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I'm broke and I need food but I need money. What can I buy for $20-25 that will give me the most bang for my buck? And what can I make with said foods afterwards.

>> No.5707157

>better than fries
>baked

>> No.5707159

inb4 beans and rice

>> No.5707161

>>5707153
> What can I buy for $20-25 that will give me the most bang for my buck?
rice and beans
> And what can I make with said foods afterwards.
beans and rice

>> No.5707162

10-20 pound bag of rice and an equivalent amount of dried beans.
Lentils are pretty cheap, but kidneys would go better with the rice and are also cheap.
You would then make rice and beans, of course.
You could also live on it all month.

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>> No.5707168

>>5707157
But you can stuff meat and spices in those delicious crevasses

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>>5707161
Hahaha I wouldn't mind that

>> No.5707176

>>5707159
rice, beans, and potatoes
ramen noodles if you're feeling frisky

>> No.5707178

If you don't like beans, anon, then liver and onions is always an option.

>> No.5707203

>>5707153
A cheap used hand crank grain mill for around $20 and 1 bag of dry beans.

You can grind the dry beans into a meal and use it to make short bread (like a cornbread). From then on you always have the grain mill and can grind up any dry legume, rice, frozen nuts (frozen so the oil isn't pressed out as you mill it), etc into a meal for use in soups, stews, making breads, stuffings, pastes, etc.

>>5707168
>put pepperoni between each slice

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>>5707153
I live in Canada, BC if that helps anyone with ideas. Perhaps there's a specific great quality bean to go with my rice that I'm not aware of in the area.

>> No.5707212

>most bang for the buck

Rice. It may not be the most exciting meal opton, but it is cheap and you can get a huge bag of it for under $10 at most ethnic food stores. Don't buy it at a regular grocery market because it'll be a small portion for too much $ / unit.

Also, one of my favorite poverty meals in college was baked spaghetti. If you have some extra pasta, and a can of sauce and some cream cheese. Mix it all up (don't boil the pasta first, just pour the sauce over the sauce in a baking dish and bake at 400* for 15-20mins.

Again, it's eating on a budget.

When do you get paid again?

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>>5707153

>> No.5707225

>>5707153
a cab to your local welfare office.

seriously, get that shit before some welfare queen does, your income tax pays for it.

>> No.5707235

>>5707212
I get a small paycheck soon and I got a $150 today but I've been planning a funeral so my money is going to different things this month.

I was thinking lots of rice with veggies and crap to throw in there so I don't go crazy.

>> No.5707239

>>5707164
Fucking love Eigenheijmers, weird how one potato can much such a good snack.

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>> No.5707334

>>5707153
I tried to make those potatoes but they had a tendency to crack and split when I tried to cut them that deep, that many times
Do you have to soak them or something?

>> No.5707360

>>5707164
Goddamn I need to go to a fair now and get like three of these fuckers.

>> No.5707363

>>5707235

Your food is more important than a funeral, bro. Priorities.

>> No.5707371

>>5707363
u wot

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>>5707334
don't even bother with that shit

just bake a potato, split open, fill with lots of toppings

also if you only cook it for 40 minutes it will still be hard as fuck

>> No.5707468

>>5707334

put them in a spoon, cut them with a sharp knife dipped in water

>> No.5707522

>>5707453
What's some good toppings for it?

>> No.5707579

>>5707522
bacon crumbles,broccoli, cheese, sour cream

they make this thing at a local mexican place called nachos idaho which is potato skins with all the crap you put on nachos

pretty much anything goes imo with a loaded potato

>> No.5707588

>>5707522
also the best way to get the potato ready is to kinda squish it lenght wise after cooking to kinda break up the insides before you top it

>> No.5707614

>>5707522
I always keep a little Bolognese sauce in the fridge when I make some, just so I can put a little on top of a baked potato. With a little sour cram it's the best topping there is.

>> No.5707619

>>5707588

that implies a shitty soggy skin. the outside ought to be crispy as fuck

>> No.5707626

>>5707619
You can still squish a crispy baked potato.

>> No.5707675

>>5707219
:)

>> No.5707679

>>5707219
I swaer to god, you can't eat more than maybe 5 of those.
They don't really taste that good and they fill you up so fast.

>> No.5707685

>>5707204
Safeway had boxes of Kraft Dinner for a dollar each the other day

>> No.5707704

>>5707157
In my opinion, roasted red potatoes are better than fries.

>> No.5707753
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>>5707219

>> No.5708827

1. Rice and beans. Parboiled rice is awesome. Split peas and chickpeas are nice alternatives to beans.
2. Whole chicken. As far as animal proteins go, there is no better budget in the supermarket than whole chicken. Boneless breasts are upwards of $3/lb but if you buy the whole bird you pay like $1.50/lb. Then you get the carcass to make stock (great for boosting the flavor of those rice and beans) and all the skin which you can render fat from to make schmaltz which is almost completely interchangeable with butter.
3. Cabbage. It'll last ages in the fridge, is full of vitamins and shit, and costs very little just about anywhere you buy it.
Whole carrots are cheap. Celery is cheap.
That's all for now anon.

>> No.5708831

>>5707753
Got the screaming ones too?

>> No.5708947

Lol pasta? cheap as shit. Just dont put meat in your sauce if you real broke.

>> No.5709083

>>5708947
pasta can't keep up to rice and usually not even to potatoes when it comes to cost

>> No.5709311

>>5707453
How about deep frying them? I'd imagine keeping the slices open might be a problem. Perhaps sliding a bowed wire through them to arch them open then tossing it into the fryer would work?

>> No.5709620

>>5709311
the potato splits open really nicely in the oven. I'm making them right now

>> No.5709640

>being a poorfag
lol, you deserve to starve to death.

>> No.5709646

>>5707204
I live in BC as well, and what I noticed when I moved here was the abundance of local fruit markets and orchards. They always have fresh fruit and veggies for really cheap.

>> No.5709664

>>5707704
>In my opinion

>posts an objective fact

c'mon m80