/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Move to a new apartment. There is no such thing as being stuck in a home, especially in an apartment. Unless you broke your hip and can't find your life alert.

Last night a roach ran along the rim of my lamp

Usually the spiderbros keep the dirty fuckers under control so idk but you should see some of the monster ass wolf spiders up in here man

>>12873637
It's called financial means and also a lease. Even if I could break the lease, I'd both be fucking over my roommate, and wouldn't be able to find a better place I could afford anywhere in commute distance to school. Even if I magically got more money, I legitimately don't have the free time it would take to move with my course load.

>>12873645
Fuck spiders, I'd rather have roaches than spiders.

>>12873652
Roaches will walk all over your food with their shit covered legs, spiders keep clean and will not walk on your food. Spiders are bros.

>>12873652
Breaking a lease isn't that expensive. Would you seriously rather continue to pay to live with fucking cockroaches rather than lose a deposit and first month's rent? Make all the excuses you want, but that is just disgusting and wrong.

Do roaches actually exist in cities these days?

>>12873672
Losing an entire month's rent and the deposit would be a crippling blow to me. I'd actually have to drop out of school if that happened. I'd much rather live in a shithole for a couple years and then be financially worry-free for the rest of my life than drop out and get stuck working shitty dead end jobs until I die.

>>12873685
They're everywhere in any urban area. What magical wonderland are you from?

>>12873686
Bull shit. Even if you are that poor and going to school on a full ride or some shit, you still have options. You are either too lazy or stupid to sort them out. But that is fine. Enjoy your cockroaches. Name one Bubsy.

>>12873689
Central Russia, I genuinely haven't seen a cockroach since I was 3 when we still lived in a shitty run-down commieblock.

>>12873693
>and going to school on a full ride or some shit
I'm going to school on maxed out loans and a maxed out credit card by the end of the semester since loans aren't enough lmao. Of course I have options, I could easily drop out and walk awa with all this debt and no degree, then spend the rest of my life working at Walmart with no hope of retirement. Or I could join the military. But I don't really want to. Fuck off with your spoiled ass.

>>12873700
Oh, that's why. Your insane winters just kill them all. They're less of an issue in the northern US where it's cold but in the south where it's hot and humid they're fucking everywhere.

>>12873706
>makes assumptions about me and my experience to justify his own lack of motivation to not live in an infested shithole
I'm not spoiled. I'm just not lazy or stupid.

I worked in pest control for 5 years. We did food courts, hole in the wall restaurants, shitty apartments in the slummy areas in LA. Ask me anything. I fucking hate bugs

>>12873700
People get very hungry over there

>>12873713
How do you feel about boric acid? My apartment currently looks like an episode of Supernatural with all the acid along corners and doorways. I also put some in my garbage can occasionally at night and sprinkled a thin layer all over the carpets, cabinets, everything. Also have some of this bait gel that's supposed to not kill them immediately so they can take it to the nest.

Anything I can do better? There's a bunch of tiny ones so I was thinking I should get growth inhibitor too, but that's money.

>>12873713
what's the best/cheapest prevention for your basic homeowner?

>>12873723
I need specifics on what you're dealing with. Boric acids are in most "high end" pesticides. Since this is /ck/ I'm going to stick with kitchen pest control like roaches and ants. I do occasionally do general pest control threads in /adv/ for fun but let's stay /ck/ related.

>>12873723
Also, I didn't fully read this post before I replied but please be careful with that stuff, let it dry before letting any humans or pets in the home, usually 4 hours to be safe. It'll also kill the shit out of your birds or reptiles if you keep those in the house as pets.

Pest control guy posting one more time, but I have to sleep soon. If you keep the thread alive I'm up for some kitchen pest control advice tomorrow.

>>12873637
If he can't afford to buy a stack of plastic tubs with lids he sure as hell can't afford to move either, dumdum.
The process isn't free.

>>12873620
I guess in lieu of plastic boxes or Tupperware etc. you could put at least some of your dry goods inside big garbage bags and seal those with a twist tie or something. Some foods will spoil if you do that with them, though.

Have you tried talking to the landlord or even the other tenants? Get a coordinated effort going?
I know that's not easy, but apart from moving it's the only actual solution to the issue.

>>12873738
I thought it was just pure boric acid, honestly. It's hotshot boric acid powder. I read that it wasn't really harmful to anything but insects, and it's already been about 2 months and my cats not dead or sick yet.

>>12873752
The landlord had someone spray but it didn't help. These are Indians we're talking about. It's a lost cause. It doesn't help that the complex has a "trash valet" service where they pick up garbage from your front door every morning, which just encourages these idiots to leave piles of garbage outside their doors all day. They pick up at 8am, and they'll start piling garbage from 9am to the next morning.

>all these dumbasses
Either the land lord takes care of it, or you move out. You live in a fucking apartment. No amount or individual pest control will eliminate them. I went through an extensive interview process to get into an artist's loft which was nothing special, but pest free and dirt cheap. I also rented a cheap house out with 3 other people. I also helped renovate a warehouse into a livable space with 4 other people. Of course those aren't the only options for decent cheap living. You need to find what works best for you, but that requires some fucking effort on your part.

>>12873767
>all these dumbasses
You're one of them if you still haven't figured out that OP can't afford the one-shot cost of moving, fuckstick.
I'm sure your "artist's loft" was nice and cheap, but there was still an expense involved in moving there in the first place, right?
It's a classic case of how being poor can be more expensive; same as how buying in bulk is cheaper, but you need to have the money to food that initial expense.

>>12873756
That does sound like a lost cause. Wrap everything in plastic and start saving for a new place. You'll never get rid of the roaches even in your own little place anyway. Sorry.

>>12873787
>can't afford
Horseshit. He either has a smartphone or PC, seeing as he's here, and he lives in a subsidized shithole that most likely has somebody around who is willing to pay him enough for it so that he can afford to move, even if only to cover a deposit on a better place.

OP gets a better place, I don't have to read his posts for a while, literally everybody wins.

just steal the tupperware from a local home goods store

>>12873833
>and he lives in a subsidized shithole that most likely has somebody around who is willing to pay him enough for it
What?

>>12873787
Yeahhh, figured. Hopefully once this lease is up I'll be able to move. Praying I'll get some kind of scholarships.

I have never encountered a roach in my life
I almost feel bad for mutts

>>12873686
>And then be financially worry-free for the rest of my life
OOOH NONONONONO
NOBODY TELL HIM

>>12873620
thrift stores have tupperware and/or mason jars, which you can bring to your bulk buying places.

>>12873756
You're talking about diotamacious earth I think. Works fine for ants, won't do much for roaches. I always suggest Advion's gel baits for casual kitchen pest control. We used it, works well and you don't have to leave your house or anything. Just dab some under drawers and such a couple times a month if you're in an apartment. In a house, 2 or 3 treatments over the course of a month will take them out. You don't just "get" German cockroaches like you would ants. They get brought in somehow, usually from Costco boxes and such.

Skipped the whole thread.

BUY A 4 PACK OF ADVION SYNGENTA EVEN IF YOU DON'T NEED 4 TUBES. IT WILL LITERALLY KILL ALL OF THEM.

>>12874664
this but also fuck this guy:
>>12873833

>>12873620
I'll just settle for an ant proof kitchen to be honest with you

>>12873738
Sprinkle of borax, dash of dish soap, sugar, water. They'll eat themselves to death and stay off your aldi produce.

>>12873787
>expense of moving
If you consider $40 for a u-haul so much that it will break you financially, you are more fucked than the worst of those in Nigeria. As far as losing one month's rent and a deposit, that is money that has already been paid, which he will only get back at a later date, maybe. Again, shut the fuck up about costs. There is no significant cost to moving unless you want there to be for your own convenience, or the price that needs to be paid because you didn't do your due dilligence to make sure you weren't moving into an infested shithole to begin with, and you are not willing to demand the landlord take care of it. All of this is OP being a lazy, whiny sack of shit.

>>12876197
whats the ratio?

>>12874843
I bought some of this and tested it out in my garage. Reviews made it sound like I was going to find an absolute roach graveyard the next day all over the floor but I found not a single roach or any evidence they ate the stuff.

I still have 3 tubes of the stuff but its been sitting for 2+ years so probably useless now

>>12873620
I don't know what state, or country, you live in but roach or bedbug infestations are likely to be a health code violation in your municipality. You have a legitimate cause to break your lease without repercussions if your landlord does not address the issue. Consider investigating your options at your county health office.

>>12876291
50/50 ammonia and household bleach.

>>12873620
-hard boil 6 eggs
-add yolks to bowl, discard whites
-add roughly a quarter cup of boric acid and sugar
-mash together with a fork (do not eat off of this fork)

you should get a yellow putty. stick little balls of it behind your cabinets or wherever they frequent. keep it out of sight so you don't have to watch the disgusting fucks eat it and let them eat it. roaches eat their dead brethren so the ones have eaten the poison die and then their comrades die from their poisoned corpses. its the gift that keeps on giving.

it works. thank me later.

>>12876291
Simple syrup. Also no amount of borax is good to eat. I think the dish soap was for ants/fruitflies. But yeah, just add borax and sugarwater is a good masking agent.

>>12874810
You sure? Because there are dead roaches EVERYWHERE. I've been seeing more dead ones than live ones, but the fuckers still won't go away. It's a white powder and even says it's for roaches on it. I think the advion gel is the other stuff I'm using. Came in a tube with a little squeeze gun to dispense it.

>>12874664
Electrical engineering has pretty good job prospects.

>>12873713
whats your fave color

>>12877420
Green

>>12877409
Are you in a house or apartment? Are the roaches really big, shiny and black or the tiny brownish greenish ones? If you're seeing dead roaches, that's always a good thing. But you shouldn't be seeing them for longer than a couple weeks. It's and infestation you have to kill, usually takes about a week and a half and you shouldn't be seeing any more live or dead after treatment.

>>12873620
Roach poison bait may help if you're agressive with it.

>>12873620
First of all, it's the fact that you're in an old apartment dipshit. Not your neighbors.

Anyway, you need a trip to the hardware store to get:
One (1) tube of clear caulk
One (1) can of boric acid powder

Use the caulk to seal any holes/cracks/crevices where they may be coming from the walls. They can squeeze into the tiniest of spaces, so you're looking for areas like places where baseboards don't line up, where your AC register may be loose from the wall, etc. Then use follow the directions on the boric acid

>>12873620
Google breach of habitability. You have a breach of habitability case on your hands. You should be legally entitled to break your lease, but you may need to file a lawsuit to do so.

cover yourself in cinamon

>>12876332
My dog died what the fuck man

>>12873620
I just realized OP is asking how to keep Turkish people out of his kitchen wtf

>>12877519
Instructions unclear I have caulk in my ass and I can't fart