here
It is so choice

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>>18375990
I mean that posters not quite right but its been dropping quick
Where I am its back to $3.50 from like $5
>>18376000

>> No.18385766

>>18377578
this is true