/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11976787]

I'm broke and unemployed, living off of food bank food and very infrequent shopping for things I can't get from the food bank. If things keep up as they are, I'm going to end up with cans upon cans of tuna that I'm never going to eat, because tuna tastes like shit. I don't like this state of things, because I am left with meat in my pantry that I can't use because it tastes like shit.

Help me out here, /ck/. What do I have to do to prepare this in a way that makes it no longer taste like tuna?

[Anonymous No.11976792]

Lol you're not poor if you're wasting money on tuna

[Anonymous No.11976797]

>tuna
>in water
get albacore in oil you fucking idiot

[Anonymous No.11976817]

>>11976797
>vegetable oil
No thank you

[Anonymous No.11976829]

>>11976797
go fuck yourself, with the oil from your tuna cans faggot

[Anonymous No.11976830]

>>11976792
>>11976797
Nice reading comprehension. The tuna is the food bank food, along with other things I can and do cook (rice, oats, potatoes, vegetables about to expire, shit like that). Shopping is for, once again since you're retarded, things I can't get from the food bank, like butter and salt.

[Anonymous No.11976862]

>>11976787
>Im getting food from the food bank
>"Haha why don't you get something edible, retard"

[Anonymous No.11976883]

>>11976787
Mix it into mac and cheese. Add a can of peas for a new level of deliciousness.

[Anonymous No.11976898]

>>11976883
How effective is that at eliminating the tuna flavor? I could stuff down some fishy mac 'n' cheese if I have to, but I really don't want it to be coming back up again afterwards. Hell of a waste of food.

[Anonymous No.11976905]

>>11976787
He got electricity, a computer, a data plan. but he's broke

[Anonymous No.11976906]

>>11976898
Listen motherfucker. Either eat food or die.

[Anonymous No.11976914]

>>11976906
>hurr durr im fucking retarded but still want people to reply to me
No shit, cuck. That's the entire fucking point of the thread. I'm not telling you that tuna is so gross because it isn't tendies, I'm telling you that I personally find it fucking inedible due to the flavor and am asking for recipes that mitigate its disgusting fucking flavor so that I can hork it down without yacking it back up.

The alternative is that I just end up sitting on a shitload of tuna that nobody fucking wants.

[Anonymous No.11976918]

>>11976914
If you don't like tuna you have an eating disorder.

[Anonymous No.11976921]

>>11976914
Throwing it back up after you after you actually manage to consume it is a sign that it is all in your head

[Anonymous No.11976998]

>>11976918
>>11976921
It's nice that you think your opinion's valuable, but I do not value it as much as you do. I'd value your recipes.

[Anonymous No.11977008]

Look up cheapest recipe for tuna noodle casserole

[Anonymous No.11977009]

>>11976998
If the tuna you're dealing with has an extremely fishy odor, then it's low grade crap. I recommend heavy amounts of spices. Try mixing it into some strong curry, that way you can get the protein without the smellz

[Anonymous No.11977011]

>>11976998
add tomato sauce, an onion, garlic, maybe some lemon juice, oregano, etc. (all seperated of course)

or make it in a salad.

[Anonymous No.11977017]

>>11976787
canned tuna($3/lb) is more expensive than chicken($1.18/lb) or ground beef($2.99/lb) get some real meat

[Anonymous No.11977062]

Beggars cant be choosers

Eat what you got and be glad you got it.

[Anonymous No.11977066]

>>11977009
>curry
Interesting idea, but for the lack of most of the spices and other components for curry. I've got cumin and chili powder, basic herbs (oregano, thyme, basil) rice and that's about it.
>>11977011
I can't see how making a salad would disguise the flavor of tuna. Quite the opposite, it would seem. The rest of that I could do, except I'd have to find a way to sub in tomato soup for tomato sauce without it getting too watery.
>>11977017
If I could buy my own meat, I never would have made this thread. Reading comprehension.

[G8rH8r No.11977068]

Get a job you degenerate faggot.

[Anonymous No.11977072]

>>11977068
Let me just take a walk to the job store and see what they have on sale. I have no power to influence who decides to hire me, and it seems that most employers are looking for dipshit high-school kids who don't know any better.

[Anonymous No.11977075]

>>11977072
So you're saying you're a less desirable employee than a high schooler? fucking lol

[Anonymous No.11977077]

>>11977062
That's the entire point. I'm trying to find a way to eat it without me having to be so hungry that I simply don't care what it tastes like. If that's what it comes down to, I've eaten worse, but it is not the desired outcome.

[Anonymous No.11977088]

>>11977075
So it would seem. Resume's all disjointed and out of whack, my "career experience" lends itself to nothing more than education in effective ways of killing people in urban or rural terrain, and since then it's been one shit job after another shit job, none of which lend themselves to the dedicated wageslavery that employers look for. I could go back to the cannery, but that would take bus fare, and I don't have any fucking money.

[Anonymous No.11977095]

>>11976787
Okay Anon, I'm going to help you out. I actually love canned tuna and always have it in my pantry. Here's one of my favorite recipes. . . even people that have claimed to hate tuna have loved it.

Its fast, its cheap, its easy, and its tasty!

Spicy Pan-Fried Tuna Cakes:

2x cans of tuna (water or oil packed, either works)
1/4 of a medium onion, finely chopped (Yellow, white, and red all work)
1/4 cup mayo
1/4 cup breadcrumbs (plain, not seasoned)
1 Jalapeno, diced (or something hotter like a Serrano if you like heat)
2tbsp lemon juice
2tbsp cooking oil
1/3cup chopped cilantro
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2tsp cumin
Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

1: Drain your tuna VERY well using a colander, pressing down to make sure it is as dry as possible

2: Combine all ingredients well.

3: Form into patties. Stay on the smaller side, you want to start with something about the size of a golf ball. You'll get 10 or so.

4: Place patties in fridge 10-15 minutes to firm up.

5: Pan fry with some oil over medium heat. Give them 3-4 minutes per side or until golden brown and delicious! Trying to move them around or flip them before they've browned will make them fall apart!


Enjoy! Great on their own as a snack, with a side of rice and veggies for an entree, and especially good as a slider when topped with some spicy mayo!

Also you can make a big batch and freeze them for later.

[Anonymous No.11977115]

>>11977088
>wahh life is so hard poor meeeeeeee
kys you defeatist faggot

[Anonymous No.11977120]

>>11976787
Cooking with kali 2 day meal https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ooGLzqDGd0w

[Anonymous No.11977133]

>>11977095
>mayo
I have Miracle Whip.
>jalapeno
>lemon juice
Also not happening, because they cost money.
>cilantro
Not a fan of the soap leaves, but you do you.

Other than those things, it sounds like a viable idea. I'll definitely give it a whirl and see how it pans out (get it?).

>>11977115
The words you are looking for are "kill you're self", newflap.
>defeatist
If I was defeatist, I wouldn't be looking for a job at all. I'd be sucking up welfare money like a nigger and actually be able to buy my own food.

[Anonymous No.11977141]

>>11977095
Also I should mention I prefer the tuna in oil for this recipe, the texture is a bit nicer. But like I said both work.

>>11977088
Also, can I infer from this that you're a Veteran? If so thanks for your service, and it really sucks you're having trouble finding a job. I know here with Ft. Bragg not far away a lot of businesses favor hiring former military!

[Anonymous No.11977151]

>>11977120
This is what you do when you can't actually taste flavors or just don't care about flavor at all.

[Anonymous No.11977160]

>>11977133
Miracle Whip ought to work fine. It'll still work without the lemon and jalapeno (but those would help with the tuna taste), instead of cilantro use parsley or chives.

[Anonymous No.11977180]

>>11977160
Parsley could work, I've got that. Perhaps sub in chili powder for the spice and... I don't know what for the acidity from the lemon juice. I've got an old bottle of balsamic vinegar kicking around; that might work.

[Anonymous No.11977198]

>>11977151
Look good enough? Renner OP is broke, hell people would clam they had to eat dog food for protein

[Anonymous No.11977201]

>>11977133
I think you're an honorable person, i gave up the shit jobs and shit bosses and started living on welfare. Not good for self-worth, but a lot of pro's nontheless.

[Anonymous No.11977202]

>>11977133
>Not a fan of the soap leaves
You have a genuine genetic deformity

[Anonymous No.11977213]

Also while I'm here I'll share my favorite poorfag recipe. Its common all across the Middle East (each country and cook has their own version) and is absolutely FANTASTIC comfort food! For something so simple its surprising delicious, and VERY healthy (excellent source of protein, fiber, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins).

The mixture of starch and legume results in a complete protein. You can pretty much live off the stuff (I nearly have when broke AF). And it can be made for about 25 cents a fricking serving.

Mudjadara (Syrian style lentils and rice)

1 cup white rice (long grain)
1 cup brown lentils (do NOT use green or red, etc)
1 medium onion
1tsp cumin
Pinch of cinnamon
Salt/pepper to taste (at least 1/2tsp salt)

Instructions:

Slice onion thinly with the grain (root to tip)

Set a medium frying pan over medium heat and add about 1/4" of cooking oil.

In a medium pot add lentils and 4 cups water. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Cover and set timer for 20 minutes.

Add onions to hot oil. Fry until golden and slightly crispy (do this while the rest is cooking)

After 20 minutes remove lentils from heat and drain, reserving 2 cups of the cooking liquid.

Return lentils and 2 cups liquid to the stove. Add rice and all other ingredients. Stir.

Bring back to a boil then reduce heat, cover, and simmer another 20 minutes.

Serve with 1/2 of onions mixed in and 1/2 on top.

[Anonymous No.11977215]

>>11977201
That's because welfare manchildren have no worth.

[Anonymous No.11977228]

>>11977201
"Honor" is relative, and you can't eat honor anyway. Either way, I'll be damned if I willingly throw myself back into the velvet prison of welfare. Dumpster diving is preferable to that.
>>11977202
Yeah. Could be the same thing that makes my tastebuds violently despise fishy smells and flavors, but for whatever weird reason I love shrimp. Makes no fucking sense.

[Anonymous No.11977238]

>>11976787
When I was poor I would mix it with mustard salt and pepper. Super cheap and if you use spicy mustard it covers the taste. Mustard pretty much never goes bad, is super cheap and can cover the taste of anything.

[Anonymous No.11977252]

>>11976787
I make tuna casserole for cheap and easy dinner. For one person it could last you several days. It tastes like chicken to me.
Boil 1lb of pasta (any king except for long spaghetti noodles) til cooked. Drain.
Put noodles in a long glass dish.
Drain 5 cans of tuna and put in bowl. Add two cans of cream of mushroom soup. Add 1/2cup milk. Mix all together.
Dump mix on noodles and combine.
Put in oven at 375 F for about 40 mins.
I like to crumble tortilla chips on my casserole when I serve myself.
Hope this helped

[Anonymous No.11977260]

>>11976905
>living without a smartphone in 2019
Don't be unreasonable.

[Anonymous No.11977268]

>>11977095
>all these ingredients and effort for tuna
wtf

[Anonymous No.11977551]

>>11977260
>smartphone
Ew. No, the bitter truth of the matter is that my little brother pays my bills for the the past two months. Feels like dogshit, but I did the same for him when he moved in with me. Still not going to ask him for any more money when he's covering everything else.

[Anonymous No.11977558]

>>11977268
if that's excessive labor or complexity for you I'd hate to see what you consider normal.

[Anonymous No.11977566]

Bumblebee tuna!

[Anonymous No.11977575]

Man OP, I'm kinda glad you're poor and starving to death because you're so combative and being a dick to everyone in your thread.

[Anonymous No.11977611]

>tuna
>mayo
>boiled egg
>pickle
Dice it all up and mix. Serve on bread.
It's a mixture of shit that'll give you the worst breath but it makes a good sandwich. The combination of all that shit hides the taste of the tuna.

[Anonymous No.11977625]

Fish is just kinda gross. You gotta spice the fuck out of it to mask the dead fish smell.

[Anonymous No.11977640]

>>11977575
Hardly starving to death. I'm grateful for my communtiy, that we even have a food bank. I live in the land of plenty; some aren't so lucky. As for "combative", I merely respond to hostility with hostility, and to grace with grace.

Eet diks, faggot.

[Anonymous No.11977647]

>>11977575
It's nice to see some karma once in a while, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.11977650]

it looks like OP can suck cocks

[Anonymous No.11977694]

>>11976787
Mix in some mayo and sweet hot mustard, make some tuna melts and dip them into tomato soup. Best cold weather comfort food ever.

[Anonymous No.11977786]

>>11977066
buy a 1/2 lb bag of garam masala. If you get it from a cheap indian grocery it's like $3-4. You can spew tons of garam masala over shit, add some salt, and call it seasoning. It's the easiest shit-tier cooking that tastes good. No wonder indians love it.

[Anonymous No.11977818]

>>11977786
Don't remember if the ethnic grocer in town even still exists, but I'll definitely check it out next time I manage to scrape some change together. Spices make everything better when all you consistently have is beans and rice.

[Anonymous No.11977822]

>>11977818
What kind of area do you live in? Some blue collared suburbia in the middle of the country?

[Anonymous No.11977837]

>>11977822
The not-shit part of WA. I'll take gun rights over a varied selection of shopping any day.

[Anonymous No.11977870]

>>11976787
Crumble it in water and drink it. Not exaggerating.

[Anonymous No.11977929]

>>11976787
Give it back to the food bank, you fucking degenerate. Let people that are actually poor eat it.

[Anonymous No.11977938]

>>11977088
Lie on your resume, like everybody else. Burger King doesn't talk to Wendy's. Just don't be a retard, and ain't nobody gonna ask no questions.

[Anonymous No.11977941]

>>11977095
>golden brown and delicious
Good one, Alton.

[Anonymous No.11977949]

>>11977938
>Lie on your resume, like everybody else.
No. It doesn't matter that they wouldn't know. I would. Call me an idiot for refusing to play by the rules of a rigged game if you want, but Rorschach is my spirit animal.

[Anonymous No.11978804]

>>11976787
If you can find lemon juice, rinse the tuna in water thoroughly and then rinse in lemon juice and then water again. Most of the smell will be gone.

[Anonymous No.11978949]

>>11976787
always add lemon juice to cheap tuna
gets rid of fishy taste

[Anonymous No.11979640]

>>11976787
>cans of tuna that I'm never going to eat
See if someone else using the foodbank wants to trade your tuna for something you find more appealing?

[Anonymous No.11979677]

>>11976787
>expensive high protein canned tuna in brine I seldom buy to make one of my favourite pasta recipes is food bank food in the First World