/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Pork is really succulent.
I like the somewhat gamey flavour and the fat balances out well
It's got amazing texture with proper cooking, it's also the cheapest meat for me besides maybe whole chicken, but that takes time to prepare.
Beef is smooth and buttery but it's harder to cook, much more expensive
Pigs also feed on byproducts from oil or cheese production, hallmarks of developed food cultures

Pork is the tastiest meat.
Plus it's a sign of a developed food culture as pigs can be fed cheese and oil byproducts

>>11350787
That's souvlaki, it's just marinated skewered pork
I also love me some porkchops, braised pork, roast pork loin, stew etc. It baffles me how even though it's such a versatile meat, many people here only eat bacon or maybe pulled pork

>>11013817
I noticed the lack of pork myself, every time an american talks about the gyro or whatever he's had it's all lamb. Yes, lamb is eaten in greece but not too commonly and definitely not as fast food. Pork on the other hand is very common. In my region, homes historically always kept some pigs for lard and meat, raising them was very convenient as they can feed on dairy and olive byproducts

For 1 person? Its easy 1kg of beef mince is 4 meals 6-7 euro, spaghetti bolognese, meatballs, burgers, filling whatever you want
1 kg of porkchops makes for 3-4 meals and should be around 5 euro so 3 kg should cover you for broiling roasting or pan frying, or pork bits for skewers etc
Any other cheap meat like sausage and whole chicken for roasting and grilling
2 bags of lentils should be a bit more than 3 euro make lentil stew or lentil salad
Bag of chickpeas and beans like 4 euro for cold salad or tomato stew
24 eggs should be more than enough idk, maybe 5 euro, make omelette, english breakfast, scrambled egg, etc
Milk 1 euro/liter so 10 cartons is 10 euro
Half kg of cheese should be around 5 euro
So around 50 euro for a very generous protein intake for the month BTW no need to get good brands if youre on a budget cheaper stuff should be ok try to buy on discount too
A bottle of vegetable oil like corn or soy should be 2 euro
Half kg of pasta is around .70 so maybe 10 packs will do make pasta with meat or tomato sauce and cheese or just oil and herbs
Get some packs of rice and some bread to eat with meats and stews
Onions are basic and cheap
Potatoes for oven frying, potato salad and mashed
Spend the rest on fresh veggies for salad, I like shredded carrot-cabbage tomato-cucumber-onion etc and also herbs; oregano, thyme, garlic, bay, rosemary, chilly flakes, savory fresh parsley and dill maybe butter and wine