/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19319423
Rice and beans, you clodhopper.

>wants to save money
>eats spam

Congratulations on learning dried goods are cheap. Cornmeal, beans, lentils, flour and various other grains are also very cheap when purchased in bulk. There's no reason to only eat rice to save money.

>>19319423
Beans and rice, you nincompoop

>>19319458
spam is pretty cheap. Im someone that doesnt feel like ive had a meal if there wasnt any meat

>>19319447
>>19319489
Beans have estrogen in them no thanks I'm already enough of a pussy

>>19319490
it's stupid to buy when you can get chicken thighs for $1/lb

>>19319544
Nice these are the kind of ideas I need. Love chicken thighs anyway.

>>19319563
I should write an ebook on extreme poverty meals. I can eat better than half the country for $40 a month.

>>19319739
yeah you should
my man eating good and dont slack on the presentation neither

>>19319739
make sure to include the depression sandwich, a tomato slice with salt on a slice of buttered bread

You are going to get fat anon. That is what will happen.

>>19319786
Unfortunately not very cheap, when considering calories and nutrition obtained compared to dollars spent, unless you find tomatoes for cheap or grow your own. Mayo is better too. I love tomato sandwiches.

I'm Chinese
I eat a lot of Indian food and probably way too much rice
Best value rice dishes to make yourself is chicken biryani, in general I think Indian food does chicken the best
I don't like white cut chicken or hainanese chicken rice all that much honestly, fatty pork is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJUdcbCoIcA
I use this recipe and it works every time
If you can grow your own mint and coriander it becomes even cheaper
If you decide to cook Indian food then you will have to invest in spices but if you go to an Indian grocery they can be cheap in bulk
There is also chana masala which is easy to make
I also make this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cv5IuUimvQ
But I use chicken instead most of the time because it's cheaper
Another thing I make often is plov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeA39PDtU4k
Like this recipe although I think it's far better with lamb

>>19319423
A bit of rice vinegar is pretty good in it

>>19319493
lentils

>>19319814
Only retarded niggers don't grow their own tomatos deeesuuu :3

>>19319544
Chicken thighs are 20 euros per pound.

Rice, Lentils, bulk eggs, whole chickens, bananas, cabbage, carrots.

>>19319423
80 cents a pound yeah? chicken leg quarters used to be 59¢ a pound here. Why aren't we bursting at the seams?

>>19319423
Chicken peices coated in corn flour and fried with margerine goes good with rice.
Pour some soy sauce over it too

>>19320387
Anime posters are dumber than frog posters, and no it has nothing to do with you saying nigger

>>19319423
>Its starting to make sense why China and India have billions of people. The cost of their food is NOTHING.


They're also like 5'5 with a tiny frame on average

>>19320387
I've tried before and it never works

>>19321374
That’s obviously genetics, they’re the same height here and rich.

I know I’m literally Hitler for pointing this out, but genetics have an extremely well-documented effect on human development.

>>19319423
I dream of tuna. Tuna is my favorite seafood and it's so fresh and delicious. I love to eat it sushi style, however, I would also enjoy eating it simply cooked with some rice or potatoes.

>>19319493
youre a fucking moron

>>19320336
lentils have it also. All legumes have phytoestrogens im pretty sure

>>19319739
Do you buy flash frozen produce? How do I cook frozen produce so it doesn't get steamed and thus mushy? I mostly use a wok for cooking fwiw

>>19319423
>>spam and rice with an egg on top
>>curry and rice
>>slow cooked spicy pork with rice
Without your third choice, I'd probably kill myself within a week.

>>19319739
>for $40 a month.

bullshit, prove it

>>19321374
>>19321387
Most asians are that short because they don't even get much protein quantity.
Protein quantity leads to increased height, protein quality increases muscle strength and growth. Most of those guys have neither. The Americanized Asian guys can be like 5'10 because they have more meat regularly.

>>19319739
Pics

>>19319423
Why live then. Food and sex is our basic instincts. Bullshit side hobbys for fun Living cheap and eating slop sounds shitty.

>>19319739
Do it!

>>19321395
>have bad taste
>be poor

yep, it checks out

>>19321384
you have shitty soil or too much drainage. try growing them in 5 gallon buckets with soil you purchased or fertilized. could do a raised bed as well if you have land.

>>19321514
The trick is basically limiting meat intake and buying in bulk and knowing 100 ways to cook chicken, beans and rice. Buying end cut bacon for $3/lb, then using the equivalent of a slice or two of bacon to flavor an entire pot of beans, lentils or soup. Cheap meats that will flavor large batches of stuff. Neckbones, smoked jowl, etc.

I basically don't buy any meat that isn't less than $2 per lb, except bacon. The bacon I buy is cheap end cut pieces and runs about $3/lb. Chicken can be found for $1/lb all the time. It's all about buying in bulk and on sale, and being smart about what you cook. Picrel is split pea soup with bacon, with some cheap Walmart bakery bread that was about to expire and marked down to .60c.

Of course you can't start from absolute zero and expect to only spend $40. Some times you'll find meat on sale and buy $50 worth to stock up for 3 months, and the next month you'll only need to purchase dry goods and butter and end up spending $20. Sometimes you're going to run out of vanilla extract or something and that ends up being a quarter of your monthly budget. Think about the cost per serving, and average monthly expenditure instead of initial purchase price. Spending $30 in one go on a 50lb bag of rice feels like a big expense when you're dirt poor, but you have to remember that's almost a years worth of rice and will save you substantially in the long run.

Changing habits is a must, too. You drink soda? Not anymore.. tea or Kool aid. You eat a bag of chips every weekend? Nah, you're a popcorn popper now.

Whole chicken is the biggest red pill. Niggas pay outlandishly for chopped up Pickens

>>19322862
Plus you can make stock or demi glace with the carcasses and wing tips

>>19322465
Knowing how to make multiple meals from single whole chicken is key. Breasts for chkn salad/ sandwiches. Legs and wings eaten after roasted, carcass and stray meat bits for stock/soup. Between a chicken and bread/ egg noodles, rice potatoes. Should be able to get 6+ meals out of a average sized bird

>>19323259
For some reason I can get leg quarters for cheaper than whole chickens, otherwise I'd be buying whole and enjoying more tendies.

>>19319423
You can get rice for a lot cheaper. Sam's club sells 50lb bags for like 23 bux

>>19319423
Try making a rice pilaf

>>19319493
wut? there's more to beans than soi

>>19319786
in the UK thats called a 'mo 'er butty

>>19323411

It’s all legumes bro. Soi is just the biggest offender

>>19319490
Spam is more expensive than fresh meat I don't get the point of it

>>19323883
fat fuck pacific islander nostalgia

>>19323883
Yeah I just assumed it’s cheaper cause it’s so shitty. Still good to have in the pantry cause it’s good for years

>>19320220
Asian poster you put a lot of thought into this and I wanted to give you a (you). I hope you check this again so you know you are seen And appreciated.

>>19323932
Thanks
I just wanted to share my rice based dish passion
Literally just fried the onions for the chicken biryani I'm making tonight before I decided to check 4chan and saw a red eye on the thread watcher