/ck/ - Food & Cooking

30 bucks would barely cover that watermelon here in Denmark.

>soy milk
enjoy it, "man"

Onions aren't going by the time we get together

>>10802800
Needs some meat.

>>10802800
You forgot to circle which part of your haul cost $30.

>>10802800
Where's the B12 pills?

>>10802800
Those red and yellow bell peppers are $1.50 each here in the midwest. If thats what you really got for $30 im jealous as fuck.

>>10802800
There's not a chance in hell this was $30

>>10802800
>processed, high fructose buffalo sauce

i'm literally puking

>>10802846
i didn't know people this retarded actually exist on the interwebs.

>>10802800
Those super soft tortillas are awful

>corn
No bigger meme

>>10802850
>faggot
that is all it takes?

>>10802800
Receipt or I call bullshit.

Did you already use all the limes or what?

>>10802852
what did he say that was retarded?

>>10802800
this would cost over 100 dollars easily here

>>10802920
>another retarded faggot
as if it isn't obvious

>>10802824
>>>/pol/

>>10802846
Maybe organic at whole foods during winter
T. Illinois

at rock bottom prices, I still don't see it adding up to under $30
mission tortillas minimum $2ea
bell peppers at $0.333a
macaroni 25c ea
how much were the berrieS at rock bottom prices I've seen them at over a dollar each and you have like 12of them

>>10802955
bell peppers are pricey here too, over a dollar each

>>10802800

>>10802800
your haul is >90% undigestible fiber but I'm sure your living companions won't mind a few vegan braps

ITT europoors that have never heard of a farmer's market

>>10802800
Where are the $7 limes?

What's in the jars?

>>10802837
I have a six month supply of pills. Another option is three to four servings of a fortified food

>>10803117
damn just beat me to it

>>10802800
how the hell did you get all those berries and not break 30$?

>>10802955
I feel like you're just trying to sow discord in a sort of emperor's new clothes kind of way but with pretending something about that post was retarded and hoping everybody will join the dogpile with you in spite of literally nothing being wrong with that post.

>>10803365
Because op lied

>>10803365
The soy milk and watermelon alone account for nearly $15-20. OP lied.

>>10803391
>>10803384
I am a gullible fool

>>10803381
>another retard
>nothing wrong with being gullible
people lie on the interwebs, faggot.

>>10802800
solid but instead of santitas you should have gotten rice/quinoa and maybe lentils

>>10802800
it will all go bad in a week so i hop you are fat as fuck

>>10802800
10/10 would bang

>>10802800
>$30

based on prices I consider reasonable if not cheap, that's at least $100. enjoy your reply

>>10802800
That'd cost about $115 here in Canada.

t. grocery store man

Why do all vegans look so fucking sickly?

>>10802800
I'm not vegan but you might like this dish my ex girlfriend taught me, she could live of this for days. It's like typical sauteed bok choi like you get in restaurants, but less oily.

Ingredients:
Bok choi
Silken Tofu
Granulated bouillon (the kind with msg, I think this can be vegan?)
Oil
Rice

Start cooking rice. While rice is cooking:

Boil a kettle of water. Chop ends off bok choi and chop into quarters. You may need to pull off the outer leaves and wash under them, if there is dirt there. Chop tofu into 1-2cm square pieces. Heat about 1 tbsp oil until very hot, and add bok choi. It will splatter so have as little water on the bok choi as possible when you do this. Cook for about 1-2 minutes while agitating. Then turn down heat, and add boiling water. Add tofu, chopped into peices, and bouillon (amount depends on how much water you add). This will result in a kind of soup. Serve with the rice.

>>10803733
>TOFU
HAHAHAHA

>>10803733
missed out that after adding tofu you should turn heat to medium and simmer for 2-3 mins

>>10803735
Western vegetarians ruined tofu's reputation. It's actually fine if you don't expect it to taste like meat and instead just appreciate it for what it is.

>>10802953
>>10803717
>insane grocery prices
>literally unaffordable housing market
>1 bedroom rentals are $1300 in my shitty town of 80k people
>gas is $1.50/litre

KILL ME SENPAI

>>10803747
>Town of 80k people

nigger that's a fucking CITY
I live in saskatchewan, our towns are 600-1000 people. fuck you smoking.

>>10803746
You mean, "literally flavorless"?

>>10803749
Its very spread out geographically so it doesn't feel like a city.
I've been to cities with far less than half the population that feel much larger. There's nothing to do here for young people besides do drugs.

>>10803751
Yea, you have to season it, and either fry it or cook it in some kind of broth. But there are plenty of foods that don't taste great before preparation (all grains, for example).

>>10803751
not him but I think people just parrot this opinion. tofu definitely has a flavor. even if it's not terribly pleasant.

>>10803762
Not terribly present*

>>10803758
Yes exactly, cold tofu is no good, and cooked tofu needs some added flavor or frying.

Here is another one:

Steam tofu for 5-10 mins. Most recipes say silken tofu, I also like this with medium-firm tofu. When steamed, top with finely chopped spring onions, grated ginger and soy sauce.

>>10802850
>processed buffalo sauce
so all buffalo sauce
Are you seriously upset that your precious mixture of butter and vinegar has sugar in it
Does that mess with the literal gallons of butter in the mixture?
"Sorry", forgot how fragile you types are

So many paprikas. Welcome to heartburn hotel. Seriously it tastes pretty ok but you get acidic upflow. Yuck, just thinking about eating that much paprikas is pretty horrible.

>>10802800
Check the ingredients on your pasta senpai-a-lam... I've it 1 internet that says it has egg in it.

>>10803753
You want to get gay married senpai? Le weed man approves.

>>10803747
>Gas is $1.50 a litre
Gas hasn't been 1.50/L in NZ since 2005 or so, and that was a low point.

>>10802800
>t. 95lb grill

>>10802800
>soymilk

>>10802800
tell me where you live, i need a place where blueberries are that cheap

>>10802919
Under the lemons
5 of them

OP paid for the watermelon and soy milk and then shoplifted the rest

the only place that's can be $30 is central CA

I can get this for so much cheaper at the farmer's market in Iowa. In the summer- that many bananas would be about $.50.

>>10803751
ever heard of marinating?

>>10802800
Pretty sure there's cream in that vodka sauce better dump it out

>>10802847
EBT covered the rest

>>10803749
>>10803753
canadian "people"

>>10803747
>insane grocery prices
eat rice and beans
>literally unaffordable housing market
get a job
>1 bedroom rentals are $1300 in my shitty town of 80k people
get a flatmate
>gas is $1.50/litre
ride a bike

>>10802993
Your graphic is only about soy protein

>>10802800
Looks pretty good. That's a whole lot of stuff for just $30. But what the hell are you planning to do with all those blueberries?

>sweet baby ray's
For a second I read sweet baby rats, but you may keep your vegan card.

>>10802800
Not even vegan but nice shopping m80.

>>10802800
On second thought. I'm calling bullshit.

>>10803088
At my farmer's market they don't sell soy milk, tortilla chips, avocados, "buffalo wing sauce" whatever the fuck that is, or boxed pasta

Why do food desert flyovers think an asshole with a pickup truck full of stuff he bought at costco is a "farmers market"? They don't even grow food in the midwest other than like, GMO cattle feed, soybeans, feed corn, stuff like that.

>>10802800
Let's play a game, anons. Guess the individual prices of all the items, making the total $30.

>12 boxes of blueberries
>8 boxes of strawberries
>4 boxes of pasta
>2 cartons of soy milk
>10 organic bananas
>1 watermelon
>3 avocados
>3 corn cobs
>6 potatoes
>4 onions
>3 ..zucchinis? cucumbers?
>1 sweet pepper
>8 bell peppers
>8 lemons
>1 bag of fresh spinach
>1 bag of some lettuce
>2 bags of tortilla chips
>1 bag of white buns
>1 bottle of buffalo wing sauce
>1 bag of white... stuff, costing: 2.29
>2 bags of soft tortillas
>4 jars of assorted italian stuff
(some guesswork involved, but should be close enough)

>>10802800
I have no idea how food can be so cheap in the US and everyone keeps saying that eating healthy is so expensive

>>10804695
Because it's a troll post

>>10804715
It probably is, but fresh fruits and vegetables are still a lot cheaper to buy at the grocery store than say frozen dinners and junk food.

>>10804752
I don't know how much frozen dinners and junk food costs, but I would be seriously surprised if it were cheaper, calorie-per-calorie, to live off fresh peppers, avocados, blueberries, etc, than to live off random Hormel shit from a box. Raw vegetables are much less calorie dense than the junk food, which is already cooked and compacted down so you can jam like 2000 calories into a little microwave-ready pouch. And what could those things cost anyway? $5? That's the price of a pint of berries which is about 1/8 the calories.

I'm not saying it's a good idea to live off junk food but to suggest that it's more expensive is ridiculous.

>>10802800
So do you survive on like 100 calories a day?

>>10804759
>And what could those things cost anyway? $5?
Yes. But the thing is, that's just one meal. For $5 of vegetables you can get two or three meals worth of food. Cooking from scratch is always healthier than premade meals.

>>10802800
>30$
rotfl

>>10804768
Fuck meant to say "always less expensive" rather (though healthier too)

>>10804768
>For $5 of vegetables you can get two or three meals worth of food
Debatable. In any case you're not accounting for the cost of everything else that goes into those two or three meals.

I mean if you're eating literally dried beans, rice, and chopped onions, and nothing more, then technically yes you made a few cheap veggies stretch out over many meals. But to have a diet rich in the best fruits and vegetables is very much more expensive than junk food.

>>10804782
No, everything included it's still less expensive. Learn to cook for yourself for awhile. You'll figure it out.

>>10803779
I only use firm or extra firm, but can silken be pressed? Pressing the water out of the brick and freezing for a bit really help it absorb flavors

>>10802993
yeah it's the genestein, not the protein, which is what causes manboobs

>>10804793
I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. You made a claim ("contrary to popular belief, junk food is more expensive than the finest fresh blueberries, avocado, and bell peppers"). You were told you were wrong. You have yet to prove otherwise.

Back up your bullshit with specific claims. I already conceded that you are right under limited circumstances (miserable poverty food like onions and dry beans). But hey guess what. You add an ounce of dry pasilla de oaxaca, suddenly you spent $6. You add 3 bell peppers, that's another $4.50. Add a pound of beef, $10. Suddenly your poverty food costs more than junk food.

You keep trying to "win" by attacking the messenger, accusing him of eating junk food, or advocating junk food, because you have no argument.

Argue your actual case, or GTFO.

>>10804807
>$10 per pound of ground beef
>$1.50 per bell pepper

bro do you live in the heart of manhattan?

>>10804807
Sounds more like you're really bad at selecting ingredients and meal planning. Or you're limited by the lack of recipes you know how to make.

>>10804818
Yes. What's your point?

>>10804820
Sounds like you have no argument. But we already knew that, didn't we.

>>10804825
I clearly stated my argument already, and anyone who cooks for themselves would know it costs less already.

>>10804833
>I clearly stated my ad hominem
That’s not an argument, I’m glad we can agree you were wrong

>>10804807
4.50 for three bell peppers? Jesus, I'm glad I live somewhere that sells two for a dollar

>>10804854
Okay anon.

>>10804805
>>10804595
>muh broteen
>he thinks the genstein is the issue and not equol

>>10804800
No, silken tofu is like a jelly, it has no air bubbles. If you want the tofu to absorb flavors you are better with firm or extra firm

>>10804854
What ad hominem?

>Sounds more like you're really bad at selecting ingredients and meal planning
...that sounds entirely correct to me.

Let's review in detail:
>>You add an ounce of dry pasilla de oaxaca, suddenly you spent $6.
If you were trying to eat on the cheap, why would you pay $6/oz for something? That's poor choice of ingredients. (or, if you get more than 1 oz for your $6, then you're ignoring the rest of the food you can use for other dishes--i.e. poor planning)

>>You add 3 bell peppers, that's another $4.50.
a) that's retarded expensive for bell peppers
and
b) 3 bell peppers makes a hell of a lot more than a single meal

>> Add a pound of beef, $10. Suddenly your poverty food costs more than junk food.
a) that's some expensive fucking beef. like seriously expensive.
b) a pound of beef makes a fuck of a lot more than a single meal

>>10805600
>What ad hominem?
The one where you tried to change the subject from the relative cost of foods to pretending I'm advocating eating junk food. Because apparently you have trouble distinguishing "is" from "ought". Which doesn't speak well to your intelligence.
>If you were trying to eat on the cheap
I'm not trying to eat on the cheap, I'm trying to eat well. And I'm very good at it.
>That's poor choice of ingredients
Oh ok, I guess I'll just use Mrs. Dash and McCormick dried spices just to placate you.
>poor planning
No U
> that's retarded expensive for bell peppers
That's the normal price
> 3 bell peppers makes a hell of a lot more than a single meal
I didn't say 3 bell peppers made a single meal, I was explaining the various inputs that contribute to total cost.
>that's some expensive fucking beef. like seriously expensive.
No, not really
>a pound of beef makes a fuck of a lot more than a single meal
But we already went over this

>>10805672
oh YEAH sniff me GOOD boy

>>10805672
Where do you live where your food prices are so high?

I feel like I eat like a proverbial king on $2/day lunches and $4/day dinners. Steak, fish, sauces made from wine, farmer's market produce, PDO imported cheeses, genuine saffron in my curry....

>>10802846
$.70/lb here, maybe stop buying them at Target
t. Chicagoan

>>10805743
A city in the northeast US. I'm obviously talking about food for humans, I do not eat CAFO beef for instance because at that point you might as well just chug protein powder mixed with a scoop of creatine monohydrate.

I don't think your costs would be all that dissimilar if you were eating good quality ingredients. For instance, "fish" is not "just fish", freezer-burned fecal raised tilapia from Trader Joe's costs different from hamachi collars from an actual fishmonger.

>>10802800
>12 packs of blueberries
>less than $30

>>10802993
>he expecs me 2 red that

>>10805768
>I do not eat CAFO beef for instance
Neither do I. That's why I'm mystified as to your high food prices.

>>fish
Local fishmonger. I'm very picky. I cook collars often, they're cheap here because nobody wants them. Everyone wants fillets. I buy the heads.

>>10806047
It's not a mystery. Different things cost different amounts in different areas, there are entire branches of the government dedicated to interpreting those differences:

https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf

>>10802800
where the fuck do you live? that's over $100 at walmart in canada, not meme-ing.

>>10806083
Let's not get carried away, it would be around $50 give or take a little. If there was a sale and he found really good deals it could maybe, MAYBE be like $40.

>>10803749
>I live in saskatchewan

>>10804584
>eat rice and beans
>get a job
>get a flatmate
>ride a bike
Shit tier quality of life m80

>>10804664
This would cost a fortune in Canada

>>10802820
God damn you just made me love American even MORE

>>10806138
At that moment he was the smartest man in America.

what stuff is in the jars??

>>10804637
>farmers markets don't exist in the Midwest
Coastiecucks are literally retarded

>>10803362
>Having to take pills to substain your “natural diet”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>10804664
Canadian here again, just checked the online ordering feature of my local grocery store, so I can actually hash this out:
(slightly edited for what looked to me like errors in the above anon's manifest)

>12 boxes of blueberries
12x$5.99=$71.88
>8 boxes of strawberries
8x$5.99=$47.92
>4 boxes of pasta
4x$2.29=$9.16
>2 cartons of soy milk
2x$3.69=$7.38
>10 organic bananas
10x$0.45=$4.50
>1 watermelon
1x$9.99=$9.99
>3 avocados
3x$2.49=$7.47
>3 corn cobs
3x$0.99=$2.97
>6 potatoes
6x$1.58=$9.48
>4 onions
4x$2.53=$10.12
>3 zucchinis
3x$3.31=$9.93
>1 sweet pepper
This item is not sold here
>8 bell peppers
8x$2.64=$21.12
>8 lemons
8x$0.99=$7.92
>1 bag of fresh spinach
1x$4.99=$4.99
>1 bag of romaine lettuce heads
1x$8.99=$8.99
>2 bags of tortilla chips
2x$3.29=$6.58
>1 bag of white buns
1x$3.00=$3.00
>1 bottle of buffalo wing sauce
1x$7.49=$7.49
>2 bags of pita bread
2x$2.49=$4.98
>2 bags of soft tortillas
2x$4.39=$8.78
>1 jar of natural peanut butter
1x$5.49=$5.49
>1 jar of natural almond butter
1x$10.99=$10.99
>1 jar of dates
1x$3.99=$3.99
>1 jar of mixed nuts
1x$7.99=$7.99

TOTAL: CAD$293.11
At the current exchange rate of 1 CAD = 0.753565 USD, the total in US dollars works out to US$220.88

You Americans really don't know how good you've got it in terms of food prices. If it's not abundantly clear, no one eats like this here because it's not affordable.
For the leafs interested, these prices came from the website of my local Loblaws affiliate.

>>10802993
>imply any of the lardasses on /ck/ do resistance training

>>10806260
What
The
Actual
Fuck

>>10802918
Most valid post ITT.

>>10806260
big if true

>>10806260
Justin Trudeau doesn’t care.

>>10806260
Yeah, honestly, those prices are about the same in most of America
Maybe knock a dollar off of everything, but you're still looking at maybe 230 dollars

>>10806260
>>10806282
>>10806332
You didn't really believe that our health care was 'free' did you? It takes a monumental amount of tax revenue for the freebies, and of course theres retail profit margins, which are quite high here...

>>10806260

Jesus and that's at superstore? Imagine actually shopping at a nice grocery store. Would be a good 10% more.

>>10806260
That is ridiculously expensive.
I mean, OP is full of shit, but your prices are mental.

>6 potatoes
>6x $1.58
No fucking way. You pay less for a 10kg bag of potatoes here.
>3 zucchinis
>3x $3.31
Christ, I paid €1 for two yesterday, big ones too. These things are so easy to grow you're better of planting them yourself.
>8 bell pepper
>8x $2.65
Yeah, nope, you're full of shit too. No fucking way.

>>10806372
HST (Canada's VAT) is not applied to basic groceries, under which I believe all of these items would be categorized, so in this case it's not even the fault of taxes. Some of the major issues for our food prices are grocery store monopolism, price to ship goods from abroad due to short local growing season, and tariffs due to supply management, among other things

>>10806168
When did I say any of that? The point is that it cannot possibly be local produce, since the only stuff you grow is like, endless soy monoculture kept alive by a fleet of aircraft that spray poison by the supertanker. Assuming any demand exists for stuff like tomatoes or swiss chard or whatever, it's certainly not local. Your "farmer" selling stuff with Costco bar codes is just LARPing as a farmer, in reality his main gig is ebaying beanie babies.

>>10806386
Bell peppers are largely imported goods here, which makes them pretty pricey. Do you think you can grow peppers up here in the Boreal forest?

>>10806372
Germany here, I doubt out country has less taxes than Canada.

That list is just insane, like he just multiplied everything with at least 2.5. Soy milk $3.69 per carton? It's like 1.80 on the high end, $1.58 a single potato is plain retarded. Pretty sure that list is full of shit.

>>10806402
Most of my tomatoes come all the way from Morocco or Spain. They're still dirt cheap.

>>10804818
Nayrt but $1.50 per pepper is a normal price throughout all of NorCal. Price goes up exponentially to where it can be $3 for just a small one at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods if it's not on sale, is organic, etc.

>>10806416
>Germany
Apologize for the Holocaust plz

>>10802800
Needs more meat. Otherwise, looks like a good haul.

>>10806260
>>10806332
>>10806386
>>10806416
For ye of little faith, here's the checkout. If you look closely, the only difference in price is that some items are currently on sale, and my total is based on regular price. Otherwise it's all true.

For non-Canadians, note that while the tax of $2.55 may seem reasonable, it's actually very low as our value added tax is set to 15% here. The reason it's so low is because basic groceries are not taxed with a VAT, so it's only applied to $16.99 @ 15% from the order. Not sure which items don't count as "basic groceries"

>>10803362
>it's cheap guys
>if you don't count the $1000 I have in advance that are meds so not food!

>>10806641
Only that a year B12 is like 3 bucks :D

>>10806568
>all vegetables by the unit and not weight
what the fuck, move your ass to a real fucking store jesus FUCK

>>10802800
receipt or it didn't happen

>>10802800
>not showing the ticket
that's not worth $30 anywhere on this planet.

>>10806658
We only have a couple of grocery store chains in Canada, not much choice. We recently had a big thing where the monopolists were price-fixing bread together, among other things

>>10802800
Those blueberries would be like £30 alone lmao

>>10806568
Apparently some things you selected by item are by kilogram, like f.e. zucchinis, bell peppers and sweet onions. You didn't select 8, you selected 8 kilogram. That would make a lot more sense.
$1.85 for a kg of bell peppers is actually a good deal.

>>10807048
It appears that way on the receipt thing, but if you go on the actual website you'll see it's otherwise. For one, peppers are on sale. See pic related for peppers. It appears that for the website they take the average weight of the given item, and then charge you for that based on the price by weight. The running price by weight for this sale is $1.85/0.24kg=$7.69/kg, but the regular price of $2.64/0.24kg=$11.13/kg.

Therefore in this neck of the woods, we usually pay $11.13 per kilo, so buying 8 peppers is a fairly expensive choice at the grocery store.

TL;DR that section of the receipt stating price per kilo is wrong.

>>10807048
Also note that based on the 0.24kg figure for average pepper weight, the regular (non-sale) price for 8 bell peppers here would amount to $21.37.

I made the mistake of selecting a recipe where bell peppers were the primary ingredient once, but they're ridiculously expensive here so I haven't made that mistake since.

>>10806416
See pic related regarding potatoes
$4.39 per kilogram of potatoes is the going rate

>>10806386
See: >>10807572
>No fucking way. You pay less for a 10kg bag of potatoes here.
Based on the going rate in the potato pic of $4.39/kg, ten kilograms of potatoes would cost $43.90 in this wonderland of food prices

>>10802800
Good deal on the blueberries if 30 dollars. Holy shit. In my area those packages sell for 4.00 apiece.

>>10802800
Shit/10
No 'Vark sauce

>>10806641
I spend around three bucks a month for it. Cheaper for me compared to factory farmed meat.