/ck/ - Food & Cooking

OH, and use your money saved to buy nice oils when starting out. this will come in handy. and save the fats when meats. and make your own mayo and sauces.

>>18358552
gay thread
sage

>>18358588
why is this gay? it's anti-slop on the cheap

>>18358552
>poorfag
>eating corn
fuck off ywnbapoorfag

>>18358588
>>18358599
>eat once a day
ngmi
>base all your meals on cheap starches
enjoy being hungry immediately after eating
>(((upcycle)))
gtfo zoomer
>forage
great let me go forage in the fucking shithole concrete jungle im homeless in
>excess staples
>butter
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>>18358608
eating once a day is great. I didn't say to only eat starches, but use these as a cheap calories base, on which you add your fats and protein. this is how people have eaten since the beginning of agriculture.

>upcycle
yeah, I didn't really know a better word, but kys for getting triggered by this. i even put it in quotes to denote it was kinda gay

>forage
you can forage local food banks instead then

>butter
yes, butter is a good staple to keep on hand.

I'm poor enough to eat beans with dinner every night. But at least I'm not so poor I buy dried beans. That is truly rock bottom.

>>18358633
if you don't have 5 gallon buckets full of beans your ngmi

>>18358552
>we aware you on eating cheaply, bigly
is this English

>>18358617
not gonna lie this is true. i mean butter is great for making my curry a little creamier and make it a little milky when i dont have any evaporated/powdered milk
theyre literally just faggots honestly. but whats with the
>buy whole chickens save the stock
i can get a huuuuge literal bucket sized amount of chicken stock for 4 dollars
>>18358633
>dried beans
fuck off thats too expensive, buy rice instead

>>18358731
because saving the stock is free. and beans have more protein than rice

>>18358754
>because saving the stock is free
what
chicken is not free though, are you just esl or something
>beans have more protein than rice
i don't give a shit about protein

>>18358552
Nope. Not eating the goyslop.

>>18358794
I think she means buy chicken, break down chicken, use bones for stock.
I buy 3 chickens at a time. I break'em down, tits, wings and leg quarters, saving the backs for stock.
Then, I cut the wings from the tits and remove the tips for stock.
Then, I debone the tits, saving the ribs for stock.
Then, I cut the drums from the thighs.
Then, I debone the thighs, saving said bones for stock.
I cook the parts of the chicken I intend to eat that day and freeze the rest. Between the three of them, I can make three litres of supermarket-tier stock or one litre of actually good stock.
Oh, and I use the skins from the tits and thighs to make chicken rinds (like pork rinds/crackling, only chicken), which is not only a good snack but has the practical upshot of rendering out a good cup or so of cooking fat.
Just today, I bought one chicken for 99c/lb. I'm gonna roast it, though, not break it down (outside of removing the back to make stock for chicken gravy).

>>18358608
>>eat once a day
>ngmi
Lol. I did one meal a day for 9 months and ran 5k every other day and lifted weights. If you can't handle normal sedentary life with one meal a day you genetics just might be garbage.

>>18358794
>chicken is not free though, are you just esl or something
Chicken is not free, but chicken carcass, leftover wing tips, and similar can be dirt cheap, and you can make a good broth from that + some veggies. I swear some of you niggers have no fucking clue about life.

>>18359018
where do i get these chicken leftovers?
>I swear some of you niggers have no fucking clue about life.
chill

>>18358608
t. Fatass

>>18359058
not everyone you dont like is a fatass

>>18359009
this, i prefer OMAD cuz it's simpler too, i only have to worry about cooking and macros once.

>>18358908
great tips anon I've never thought about doing that with the skin

>>18358653
it's bodybuilding.com teen misc forum vernacular

>>18358796
this thread is as anti-goyslop as it gets

Do you oldfags blame 4chan for turning you into poorfags?

>>18359009
post wrist

>>18359488
No, I blame poor life choices (some of the same poor life choices that lead to me posting on this website for 15 years). The website itself is a symptom of other issues.

Also
>tin of cream of chicken soup
>pasta
Shit loads of calories/carbs for cheap. Cans of soup are normally on a multisave offer, I don't have costco or similar but you could probably buy a slab of tins and a huge bag of pasta for cheap.

>>18359580
>tin of cream of chicken soup
>pasta
i wanted to do this today but my gf laughed at me, as if cream of chicken wasn't a suitable sauce. i knew i was right

reminder that your wealth didnt disappear. It was taken from you and put into the pockets of the already obscenely rich.

>>18359610
Yeah, for the cost/effort required it's pretty solid. Just add some pepper and it's good.
>>18359617
I just want cooking tips, not your angry tears, sorry.

>Nobody has mentioned Deenz & Teenz

Are you all new to /ck/ or something? I literally just ate a can of deenz with some habanero Tabasco sauce that was on clearance at the grocery store.

i wish going to the food banks didn't make me feel like human trash. i like the idea of getting food that would otherwise go to waste, but would not wanna be caught dead there.

>>18359027
Not that Anon, but one of my local butchers sell ribs, backs, tips etc from them breaking down chickens into boneless breasts, wing pieces etc. They don't even wrap them like they do meat. They just sell plastic see-through bags full of bones and cartilage (also other bags full of skins) to whoever asks.
idk how much they are now, though, or if other butchers do it or just this one shop.
I just break whole chickens down myself. I'm not super speedy with it, taking me about 3-5 minutes to do so, but it's a lot faster than when I first started.

>>18359633
i meant to include them in the op but couldn't think of a generalized greentext line to include. having shelf stable protein is extremely convenient

>>18359621
>I just want cooking tips, not your angry tears
add plenty of soy and onions and cope

>>18358552
I do an overwhelming majority of these things. Turns out I am a fucking poorfag, FUCK... How did this happen?

What do people have against dry beans? Buying canned ones has so much water weight added to it. You could be saving so so much if you bought 2 kilos and soaking them / boiling them into soup (with cured meats thrown in ofc).

Oh, another thing is eating chicken hearts and gizzards, as well other unconventional meats. Very nutrient dense too

>>18360406
Are you eating out or wasting food often? Post last few days meals

>>18359384
>this, i prefer OMAD cuz it's simpler too, i only have to worry about cooking and macros once.
Absolutely this. Counting calories is for women and faggots. Real men just eat one meal a day and don't think about it beyond that. And honestly, I think it even improved my focus at work.

>>18358552
>>buy whole chickens, save the stock
Yea but I might be poor, but I dont really want to eat soup as a meal all the time. I made chicken stock once and it sat in my freezer for almost a year until my wife threw it out

Bag of split peas, cheap ham hock
Split pea soup that will last days

>>18358552
>>on that note, forage for mushrooms
Pro tip:
don't forage, just eat
you'll get a nice meal or won't have to worry about money any longer

>>18360555
Recently I eat the same keto thing most days.
250g beef mince (bulk buy frozen)
4 eggs
Zucchini/mushroom/cabbage
One meal a day. But I genuinely do a lot of the shit on the list I roast multiple chickens at a time and save all the juices. I plan meals around carbs when I'm not on keto. grow my own herbs and chillies.

>>18358608
OMAD is great, I can think about what to cook for dinner throughout the day.

Any tips for preserves/jams? About to gather a few Kgs of blackberries and would like to do more than make crumble or eat with yoghurt.

>>18361313
you can use it on toast/biscuits, make scones, use as a steak sauce w/ red wine, or a glaze, dip for jalepeno poppers

>>18360943
>i don't want to eat soup all the time
Get used to it. Maybe you won't have an option in the days to come.
>My wife did something without my permission
Get fucked

>>18361308
also i can eat a kg of dutch sloppa without any trouble

>>18358608
NPC and ngmi are ruined terms now, people just spam them at the first sign of something they disagree with. perfect example here

>>18358552
Loaf of walmart french bread
0.5 lb mozzarella cheese
pepperonis
jar of pizza sauce
cut french bread in half
put sauce on it
shred cheese and put it on it
put pepperonis on it
bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes
it costs me about $5 for the whole recipe, and you get 2 pizzas, since the french bread is cut in half
you can also make some garlic butter and put that on the bread

>>18358633
dry beans have heaps better texture, sorry you're so poor you have to make up copes so you feel better about your circumstances

>>18358608
>>forage
>great let me go forage in the fucking shithole concrete jungle im homeless in
honestly, this is one of my favorite activities!

>>18361892
seethe cope dilate rent-free etc

>>18362009
Are you a chink?

/ck/ could use a general for this. not just a poorfag though but a whole food general since it applies to rich and poor alike. nothing OP posted doesn't apply to everyone else.

>>18358552
I don't believe I have ever bought a combo meal from a fast food place. With the exception when I paid like 7 bucks for some spicy mcchicken combo. I don't know how it came out to 7 bucks. And the food was stale. Never again will I buy a combo meal.

For mcdonalds in my town the app shows me deals like $1 fry once per day, two double cheeseburgers for $3 and tax, $1 iced coffe once per day. Then you can collect points for free spicy mcchickens, I usually add extra veggies and extra sauce to fatten it up. That's pretty good prices if you live close to a mcdonalds or if you're a bum. Or if you're on the road all day doing doordash. I've tried other fast food app deals but mcdonalds is the most generous.

>>18361313
I'd make blackberry ice cream.
As for jam, you can freeze the blackberries and make single serving "fresh" jam as needed rather than make preserves. I just cook frozen fruit with sugar and water, mashing it up in the process and reduce it down to jam consistency. No worrying about pectin or getting the pH right to avoid spoilage since it'll be eaten ASAP anyway.
I have it on toast or waffles or scones or, if I make it the night before, put it on top of yoghurt and let it cool in the fridge overnight to stir up and eat together come morning.

>>18361892
literally exposed yourself as an npc that is ngmi lmao

Break down your shopping into protein (pb, eggs, meats, fish), carbs (pasta, bread, flour), veg, herbs/spices, and grocery (soap etc). Then bookmark the ad pages of every store within range. Every week pop open the ads and see what the sales are. Over time you will get a sense of the real price of foods and what is a deal to spend on.

Eating healthy and whole foods is also best tasting and cheapest way to eat.

Some tips:

>Buy in bulk at the lowest price then shop for smaller amounts as you go
>find the discount aisles in each store you visit, they all have at least one area
>Immigrant markets are your FRIEND. Find where they are and get their ads.
>You can buy some food and toiletries online cheaper, and at higher quality (e.g., bulk bags of good rice, paper, etc)
>If you have the room freeze your on-sale protein and get your veg fresh
>Potatoes, onions, and carrots sell dirt cheap in bulk bags. Learn to cook with these.
>Rice is a staple and there are a thousand ways to eat it
>Learn recipes that stretch out proteins with vegetables, rice, and pastas
>oatmeal and oatmeal accessories
>search for deals on herbs and spices like a thirsty simp and over a long period of time you will build a formidable spice collection
>Buddy up with the deli and butcher personnel and they will hook you up

>>18358552
Just fast bro

What did you all eat today and how much, roughly, did it cost you?
I had a clementine and prickly pear for breakfast (70ish cents), tomato instant noodles for lunch ($1.10) and chicken stew with broccoli salad and three slices of toast for dinner ($1.50) followed by a Klondike ice cream cone (38c).
$3.68 total for the day, I guess.
Oh, I forgot about the sandwich. I had a sandwich midmorning. Turkey on white. 95c.
$4.63 total.

>>18363655
I'm not gonna sort through old receipts doing trigonometry, and astral projecting myself back into the grocery store to remember exactly what I paid for everything, but anyways:
>breakfast: handful of mixed nuts with a few squares of dark chocolate and a cup of coffee
>lunch: leftover coconut tandoori chicken and rice with some pickled cauliflower
>dinner: glass of beer, and a dill pickle

>>18358552
That homeless guy dresses better than me

>>18358608
This. What a complete dumbfuck. Zoomers are probably likely to die from breathing in rainwater.

>>18363655
replace the noodles with oats or brown rice

>>18358552
Nice fucking blogpost, faggot.
Might as well have started a faggot vegan thread.

such advanced trolling I bet they must practice a lot

>>18358908
>she

>>18358599
Sorry, sweatie, but goyslop is all kosher.

>>18364063
>>18364144
why does this thread trigger the tards so much

>>18358552
>base all your meals around cheap starches
What money you save on meat and dairy, you will spend twice that later in the pharmacy.

>>18364137
dis nigga eat tomato oatmeal
nigga, you nasty

I bought a pork shank for £2.50/KG, I want to make a cheap gelatinous stew, any recipe suggestions?

>>18358552
>consider costco membership
non-poorfag confirmed
you're supposed to bum someone else's costco membership and pay them back for shit they get you

>>18366097
I would make a plain gelatinised stock separately using trotters then sear the hock and braise it in the stock (thickened with a medium roux), along with potatoes, carrots and pearl onions.
I may mount the roux with curry powder or use crushed/powdered gingernut bikkies instead of flour for a different sort of flavour.

>>18366119
That sounds nice but I don't really want to go buy trotters and powdered gingernut biscuit, trying to save money here.

>>18366212
Right. I'm dumb.
Well, use plain ol' water instead and a pork stock cube. It'll still come out nice.

>>18358552
The stew is the greatest ally of the Poorfag. I implore everyone to master the exquisite art of the stew. Invest in a jar of smoked paprika and you will die happy.

>>18359633
Deenz are like two eurobucks a tin where I live. Not cheap at all.

>>18366661
gotta buy in bulk

>>18366095
I use maple syrup or honey with some cinnamon. Then for ingredients I make variations with fresh or frozen fruits, dried fruits, berries, nuts, flax seed, cinnamon, and cream. Which is all incredibly cheap shopped correctly and then in bulk. You can do the same with brown rice although I prefer that savory. Then it becomes all of that minus the maple or honey. Add root vegetables, onions, spices (bought over a long period of time and in bulk), and oil. Flavor with your favorite protein in the amount you can afford. Add beans, there are a million types that you can buy affordably if you soak yourself.

If you take the time to learn and shop right you can eat better by spending less. You can afford better ingredients when you begin eating clean. But it takes a while to figure that out. Proceed slowly and learn what you like as your learn to process foods yourself. And how to find it at a very low cost.
>oats
>brown rice
>everything else over time, in increments, by price, then quality, and then in bulk

>>18363528

>oatmeal and oatmeal accessories

Ok Hank

>>18366988
lol dis tomato oatmeal eatin nigga really think imma read all dat shit smdh
nah bruh

>>18366620
cheap starches are the greatest ally of the poorfag

>>18366072
wrong, all blue zone countries eat a lot of starches

potato salad

>>18358633
>checked but...
> But at least I'm not so poor I buy dried beans.
You don't seem to be aware of this, but old money rich people have pantries stocked with the cheapest dollar tree shit. That said, it's usually carefully picked out, not GMO laden goyslop, and interspersed with some VERY expensive ingredients.
The point of any craft or trade is to use the rawest materials, then through mastery of those materials, produce high quality products...
Plasterers make their own molds and mix their own plaster composition, master carpenters of old,(and sometimes new,) buy rough hewn slabs, then work them down to their will.
Master chefs... well you get the idea.
Cooking beans from dry doesn't really take too much more time, just a knowledge of the material, and good time management.
>Sort and rinse 5 min.
>overnight soak ~or~ 1 minute quick boil then rest for an hour.
>season with hard spices/peppers**NO SALT
>bring to simmer and cook for 1-1&1/2 hrs.(you don't sit there and WATCH them)
>last 10 mins season with salt and aromatics
Sure, you can argue that just opening a can for $1 is quicker, but for that same dollar, the smart cook gets 6-10x as much, and CONTROLS every aspect.
I've tuned a # of pintos into soup, refried beans AND chicken chili--all for super cheap, and NOT loaded with the bullshit chemicals and fructose that DEFINES Goyslop.
YMMV according to skill
You're just demonstrating that you're too lazy to NOT STAY POOR.

>>18358646
Probably truth-- I'm sure you didn't, but for anyone lurking--Don't buy the hype shit--MAKE YOUR OWN
*(Then toss in a couple hot hands hand warmers to suck out the oxygen.)

>>18358754
>beans have more protein than rice
Anon...Both beans AND rice are incomplete proteins--You have to COOK them together, not just eat them together to make the complete protein they yield.
There's nothing wrong with cooking them separately then eating them together, but you WILL miss out on the protein that way.

>>18358908
BASED.
THIS is how it's done.

>>18367970
what i said was still correct, beans have more protein than rice

>>18358552
Cans of stuff is always cheap
can of baked beans
can of peaches
good meal

>>18359488
>Checked
Hulk HOgan
No, not really a poorfag, that's a state of mind.
Just had some shitty luck and circumstances several times--Mostly because I played by the "RULES"
you will never be truly poor if you carry the skills and the drive to better yourself how YOU see fit.

>>18367970
and what the fuck are you talking about lol, cooking them together or seperate doesn't do anything

>>18358552
Can of oatmeal is cheap, get the kind that only needs water, filling and good.
makes alot

>>18367995
it's even less than that, the body fucking stores amino acids, you can eat them separate, on different fucking DAYS and still get all the benefits.
it's literally dogshit 70s science that's been conclusively debunked

>>18367995
Well, Looks like they "Changed the ScIeNcE" again... It used to be you had took cook them together--But I looked it up and apparently you're right...now.
Try cooking them together and you'll see what I mean, the result gels together as that complete protein.
T. from a food science family, but the Masters dietician is fat as a fucking beach ball, so...

>>18368016
Ok, I'll stand corrected.
But at least you know where I got that from--And hopefully, we all "TrUsT the ExPeRtS" a little less yet still.

>>18368024
>Well, Looks like they "Changed the ScIeNcE" again
no you're just stupid man

>>18367970
Hows that even make any sense? Beans take like 2 hours vs 15 minutes with rice

>>18368042
>Imagine having to tear down other people to feel better about your own sad hollow life
There's really no call for you being such a gormless asshole, Anon.
And YES brotherfucker, that's EXACTLY what the food science college books said until the '80s.

>>18368050
>I'm the stupid one
You add the rice AFTER the beans--The point is moot anyway, I already conceded the point that they DON'T have to be cooked together.
But that's how I'd done it in the past.
Give it a try, you'll see why they thought/taught that.

>>18368024
interesting, thanks anon

>>18368066
>checked
Thanks for being civil
I had a lot more cheap and healthy food "Hacks" Recipes, but this thread has left a shitty taste in my mouth.
Sooo, Fuck it.

>>18368069
i understand, maybe next time