/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.15856379]

i dont own a fridge. i live in a western first world nation. don't ask me how that happened and thats just how it is. it has been that way for years.
anyway .. i want to challenge myself to spend as little as possible on food and groceries this month.

heres the challenge:
>food needs to be able to survive without a fridge
>should have some variety
>as cheap as possible
>i cant buy food every day so ideally i want to go to the store maybe once a week so the food should last for 7 days

i been eating a lot of pasta cause thats the only thing i can come up with here but even pasta needs some stuff that also needs a fridge like parmesan cheese or so. im just not very creative to come up with new solutions or ideas. i usually spend around 150€ or so a month on food (average). the last 3 months i been keeping it at around 100€ but i know i can do better.
i know the obvious solution is to buy like 15kg of pasta for 20-30 bux and to eat that for 30 days but there has to be something else that i can do.

[Anonymous No.15856386]

>>15856379
how did it happen?

[Anonymous No.15856389]

>>15856386
it just happened OKAY .... circumstances ...

[Anonymous No.15856396]

$95.94 will get you 324 packages of variety chips, that's 15 packages per meal

these won't go bad out of a fridge
7 varieties that's enough to have a different variety each day of the week
very cheap per calorie
one stop shop bro

[Anonymous No.15856419]

>>15856396
made me laugh thanks but
thats really cheap wtf. ive never seen them this cheap here. they cost like 1.50€ per bag or soemthing.

[Anonymous No.15856429]

>>15856379
>no fridge
>shopping once a week
>variety
>cheap
You either get your ass out more often or you'll need to eat canned shit which is xpanive and nutritinally void.

[Anonymous No.15856436]

>>15856429
>You either get your ass out more often
yeah in the beginning i bought food daily but with the new globo homo mask mandates and shit like that its annoying. i got used to going less cause of corona. i know i can solve all my problems by going every day but i als odont have a car and i have to walk 2km one way ot the store and carry all the food back. its all so tiresome.

[Anonymous No.15856467]

>>15856436
>2km walk
>tiresome
Anon, I have bad news.
Either way, what do you wanna hear? If you aint going to buy fresh stuff daily you can't have fresh meat or dairy and honestly, shelf stable milk is worse than starvation. You're diet will mainl be shitty vegetables and canned stuff, maybe with a couple salamis thrown in.

What is preventing you from buying a mini fridge? You even can get them for free on your equivalent of craigslist. Just clean properly. I'm speaking from experience as I had lived without one for 18months. In the end it cost me more than just getting a small one.

[Anonymous No.15856479]

bro its time to embrace the instant ramen lifestyle. I'd say buy a big pack on amazon.
amazon.com/gp/product/B07222R3Y5
24 for $6 baby get some bulk peanut butter too

[Anonymous No.15856529]

>>15856479
i live in europe. ill check if i can order ramen online for US prices. a pack of ramen costs like 0.49€ cent in the store and i never thought thats good value when you can buy 500gr pasta for 0.39 cent and make lik spaghetti aglio e oglio with it or something but 24 for 6 is decent value.

[Anonymous No.15856534]

>>15856467
>What is preventing you from buying a mini fridge?
i want to move soon and theres no point in buying one now. im saving up money to move.
>in the end it cost me more than just getting a small one.
i get what you mean. its actually expensive to not be able to save food.

[Anonymous No.15856552]

>>15856389
Why don't you buy one?

[Anonymous No.15856555]

>>15856379
dried beans & rice

grains such as oats

root vegetables such as potatoes and carrots, others including avacado

fruits (fresh and dried)

pickled food such as kimchi and sauerkraut

hard cheeses (asiago, cheddar, romano, etc.) - these don't need refrigeration

canned fish

[Anonymous No.15856707]

>>15856552
>>15856534

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[Anonymous No.15856719]

>>15856379
>first world nation

Just say europe. We know you queers sometimes don't even have a fridge. First world though huh

[Anonymous No.15856723]

>>15856719
ive never met anyone without a fridge in germany tbqh

[Anonymous No.15856843]

>>15856534
Well, in that case, the easiest option ss dried legumes with some greens (carrots, potatoes, leeks whatever floats your boat and stays nice at room temp), shelf stable heavy cream and some canned wieners or room stable bacon.

Just do not forget to soak the legumes in water with a splash of lemonjuice or vinegar to fuck those antinutrients. Ideally over night. Next day discharge soaking water and cook as usual.

You can add some bread to it and hav a warm and cheap meal everday. Other than that, pancakes or crepes (if you're not a mutt which bleach their eggs, you can let them stay at room temp easily for two weeks). You just need to use up the shelf table dairy withi two days, especially during summer.

If you make something with meat, like cheapo chilli, you can let it stay for up to two days as long as you don't use a salivated tasting spoon during the cooking and let it cool down quickly afterwards (ideally put onto stone flooring or at least on a baking rack without the lid - stirring it a couple times - you want it to cool down as quickly as possible, letting it on the stove or with the lid on increases humidity and bacterial growth). If you can, put it somewhere cool like a cellar if you have, but it will be fine either way. No worries, if not, it will foam and taste like bubbly pickles.

[Anonymous No.15856943]

>>15856379
Learn from history. You do know that fridge is a recent invention.

[Anonymous No.15856967]

>>15856943
Historically you got your food from our garden (always fresh), freshly butchered (impossible if he doesn't want to go out that much - same for dairy, and he can hardly behead a couple chickes in his bathtube or dry meat in an appartement. Living like some townsend faggo is impossible in most places in europe.

[Anonymous No.15857047]

>>15856967
>Historically you got your food from our garden (always fresh)
Wow, you got your panties in a bunch. Project much? Just cos you don't have a garden
https://www.instagram.com/thehomegarden/

OP could keep jars of pickled veg, cheese and processed meats in a cool, dry and dark place. This will minimise his need of a fridge. No agriculture required besides some pot plants like mint.

[Anonymous No.15857089]

>>15857047
I have a big garden, currently growing a bunch of vegs but that isn't a solution for someone in a city which probably doesn't even have a balconette. Last but not least, it's not a cheap hobby and surely not for someone who wants to save money and move soon, retard.
>muh instagramm
Jesus fuck, there is nothing I hate more han urbn garden hipsters thinking they are self-sustainable because they harvet 4 cherry tomatoes and herbs which are insanely polluted with heavy metalls.

>OP could keep jars of pickled veg, cheese and processed meats in a cool, dry and dark place.
You never lived in a city appartement. In most parts of europe, especially the cities, you have one room plus bathroom, no cellar. We also do not have aircons. If it's 40°C outside, there is no cool place in your home. And if you think OP hasn't thought about using shelf stable cans, you're even more retarded than I thought.

[Anonymous No.15857097]

>>15857047
>anon wants to move soon and save money
>ohmugurd just start a vegetable garden at the end of fucking march to get 500g of nutritionaly void vegetables in late summer

[Anonymous No.15857313]

>>15856467
>>2km walk
>>tiresome
2km with groceries are a pain in the ass.

[Anonymous No.15857395]

>>15856379
buy the higuest quality whey protein concentrate, preferably organic grass fed and denatured, and oats

[Anonymous No.15857398]

>>15857395
also chocolate and raisins or nuts like almonds or walnuts, and honey

[Anonymous No.15857405]

>>15857395
fuck i meant to say undenatured not denaTured

[Anonymous No.15857409]

>>15857097
homegrown carrots are awesome

[Anonymous No.15857417]

>>15857313
Assuming you're only buying for yourself, enough groceries for a few days really doesn't weight much(unless you exclusively drink soda or something).

[Anonymous No.15857564]

>>15856379
Just buy a bunch of canned food at the dollar store.

[Anonymous No.15857813]

>>15856379
>don't ask me how that happened and thats just how it is.
Tell us!

[Anonymous No.15857824]

>>15856379
you can buy a smallish fridge for $429 from walmart. I call bullshit, why do you not have a fridge?

[Anonymous No.15857889]

>>15856379
WAIT! you're squatting! aren't you!

[Anonymous No.15858330]

>>15856719
Same in the netherlands, unless they live on the street or something, but then not having a fridge is the least of your problems.