/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19293997]

What's the most depressing meal you've ever had?

[Anonymous No.19294023]

a loose series of "meals" I had been eating almost exclusively from 2020 to 2022 which consisted of getting high and eating chips and dip until i felt full, then eating ice cream until i felt sick, did this once or twice a day mostly everyday
any other calories were replaced by hard liquor

[Anonymous No.19294030]

>>19293997
Taco Bell at the dinner table with my inlaws, completely sober

[Anonymous No.19294040]

cold hot dogs and a case of beer

[Anonymous No.19294042]

chicken bullion and rice noodles to make noodle soup

[Anonymous No.19294066]

Not a meal, but a cake I bought for my mother just before I found her dead body in her hotel room.

[Anonymous No.19294086]

Lunch buffet at Round Table Pizza.

[Anonymous No.19294090]

>>19293997
As a PFC in the Army I had my Thanksgiving pass get denied unexpectedly. I didn't know anyone in my unit that well and didn't make plans because I thought I would be at my parents' house that day. My barracks room didn't have an oven or anything and the DFACs and all the stores on post closed that weekend. I ended up ordering a large deluxe pizza from Domino's on Wednesday night and eating like two slices a day for the whole 4-day weekend, then sleeping all day to stave off the hunger. The AC in my room was broken at the time and the temperature in there was around 50°F. I spent the whole weekend shivering under my shitty thin little blanket.

[Anonymous No.19294194]

>>19294090
Thank you for your service

[Anonymous No.19294205]

>>19293997
I was at my brothers wedding some years back and there was a hair in my food. I never mentioned it to him because he was the F&B director of the Hilton hotel there and I didn't want anyone to get fired or anything. He had enough problems getting married.

[Anonymous No.19294207]

My life.

[Anonymous No.19294253]

>>19294090
>50°F. I spent the whole weekend shivering under my shitty thin little blanket
bro at least lie so you dont look like a bitch

[Anonymous No.19294258]

I was a teenager at the time, and my parents left me some food for dinner because they were going to be out of the house for a while.

It was a steak & lobster tail that was still raw, so I had to cook it myself. I overcooked the steak and undercooked the lobster. I also thought the lobster was meant to be cooked over a hot pan, so the shell started burning before the meat can fully cook. So I took the lobster tail out of the pan and put it in the microwave.

I had extra-well done steak and rubbery burnt lobster tail for dinner that night. When my parents came back, my mom asked me
>"So how was dinner, anon?"
I nervously answered
>"y-yeah, dinner was great, thanks mom!"

[Anonymous No.19294263]

>>19294207
That was a good song, I remember seeing that with my cute redhaired cousin, one year younger than I.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFH5JgyZK1I
Talk Talk, it's my life

[Anonymous No.19294288]

>>19294263
That song is fucking garbage. Also, the name of that song isn't, "My life" you fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.19294425]

Every day for years, my lunch I bring to work has just been a sandwich. Cheapest pack of ham from store, cheapest pack of cheese, some mustard. For side, it's half apple and a small orange. Every morning for breakfast before work, it's a plain peanut butter sandwich. Every work day is depressing meals. Save the good eats for days off.

[Anonymous No.19294431]

>>19294023
I do this every day except just liquor. my legs shake when I climb stairs or lift something. if someone knows why I'd be glad to know.

[Anonymous No.19294472]

Baked onions with pepper, salt and ketchup. I was so hungry.

[Anonymous No.19294486]

>>19294431
It's because you're dying m8

[Anonymous No.19294488]

>>19293997
Rice with pasta

[Anonymous No.19294511]

>>19294431
probably because you do that every day with only liquor

[Anonymous No.19294520]

>>19294511
yeah but why
I'd like to know the physiological cause

[Anonymous No.19294540]

>>19294520
>heavy drinking gets the brain used to a reduced level of stimulation. As alcohol leaves the body of a heavy drinker, the brain is flooded with more activity, the nervous system becomes hyperactive, andyou may experience alcohol tremors or shakes.
just gotta re-up, king

[Anonymous No.19294546]

>>19294431
You need to add a slice of orange or an olive to your drinks, that's gonna fix it

[Anonymous No.19294572]

>>19294023
>chips and dip
The worst for me was having to go several days on sweetened corn snacks. They were horrible, but all I could get in the free time I had (most stores were closed for a public holiday). Truly horrible. Salt potato chips are way nicer. Too much sweet stuff makes you sick in your belly.
I try to make sure I have a good mix of food now.

[Anonymous No.19294693]

>>19293997
>Whole cake for yourself
>Depressing
...what?

[Anonymous No.19294717]

>>19294693
Better than
>Whole cake of yourself

[Anonymous No.19294738]

>>19294258
Man my parents left me with Hungry Man TV dinners or DiGiorno

[Anonymous No.19294743]

>>19294066
Was her body still warm when you found it?

[Anonymous No.19294750]

>>19294743
No. She'd died the night before.

[Anonymous No.19294754]

>>19294743
warm enough...

[Anonymous No.19294761]

>>19294693
>one hand on a liquor bottle
>alone at the table
>still in his work clothes
Tell me this dude isn't contemplating suicide.

[Anonymous No.19294762]

>>19293997
For my 13th birthday I told my dad all I wanted was a cookie cake no gifts no party just a cookie cake.

My dad got off work late and stopped at Walmart at 9pm and the the only cookie cake they had.
It was a reduced price graduation cookie cake with cheap frosting that said "congratulations Class of 2011"
And had a plastic graduation cap on it.

My dad forgot candles of so he lit a single house candle and sung happy birthday to me.

The cake was stale the frosting was dry hard and gross.
I was really let down.

As an adult I really appreciate him still going out at 9pm to try and find me the cake I wanted.

[Anonymous No.19294767]

>>19294717
>glum
but he's smiling

[Anonymous No.19294770]

>>19294090
That's what you get for serving a corrupt government.
You deserved much worse for your sins.

[Anonymous No.19294816]

a bag of fried chicken skin with a tray of microwaved rice

[Anonymous No.19294824]

Mushy lentils and beans with no seasoning at all

[Anonymous No.19294826]

>>19294770
Most vets hate the government more than just about everyone else, friend

[Anonymous No.19294828]

>>19294816
sounds ok to me

[Anonymous No.19294859]

>>19294762
You're supposed to buy/order the birthday cake in advance. Nobody serious buys birthday cake the same day

[Anonymous No.19294862]

>>19294770
>t. pays the corrupt government taxes like a good goy

[Anonymous No.19294897]

>>19293997
Chinese buffet at my birthday when my abusive alcoholic grandmother dragged herself along just to pity herself the whole time and talk shit about the food, etc. for literally no reason and made me cry.
Either that or this other birthday (I was around 10yo both times) where she did the exact same thing but at a hibachi/teppanyaki restaurant, that might have been worse actually because any fun me and the rest of my family might have had was totally ruined. No wonder I grew up to hate w*men.

[Anonymous No.19295023]

I don't know if it's the MOST depressing, but eating with covid is depressing as fuck, because I can't smell or taste anything whatsoever.

[Anonymous No.19295043]

>>19295023
IVM, HQC, NAC, nattokinase, maybe serapeptase, lumbrokinase
Nicotine will help, get some gum if you don't want to put it in you the old-fashioned ways

[Anonymous No.19295073]

>>19293997
>What's the most depressing meal you've ever had?
A rare hamburger seasoned with soy sauce and sriracha, a slice of sharp cheddar, on a toasted bun.

[Anonymous No.19295076]

>>19295073
Why was this depressing?

[Anonymous No.19295089]

>>19295023
covid isn't real retard

[Anonymous No.19295091]

>>19295089
>covid isn't real retard
That depends on your definition of "real"
If you consider the coronavirus to be a possible cause of the common cold...

[Anonymous No.19295112]

>>19293997
I invited my "friends" to my birthday and I made a cake. In the end no one showed up and I ate the entire thing by myself. Over the span of two hours. I don't think I've ever felt so nauseous both physically and mentally at the same time.

[Anonymous No.19295119]

>>19295112
>I invited my "friends" to my birthday and I made a cake. In the end no one showed up and I ate the entire thing by myself.
How does this happen?

[Anonymous No.19295121]

>>19295112
>I invited my "friends" to my birthday and I made a cake. In the end no one showed up and I ate the entire thing by myself. Over the span of two hours. I don't think I've ever felt so nauseous both physically and mentally at the same time.
This sort of thing is why the "RSVP" concept became a thing.

[Anonymous No.19295123]

>>19294431
>I drink huge amounts of literal poison every single day
>Wtf, why is my body shutting down

[Anonymous No.19295127]

>>19293997
During my freshman year of college I lived in a multistory dorm. At the end of my floor's hall there was a closet that contained several big dumpsters for students to empty their rooms' trash into. These dumpsters were emptied a couple times a week.

At the time I had no friends and would regularly get kicked out of my room when my roommate was fucking his gf. The common rooms were always full of annoying normies, so whenever I was without a room I'd go sit in the dumpster closet by myself. On this specific day I entered the closet and was hit with the overpowering aroma of pizza. It was as if I had just walked into a pizza kitchen, it was that pungent. I opened one of the dumpster lids, and there sitting on top was a Papa John's box. Almost a third of a cheese pizza was inside, and it was perfectly room temperature, bordering on cold. I started devouring it without hesitation, it's not like anyone could see me. I was hungry and had no shame.

Then the light turned off. The light in the closet was on a timer that started when the door was first opened. There was no lightswitch in the closet, you just had to open the door to get it to turn on. However, before I could do that I heard voices coming directly from the hall outside. Some girls were chatting out there, and I couldn't let them see me open the closet door and realize I had been in there the entire time. So I sat there for what felt like half an hour in total darkness eating the rest of my pizza until they went away, terrified someone would come by with their trash and find me.

[Anonymous No.19295129]

>>19295112
Very depressing picture. I wanna give that poor kid a big hug.

[Anonymous No.19295130]

>>19295119
I send everyone a text and I got double check marks so I assumed they'd come
>>19295121

[Anonymous No.19295135]

>>19295129
>Very depressing picture. I wanna give that poor kid a big hug.
You can tell by the epicanthal folds that he is the child of an alcoholic. His parents were probably drunks that didn't give a shit.
The kid probably ended up being given ritalin and eventually became a drug addict.

[Anonymous No.19295274]

>>19293997
The thanksgiving I was alone abroad and suffering from kidney stones. The only food I got within the entire Thanksgiving 24 hours was a stale snickers. They had the same infomercial playing on repeat and the only pain killers were suppositories.

[Anonymous No.19295284]

>>19294090
I'm sure Israel appreciates your sacrifice.

[Anonymous No.19295302]

It was my birthday when my mom was in the hospital with lukemia and my dad had just been arrested for child abuse and my brother happened to get laid off that day too, my family took me to a hibachi place and I broke down crying repeatedly during the meal.

[Anonymous No.19295333]

>>19295135
I know a guy exactly like you describe except he's adopted but his birth parents were likely alcoholics.
Last I heard of him, he drove out of state down to warmer climes with a Chinese hooker who stole his car, wallet and phone, stranding him there for a while. Looking (and smelling, let's be honest) like he does, I'd bet he had a lot of difficulty getting anyone to help him.
idk what happened or if he ever made it back, lol.

[Anonymous No.19295374]

thanksgiving dinner in solitary

[Anonymous No.19295447]

>>19295127
this is the sort of post i come to these threads for. that's a pathetic experience but it makes for a good story anon.

[Anonymous No.19295455]

>>19295135
i can see his philtrum so i dont think he has FAS

[Anonymous No.19295461]

im not drepessed, f you, you’re depressed. im perfectly fine

[Anonymous No.19295479]

>>19294425
At least buy an actual ham instead of paying 5x as much for slices.
Get peanut butter from actual peanuts somewhere also since they now remove peanut oil to add soy.

[Anonymous No.19295488]

>>19295479
>they now remove peanut oil to add soy.
How is this cost-effective? They are literally making more work for themselves.

[Anonymous No.19295499]

>>19295461
im fine too

[Anonymous No.19295503]

My wife's great aunt is a nun, and they had some event at a catering hall to celebrate her diamond anniversary of being a nun, with everything being donated. By "donated," I mean that the catering hall just saw this as an excuse to empty out their freezer and old inventory. I had eggplant parm and it was completely inedible, and was served an apple cobbler for dessert that looked like 95% of it was already eaten by the staff, because it could have fit inside a thimble and had crumbs all over the plate. I think I had a buttered roll and that was it for the evening. No beer or wine was offered, even as a cash bar, just water or diet soda. As soon as I got in my car, I called my local pizzeria and ordered a pie for takeout and picked up a bottle of wine along the way.

[Anonymous No.19295510]

>>19295488
they can still sell the peanut oil and soybean oil is sufficiently cheap so that between these things its worth it

[Anonymous No.19295519]

>>19295499
cool, same here bro. s’all good, man

[Anonymous No.19295567]

>>19293997
just recently sat at Captain Hooks all by myself eating catfish and fries. I lack a lot of IRL friends because I'm an opinionated autist so it is what it is.

[Anonymous No.19295578]

>>19293997
pasta with an assortment of condiments

[Anonymous No.19295665]

>>19294066
F
May she rest in peace

[Anonymous No.19295713]

I remember being very poor and living on rice, frozen stir fry vegetables and tony cacheres. I would take one chicken breast and use a pair of scissors to cut it into a thousand tiny pieces and use like a tablespoon to throw in with the oil when I was cooking the veggies so the shit wasn't so bland and would have some meat flavor. Went through like 1 breast a week.

Those were the days.

[Anonymous No.19295769]

>>19293997
I had a box of hamburger helper and no milk or beef, so I just had the noodles and powder. Never again.

[Anonymous No.19295865]

>>19295499
do a flip

[Anonymous No.19295883]

this thread made me realize that i've never had a depressing meal

[Anonymous No.19295896]

>>19293997
A dry loaf of bread, shortly before I was chemically castrated by the state. I was convicted of statutory rape, 6 children.

[Anonymous No.19295910]

>>19295896
lies

[Anonymous No.19295948]

>>19293997
One time as a kid after we lost our house and we were living in my aunts 1 bedroom apartment I got hungry and I ate just a can of tuna. Felt like I was eating cat food for a meal. I used to mix up random shit from the fridge as little experiments for variety too. I don't remember how but for a time I'd eat bologna and sour cream sandwiches on a hot dog bun. In undergrad when I lived in the dorms they didn't give enough meal points to eat a full 3 meals a day so I'd go fill up food from the buffets and eat it over the course of a couple days at times. I'd also take home leftover catering from work and make that last if I could. I was working over spring break and the dining halls were closed so all i had were those leftovers from work. I was eating like several day old shitty quiches from work and I remember gagging. One of my floor mates happened to be there and he made a box of Anne's mac n cheese for us and that shit felt gourmet at the time

[Anonymous No.19295970]

>>19293997
Was with my ex wife for a decade. Marriage lasted a year. After the divorce I turned to alcohol. We had saved a slice of wedding cake as your supposed to do to eat on your first anniversary. I ate it alone on the couch naked with a bottle of vodka. It was lemon.

[Anonymous No.19295972]

>>19295970
You should've thrown it in the garbage

[Anonymous No.19295979]

>>19295970
>We had saved a slice of wedding cake as your supposed to do to eat on your first anniversary. I ate it alone on the couch naked with a bottle of vodka. It was lemon.
That doesnt sound depressing.
>>19295970
>I ate it alone on the couch naked with a bottle of vodka. It was lemon.
sounds fine to me. but i think its only bad because u chose vodka.

[Anonymous No.19296016]

>>19295970
>We had saved a slice of wedding cake as your supposed to do to eat on your first anniversary.
The fact that it wasn't even eaten on the first anniversary and even outlasted a decade-long marriage speaks volumes.

[Anonymous No.19296022]

>>19296016
Sorry we were together 10 years and marriage didn't last a year. My wording was off.

[Anonymous No.19296026]

>>19296022
your wording wasn't off, he just can't read.

[Anonymous No.19296044]

>>19294572
well the depressing part is that i had all the time and money to feed myself properly and chose that instead

[Anonymous No.19296058]

>>19296026
>he
I'll have you know that I'm actually non-binary.

[Anonymous No.19296065]

>>19293997
I don't know.
I don't remember some random slop I put on a plate 12 years ago when I couldn't find anything else.

[Anonymous No.19296068]

>>19295970
>sitting naked on your sofa
nasty motherfucker you are

[Anonymous No.19296072]

>>19296068
Being naked is freeing and leather cleans easily

[Anonymous No.19296081]

>>19296072
It's even more freeing to just wear a condom all day long. You can take a piss anywhere without having to go to the bathroom.

[Anonymous No.19296083]

>>19296081
I'm a grower

[Anonymous No.19296098]

>>19296083
That's cool, man. Urine contains phosphorus, which is good for plant growth, so you can always take off the condom and pour it out on your garden.

[Anonymous No.19296105]

>>19293997
I bought a slice of cake from a deli once, it was in some package. I saved it for later that night and when I opened it up some bug flew out. That was pretty depressing because I was looking forward to eating that as a dessert.
That was the last time I bought anything from that place.

[Anonymous No.19296164]

Bread and water. It happens at least once a week.

[Anonymous No.19296179]

>>19294023
How do you not have scurvy, motherfucker?

[Anonymous No.19296180]

>>19293997
I was trying to slim up (while I was already underweight) and one time my lunch was diced apple, cucumber and carrot in a bowl with a dusting of cinnamon.

[Anonymous No.19296183]

>>19296179
the icecream lmao

[Anonymous No.19296378]

When i was 15 years old or so my stepmom had her friend over. She brought her kids and we hung out in my room playing video games. My step mom had her friend multiple times over and they always go clubbing till 5 am but she also has to cook for us.
That they she has cooked the worst food i have ever witnessed. Undercooked rice with apperantoy just red beans but the beans were slimy as fuck. I don't know what the fuck they were doing but they sure as hell didn't cook. Luckily my dad came home right around that the and made something edible after telling my stepmom and her friend that this shit is not okay and you wouldn't even serve it a dog.
I hate Jamaicans so much

[Anonymous No.19296418]

>>19296378
You should wear a Burger King crown and a bandana-pattern face mask the next time you see your stepmom.

[Anonymous No.19296422]

grenadier marsch at the school cantine
...with a half of gherkin on top

the most ghetto shit I personally made was a can of tuna mixed with a can of tomato baked beans, thousands of calories and protons, but it looked like someone already ate it once

[Anonymous No.19296438]

My nan used to make me a jacket potato, plain penne pasta, with sweetcorn and green beans and then grate a load of cheddar over the entire plate. I loved it. Gobbled it up every night. Looking back it was a bit sad.

[Anonymous No.19296445]

>first valentines' day after my dad died
>work at a nice restaurant
>v-day landed on a day we normally have off
>probably seared the most scallops of my life that night
>get off and head to the dive with my linebro, chug half a bottle of wine before leaving work
>linebro leaves early
>get shitfaced by myself for a while
>old friend shows up with a new girlfriend, she's really hot
>try to catch up but he seems uncomfortable
>drink more alone
>blink and and I hear a crash, open eyes and I'm behind an airbag
>go to jail, blew a .285
>spend the night with some screaming crackhead that got kicked out of the shelter nearby
>every time he pees he screams at the top of his lungs, looked like a roided up mc ride
>was supposed to drive my mom to the hospital that morning for her colonoscopy
>too fucked up to even remember what breakfast was
>lunch or whatever was a dish of peas, carrots, and ground beef that all had the same slimey consistency of soft plastic
don't go to the bar alone bros...

[Anonymous No.19296484]

>>19296445
What does "looked like a roided up mc ride" mean?

[Anonymous No.19296486]

>>19296438
>my grandmother loved me... i'm so depressed!

[Anonymous No.19296521]

I had indian take out tonight. It was very good. I sat there and ate it. There's a little cat furniture thing next to my chair for my cat to lay in. I put my hand on it. It's kind of fuzzy and warm. I just cried as I held it. He passed yesterday after battling kidney disease this year.

True story. Hug your pets.

[Anonymous No.19296525]

>>19296521
Sorry to hear about your cat, bro.

[Anonymous No.19296539]

>>19296525
Thanks anon. He was a great friend and stuck with me as long as he could. I only have pics on this device from when he got back from kitty ER in January. I'm glad he made it through cause I got to say goodbye to him for months instead of all of a sudden. We had a lot of time together. He used to sit there in that little stool thing I got for him and beg me for food.

[Anonymous No.19296546]

>>19293997
The one I'm eating right now

[Anonymous No.19296570]

>>19293997
Condiment sandwich at like 2am.

[Anonymous No.19296652]

All the times I had to go for the rice and beans combo when I was a broke student.

[Anonymous No.19296658]

>>19293997
I ate lunch in the bathroom once in high school.

That was depressing.

[Anonymous No.19296671]

I bought a cake from lidl, it looked nice, and since its easy to make cakes I figured it was delicious

My predominant thought after tasting is was "this is what wax feels and tastes like"

Seriously buying some premade cake sheets, whipping some cream and stuffing it with jam would be infinitely better tasting with better texture.

You know that you buttercream icing you can make? This has stuff similar to it but instead of butter they used candlewax.

I want to die for buying that fucking cake. For being so gullible.

[Anonymous No.19296685]

>>19296671
you ate fondant

[Anonymous No.19296693]

every Friday night I drink myself asleep and I usually just wedges of cheese and dried meat. One of the most depressing meals I've ever had was one Saturday morning when I just started drinking again after waking up and ate a sandwich I found under my desk

[Anonymous No.19296698]

>>19296685
This cake is the worst thing that entered my mouth that I remember eating.
It's engineered to be offensive. Someone deserves to die.

[Anonymous No.19296732]

>>19293997
It's hard for me to pick one specific instance, but I remember food when I feel terrible.

My childhood home was getting condemned while I was a NEET and my family had to move into a slummy small apartment with me, so I choose to stay at the house until the last day I could. The house was destroyed at this point, but I vividly remember stepping on a hardened spot of blood on the floor of my room where my dog passed away. On that last night there was no electricity or hot water but I ran a cold shower, got out, and boiled potatoes on the stove in the dark and ate them. I think that night was the last time I dreamed. It was pre-covid.

Food I was served in a mental ward was very peculiar and sanitary. It was a grilled chicken patty that was nearly cold and tasteless mashed potatoes. It was somehow both good and unfathomably bland. I think the antipsychotics affected how I perceived it.

When I was about 11, my family had no food except instant mashed potatoes in our pantry. My mother made it for the family and started crying, saying we should eat the chicken, biscuits, green beans that didn't exist with it. We joke about it now but it was seriously depressing back then.

My girlfriend broke up with me when I was in high school and I didn't eat for 25 days. I finally broke to eat a Little Caesar's pizza my father got me as a gift. I threw it up and felt ashamed of myself for wasting food that was given to me.

[Anonymous No.19296760]

>>19294040
Put a 1 and 2 zeros in front of that and it's a party!

[Anonymous No.19296761]

>>19295769
They'd find me hanging in my closet after I ate this

[Anonymous No.19296763]

>>19293997
Plain spaghetti and water

[Anonymous No.19296784]

>>19293997
I was due to go to a gig with my brother and a friend. A few weeks before my brother got arrested for being a pedo, and my friend's cancer took a turn for the worse.
Ended up going with just my older brother, and we had a meal in town before the gig started, and just talked about how everything was going to shit. They overcooked my steak, but I couldn't be bothered to argue it.

[Anonymous No.19297104]

>>19296732
Your reply is fascinating in a macabre way. I hope you're better now, wherever you are, whatever you're doing...

[Anonymous No.19297236]

>>19294431
scurvy, start drinking daquiris

[Anonymous No.19297243]

>>19294090
>50°F
Are you from Mercury or something? I keep my room in the 50s to low 60s year round.

[Anonymous No.19297254]

>>19293997
I once ate 3 McDonalds Big Breakfasts

[Anonymous No.19297259]

>>19294520

Lack of vitamins most probably. I drink an emergen-c every morning to avoid this.

T. Alcoholic but functioning (at the moment)

[Anonymous No.19297269]

>>19293997
it actually smelled like dog food and somehow i ate most of it

[Anonymous No.19297275]

>>19293997
I once cried into a bowl of oats, then proceeded to finish the meal.

[Anonymous No.19297283]

>>19294431
>>19294520
>>19297259
>I do this every day except just liquor. my legs shake when I climb stairs or lift something. if someone knows why I'd be glad to know.
Not quite. It's a multipoint issue but yeah you're right about lack of vitamins.

It's a problem overall with hormonal balance & vitamin absorption/deficiency.
Most alcoholics have shitty Vit B levels, are low on electrolytes like magnesium/potassium etc but long term it works out to a longer problem. Your body CAN take in water soluble electrolytes but you'll piss 'em out. Vitamins & minerals absorbed by dietary fats, those are out, even if you take a multivit. Your entire body is a hormonal nightmare and being drunk every day doesn't help since you're also poisoning yourself.
When you sleep, you only kind of sleep too. Your body isn't repairing itself since you're constantly fighting alcohol's poison and long term you end up weak.

I'm sure I'll trigger the faggot obsessed with keto diets but alcohol is mostly sugar water and when you're a drunk you're drinking non stop, just injecting sugar into your blood day in day out hour after hour as long as you're awake until you pass out, when you pass out your body is still processing it.
Your body is always in a state of bein run down, never building muscle, never resting, always eating and your hormones are imbalanced while your deficient.

You're doing what another anon said. You're dying, very, very slowly. You can be fat, thin, depends on how much you drink but your body can't achieve balance while being an alcoholic. Fuck all the fad diets, you can't sleep it off, nothing.
You have to stop, if you want it and it's ok if you don't.
-but when you don't stop drinking, you also put up with the fact your body's running like shit and stairs are a bitch. You could get the same effects by only drinking non-poisonous sugar water for years straight too btw, without the dopamine hit.

[Anonymous No.19297293]

>>19294030
This legit made me depressed. Good post anon.

[Anonymous No.19297301]

>>19293997
I poured cider into a cup noodle

[Anonymous No.19297317]

>>19295302
Bad feel

[Anonymous No.19297325]

I had just broken up with my girlfriend and realized that despite my deep depression, I still needed to eat. Lacking the energy to do anything than the bare minimum, I boiled water, put in some ramen, then forgot the flavoring. I had a bowl of hot, soggy, flavorless noodles to hold me over. It was the first "meal" I had in three days

[Anonymous No.19297337]

>>19293997
A shitty sandwich I made the night before from somewhat expired coldcuts I had to eat sitting on my car in the cold because the warehouse office job I had was so terrible and low-paying it was my only escape. Imagine you job sitting in a warehouse office where you look out the windows into the blackness of the warehouse, and the metal building blocks all radio recption. That was the one job after college I just straight-up, nop-notice quit from.

[Anonymous No.19297354]

>>19296484
I guess roided up was wrong but the dude was a good 6 inches taller than ride

[Anonymous No.19297368]

I used to bring a packet of potato chips and a capri sun to school and eat outside or in the bathroom rather than go to the school cafeteria as I had nobody to sit with.

[Anonymous No.19297448]

>>19293997
I've never really felt depressed over a meal that I can remember, I can feel comfy even eating slop to survive, but at one low point in my life I had very little energy and basically ate DoorDash for a week.
For those who don't know there's a DoubleDash feature where you can make the driver pick up an item from another store for no extra fee if you don't choose to up the tip.
I made the guy pick up some aspirins, an enema and anal lube from Walgreens alongside the crappy pizza I ordered for dinner

[Anonymous No.19297468]

>>19297354
I don't know who that is.

[Anonymous No.19297474]

>>19297368
Saddest post I’ve read in some time.

[Anonymous No.19297497]

>>19296732
I want to hear more anon. Please go on.

[Anonymous No.19297522]

>>19297283
Yup, been there was drinking all day every day for like 2 years straight after my divorce and I would only eat maybe once a day. I would aways be nauseous and throw up in the mornings shaking and have diarrhea, body felt weak and I literally just wanted to die. Glad I stopped drinking when I did though because I was on a path to organ failure dying alone. Many sad meals were eaten during this timeframe usually alone in the dark because I didnt have much money for utilities or for decent food after blowing it on alcohol and making divorce rape payments.
Most recent, a can of vienna sausages with a baked potato I microwaved and some leftover canned mixed vegetables. With a little bit of wooster sauce on it for flavor. Also eaten alone while standing in the kitchen, looking out my window wondering what my life has become

[Anonymous No.19297545]

>>19293997
School brake
Consisted of two loafs of bread and a slice of cheese, maybe a cereal bar or an apple too
We heated it up in the few working microwaves there were since it just came out of the freezer, the cheese always separated when it melted like cheap cheese does
This was like this for six years
>t. Third worlder

[Anonymous No.19297625]

>>19294762
>As an adult I really appreciate him still going out at 9pm to try and find me the cake I wanted.
wholesome

[Anonymous No.19297682]

Kebab at my mother's birthday. It was just my father, my mother and me. We just ate it with some french fries and watched tv. There was some kind of weird atmosphere of despair. Like we all knew the good days would never come back

[Anonymous No.19297754]

>>19294472
Sounds kinda good, with mustard. Was the ketchup the sad part?

[Anonymous No.19297806]

>>19297682
I think that's why people in their 30s, 40s, and even 50s have kids. The kids were their only meaning in life.

[Anonymous No.19297867]

>>19293997
this is a friendly reminder to /ck/ that eternal life is the free gift of God. if you want to receive it, live forever, and be 100% sure of going to heaven, watch this short gospel video. Gospel means good news, it's very easy to be saved from hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf3uF0juIVI&t=5s&ab_channel=PUBLISHSALVATION

[Anonymous No.19297891]

>>19297682
Once in a while I read a post here that makes me think that director of Gummo would really to be here.

[Anonymous No.19298303]

>>19295302
How is your family doijg now?

[Anonymous No.19298311]

>>19298303
We all died. I'm a ghost. WOooooOoooOOoooOooOOOOOooo.

[Anonymous No.19298319]

>>19296179
Potatoes have a surprising amount of vit c

[Anonymous No.19298334]

I lived in a shitty dirty house in the middle of the woods with my alcoholic rich friend and a bunch of other people, and I had no car and no job or anything at the time, so I was dirt poor and could only get food very occasionally when I could get a ride to town. Either way I ate rice and sliced hot dogs or vienna sausages with soy sauce several times during this period. Also at the same place but before the whole county shut down, I had gotten a take n bake safeway pizza and had just finished cooked and cutting it and was taking it upstairs to my room, when I stumbled and dropped the pizza, topping side down onto the hardwood floor, I just kinda whimpered, scooped up what I could and ate it despairingly, probably the worst couple years of my life

[Anonymous No.19298376]

>>19295127
Jesus H Christ

[Anonymous No.19298381]

When I was in a nightmare roommate situation my meals were a bag of sweet baby Ray's beef jerky and a pint of ice cream
I always felt sick, but it made me sleepy so I could pass out and ignore the nightmare

[Anonymous No.19298506]

>>19293997
>17 yo
>travelling to Cataratas do Iguaçu (Brazil/Paraguay) with dad and half-sister
>on the way there, receive a message from a girl I liked
>I don't even remember the exact content but it was something related to her hooking up with random guys on parties
>being the emotional teenager that I was, I instantly became depressed
>held tears so that dad and half-sis wouldn't see me cry
>we ate at a mediocre restaurant
>food was bad, I was feeling blue
>dad remarks "You don't have to eat anymore. Look at the face you're making there"
>don't clean the plate like I always do and leave feeling miserable
In my defence, I was a teenager. I haven't eaten any depressing meals since then
There was also a time (2021) when I went to work, forgot my lunch, and ended up drinking a cup of lukewarm coffee, a cup of water, and a spoon of olive oil (in my head, it had calories = better than not eating). Shat a lot later that day

[Anonymous No.19298512]

>>19293997
>17 yo
>travelling to Cataratas do Iguaçu (Brazil/Paraguay) with dad and half-sister
>on the way there, receive a message from a girl I liked
>I don't even remember the exact content but it was something related to her hooking up with random guys on parties
>being the emotional teenager that I was, I instantly became depressed
>held tears so that dad and half-sis wouldn't see me cry
>we ate at a mediocre restaurant
>food was bad, I was feeling blue
>dad remarks "You don't have to eat anymore. Look at the face you're making there"
>don't clean the plate like I always do and leave feeling miserable
In my defence, I was a teenager. I haven't eaten any depressing meals since then
There was also a non-emotional time (2021) when I went to work, forgot my lunch, and ended up drinking a cup of lukewarm coffee, a cup of water, and a spoon of olive oil (in my head, it had calories = better than not eating). Shat a lot later that day

[Anonymous No.19298513]

>>19294090
Life of a zogbot lmao

[Anonymous No.19298521]

>>19298506
>>19298512
wtf I sent it twice?

[stream No.19298548]

>>19294030
ayyy that's hardcore
>>19293997
when in was younger I would make huge batches of pure lentils and brown rice and would it at lunch and supper. i wanted to kms every meal. didnt last long may be a coulle weeks butni justbcant stand rice and lentila combo anymore

[Anonymous No.19298554]

>>19296179
Fruity ice cream should have a decent amount of vitamin C.

[Anonymous No.19299028]

>>19296732
>I didn't eat for 25 days. I finally broke to eat a Little Caesar's pizza
you're lucky that you didn't die or get permanent stomach damage

[Anonymous No.19299044]

>>19293997
I used to wake up around 3-5pm every day when I was in college (kept nocturnal to avoid people). Cafeteria had limited hours, there were only 2 other places to eat on campus and they both closed at 8. I'd eat dinner, then by midnight I'd start getting hungry & just deal with it until the next day, or get breakfast when the cafeteria opened again at 5am. I'd feel like a degenerate eating shitty sausage patties & plastic-like eggs, clearly stoned, around people just starting their mornings.

Worst meal was when I missed dinner & got desperately hungry around 11pm. Scoured the dorm kitchen but there was no food I could steal from the cabinets. Ended up finding a half-eaten lettuce & hummus sandwich in the trash. I picked it out, turned around to go back to my room, and some girl was looking at me with disgust. Ate the sandwich alone in my room.

[Anonymous No.19299064]

>>19293997
>move to japan
>dont know anyone, dont know anything
>set out to find food that i could eat that night and the next few days for cheap while waiting for pay
>peanut butter and jelly are a favorite
>buy what i think is what i need
>get home, "jelly" is some weird grape concoction that just doesnt taste right
>"peanut butter" is some strange spread that in no way resembled peanut butter
>try to make a sandwich anyway, the bread was so soft and delicate it ripped away with every swipe
>i eat it in disgust, shower, and gather my pile of clothes to sleep in on the floor because my stuff hasnt arrived yet and i'm in an empty house in winter that was built when kotatsu's were still the main source of warmth.
>chose that house because then gf was going to fly out to stay with me for a few months, she broke up with me literally that same day.

[Anonymous No.19299130]

>>19299028
Come on, Little Caesar's isn't THAT bad!

[Anonymous No.19299137]

>>19294717
What parents make fun of there children like this? I swear they mindless fuck like animals in a pen and then fuck off basically and use birthday events like ruse to get together.

[Anonymous No.19299233]

>>19293997
One of those pre-made chicken salad sandwiches from a CVS on the strip in Vegas. Plane got in late amd almost everything was closed...was weird.

[Anonymous No.19299250]

>>19299233
>Vegas strip
>almost everything closed
"City that never sleeps" my ass!

[Anonymous No.19299251]

>>19299064
found a pic of it

[Anonymous No.19299261]

>>19299251
Oh god, there are so many levels of wrong here. I'm guessing the jelly was the snacking kind, not the spreading kind. And I've never seen peanut butter look so clear & runny before.

[Anonymous No.19299265]

>>19297283
Is there an "okay" amount to drink I guess? I've found myself drinking maybe like once or twice a week lately. I'm never usually shit faced or anything. I feel like even that might be a lot, but then I come here and read about people going through bottles of vodka every couple days.

[Anonymous No.19299270]

>>19299251
>>19299064
Holy fucking shit anon

[Anonymous No.19299271]

>>19299250
>City that never sleeps
Isn't that New York?

[Anonymous No.19299307]

>>19299271
No, New York is "concrete jungle wet dream tomato"

[Anonymous No.19299320]

>>19299261
yea i should've gone back when i was more proficient in japanese but oh well.

>>19299270
went back and found the breakup messages in facebook. almost ten years and two months.
happily married now but fuck that sucked.

[Anonymous No.19299325]

>>19293997
>be full of free time one night many years ago
>wandering around, decide to go for pho
>place is fucking crowded for some reason, usually isn't
>end up seated right in the middle of the small restaurant, surrounded by young couples chatting loudly
>sitting at a small table, not so great feeling
>restaurant owner comes to me and asks if I mind sharing my table with two other new customers
>they're also a young couple
>didn't want to seem like a dick, said "ok"
>ended up speed eating cause I felt like a pathetic ugly stupid retard faggot, surrounded by young teens enjoying love and tasty food
>paid my bill and left ASAP

[Anonymous No.19299335]

drank wine every night when i got back from work for like six months. usually just one at first but by the end I was drinking up to three a night.

[Anonymous No.19299339]

>>19297682
>like we all knew the good days would never come back
My grandfather, father, and me are thirty years apart in age exactly. Our birthdays are in three consecutive months. We have dinner at grandfathers house on each birthday, usually some takeout or fish and chips. The last time we met, we all got blackout drunk because life is so miserable for each of us. We live in the time of stagnation, and it wears everyone down.

As a side note, I used to live with my grandfather, but he rejected anything I cooked because his palette is stuck in 1950, so I ended up not cooking and just living off of instant mash mixed with tuna and mayo while working night shifts inebriated.

[Anonymous No.19299342]

>4-5 years ago
>get off early morning shift at wagie job
>just want some goyslop and a nap
>stop by mcdonalds near apartment
>order 2 bacon mcgriddles because cravings
>after like 10 fucking minutes of waiting I finally get order and go home
>huh these look a little flatter than I remember
>unwrap one
>they fucking put two strips of bacon inside mcgriddle buns
>no egg
>no cheese
>just the buns and bacon
>when I ordered 'bacon mcgriddles' they must have thought I meant just bacon
>both are like this
>seethe for several minutes and then just eat them instead of going back
>still mad to this day

[Anonymous No.19299360]

>>19299342
>when I ordered 'bacon mcgriddles' they must have thought I meant just bacon
Yep.

If you wanted the egg & cheese, you had to order the "Bacon Egg & Cheese McGriddle." You just said "Bacon McGriddle." They are two separate items on their menu.
>pic related, screenshot directly from the McDonald's website

[Anonymous No.19299379]

>>19299360
McMuffins add an extra layer of confusion.

If you want the egg & cheese, you have to ask for the "X & Egg McMuffin." If you just want X meat, then you say "X McMuffin." Cheese is included in both options, so you don't have to specify cheese.

If it's bacon or sausage you want, you have to specify the meat.
If it's Canadian bacon (often mistaken for ham) you want, then you don't mention any meat by name.
If for some reason you want no meat at all, you would have to customize the order.

Bacon, egg, cheese = Bacon & Egg McMuffin
Bacon, cheese = Bacon McMuffin
Canadian bacon, egg, cheese = Egg McMuffin
Egg, cheese, no meat = Egg McMuffin, hold the meat

[Anonymous No.19299835]

You people are so dramatic

[Anonymous No.19299844]

>>19299835
>people

[Anonymous No.19299855]

>>19294023
Did you lose weight, gain or maintain.
I did the same sort of diet in November of 2020. It was about 7mg of lorazepam and a fifth of hard liquor (gin, rum or vodka mainly) a day; maybe some other food but i was so out of it that i assume not a lot. I lost 10kg in the month.

[Anonymous No.19299878]

long story but an emergency happened at my work which meant that with zero warning my boss came to me at 9am ON MY BIRTHDAY and told me that in 5 hours I had to get on a plane and fly across the country for a ten day work trip.

I got on the plane, made a 6 1/2 hour flight, drove a rental car from the airport straight to the office I needed to go to, and then worked 12 hours straight. By the time I finally checked into my hotel I was so tired and crestfallen that I bought a 12 pack of Miler Light tall boys and a box of Cheezits from the gas station across the street, went back to my room, and got so hammered that I passed out while watching tranny-on-girl BDSM porn on my company laptop.

I woke up to a splitting hangover, laying in a pile Cheezit crumbs and piss which had stained my white bedsheets an unimaginably vibrant shade of orange.

[Anonymous No.19299893]

>>19297754
Don't mock me. It was a traumatising experience.

[Anonymous No.19300080]

>>19297468
i wish i could say that same sentence and it would hold true

[Anonymous No.19300085]

>>19298381
kek

[Anonymous No.19300103]

reblogged, thank you, sincerely

[Anonymous No.19300132]

>>19299878
>tranny-on-girl
Technically the straightest form of pornography.

[Anonymous No.19300332]

>>19299835
>finding your mother's corpse isn't dramatic

[Anonymous No.19300342]

>>19296521
I am sorry you lost your kitty man.

[Anonymous No.19300346]

>>19293997
Curry in India. Tried it a few times. Always super dissapointing. The best curry is made in literally every country except India somehow. Can literally taste shit with every bite even in the high class places. The standard of meat and vegetable over there is not good.

[Anonymous No.19300347]

>>19298303
Dad is in prison, mom passed, but the rest of us are doing pretty well.

[Anonymous No.19300731]

Rice with random chicken sauce
It wasnt taste like curry at all but i was absolutely broke

[Anonymous No.19302134]

>>19300332
That one really hit me. I hope he's okay.

[Anonymous No.19302408]

My friend sent me this picture after they’d eaten spaghetti. Truly one of the most depressing things I’ve ever seen. This was late at night as well, just sitting there by themselves in a quiet room all alone eating spaghetti like a loser.

[Anonymous No.19302424]

>>19302408
>they
>one plate
Most non-binary people are losers, indeed. I'm sorry for your hardship, you're a good friend.

[Anonymous No.19302431]

>>19302424
I’m thinking about taking them to a vet and having them put down. Or maybe taking them on a nice day out in a boat and pushing them overboard, driving off and leaving them in the ocean.

[Anonymous No.19302438]

>>19302431
Whoa anon, let's not get carried away. This is a safe space. You don't have to respect your friend's pronouns here.

[Anonymous No.19302452]

>>19302438
Careful who you insult, you might end up counting your days.

[Anonymous No.19302458]

>>19302452
I'm not worried, there's a 40% chance those people will do themselves in.

[Anonymous No.19302497]

>>19293997
Most depressing meal I’ve had was an ice cup filled with Bahama Mama Clubtails and a refrigerator-section burger (eaten cold) I picked up at a gas station, eaten while hiding in the hospital bathroom because I felt bad about eating in front of my dad (who was dying from stomach cancer). I miss you, dad. :(

[Anonymous No.19302623]

>>19299251
The jelly appears okay, but that "peanut butter" looks more like apricot jam

[Anonymous No.19302647]

>>19302623
>>19299251
The "peanut butter" being inside of a paper cup kind of tipped me off, so I tried looking into it more. Googling "Japanese peanut butter" showed me this: Peanut cream.

Anon bought peanut cream, instead of peanut butter.

[Anonymous No.19302648]

>>19302647
Japan does have proper peanut butter, though. They even have American brands like Skippy.

[Anonymous No.19302673]

>Be me 16 at the time
>Girlfriend was sick and couldnt come over
>Friday, parents were at a party
>Got bored, talked with some friends to go to a local bar and play pool
>At the same time, a big birthday party was happening just around the block of my house, almost EVERY friend I had was invited, I wasn't for reasons I to this day dont know
>At the bar there were some people I knew, overheard the conversation that they were going to the party
>00:10, got home, was very hungry but tired to cook
>Ended up eating black beans, a little rice and some left over cold fries with coke clone
>All the while hearing the party music and laughs, seeing pictures of my friends having fun, saw some of them walking up the street from my home.
>They were having everything and I had NOTHING
>Later spent the night watching missing documentaries on Youtube until I feel asleep

[Anonymous No.19302684]

>pickle sandwich, just pickles between buttered bread
>onion sandwich, raw onion between bread w/ ketchup and mayo (I made this the other night with leftover hot dog buns despite having thousands in the bank lmao)
>spoonful of peanut butter out of the jar because there's no bread
I ate literal table scraps off of the plates of people I was living with because they would buy fast food and leave a half-eaten burger and some cold fries on the kitchen counter and it was better than a peanut butter sandwich on shitty whole wheat bread.

[Anonymous No.19302689]

>>19298506
How many fake stuff and cigarettes did you buy there tho?

[Anonymous No.19302708]

>>19296539
My cat died 2 months ago.
It did cost me a fortune and in the end he died in my arms at home only a few hours after coming back from the clinic.
It's pretty hard for me to be truly alone now after having him around for 14 years.

Really hope you had some great memories with your cat anon. They truly should live longer... Maybe we get to meet our cats again after our time on earth is over.

[Anonymous No.19302771]

>>19302684
The pickle and onion sandwiches aren't bad at all imo>>19302684

[Anonymous No.19302777]

>>19302647
That looks better desu

[Anonymous No.19302824]

>>19294090
This is what chinese food takeout is for.

[Anonymous No.19302828]

>>19294258
Serves you right for not knowing how to operate a grill. Lobster tails are at their best grilled.

[Anonymous No.19302829]

>>19293997
every birthday and christmas

[Anonymous No.19302832]

>>19294693
The cake isn't the depressing part. It is the liquor bottle that is clearly indicative of the depressive state that man is in.

[Anonymous No.19302885]

>>19302708
Same story, add a couple years. I was lucky in that the ER was able to save him in January. Cost a mint but being a bachelor in my own place with no other family in my city he was my bestie. I knew his time was short and I got to spend a lot of time saying goodbye. Part of that was thinking through what the next world might be like if we meet again. I like to think we'll go on psychedelic style intergalactic space adventures. Either way I'm really grateful for him and this has carried me through this time so far. I'm just four day or so into my loss but I'm doing ok. On topic, every meal sucks without him.

But I know for certain he'd want me to be happy and even to do better. So I'm working on his memory and then I'm working on fixing a bunch of shit I should have fixed when he was alive. Catharsis is a great thing. And if there is a God (which I personally don't doubt) then his spirit rests in part within mine. I'm going to take him with me wherever I go and conquer this world before I join him in the next.

[Anonymous No.19302965]

>>19294762
>As an adult I really appreciate him still going out of his way to do the most low-effort last minute action possible
ftfy

[Anonymous No.19302995]

>>19302965
at least he has a father

[Anonymous No.19303008]

Don't know if this counts or not but fuck it, the story only sucks in retrospect. I fucking hate pasta, I hate how my mother makes it, I hate it at restaurants, I hate it everywhere. One day while I was in high-school this freshman chick who I spoke to a lot wanted to know if I wanted to have lunch with her. I said fuck it, why not, I don't know what she saw in me other than maybe I was a status symbol since I was a senior. She said we could have a picnic in a park that we live next to. Fast forward after school I show up, I bring brewed tea since I was into that shit at the time. She actually shows up, and she brings out the most depressing bowl of buttered pasta ever. I didn't scowl or anything, even though I hate pasta and felt this was going to be a bomb. I just give her a cup of tea, and we ate, talked about a bunch of stuff and whatnot. For some reason the pasta was really fucking good, I have no idea what this bitch did to it but it was the only plate that I ever liked. I actually asked for seconds and got some. Told her after the meal that she is a good cook. Me being an autist continued talking about stuff when I said I was moving across the state after I graduate. I don't remember if she made a face or had a reaction, it was a long time ago. I remember everyone of my friends and my brother calling me a retard when I told what happened after dinner. She didn't talk to me as much as she used to after that day. When I think back I don't know if I dodged a bullet or if I made a mistake. Because of that day though, I occasionally try to recreate the recipe, that taste I want to know what the hell she put in it to taste so good.

[Anonymous No.19303018]

>>19294258

Why would they give a child who can't cook those ingredients? Unless your and adult...

[Anonymous No.19303038]

>>19293997
my dinner
an energy drink and a bag of chips

[Anonymous No.19303043]

>>19302995
Solid point.

[Anonymous No.19303045]

>>19303008
Hello fellow sperg.

>a lot of butter
>a little bit of olive oil (so butter is more viscous, and does not burn)
>some garlic cloves sliced or finely minced, to personal tastes
>gently simmer some garlic for a few minutes
>do not burn - a little gold at most (unless you like toasted garlic)
>smother pasta in that
>parmesan to taste
>pepper to taste
>salt to taste
>if you feel like you need more cheese you probably need more salt

From here you are almost to aglio e olio. Which is this except you add red peppers or red pepper flakes to the garlic and use more oil, less or no butter. Then at the end you chop up a large handful of parsley and toss it in.

Legit one of the best ways to enjoy pasta. It would make me happy if this made you happy. Or at least you will know for certain you attempted the ultimate "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" dish. Afterwards, consider picrel, cacio e pepe. Also similar. It is romano which I find too sour/funky but it is a loved dish similar to butter and parm. Or carbonara, which has pork (bacon or guancale) and egg. I think you would recognize these flavors.

[Anonymous No.19303120]

>>19299342

[Anonymous No.19303128]

I became a total shut in for a while, all I had to eat was peanut butter, milk, ramen and cayenne pepper. I would have a scoop of peanut butter and some milk for breakfast. Microwave ramen with lots of cayenne for lunch then go to bed hungry. I bought one croissant sandwich every two weeks or so to not go insane.

[Anonymous No.19303143]

When I got home from a 14 day stay in jail I made myself a casserole out of ramen, frozen chicken, and tomato sauce.

[Anonymous No.19303179]

>>19303120
how stupid do you have to be to write that down

[Anonymous No.19303206]

>>19303179
>>19303120
fake and gay

[Anonymous No.19303208]

>>19303143
Because that was all you had, or because that was the kind of taste you developed in jail?

[Anonymous No.19303227]

>>19303206
lol

[Anonymous No.19304075]

>>19294066
9/10, made me say "Yikes" loudly to myself

[Anonymous No.19304126]

>>19295135
That kid isn't white you moron

[Anonymous No.19304933]

I have recently become very poor after having a psychotic breakdown and quitting my job as a sous chef for a nice restaurant. I just got a new job but for a month it was just anxious thoughts and alcohol. Probably spend more money on alcohol than food.

After I quit I was just cleaning out my fridge and eating whatever I had left to save money. Worst one was baloney tacos with onions and mustard in them. Could barely finish it, and cried very shortly afterwards.

God I hate being fucking poor.

[Anonymous No.19305137]

>>19294425
jesus how poor are you.. fix that (but don't move here)

[Anonymous No.19305192]

>>19295488
They have to do something with all the soy; it's one of the biggest crops in America. It might actually be more expensive to make pb with its own oil, then grow more peanuts just for the oil to sell as a separate product as opposed to growing 1 batch of peanuts for pb, extract its oil to sell in bottles, and add surplus soy that China's paying you for and use its oil in the PB.

[Anonymous No.19305194]

>>19305137
>>19304933
Holy goodness anons I'd take you both out for a steak or something. This actually made me a little sad.

[Anonymous No.19305218]

>>19305194
this but i'd buy them the cheapest thing on the menu and myself the most expensive thing

[Anonymous No.19305752]

probably the bowl of microwave risotto rice i had 2 days ago with soy sauce whilst flicking off the pieces of mouse shit on my table, down bad.

[Anonymous No.19305755]

>>19305752
also haven’t eaten since then will probs trek to supermarket later to lift something to go with the rice i have left

[Anonymous No.19305813]

>>19299342
this is why you always check your fast food order before leaving the store

[Anonymous No.19305854]

>>19299320
>happily married now
happy for you anon :3

[Anonymous No.19306054]

>>19296732
You sound like a HUGE faggot

[Anonymous No.19306073]

>>19305218
KEK

[Anonymous No.19306083]

I love everyone here except the faggots insulting other posters.

[Anonymous No.19306087]

>>19306083
t. poster insulter

[Anonymous No.19306738]

>>19296685
might not be. I worked at a kroger bakery and they switched the buttercream to pure whipped oil and corn syrup. Absolute horrid taste, left a terrible coating in your mouth that didn't come off even after a glass of water, just pure shit.

[Anonymous No.19306864]

>>19293997
Not the most depressing meal I've had, but the most depressing series of "meals" I've had
>be senior in last semester of uni, middle of wuflu
>had to return to campus because in-person lab
>mandatory quarantine for all residential students two weeks before classes start, can't leave the dormitory (let alone my room) except to pick up shitty meals at the front desk once per day
>lab gets cancelled the day before the semester begins, but can't go back home since my dorm is already paid for
>none of my friends came back to campus
>literally getting blackout drunk all day and all night
>dining hall shuts down within a month to "stop the spread"
>worked as a tutor (which paid barely $40 a week during pre-covid), but since all my students were attending zoom university, i had nobody coming to my sessions
>maybe made $30 that whole semester from tutoring, beyond broke, skipping meals just to be able to buy steel reserve at the gas station with quarters
>lived off goya rice and beans, with vienna sausages and anchovies mixed in
>added broken up tortilla chips for extra texture
>stole my dominican roommates sazon for flavor, made my meal too salty
>rinsed my rice and beans with water in a colander for several days to make it eatable because i didn't want to throw it out and starve

[Anonymous No.19307016]

>>19293997
I don't think of it as depressing, but closest is packet ramen in a mug and a cliff bar.

[Anonymous No.19307017]

>random weekend in my 20s
>immediate family all out that day with their own plans
>friend was sick
>out of nowhere hit with a sense of loneliness I've never felt before or since
>make pan fried salmon with a homemade cream sauce, a tray of baked veggies, and mashed potatoes with fresh garlic
>call up a cousin saying I made dinner if they weren't busy
>surprisingly they say yes they'll be right over
>two hours later still haven't arrived, I've long since eaten
>phone pings, "Sorry, some other plan came up."
>threw the rest of the food away in anger
>took three shots of vodka then spent the whole night downing whiskey sours

[Anonymous No.19307019]

>>19296732
>saying we should eat the chicken, biscuits, green beans that didn't exist with it.
Bleak.

[Anonymous No.19307224]

I would buy you all pizza for dinner and if you don't like pizza I'd get you something special on the menu for you. I'd go all out. We'd have a bunch of different 2-liters, antipasto, garlic knots/bread, mozzarella sticks, and a few different of your favorite pies.

[Anonymous No.19307228]

>>19307224

[Anonymous No.19307276]

>>19293997
Hmm, probably the dry ass fajitas they served at our prom, in which I was attending by myself or the Resees fast break bar I was trying to eat while crying after finding out my childhood dog died while I was away.

[Anonymous No.19307283]

>>19299265
I've got a fair bit of reason to be depressed, and not only does alcoholism feature in my circles, but I have a good access to it. Having SEEN what overconsumption does, I am absolutely terrified of falling into that hole.


For every glass I drink of whatever it is- wine, mixed drink, hard stuff, etc I drink a glass of water. Doesn't matter if it's 1 shot of vodka + another 7oz of mixers, drink a whole 8oz of water with every one. Helps delay the effects, helps you flush it out afterward, and the added liquid makes you more likely to go "yeah that's enough" when you're "full".

Then I take the bottle, and see how much is in it. I try not to go more than an average of 1 oz every other day, with an absolute hard limit of 1 oz a day. As long as I'm able to say no, I'm in the clear. If I can say "yeah no, not today, even if today sucks." I'm still good.

1 oz is about 30ml, so a 750 ml bottle should be 25 oz. therefore it should last me a MINIMUM of 25 days, and ideally 50.

One bottle of hard liquor should last you 2 months. One bottle of wine should last at minimum a week, ideally 3.

Your mileage may vary- I have a kevlar liver. it takes 40 straight fucking oz of Vodquila to get me shitfaced. Obviously one can tell that's not only unhealthy but expensive. So drink for the taste, not the effects.

Make mixed drinks. Old Fashioneds, Cosmos, and so on. Splurge on a 15 dollar bottle of wine instead of the cheap 8 dollar shit.
Not only will enjoying the process of mixing, tasting, and figuring out what to add, what to mix, and what pairs with what help out a TON of your enjoyment of it, it'll get your mind off whatever shitty thing is bothering you.
My big thing right now is wine pairings. When I can afford red meat, I'll pair it with a nice wine. I'll mix a bottle of beer in with the chili for flavor. When I grill some fish, I'll sear it in a bit of white wine along with the butter, and see how it works out.
Minimal additional effort, lots of reward.

[Anonymous No.19307289]

>>19307283
Don't care; Didn't ask

[Anonymous No.19307311]

>>19295127
Nice

[Anonymous No.19307317]

No meal I've ever made has been depressing
The most depressing meals are when my family decide to have a party and I'm told that X person is making a dish and it's going to be great and so I go, giving up 4 hours of my life and when I get there the dish is fucking garbage

[Anonymous No.19307341]

>>19307317
there was no reason to type this out with your fat fucking cow hooves

[Anonymous No.19307356]

blog time
>live with father through teen years and into 20s, father was physically disabled so put off school to stay home and help
>we always had a great father son bond and it was actually the best years of my life
>he was a damn good cook who did what I can only describe as magic with just a few ingredients
>father passes away after years of downhill health that neither of us admitted
>never learned his recipes
>go to stay with relatives while I got my life sorted out
>take my meals there, or meal singular because it's all I can stand
>relatives are three chain smokers, their house walls physically drip nicotine in humidity, they don't know how to close or seal food, doesn't matter because it gets everywhere anyway
>three or four nights a week of overcooked pasta and butter that tastes like an ash tray, vomit occasionally
>they've burnt their taste buds out anyway from decades of smoking and chewing oxycodone tablets, can't speak up since I'm getting free room and board
>spend most of the time in my old house cleaning and sorting things
>one day actually get hungry since I was basically living on chips and canned goods
>main gas tank at house is empty, furnace doesn't work because of it (middle of winter)
>everything in the fridge is shot of course
>water to kitchen is amazingly not frozen, fill a pot, find some shells in the closet, unopened and not smelling like burnt feces
>basically a gift from above at that point
>boil pasta in a pot on a Coleman camp stove with a small propane tank, still wearing jacket
>continue cleaning while it cooks, sorting paperwork and shredding bills and such
>drain and cover with unidentified packet of some kind of red sauce that was also in the closet

[Anonymous No.19307358]

>>19307356
part 2 because clover isn't showing character count again
>eat it from the pot, tastes terrible, but at least tastes mostly like food
>find a to do list on father's desk from a month before he passed
>'pick up prescriptions, call about x delivery, send car registration renewal' etc
>at the top of the list he wrote "most important: thank Anon for everything he does and tell him how much I love him"
>sit there and cry into my goddamn stale pasta and how nothing in life turned out the way it was supposed to, gets cold and inedible and throw the whole thing in the trash, pot included
>don't eat anything for days afterwards, ash-flavored or otherwise
nothing about eating cold soup or a wish sandwich or canned tuna with nothing else is really depressing to me, being used to not having much, but that day broke me

[Anonymous No.19307568]

>>19295130
Can hardly blame you but also you were retarded. You ask first if they WOULD like to come or ask if they are free X day and the ask them for it, not just "come" as you are assuming they will go. That at least has a higher chance of getting a reply

[Anonymous No.19308895]

>>19295127
alright

[Anonymous No.19308902]

>>19307358
He managed, in a way, to tell you he loves you
Never let that go

[Anonymous No.19309031]

I was taught how to cook and never had any friends growing up so I always saved money and never had to really scrounge for meals.

Most depressing meal I experienced was 100% Thanksgiving of 2015 when the night before my stepfather told my mother he was fucking her best friend. I had to entertain my little brother up stairs; increasing the volume of the TV whenever mom ripped another cabinet door off or began screaming again.

The next day was the most awkward twenty minutes of my life as we sat there, my grandparents and mother dead quiet, and my stepfather holding back tears. Little brother and I excused ourselves upstairs and hid from the meltdown for the next few days.

Almost through my stepfather off the second story ledge in the house. Sometimes I think how my life would have turned out if I did that.

All in all the food was pretty good.

[Anonymous No.19309125]

>>19307358
Wholesome that your Dad wrote that, that ought to be a good memory tbqh

[Anonymous No.19309131]

probably this take out box i had a few weeks ago. it was very unrefined and very cheap tasting. kinda like what blacks think chinese food in the hood is.

[Anonymous No.19309145]

>>19309131
havent had food that shitty in a while. it was greasy and just plain untasty. its 2023, food should be tasty.

[Anonymous No.19309151]

The only thing I've learned from this thread is that, 1st wolrders can't cook for shit on a Budget

[Anonymous No.19309166]

>>19295948
Why didn't you get a job and buy a loaf of bread?

[Anonymous No.19309184]

>>19305194
Don't feel bad for lazy fuckups. It's quite easy to get a simple mcwage or cashier job and have more than enough money for food.

[Anonymous No.19309203]

>>19294431
>I get all of my calories from hard liquor everyday
>why am I not healthy?
I'd tell you to kill yourself but you're already doing it

[Anonymous No.19309218]

>>19309184
ikr, everyone has a high end cellphone these days too

[Anonymous No.19309224]

>>19293997
I've cried during meals on several occasions but never really due to the meal.

[Anonymous No.19309243]

>>19309224
show bobs

[Anonymous No.19309270]

>>19308902
he said it a lot and i knew he did, so it wasn't like the list contents was a new discovery or something, it was just too much to deal with at the time i guess, knowing that a few months prior he sat there with a pen and paper and wrote a silly list and i had the very pen it was written with but the hand was long gone

>>19309125
there's much better memories to hold onto. that said if you have a good relationship with your parents, don't waste it. it's too often these days that something goes wrong and the parents and kid hate each other forever

[Anonymous No.19309298]

>>19293997
cold spaghetti noodles with bagged shredded cheese

[Anonymous No.19309313]

used to eat bread and water for lunch when i was working as a prep cook because it look like 15 seconds to eat and i could get back to work faster

[Anonymous No.19309390]

>>19294066
did you fuck it

[Anonymous No.19309417]

>>19293997
Probably dollar store meatballs cooked with pic related on a single burner camp stove outside my car while homeless. Some cops came up and one started laughing about my spaghetti and meatballs.

[Anonymous No.19309422]

>>19309417
>pic related

[Anonymous No.19309467]

>>19307283
Tiny girly Asian hands typed this

[Anonymous No.19309669]

>>19293997
Stopped at some place called Apple Peddler while on a road trip. Literally the worst meal of my life. I've had canned dogfood that tastes better than the slop they were selling. Worst part is that they were fucking up American breakfast diner food.

Honorable mention goes to MESA grill, Bobby Flay's place in Vegas. I don't know how, but just about everything we ordered was bland or just outright sucked. The only outstanding dish we had was some sort of tempura squash flowers appetizer. Like how do you make bland medium rare steaks that cost $50 bucks a piece? Maybe they are better now because that meal was back in 2007/08 or so, but still it was a depressing experience.

[Anonymous No.19309684]

>>19293997
I once ate a frozen pizza that was still frozen. I didn't want to wait to heat it up.

[Anonymous No.19309686]

>>19293997
i ate pizza crusts out of the trash

[Anonymous No.19309837]

>>19307289
I did and would have

[Anonymous No.19309966]

>>19294717
god that's brutal.

[Anonymous No.19309988]

Ate a crappy salad at a diner while I was driving cross-country to see my recent ex-girlfriend. I don't know why, I was aching to see her again and she moved away. The place didn't even have salad dressing, just a bottle of oil and a bottle of vinegar. Should have gone to the Subway down the street.
Drove for a few more hours and got to her at 5 AM. The most surreal and painful trip of my life. Things never got better afterwards.

[Anonymous No.19310018]

one time i was in the hospital for a few days, and they wanted to see that i could eat things before sending me home. i ordered their "beef broth" which was literally just beef flavored ramen flavoring in warm water. i wonder how many thousands of dollars that cost my insurance

[Anonymous No.19310054]

>>19299064
you get what you deserve for moving to japan weeb.

[Anonymous No.19310069]

>>19306864
>buy steel reserve at the gas station with quarters
grim

[Anonymous No.19310141]

>>19294066
Fuck, dude, I'm sorry.

[Anonymous No.19310144]

This thread brought up the memory I thought I repressed about a meal with the parents of this girl I was dating in college.
She lived at home, but the house was truly the most depressing place I've ever witnessed. Her parents were hardcore alcoholics: literally calling out of work/leaving work early just so they could drink. A typical day looked like this: mom would shuffle between the living room and kitchen, drink a handle of $8 white rum, and cry while watching the Hallmark Channel or the Buffalo Bills play; dad would lay in bed all day and watch John Wayne movies or listen to Elvis when he wasn't out smoking on the porch. They also had a dog that, despite being three years old, they let shit in the house because "he's just a little puppy." This plays a role later on in the story.
My ex hated her living situation, but was broke and totally codependent on them. I hated going there, but she was always super anxious about not being within five minutes of home "in case her parents needed her" and she refused to drive the ten minutes on the highway to my college and see me because "the interstate is scary." I was a total robot at the time and she was the only person that showed me any affection, so I begrudgingly put up with the situation.
I recall one Sunday evening where, after listening to her parents yell at each other all day long, dinner was served. Her mom was obsessed with her air fryer (so much so that she'd bring it to the casino with her on gambling trips), and somehow made spaghetti and meatballs in the thing. It tasted about what you'd expect. As soon as I sat down at the dinner table, I felt my foot squish into dog shit on the carpet. I excused myself to the bathroom and tried not to leave then and there, but didn't want to come across as rude. By the time I returned maybe two minutes later, her parents were sobbing about her mom's stillborn child from 18 years prior and my ex was in er bedroom burning herself with a lighter.

[Anonymous No.19310216]

Half a slice of two day old (cooked) frozen pizza that I forced down during a two day meth binge because I knew I needed to eat something. Glad I’m not doing that shit anymore

[Anonymous No.19310243]

The other day I wanted huevos rancheros
>No tortillas, so bread is okay right
>Salsa went bad, but I have hot sauce!
>Fucked up the eggs, couldn't get any of my crispy bottom off the pan
>Accidentally oversalted the beans while cooking them
It tasted like sadness

[Anonymous No.19310946]

>>19294066
>still ate the cake
based

[Anonymous No.19310952]

>>19294425
peanut butter isn't good for you anymore

[Anonymous No.19310986]

>>19294826
Only because they're keeping 'their' benefits from them. 'Veterans' are still the retards that allow the government to do what it does

[Anonymous No.19311013]

>>19293997
stir fried bean sprout and bbq sauce

[Anonymous No.19311107]

>>19300132
If you need to improve a woman by adding a penis to it, you gay

[Anonymous No.19311138]

>>19307224
How about tomorrow? And the next day? And the next day? And the next week? Next month? Next year?

[Anonymous No.19311266]

>>19310946
And went to work that afternoon. It sounds cold to people when I tell them that part, but the world doesn't stop every time someone you love dies. Things still need to get done.
The odd thing is that I'm considered the "emotional" one in my family and my brother the cold one, yet when I called him and told him, he turned into a quivering vagina about it and still hasn't quite recovered. This was six years ago.
Yes, it was shocking. Yes, it was (and still is) sad. And yes, I wonder "what if I'd insisted she stayed with me instead of going to a hotel? Would she still be alive?" But none of that changes the fact that the world keeps turning and things will always need doing so you can bet your granny's sweet ass that when I got home, I fed the dog, fed the fish and I ate the fucking cake. Didn't eat anything else for a a couple days, tho.

>>19310141
>>19304075
>>19295665
Thanks. The only time I teared up about it was when I went to a Japanese resto with a friend the week she'd died and the fucking theme song from Laputa was playing for some goddamn reason. My mother, brothers and I watched that dubbed in our language when I was a kid then went out for ice cream after on the walk home. It's one of my favourite memories, so the music hit me with a strong melancholy.
But it was for a split second then I composed myself and that was that.

[Anonymous No.19311428]

>>19307283
I can understand being careful about drinking, but might as well not bother if it takes you three weeks to finish 5 standard drinks.

[Anonymous No.19312562]

>>19294431
You're dehydrated most likely, drink more water.
If you're over or underweight that's not helping. Work out in the am. Drink in the pm and dirnk a glass of water in between drinks.

[Anonymous No.19312592]

>>19302673
>almost EVERY friend I had was invited, I wasn't for reasons I to this day dont know
damn. this happened to me with a birthday party in like 4th or 5th grade. I must have been a dumb kid because I asked where my invitation was and everyone just kind of looked away and started talking about something else

[Anonymous No.19312640]

>>19311138
You come over for some pizza and we'll talk okay bruv? I'll make sure there's an extra calzone for you to take home with you. Just come on by.

[Anonymous No.19312655]

>>19293997
Well-expired hummus with stale mazto crackers, all bought for pennies from a salvage grocer.

[Anonymous No.19312672]

my first birthday that I was completely alone, hundreds of miles away from my family and friends
I think I treated myself to burger king after work
I already was at that point in life where I thought birthdays are nothing special anymore, but it was still extremely depressing

[Anonymous No.19312680]

>>19312655
I was at my local salvage grocer just a short while ago. They had Pocky but I couldn't find the price. My son loves them shits, so I grabbed a box. Lo-and-behold, they were 39c each. They're not even close to expiration, so idk ytf they were so cheap.
I'm going back tomorrow and getting a case for just under a fiver.

[Anonymous No.19313001]

>>19296732
Man poor people really do just have inferior genes, you sound like a retard

[Anonymous No.19313081]

>>19309417
Not that anyone cares but turns out I have a picture of my saddest meal

[Anonymous No.19313097]

>>19313001
you would be surprised at how many inferior genes people there are. just look at what demographics major companies of the world are now marketing towards. the inferior people outnumber the superior ones.

[Anonymous No.19313107]

>>19293997
Probably like plain rice when I ran out of food.
Also your moms vagina on her period.

[Anonymous No.19313197]

>>19296732
>didn't eat for 25 days.
> I threw it up
For those of you that go through extreme bouts of poverty or depression like this. Or some unlikely survival scenario.
Or if you're just eating a little bit a day and then have access to a lot of food one day.
You need to ease yourself back into eating. It's called refeeding syndrome and I went through it after being homeless.

[Anonymous No.19313215]

When I was in high school I ate butterfingers for breakfast, cookies and fries for lunch, and subway for dinner.
I never got above 130 lbs but I'm an alcoholic now so all that sugar probably fucked me

[Anonymous No.19313866]

>>19313081
It looks edible. It could be tasty sloppa from here. Not gore folder worthy. What was the problem?

[Anonymous No.19313932]

>>19294066
F, RIP if true.

[Anonymous No.19313966]

>>19293997
I'd say, not having anything to eat when I needed to, and my mother denied to feed me, then the burger joint owner gave me a burger out of pity

[Anonymous No.19314100]

>>19310144
Jesus Christ dude

[Anonymous No.19314106]

>>19293997
To add, no one there except two migrant employees. Place was empty and my roommate had just moved out and I was lonely.

[Anonymous No.19314206]

>>19313081
Looks tasty as fuck, cop was just fucking with you until he could clock out and beat up his wife.