/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13037236]

What does $25 get you where you live?
For me, it's 6 frozen White Castle sliders, 8 krab sticks, 5 sandwiches worth of liverwurst, and a handle of vodka. And you?

[Anonymous No.13037240]

>>13037236
My alcohol budget for the day

[Anonymous No.13037312]

>>13037236
$25usd gets you 1, 700ml of cheap vodka in Australia

[Anonymous No.13037317]

>>13037236
Boobies...

[Anonymous No.13037323]

>>13037312
I honestly don't understand how things are so expensive in Australia. You literally have an entire continent, but you're clearly not a highly educated nation, so it's not like everyone is pulling 6 figures.

[Anonymous No.13037330]

>>13037240
>>13037312
You poor bastards, you can get a handle of a lot of alcohols in my state for ~17USD after tax, 20 if it's Canadian whiskey.

Not sure what I'd do with the remaining 8. Shit like dairy is 1.20 per gallon, and eggs are about 1.10 per dozen. Veggies are local and dirt cheap.

[Anonymous No.13037340]

>>13037236
One bottle of cheap vodka for $24.
1kg of oats for $1.

[Anonymous No.13037341]

>>13037236
>Boa
Not even top 5 best girl

[Anonymous No.13037349]

>>13037341
Has there ever been a shounen where the MC ends up with the best girl?

[Anonymous No.13037352]

>>13037236
$3 pack of chicken thighs
$1.50 2lb of rice
$1.00 2lb of beans
$1.00 3lb of onions
$1.00 2 bulb of garlic
$2.00 4lb of bananas
$3.00 3lb of apples
$1.50 2lb of spinach
$1.50 2lb of carrots
$2.50 2lb of tomatoes
$4.00 2lb of berries
$3.00 sausage

That'll get me a week of smoothies, a big-ass pot of red beans and rice, and some chicken. I could have gone eggs, and more bulk veg or starches if I was really scrimping but that's a pretty reasonable $25.

[Anonymous No.13037361]

>>13037352
Those are good prices if real, but I'd honestly rather move to Portugal than live in the South.

[Anonymous No.13037394]

>>13037361
Mid-west US. Yeah, it's pretty cheap here and there are a couple of estimates on prices so I might be off by a dollar or two. But it's reasonable. It's also the cheapest varieties of everything and the most economical. Dry rice and beans, not vine tomatoes but big bland hothouse crap, not honeycrisps but the cheapest grannysmith or fuji apples they have, not baby carrots but the big dirty bastards, etc.

I usually don't stretch like that, but I thought it'd be a fun exercise and hey, maybe some college kid or poor dude will see it and be inspired with the possibilities of cheap shopping.

[Anonymous No.13037407]

>>13037323
It's bad all over Australia when it comes to tax.
Standard 700ml bottle of 35-40% sprits is $40-45
Cheapest is maybe $30

Cheapist wine you can get is $5 and I know in other places its like $1.
They also wanted and maybe still will add a weight by g tax that makes ever 10g cost 84c meaning beer and wine get a 30% price increase and cast wine gets a 120% increase.
I don't really like wine for drinking but I use the $5-10 stuff all the time for cooking and stewing.

[Anonymous No.13037414]

>>13037407
Is it just alcohol, though? It seems like you guys are always bitching about how expensive foodstuffs are.

[Anonymous No.13037423]

>>13037236
I could get a bottle and a quarter of local gin, alternatively, 23-24 cheeseburgers (1€ each). 100 buns with crannberies. 10 kilos of ground pork. 7-8 large kebabs.
Lithuania

[Anonymous No.13037424]

>>13037414
Well food is expensive but it's not because of tax.
Main problems are most people don't get pay increases equal to the rise in cost of living.
Also we have to major supermarket chains similar to Walmart and they basically can set the price of any food and get away with it.
If you don't have a small vegetable shop near you it cost way more for basic ingredients like apples in Sydney where I live cost $5.50 perkg while the shop right next door it cost $2.50 and they also have specials.

[Anonymous No.13037429]

>>13037423
In Australia 10kg of ground pork would be about $120 and if it was your local butcher he would probably discount it.
Kebabs cost $12-15 each and they aren't great.

[Anonymous No.13037436]

>>13037424
>major supermarket chains similar to Walmart and they basically can set the price of any food and get away with it
That's not what Walmart does. They sell the shittiest but most redneck ubiquitous garbage at a lower price point than anyone else because they have so many locations that they can buy in bulk and get discounts directly from the manufacturers that nobody else can compete with, so they basically end up putting all the local places out of business and turning a good portion of the country into nothing but Walmart, which is lowest common denominator. They won because they they're cheaper than anywhere else, but because they have so many locations they can do that and still make money. There's a lot that's great about living in America, but bullshit like Walmart being able to take over half the country is just sad as fuck; and it's not like you can blame poor flyovers for shopping at the place that offers lower prices on their coke and whatever.

[Anonymous No.13037440]

>>13037429
How much does a bottle of water cost? What about beer, wine and vodka? What's the usual wage?

[Anonymous No.13037441]

1.75L vodka, 6 natty daddys and 1 mcchicken. $20.04. Save the $4.96 for next time.

[Anonymous No.13037448]

>>13037436
It's the same but they have just slowly jacked up the prices on every thing but milk and bread.
They are also making their own brands that undercut every other product on the shelf. Like their own brand of pasta that's 50c cheaper and chips and cans and water so it's definitely getting worse.

[Anonymous No.13037451]

>>13037440
It's like $17 minimum but if you work in a restaurant you don't make pretty much any tips and are likely to be payed $10 under the table.
Beer is $20 for a 6 pack 45-60 for a 24
Wine is 15 for anything drinkable that's not just for cooking and sprits are 40-80 for 700 ml 40%

[Anonymous No.13037458]

>>13037236
Thatll last you about a day.

[Anonymous No.13037467]

>>13037458
The handle will last a little over two days, the sliders will probably last 3 weeks, the liverwurst will last a week, the krab sticks I'll most likely eat in one sitting, and Boa will last forever.

[Anonymous No.13037540]

Here's the receipt for reference. To be honest everything was on sale, but the vodka is literally always on sale; the White Castle and krab sticks are poverty tier luxury items and usually in no way worth the price.

[Anonymous No.13037554]

>>13037330
I can get a handle for about 11 dollars. Mad?

[Anonymous No.13037556]

>>13037540
I haven't been to a White Castle in well over half a decade, but it's honestly mind blowing how the frozen version tastes pretty much identical to the real thing.

[Anonymous No.13037669]

>>13037312
700 mil is like 5 bucks in the states. 1.5 liter bottles, 12 bucks.

[Anonymous No.13037825]

>>13037236
25 of my countries currency or 25 dollars converted in my countries currency?
If it's 25 mudhut currency, I can get some decent meat and vegs to feed me for 2 or 3 days and maybe a beer.
If it's 25 dollars converted, I can get about 2 weeks worth of groceries, meat and vegs.

[Anonymous No.13037845]

>>13037240
Same. I drink cheap fucking wine and just shave in under $25 per day.

[Anonymous No.13037851]

a cheap bottle of booze

[Anonymous No.13037853]

>>13037312
And that’s bullshit. 750ml vodka will easily set you back $32-$35 here in Au. Half decent stuff over $40.
A full litre closer to $50.
Which planet are you from, fucking $25 my fucking ass.

[Anonymous No.13037901]

[Anonymous No.13038213]

>people unironically live this way

[Anonymous No.13038236]

>>13037556
Nice plate faggot

[Anonymous No.13038372]

>>13037312
Over here 700ml is $7. That's a dollar per deciliter baby.

[Anonymous No.13038377]

>>13037236
This is the same guy who ate a pinapple pizza btw. Not sure if that matters

[Anonymous No.13039156]

>>13037853
>>13037901
Cheap vodka comes in plastic. Stoli isn't cheap.

[Anonymous No.13039281]

>>13037236
12 pk bud light platinum bottles, pack of cigarettes , and two energy drinks

[Anonymous No.13039327]

>>13039281
I don't include cigarettes in my food budget, but fuck taxing cigarettes as a way to get people to stop smoking. Go after the fucking tobacco corporations if you want to do something; adding $2 per pack does nothing other than make poor people even poorer, and when they're stressed about finances they sure as fuck aren't thinking about not having a cigarette.

[Anonymous No.13039329]

>>13039327
Cigarettes are nasty and dont get you high.

[Anonymous No.13039333]

>>13039329
>coffee is nasty and doesn't get you high

[Anonymous No.13039364]

>>13037236
>seagrams
>seagrams 7 whiskey
So many memories, my dad had an old bottle under the sink when I was like 16 I mixed it with cola. Nasty shot that I continued to buy until about 22 years old when I discovered Hennessey was a much better drink

[Anonymous No.13039417]

>>13039327
they probably would only be about $1-$2 without direct and indirect taxes, lawsuits and onerous regulation compliance

[Anonymous No.13039610]

19au$ For kg of cooked king prawns.
5au$ jar of cocktail sauce.
1$ bread roll.

[Anonymous No.13039637]

>>13039610
Cocktail sauce is literally ketchup, prepared horseradish, and lemon juice. It's much cheaper to make at home.

[Anonymous No.13039693]

>>13037236
for me

6$= 2 steel reserves or 3 natty daddys depending on my mood
3$= hot blazin butter microwave popcorn
2$= can of bumble bee boneless spicy sardines
1$= slim jim or sunflower seeds
5$= digiorno brick over margherita pizza
1$= 4 packs of orange cool aid
7$=back to the liquor store for shots or 2 more forties

[Anonymous No.13039705]

>>13037341
Thank god somebody here has taste.
Perona best girl.

[Anonymous No.13039749]

>>13039693
The numbers add up, but that doesn't change the fact that your terrible taste makes OP look like a gourmand in comparison. You do you, anon.

[Anonymous No.13039881]

>>13037451
im sorry for you friend.
in AZ where i live, minimum wage is like $12, 6 pack of cheap beer is 6-7 $. good is 10-11. 30 pack is 20-35 $
i can go to a costco and get 10 pounds of pork chops (that are very good, with lots of fat) for 15$. 1 gal of vodka (4 liters) for 13$.
a good size house is 150-250k
water is dirt cheap
electricity is very cheap as well

[Anonymous No.13039977]

>>13037236
>What does $25 get you where you live?
About 9 pounds of top quality filet steak here in my rural small town of Brazil.

[Anonymous No.13040063]

>>13038213
We live in the post-post-post ironic era. This is just called living.

[Anonymous No.13040099]

>>13037853
You do realise 25usd is 37AUD

[Anonymous No.13040146]

>>13040063
It's honestly a really nice spread. I don't really go with cheese at White Castle, but it works in a surf and turf setting.

[Anonymous No.13040547]

>>13039705
Madam Shyarly is better tho

[Anonymous No.13040553]

>$25 on cheap garbage food and cheap garbage shelf vodka with tiddy mouse pad

OP obviously is a Russian bachelor.

[Anonymous No.13040572]

>>13037323
Wages are higher

[Anonymous No.13041101]

>>13040146
Rosemary fries and chicken fingers with apple sauce and easy cheese.

[Anonymous No.13041500]

meant to post this here

[Anonymous No.13041506]

actua;l;uy i meant to post this here
6onions
3zucchini
8hummus
pizza suace
angus beef soup

rate my haul

[Anonymous No.13041513]

>>13037236
Depending on the week, 12 lbs of beef roasts or 24 lbs of pork or fat trimming from the butcher. Can also be 40 lbs of chicken or 3lbs of atlantic salmon too. I get them magazines that show the grocery store deals and Holy fuck you can save assloads by waiting for sales.

[Anonymous No.13041515]

>>13037236
>Imitation Crab Sticks

[Anonymous No.13041520]

>>13041515
Some of us have shellfish allergy. Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.13041527]

>>13037352
>$1.00 3lb of onions
onions are 60c/lb at the cheapest stores around here, and idk what berries are $2/lb

[Anonymous No.13041576]

>>13039327
>Go after the fucking tobacco corporations
Gee, I wonder what would happen to the price of cigarettes.

[Anonymous No.13041655]

>>13037236
never kept track because already drunk and didn't care, just threw stuff in the cart

[Anonymous No.13041668]

>>13037236
A week's worth of real food for lunch and dinner. Veggies, starches, and chicken/pork.

[Anonymous No.13041697]

>>13038236
He's probably got a daughter, faggot

[Anonymous No.13041704]

>>13041697
>giving OP the benefit of the doubt on anything, ever
Lole.

[Anonymous No.13041770]

>>13041697
>he's probably got a daughter

[Anonymous No.13041772]

12 12" frozen peperoni pizzas and a 2 liter of mtn dew.

[Anonymous No.13041805]

>>13037236
Are you the guy who eats liverwurst sandwiches to offset the damage alcohol does to your liver?

[Anonymous No.13041814]

>>13041697
I seriously fucking hope that guy doesn't have a daughter.

[Anonymous No.13041819]

>>13037414
poorfag Aussie here

I know it sucks to be poor anywhere but this is a special type of hell.

[Anonymous No.13041838]

If I had 25 bucks for the week I would probably get a loaf of bread, gallon of milk, 2 lb of hamburger, 5lb bag of tater tots, and some mountain dew. just eat tots and hamburgers all week.

[Anonymous No.13041862]

>>13039364
Based hennybro

[Anonymous No.13041906]

>>13037407
>Standard 700ml bottle of 35-40% sprits is $40-45
>Cheapest is maybe $30
reminder that with the current dollar value, a bottle of ruscov or a similar paint stripper is only 20 USD. still taxed up the whazoo, but not as bad as it might seem for those who forget about exchange rates
also considering our high as fuck minimum wage(depends on industry, but cooks its ~18$ usd), its not really that bad

[Anonymous No.13041911]

>>13037236
Nothing about this picture is okay.

[Anonymous No.13041925]

>>13037236
Where are the limes?

[Anonymous No.13041953]

>>13041925
Limes are free.

[Anonymous No.13042066]

>>13041101
Was going to make some rice but there was 3 week old moldy rice in the rice cooker and didn't feel like dealing with it. Just having some spam with a tiny fork (it's kind of gross to eat out of the can with a regular sized spoon).

[Anonymous No.13042219]

a single 60 day aged tbone

[Anonymous No.13042230]

>>13037236
Why do you have the autistic puppet for a bowl?

[Anonymous No.13042997]

$25 gets me a month worth of either ground beef tilapia or chicken from costco with enough change for food court

[Anonymous No.13043002]

never knew ck was such alcoholics

[Anonymous No.13043213]

>>13043002
First time visiting?

[Anonymous No.13043238]

>>13041770
>12 12" frozen peperoni pizzas
grocery outlet had these 20x20 square pizzas or 99c each and theyre preettty damn good on discount from 9.99

[Anonymous No.13043256]

>>13037436
Interestingly, a Walmart opened in the small town near me and all the original small shops tourned into boutique-type places for very specific customers.

[Anonymous No.13043414]

>>13042219
That's a damn good looking steak though.

[Anonymous No.13043880]

>>13037236
I just picked up:
1.5lb Salmon
1.5lb Green Beans
3.0lb Sweet Potatoes
1 Large Lemon
50oz Extra Virgin Olive Oil
32oz Greek Yogurt
$32.58


Yogurt is for lunch, not the salmon meal

[Anonymous No.13043911]

>>13043880
I cook probably ~8-10 pounds of salmon a night at work, and can eat it whenever I want, but it always surprises me how expensive it is at the grocery store.

[Anonymous No.13043930]

>>13043911
It was on sale for $6.97/lb. Not too bad

[Anonymous No.13043962]

>>13041515
surimi is great, fuck off

[Anonymous No.13043973]

>>13037323
Australia is like Canada. There’s not a lot of people and they are spread through a large land mass. Lots of extra transportation costs that people need to make up for on every purchase.

[Anonymous No.13044026]

>>13043930
That's pretty good. We pay a couple dollars more per pound for a case with 3 or 4 full fillets.

[Anonymous No.13044210]

>>13044026
I used to live in Hawaii and it was like that because most things had to be shipped in overseas, but it's hard to imagine an entire country living that way.

[Anonymous No.13044243]

[Anonymous No.13044330]

>>13044243
Bill?

[Anonymous No.13044404]

>>13044243
Cringe as fuck and not even on topic. I'd rather OP's spread.

[Anonymous No.13044497]

>>13044404
What a stupid response. It's obviously more than $25 for what's listed altogether, but there are obviously options; and a lot of those are great fundamental ingredients (especially the protein powders, having flavors and other properties of milks and other types of dairy, depending on preparation).

[Anonymous No.13044706]

>>13044497
>a lot of those are great fundamental ingredients
>especially the protein powders
Protein powder isn't an ingredient, dum dum.

[Anonymous No.13044745]

4 loaves of bread, 10 pounds of potatoes, 2 pounds of chicken, two pounds of carrots, two pounds of romaine lettuce, a bottle of ketchup, a jar of mayonnaise and 80 ounces of peanut butter.

[Anonymous No.13044780]

>>13044706
> >>>/fit/52678961

PS: It's even possible making cheeses (e.g., ricotta from whey; or, obviously the more casein-based..).

[Anonymous No.13045169]

>>13042066
So why didnt you clean it up after you made the fucking mess

[Anonymous No.13045426]

10 lil black potatos
2lb bag of diced tomatos
8 odd shaped red onions
32oz of this super dank dark chipotle salsa
16oz diced onion
32oz of tex mex salsa
about 24oz of this orange stuff looks really good, ill post a pic of it soon
three lil bags of buyrssel sprouts
an 8oz log of mozzerlla
two loaves of sourdough
loaf of foccacia bread
2 pizza dough bags
$4

[Anonymous No.13045432]

>>13041527
I mentioned above I'm from the midwest and we get pretty cheap food here. Yellow onions are often 36-39c/lb so I slightly rounded down. Berries were based off IQF 1lb bags from Walmart for $1.99.

[Anonymous No.13045502]

>>13045432
>I mentioned above I'm from the midwest
I'm genuinely sorry.