/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9837155]

Post your poverty food stories here.
>Walking to college
>Find a Mars bar on the street
>Pick it up
>Packaging is still intact
>"Nice, I haven't had something sweet in ages"
>Bring it home and put it in the fridge (it was a summer day)
>Eat it later

[Anonymous No.9837189]

>>9837155

>living on my own
>15 years old
>try to learn to cook and just.. figure shit out on my own
>cook ragu alla bolognese
>by using premade sauce and ground up meat
>cry alone while I eat

[Anonymous No.9837198]

>>9837155
Jesus fucking Christ, I live in the second world and I've never been that poor, not even when my father lost his job when I was little.

[Anonymous No.9837211]

>>9837155
Once ate a whole sandwich lying in a trash can. Not really because of poverty I was just really drunk and hungry in the middle of the night

[Anonymous No.9837218]

>>9837155
>be poor
>go to local church dinners every Wednesday and Sunday
>subtly sneak food in to-go containers I have in my coat
>go through line 3-4 times loading up on food
>they probably know what I'm doing but it's church so they feel bad for me and don't say anything
>enjoy delicious home cooked church lady meals every day of the week
>haven't paid for food in months

[Anonymous No.9837287]

>>9837155

[Anonymous No.9837298]

>>9837155
I once ate some little Caesar's pizza, it was disgusting, how do poorfags do it?

[Anonymous No.9837311]

>"Nice, (...)"

[Anonymous No.9837329]

>>9837298
you're conditioned to eat anything by school lunches

No one ever wants little caesars but you'll eat it anyway because you regularly ate worse once upon a time

[Anonymous No.9837336]

>>9837218
I actually work at a church that gives dinners to people and i see one specific guy always doing this. Im going to ask him to start cleaning pots and pans since hes taking extra. If thats you bring sweatpants next time.

[Anonymous No.9837347]

>>9837329
nope, I went to a private school, we had real lunches not that fake public school crap

[Anonymous No.9837406]

Used to go around McDonalds and other fast food places late nights to grab leftover stuff drunk people had bought.

[Anonymous No.9837416]

>>9837155
I'm not poor, but if I found an unopened Mars bar on the street I'd still take it

[Anonymous No.9837424]

>>9837347
read his post again

[Anonymous No.9837428]

>>9837298
youre a snob

[Anonymous No.9837463]

>>9837155
>snowed in for a week
>cant work that week
>no work no pay type job
>literally can not afford to eat
>stop by at my old job just to chat with friends
>help load a customer order for the secretary
>she says she wont let me do that without paying me something
>$10

I bought eggs, they tasted so good

[Anonymous No.9837472]

>>9837298
>how do poorfags do it?
see >>9837329
>>9837347
>nope, I went to a private school

[Anonymous No.9837475]

>>9837428
>having good taste = being a snob

if that's what it takes then I guess I'm a snob

[Anonymous No.9837506]

>>9837463

eggs for an entire week? why not a ton of super cheap carbs (pasta) and some super cheap baccon?

[Anonymous No.9837600]

>>9837506
>eggs for an entire week?

not the entire week, but closer to three days I had left to go before I got paid. I'm not the sort of person who asks for help, even when actually needed, it was more the gesture that marked it for me, I actually cried when I got home. It's the combination of not enough money because I couldn't work, no heat since the heater I had only kept the wall warm, dealing with 20 degree weather for the entire previous week, the week after was sort of heavy with desperation after I paid the bills and having nothing left for food and no food in the fridge or pantry, being handed ten bucks was just awesome to me. I think I may have bought a cabbage also, because cabbage is cheap as fuck and it will feed you for a while.

[Anonymous No.9837664]

>Pound of Rice
>Dark meat chicken
Cook chicken skins, brown the chicken in the fat.
Shove all together into rice, steam til finished
If you're real fucking poor, use sauce or salt packets from some restaurants. This meal's cheap, but there's even cheaper meals out there.
I'm poor as shit, but a good meal makes me feel better about the shitty workday.

[Anonymous No.9837781]

>>9837189
>fresh ground (beef?) meat
>finished sauce

get a load of Mr. Moneybags over here

[Anonymous No.9837795]

>>9837781
reminds me of stories about people who talk about how poor they are but are buying hot pockets.

[Anonymous No.9837808]

>>9837198
bro, the second world doesn't exist anymore

[Anonymous No.9837833]

>>9837808
America

[Anonymous No.9837856]

I once broke into an apartment I got evicted from to steal back a turkey pot pie that got left behind.

[Anonymous No.9838685]

>>9837856
good man

[Anonymous No.9838705]

>Lived off vending machine poptarts for a weekend when my mealplan ran out and all I had was quarters
>forgot about a chipotle burrito and left it in my backpack for 3 days, still ate it bc no money
>had a week where all i had to eat was a grilled cheese sandwich every two days

[Anonymous No.9838712]

>>9837155
That isn't poverty, that is called finding a free candy bar.

[Anonymous No.9839030]

>11-12 years old during 07-08 financial crisis and dad died a few month before
>moved from comfy nice suburb house in California to shitty weekly slum apartment
>mom brother and me walking home from 99 cent store
>bought hot dogs and buns for dinner
>see bums in the distance getting arrested
>they have a cart full of food with them
>mom tells us to grab stuff in the cart
>"but mom they might come back they'll be hungry"
>tells me to do it anyway because we have no food and theyre not coming back
>feel even worse
>walk home with arms full of weird frozen food stolen from bums and tears in my eyes

[Anonymous No.9839057]

>Had a rough patch about 12 months ago.
>Local community group gave me a big box of food
>for free, donated stuff etc.
>Heaps happy. Go home all grins.
>Open box
>Dozens of packets of stir fry sauce.
>about 4 different flavours across so many packets
>Also got one loaf of stale bread. mfw
>12 months later, doing okay financially.
>Still finding packets of sauce fucking everywhere

[Anonymous No.9839081]

>>9839030
that is some shit....

[Anonymous No.9839089]

>>9837463
where do you live that snow stops everyone for a week?

[Anonymous No.9839098]

>>9839030
>caring that some street trash starves.
They wouldn't have cared about you in the reverse I bet.

[Anonymous No.9839100]

>Walk through college
>There is a half eaten chicken salad, with coucous, lettuce, tomatoes and whatever else, with two chicken breasts laying on top
>One side appears to be eaten while the other side appears to be...maybe intact
>Look down the hallway, no one is coming
>Great, my reputation will be saved
>Grab the two breasts/tenders and keep it moving

[Anonymous No.9839127]

>>9837287
that actually looks tasty as fuck

[Anonymous No.9839131]

Heh. I've never been so poor that I've had to eat refuse like an animal. In fact, I've been fat as a hog since I was 5! I guess these types of stories just don't happen much over here in the land of plenty In fact, right now I'm half way through a pepperoni pizza and I'm going to throw the rest of it away in honor of this thread.

[Anonymous No.9839155]

>go to cheap chinese buffet in shitty part of town
>sit in back
>bring ziploc bags for leftovers to eat later

[Anonymous No.9839230]

>>9839131
why not just give it to someone who needs it?...

[Anonymous No.9839285]

I don't get you guys, when I don't have enough money to eat, I just don't eat. I'm fat though, so those periods usually aren't long enough to seriously affect my health (week at most).

[Anonymous No.9839319]

>>9839285
whats wrong with being fat wiseguy

[Anonymous No.9839324]

>>9839319
I didn't mean nothin by it I swear

[Anonymous No.9839330]

I survived for a week on just marshmallows once, being broke sucks

[Anonymous No.9839510]

>>9837155
I ate spaghetti with soy sauce and pepper for 2 days once.

[Anonymous No.9839522]

>>9837155

>No money for food
>Survive the whole day at college with just an apple and a bottle of water
>Or a bag of cookies (5) and a jelly sandwich, among other things

[Anonymous No.9839526]

>>9839522
so hard

[Anonymous No.9839540]

>>9837463
>zero savings to feed yourself with
I don't understand

[Anonymous No.9839559]

>>9839089
Kentucky

[Anonymous No.9839574]

>>9839540
Savings are called savings for a reason, I actually had some money in a bank storage box but I’m not going to raid it every time things get a little difficult. And I wasnt glint to stop paying my bills in order to eat.y priorities say take care of your responsibilities

[Anonymous No.9839605]

>>9839081
it's probably #5 in my top 10 worst memories, I'm pretty happy now though so i wouldn't have had my shitty life go any other way

>>9839098
i definitely realize that now but being 11-12 i was pretty dumb, plus if not us some crack heads probably would've took it

[Anonymous No.9839632]

>>9839605
Post your top 5 worst memories

[Anonymous No.9839641]

>>9839605
poast theTOP 25

[Anonymous No.9839649]

>>9839605
What a cute little poof

[Anonymous No.9839651]

>>9837155
Wasn’t me, but a friend of mine would have water and chilli peppers, 0 calories lol

[Anonymous No.9839730]

>>9837155
Back when I was living with my shitty roommate, my grandma gave me 10 dollars for my birthday and I spent it on food, I got the cheapest pasta (2boxes) I could and cheapest pre made sauce(3 jars) and made a huge batch of spaghetti to eat. That shit fed me for 6 fucking days until my paycheck hit. I had no variety, but I didn't spend any money on food.
That isn't really too bad in comparison, but I came from a family that didn't have to worry about food money

[Anonymous No.9839733]

>>9839632
>>9839641
I'll just post a few more food related ones to stay on topic
>christmas around that time
>aced my state reading test, got a lot of awards, been a good kid
>think i mightve gotten something
>maybe just something small
>to old to believe in santa but just maybe
>wake up early
>go down stairs
>nothing
>no ones even awake yet because there's no point
>go back up stairs
>wish my dad was here
>cry a little and go to sleep
>wake up a little later
>mom tells me to come down stairs
>get a little excited again, maybe she got me something
>apparently our aunt that hates us sent us soup
>still happy as fuck because we were living off of spaghetti with hot dogs in it and instant ramen and my favorite food is soup
>its a christmas miracle
>finish 2 bowls
>ask my mom if i can have more soup
>there's none left
>tell her thank you so much and that i love her
>go upstairs and cry a little more
>can hear my mom crying too
I have a pretty good Thanksgiving one if anyone wants me to keep going

[Anonymous No.9839739]

>>9839733
Damn son

Keep going if you want to

[Anonymous No.9839742]

>>9839733
keep going this is interesting

[Anonymous No.9839749]

>>9837463
>>9839540
>spending 10 dollars on eggs
Now this I REALLY don't understand

[Anonymous No.9839760]

>>9839733
This is almost Dickensian.

[Anonymous No.9839761]

>>9837298
Some don't. You are only reading posts of people who found enough to survive.

[Anonymous No.9839775]

I regularly eat food that no one wants at my job as well as frozen pizza. I have lost 20 lbs from frugal starvation so far

[Anonymous No.9839776]

>>9839651
Were you friends with David Bowie?

[Anonymous No.9839778]

>>9839733
unironically hard from reading this

[Anonymous No.9839780]

>>9839733
so your mom was that dependent on dad that she couldn't get it together a little for you?

[Anonymous No.9839785]

>>9839775
how duz ur joab hav fre3 f00dt?

[Anonymous No.9839786]

>>9839739
>>9839742
Okay
>around thanksgiving while we were still dirt poor
>won a turkey for winning a school wide thanksgiving essay contest
>really proud of myself
>teacher helps me surprise my mom with it when she comes to pick me up
>take bus home with the turkey because we can't afford gas
>sit down with it while my mom stands because bus is full
>guy next to me jokes about the turkey (cant remember what he said)
>tell him i won it in a writing contest
>tells me im going to be the owner of a company when i get older
>we get off the bus
>mom starts tearing up while were walking and says how proud of me she is
>say im proud of her for being a great mom even with dad gone
>says im a great kid too
>both pretty much cry the entire walk home
Thanksgiving day
>excited to have the turkey even though i hate turkey because my mom sucks at making it
>having that and boxed mashed potatoes for dinner
>sitting at the table with my mom and brother
>other brother doesn't want to come down
>saying grace
>they thank me for the turkey too
>we eat
>start crying halfway through
>mom asks me whats wrong
>say i wish dad could have some too
>everyone starts crying
>feel bad for ruining Thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.9839791]

>>9839057
>people who donate sauce bases and cans of tomatoes
>nothing to do with it because you can't afford the other parts of the meal
>down overly-salted sauce packets and tinned tomatoes for any and all calories
Good on them for donating anything at all, but at a certain point you think they're just fucking with you. God bless the guy who added the bread.

[Anonymous No.9839799]

My freshman year of college I was really drunk and went into the dorm parking lot, pulling on door handles until they opened and ate a couple slim jims out of someones car.Humboldt 2008 btw

[Anonymous No.9839804]

>>9839786
Holy fuck
A turkey is a crazy thing to win at school

[Anonymous No.9839805]

>>9839780
my mom was a real estate agemt and lost her job because of the housing market crash

[Anonymous No.9839806]

>>9839733

Thought your aunt sent you soap and I lost my shit thinking that it was your favorite food.

[Anonymous No.9839808]

>>9839805
Fuck that's fucking horrible.

[Anonymous No.9839821]

>>9837856
So you took back what was right fully yours
>>9839510
You are not alone brother

[Anonymous No.9839826]

>>9839574
>Thinks insurance is a bigger priority than eating
>Saving money so he can starve
Shit like this is literally the reason people think capitalism needs to go don't justify liberals that's just repulsive

[Anonymous No.9839836]

>>9839805
>roasty rides the artificial wave
>doesn't see the tide turn
>drowns

[Anonymous No.9839857]

>>9839805
>mfw my mother was a real estate agent in Las Vegas and she quit and we moved literally two years before the crash

[Anonymous No.9839882]

>>9839826
Want to keep capitalism? Raise minimum wage and index it to inflation.

[Anonymous No.9839955]

Why does this board have so many fucking homeless and poor amerifats?

Seriously, it's unbelievable

>was homeless
>got fired and had to survive off of 5 dollars a week
>poor student and only have 1 buck a day for food
>NEET
>etc.

Why are Americans so fucking dirt poor and why do they browse this board so much?

[Anonymous No.9839980]

>>9837287
>those random bits of pasta
>that deformed egg
How did it taste friendo

[Anonymous No.9839983]

>>9837155
>University years
>Always making sure there are at least two girls in our pack when hanging out in a bar
>They are full after half the serving
>"Are you going to finish that?"
>Basically eating second serving of two different dishes for free
>For five years

Also
>Working in a hotel, helping around the delivery to kitchen
>One of the guests ordered a fried pasta
>Left it after taking single bite, complaining about being "too spicy"
>It wasn't spicy at all

>>9837475
How about this
>Being condescending cunt, because you never experienced poverty
>Confused how people can be poor or eat cheap
Fits you like a glove

>>9839955
You do know not only Americans use this board, right?
And when I was studying, I had classes from 8 AM till 6:30 or 8 PM entire week, only having weekends for some part-time job and crashing graveyard shifts as a receptionist in a hotel mostly because I was allowed to sleep if nobody was there and had a free breakfast as a staff member. After paying rent, I was left with barely any money for anything, because I had barely any time to earn it. And then I was working my ass on double shifts each break just to get money surplus.

[Anonymous No.9839988]

I've made two crock pots full of split pea soup for less than $7. Shit is delicious.

[Anonymous No.9839989]

>>9839057
That is my go-to sauce tbqh. What was your face, when?

[Anonymous No.9840051]

>>9839980
>Eintopf
>Lel, how stoned were you?

[Anonymous No.9840075]

>>9839230
you need to be 18 to use this site

[Anonymous No.9840108]

>>9840075
Why are you posting then?

[Anonymous No.9840133]

>grab a bunch of ambiguously spoiled leftovers
>soup them all together without acknowledging how they would complement each other
>add uncomfortable amounts of anything spicy on hand and hope for the best

my shits are wildly inconsistent but I'm still alive

[Anonymous No.9840208]

>>9839510
If you have the means I prefer any pasta, not necessarily spaghetti, tossed in warm extra virgin olive oil, garlic salt (or garlic powder + salt), pepper, and Kraft Parmesan (optional). It's cheap and filling. You can even downgrade to lesser oils if you're strapped but the garlic powder can't be compromised unless you want to smash some cloves and caramelize them in the oil. It's my go-to cheap and easy snack.

[Anonymous No.9840215]

>>9837155
I know we couldn't even afford milk when I was a kid, but my parents turned it around and are financially independent with a high standard of living.

[Anonymous No.9840221]

>>9839786
Anon, how are you doing right now? Are you still poor?

[Anonymous No.9840223]

>>9837155
I stole a burger from a dog

[Anonymous No.9840238]

>>9839786
>Won a turkey at school
I think they just felt bad for you champ

[Anonymous No.9840243]

>>9839955
Rich people rarely bother learning how to cook

[Anonymous No.9840387]

>>9839980
that's onion, friendo

[Anonymous No.9840615]

>>9840108
WOOHOO the burn

[Anonymous No.9840720]

I’m decently well off now but when my parents divorced and I had to spend a week staying with either of them due to split-custody, I had to fend for myself when I was at my dads.
>be 11
>Dad is a drunk
>frequently the fridge is empty, save for some ketchup and beer
>I’d get dropped off by the bus at 3 o’clock
>sometimes Dad would come home at night, sometimes not
>never went grocery shopping
>would tell Mom I was hungry
>she’d load up my backpack with food I could prepare myself
>hot dogs, ramen, noodle type meals, canned soups, canned veggies
>one time she’s on business trip so she’s out of state/ had to stay with Dad for two weeks
>haven’t seen Dad in a week
>beer in fridge
>decide fuck it, drink his beer
>he came home two days later and beat the shit out of me with a 2x4 with sandpaper stapled to it
>explain my case to him
>told me if I mowed his grass, he’d get me groceries
>$20/ a week goes a long way
>start making hamburgers and cheesy broccoli
>survive until I was 14
>get after school job as car mechanic’s assistant
>be rolling in $100/week paychecks
>survive high school
>get shitty scholarship and graduate with a business degree
>now I’m a licensed contractor
>$50,000 a year
>very liveable wage
>still cook shit, haven’t developed my skills

I’ve gotten weak and dependent on fast food and I am in a position where I’d like to reform that, and learn how to cook good food for myself and my wife who also can’t cook

[Anonymous No.9840838]

>>9837155

> Be a child
> Live in trailer in woods, family of 4 on $10k/year in mid 1990s
> Eat stew made with poached elk every day
> That generic franz whole wheat bread or bread from breadmaker that has texture of cardboard
> Powdered milk that separates in one minute or less

[Anonymous No.9841297]

>>9840221
I'm doing well and making a living off of my art. About to attend an opening party for a store that I recently had a wholesale agreement with. The owners are a couple repeat customers. Not poor anymore. Don't worry anon.

[Anonymous No.9841361]

In prison. In the first place i was the food was fucking terrible. It was terrible to begin with but they also let it sit for about 2 hours before actually giving it to you. For 34 days i ate a piece of cake and drank 2 juice boxes a day. Never been so hungry in my life.
When i got to my final destination, they brought us in to a proper cafeteria for lunch. Served us two meatballs that were hot and fresh with some noodles and sauce. I could take as much salad as i wanted and they had a big :) in of apples. I aye 6 apples. Best meal I've ever had.

[Anonymous No.9841382]

>>9841361
It's almost like you wouldn't wanna go back huh?

[Anonymous No.9841398]

>>9841382
Should have never gone in the first place. I was 19, first offence, non violent drug crime. I was in someone else's house and he told on me. Got fucked hard.

[Anonymous No.9841400]

>>9839805
>>9839836
>how bout them synthetic CDO's

[Anonymous No.9841465]

>>9841398

What state would give you active time for that? First time drug charges go to diversion programs in almost every state unless you do something astronomically stupid.

[Anonymous No.9841505]

>>9841465
Illinois. I was at a friend's house and a fucking drug task force kicked in the door and arrested us. It was like a scene from a movie. Friend was cooking meth. He said me and another guy were all in it together. I knew about it but i wasn't doing it. He was about 10 years older. At the time meth was enemy number one. The jailers called me a piece of shit as soon i got there. I was just a kid. I had actually gone to college that morning. DA told my lawyer that under no circumstances would i not do time. Got fucked hard.

[Anonymous No.9841619]

>>9837795
You don't get poor because you are smart ha

[Anonymous No.9841622]

>ramen noodles
>cut up hot dogs
>malt liquor so i can get drunk faster and cheaper

[Anonymous No.9841638]

>>9839605
the first time i saw this webm was in a rekt bread on /b/. i was scared to watch it

[Anonymous No.9841700]

>>9841465
Not him, but I routinely see individuals sentenced to 1-5 years for 10g or less of marijuana in the weekly county paper that lists all the court decisions in the county. Not surprisingly, the prison system is privatized in my state and surely the good ol' boy state congress and judges don't have a hand in that pie, lol.

[Nintendo Official No.9841708]

>>9839786
My parents got divorced and i kinda know these feels although not as bad as you. Congrats on the essay. You didnt ruin thanksgiving. Your mom was so proud of you that she cried.

Glad you are doing well now though. Have a merry christmas dude.

[Anonymous No.9841709]

>>9839882
Holy shit we have a genius on our hands. You just fixed capitalism!

[Anonymous No.9841794]

>>9840720
I'd recommend Brother's Green Eats, Donal skehan and Food Wishes on Youtube for starting out cooking.

[Anonymous No.9841803]

>>9841622
>malt liquor so i can get drunk faster and cheaper
Natty Daddy's, Icehouse Edge and/or Steel Reserve are the best for this purpose.

[Anonymous No.9842267]

>>9841709
Not him, but that's literally what was done from post-war till 1971. Aka the only period where capitalism worked for benefit of everyone, everywhere.

[Anonymous No.9842318]

>>9840720
There is such famous scene in an all time classic comedy, but since it's not in English, let me quote the dialogue instead:
- Listen, Italiano, what were you doing back as civilian? You were a cook?
- No, I studied pharmacy.
- And they taught you how to cook there?
- No, but reading prescriptions. And there is a cookbook here.

I never had anyone to teach me how to cook beyond barebones basics nor to even properly handle myself in the kitchen (the joys of being left-handed"). But I know how to read.
Pick any recipe, follow it to the T, and that's all.

[Anonymous No.9842347]

>>9839791
On a vaguely related note: would a food bank care if I just wanted to give them a single can of sardines?

[Anonymous No.9842566]

>>9842267
And why did it stop?

[Anonymous No.9842587]

>>9840720

You’ve severed all contact with your dad, right?

[Anonymous No.9842611]

>>9842566
Muh free market

[Anonymous No.9842670]

I wasn't exactly poor but I had just moved out with my first job, to get by I used to buy dozens of packets of ramen and watch YouTube videos from ex convicts that taught you how to make calorie dense meals with Ramen, mayonnaise and cheese puffs.

To this day I still cook some of that shit and I'm more than comfortable financially.

[Anonymous No.9842679]

>>9842670
that sounds just like a normal day for me.

[Anonymous No.9842681]

>>9842670
>ex convicts that taught you how to make calorie dense meals with Ramen, mayonnaise and cheese puffs.
Was it Kali Muscle's channel?

[Anonymous No.9842719]

>>9842681

Nah we're talking way back before Kali was remotely popular, if I was to describe a similar channel it was probably 'AfterPrisonShow' - that dude still makes similar content about how to make extremely cheap prison meals like ramen, prison cake, prison pizza ect.

[Anonymous No.9842830]

>>9842566
Muh unregulated banking sector
Muh ultrafree market
Muh oil "crisis"
You are basically leaving now on scraps generated back in that period. The whole ultrafree market meme brought only a pendulum that swings between prosperity and extreme recession, each time hitting harder, since less regulations are standing to prevent stupid financial gamble.

[Anonymous No.9842889]

>>9837287
UMA

[Anonymous No.9842899]

>>9839733
>my favorite food is soup

fuckin Oliver Twist level of poor goddamn

[Anonymous No.9843296]

>>9842587
I see him once a year at Christmas when I eat with him and his mother. My grandma is a sweet lady. Other than that we don’t really talk

[Anonymous No.9843590]

>>9841803
>Icehouse Edge

I thought i was the only one who drank these

[Anonymous No.9843837]

>>9839131
You still eat refuse, you're just able to buy a lot.
>inb4OBSESSED

[Anonymous No.9843842]

>>9837218
i see black people in bmws and mercedes drive up to eat the free church meals. anything free attracts them like mosquitos to a juicy thigh.

[Anonymous No.9844269]

>>9837298
Lol, I ate pizza out of their dumpster once. They closed and less than half an hour later boom, warm dumpster pizza.

[Anonymous No.9844810]

>>9842899
Not him, but the fuck?
It's like the only thing you can think about is some sort of gruel when thinking "soup"

[Anonymous No.9844927]

>>9843842
>black
>people
ohcomeonnow.jpg

[Anonymous No.9845014]

>>9842830
Capitalism was a mistake

[Anonymous No.9845097]

>>9839100
I once saw an eclair in the trash bin, it was on top with only one bite out of it. I ate but got caught and now people think I'm a bum

[Anonymous No.9845988]

>be kid in normal family in the 90's - cash is sorta tight as we just got a mortgage on the house we just built and pops got a new job ...waiting on first check.

>have kielbasa and box mac for dinner (at the time I hated the flavor) - am excused(ate the mac, duh), and toss in the garbage.

>pop sits me down next to kitchen garbage. convinces me to pick it out and eat the rest of it.

mfw trash sausage - tears, guilt, etc.

I finish what's on my plate now. Not that bad, I guess.

[Anonymous No.9845995]

>>9845014
Capitalism has never been tried

[Anonymous No.9846014]

>>9838705
I once saved up enough money for a sandwich from subway and took one bite every couple hours so it lasted me 3 days.

[Anonymous No.9846027]

Fortunately I am not poor (not rich either) but I hope everyone who had a bad experience or going through a hard period sees solid and great days ahead. Coming from an anon, it might seem I don't care, and maybe it's true, but I do hope you guys have great and happy days soon

[Anonymous No.9846030]

if you're really THAT poor - you can work as a dishwasher at a nice restaurant. the kind that has quality food - but not too high tier where it's "avant garde". Like a steak house that charges 50-75 bucks a meal.


I mean - I never did this - but uh ...all the fucking dishwasher ate the leftovers. If you work in the kitchen - you basically get to eat whatever the fuck you're making and/or whatever your buddies are making. Just make twice as much whenever there's an order you like. Also - if the head chef is cool - he'll make lunch for the kitchen staff.

[Anonymous No.9846058]

>>9846030
this is assuming you will get hired in the first place.

[Anonymous No.9846086]

>>9837155
i refuse to believe anyone is so poor that they can't afford food

it's obviously poor money management if you can't even at least afford ramen for every meal

[Anonymous No.9846153]

>>9846086
>be me
>recession hits
>get layed off
>hunt for a job
>unemployment runs out
>eventually forced to pick up minimum wage labor
>can barely afford rent at my new apartment
>food isn't a daily nessescity, so I don't always have it

Its pretty easy

[Anonymous No.9846171]

>>9846086
dude there are sooo many fentanyl americans on this website i tell you. they're working three jobs and are still starvin

[Anonymous No.9846181]

>>9846153
>oh shit i don't have $5 left over to buy a 10 pack of ramen

is your rent bill the exact amount you're getting paid? Where's the rest of your money going? I work min wage only 4 shifts a week while in school and i always have food.

[Anonymous No.9846212]

>>9846181
>has a dorm/home
>works a job on the side

Very different situation

[Anonymous No.9846469]

>>9839804
Not in rural Appalachia it isn't

[Anonymous No.9846492]

>>9846030
Dishwashers get all the best scraps

[Anonymous No.9846498]

>hadn't eaten in a week
>fucking hungry
>looking for crumbs in a cabinet
>realize I had a shaker of dyed red sugar tucked away
>devour that shit

[Anonymous No.9846509]

>Almond butter right out of the jar
>Discounted raisin brain
>Drink endless cups of tea when no food
>Ramon
>Capers, pickled squash, olives right out of the jar
>Lots of good water (ie well water not tap)
>Cheap daffys of reeb
>Nibble on wild ramps when I go outside, dandelion greens (actually pretty good if you rinse and saute with an egg) any kind of wild forage, berries
>Expired food stolen from family and work
If u want it, go on and eat

[Anonymous No.9846515]

>>9846509
Oh and how can I forget sprinkling any sort of seasoning salt or Mrs. Dash in my palm and licking it up when trying to stave off hunger pains

[Anonymous No.9846575]

>cook rice however you like it
>set aside
>cook eggs in a wok or just a regular curved frying pan with butter or oil, whatever.
>add chili powder or crushes chilies to your eggs
>when eggs are to your liking, add rice into the pan
>pepper, more chilies
>soy sauce
>cook longer if you want

That's just the barebones recipe, you can plug anything into that equation like meat or tofu and it will work. Pretty economical and although I don't find it very filling myself because it's delicious others probably will.

[Anonymous No.9846637]

I was homeless living in my car during a cold Chicago winter one year so I spent a lot of time at movie theaters, used to take half eaten bags of popcorn out the trash all the time.

[Anonymous No.9846656]

>poor as fuck
>just started a new job
>18 day pay lag until my first paycheck
>can't afford an apartment
>can't afford food
>work 16 hour shifts all week
>go to mcdonalds after I get off work
>steal as many ketchup packets as I can fit in my pockets
>make 'tomato soup' in my car by mixing the packets with water
I lost almost 20 pounds

[Anonymous No.9846665]

>>9846181
gas/bus fare, bills, insurance
it's not that hard to believe that you cant make ends meet some days especially if you got laid off and are an actual adult living completely on your own

[Anonymous No.9847018]

>>9845097
they gossiped about you?

[Anonymous No.9847062]

>in university
>run out of everything except rice for days
>stomach feels like the acids are beginning to corrode my stomach lining
>desperately search the entire house for spare change
>manage to scrape together five bucks in quarters, nickels and dimes
>run to the local grocery store
>immediately buy the cheapest chicken they have
>four drumsticks, god has smiled on me
>cook up two with rice as soon as I get home
>never take food for granted again

I'm still poverty mode even now, payday is still three days away and I'll be eating only potatoes and rice until then.

[Anonymous No.9847066]

>>9841505
Did you murder the snitch after you got out? I would bag him and do a al queada dwlta force style snatch and take him by the river and shoot him in the forehead and dump thr lifeless body and theyd fish it out all bloated and disgusting later in the next shitty town over

[Anonymous No.9847074]

ITT:

[Anonymous No.9847082]

>>9846509
>Almond butter right out of the jar
god im so sorry:(

[54m50n !qoThYyhabg No.9847097]

I just make rice and beans when I'm broke, it's a globally popular poverty food for a reason

[Anonymous No.9847106]

>It is summer in Sweden
>I am studying there
>Despite being there a whole year i haven't managed to find a job
>they really dont like immigrants, even though i'm half swedish, i'm half american and thats enough to make them look down on me deeply
>There is an education allowance that swedish citizens get, but it stops when school ends over the summer

>There is a forest behind my house
>Blueberries, cloudberries, lingonberries growing everywhere
>Go fill up a bucket of them and feast
>Get heartburn and realize i cant exclusively do this,i need protein
>Go online and read about eating insects
>See it's okay if you put them on a baking sheet and roast them
>Go back into the woods and look for one off the huge ant mounds, and collect as many as i can
>Go to the flower field and catch as many bumble bees as i can
>Spread them all on a baking sheet, salt, bake, and feast

[Anonymous No.9847114]

>>9847106
>>they really dont like immigrants, even though i'm half swedish, i'm half american
I am sorry for asking but do you have dark tone of skin? They might have mistook you for an illegal immigrant errr I mean a "Syrian" refugee.

[Anonymous No.9847120]

>>9847114
Well...

[Anonymous No.9847126]

>>9847114
>they might have mistook me for an illegal immigrant
>in school, registered, for a year

how does that work?

Refugees have a different experience than straight up immigrants in any case. For them, you could say it's arguably easier because there is a program set in place for them to get work whereas if you're just on your own they have little need for you

[Anonymous No.9847136]

>>9847126
>how does that work?
No idea, I was just speculating through memes. When you said that "they don't like immigrants" how did you conclude that fact?

[Anonymous No.9847137]

>>9837155
>buy 5 pound bag of potatoes for $2
>have food for a week

[Anonymous No.9847139]

>>9847114
Students in general literally pay to be in their country, not the same as immigrants.

[Anonymous No.9847140]

>>9839030

[Anonymous No.9847146]

>>9842347
Don't do it

[Anonymous No.9847150]

>>9839955
I'm not american and I don't live in America

[Anonymous No.9847170]

>>9847106
I noticed that this seems to be the first time Europe was mentioned ITT.

[Anonymous No.9847182]

>>9837155
>be third world fag in high school
>literally have to forage for food
>climb trees to get berries and pick nasturtium leaves to make "salad"
>pick up half-rotten fruit off the street sometimes
>once a week, manage to scrape together the equivalent of $1 with my poorfag friends and buy a pie/portion of fries/ramen to share between 5 people
>once we gathered $2 and bought a lemon meringue pie
>2 boys had a full on fist fight over who gets a slice of that pie
>school puts out a bowl of fruit every day for kids who don't have food
>kids literally fight over the fruit
>once a year we have hotdog day where every kid gets a hotdog
>hotdog day is the best day of the year

[Anonymous No.9847185]

>>9847182
I forgot to mention, >inb4 underage, I'm not in high school anymore.

[Anonymous No.9847192]

I was poor for a time, where going a few days without eating was a thing
I liked to get rice and ketchup and it was good!

[Anonymous No.9847205]

>>9847136
it's sneaky and done through a lot of passive aggressive shit, since swedes are not big on confrontation, self-expression, or honesty, but it's a very real and hard set mentality that you really cant breed out of a people like that. They're dead set on it.

When it comes to americans, they're raised to see them as the opposite of themselves. Almost to have a personal vendetta against a people they've ever met in real life or a country they've never visited. You see the propaganda everywhere from TV commercials to activism campaigns to the textbooks we read at school.

How i concluded it was not just me though was through seeing and hearing the experiences of nearly 100% of other immigrants in the country.

[Anonymous No.9847206]

>>9847106
How did the bees taste? I want to start eating insects.

[Anonymous No.9847218]

>>9847182
>once we gathered $2 and bought a lemon meringue pie

were you living in the deep south in the 1930s?

[Anonymous No.9847220]

>>9845097
George?

[Anonymous No.9847222]

>>9847206
crunchy with little taste, not a problem getting them down. Some sources said to remove the stinger but i didn't and didn't seem to have a problem.

That said, i only did bumle bees, not wasps. I dont know what they venom potency in wasps is. In any case, trying wont kill you

[Anonymous No.9847233]

>>9847222
Pretty sure roasting would destroy the venom

[Anonymous No.9847244]

>>9837463
>>9839749
I’m with this anon. 1 week and $10 and all you got is eggs? For ?10 you could have gotten at least 2 dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, rice or pasta, broth/bouillon, and margarine. Maybe even one of those land o frost lunch meats bags for like a buck.

[Anonymous No.9847248]

>>9837600
That’s a heart warming story anon. I’m glad everything worked out. Praise God.

[Anonymous No.9847253]

>>9837463
What the fuck, I lived on $10-15 a week for this entire year and I was fine.

[Anonymous No.9847255]

>>9837287
This is just ramen.

[Anonymous No.9847257]

>>9838712
This.

[Anonymous No.9847261]

>>9847205
I used to live in the Middle East once and being an immigrant there is an absolute living hell. I can feel you anon, I hope things get better for you and you finish school so that you can move to another country with people who will actually respect your skills.

[Anonymous No.9847267]

>>9839100
>poor stories
>at my college
If you can afford to be there then you aren’t poor enough.

[Anonymous No.9847272]

>>9847267
You don't have bursaries in your country?

[Anonymous No.9847276]

>Be poor
>Skip breakfast and lunch
>Eat chicken and rice for dinner

[Anonymous No.9847315]

>>9837155
Not a poverty story about me but

>payday, have day off
>feeling good, got a pay raise at work
>going to walmart for motor oil, see guy with bags on side of road with sign asking for food, doesnt need a ride, just food
>wind up picking up some beef jerkey, canned pull top food and other small things you can just eat, make a small box of stuff about fourty bux
>stop by arbys and get a couple sandwiches, head back to guy
>give him a sandwich and just talk for a while
>he is a military veteran, hes wandering around no place in mind, no home or family
>dudes pretty chill and thanks me for the food, surprise him with the food box
>thanks me and gives me something wrapped in cloth from one of his bags
>its a goddamn sword
the motherfucker also has an EFG tattoo on his arm and he calles me a newfag for pointing it out
Murdock you magnificent bastard, you are the best.

[Anonymous No.9847317]

>>9847267
im half swedish, therefore a citizen, therefore its free.

Still though, for the immigrants there who are not citizens, many of them have parents who sold a house to put them through school. Dont be quick to judge

[Anonymous No.9847340]

>>9847267
Most countries in the world offer free higher education to their citizens.

[Anonymous No.9847369]

>>9846515
I do this with Everglades seasoning a lot

[Anonymous No.9847438]

>>9847074
>nigger feeds a nigger while whitey is left to starve

[Anonymous No.9847469]

>around 15
>dad comes home, back of his truck filled with sweet potatoes
>hundreds of fucking sweet potatoes
>farmer had to get rid of them quickly, he paid like $20 for the whole lot
>it's fucking cold as balls, below freezing out
>dad made me scrub all the sweet potatoes outside
>hands hurt after a few minutes, was out there over an hour
>ate sweet potatoes for months

>out on cheap travel through university, like $5 to get on a bus and go somewhere cool
>hungry, go to the cafe there
>everything is expensive
>can only afford a bowl of soup
>eating my poverty meal
>see container of fruit, a large container, shit cost like $12, sitting on table
>no one is there
>watch it for a bit
>no one comes for it
>finish soup
>casually walk by table
>grab that fucking fruit cup
>eat the shit out of it
>by the temperature it had been sitting there at least an hour
>zero regrets

[Anonymous No.9847564]

I once forgot to bring my wallet somewhere and only had enough cash to buy the second largest steak at a steakhouse. It was incredibly embarassing. Thankfully I was only having business dinner with a couple of interns. I had them let go before they could let anyone else know.

[Anonymous No.9847608]

>>9839605
What kind of doggo is this? I don't even like dogs (grew up with affectionate cats) but this breed is some otherworldly kind of cute.

[Anonymous No.9847615]

>>9847608
a very fluffy pomeranian, I think

[Anonymous No.9847621]

>>9837833
you are literally retarded

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/10/150.html

[Anonymous No.9847677]

>>9847564
anon, read the thread, it is poverty food stories, not forgot your wallet and had to manage your way around it food stories.

[Anonymous No.9847713]

All of the socialist clowns in this thread.

Under the system you want one can end up dealing with these kind of impoverished situations with NO RECOURSE!

At least with capitalism you have options you bleeding heart faggots.

[Anonymous No.9847741]

>>9840720

>he came home two days later and beat the shit out of me with a 2x4 with sandpaper stapled to it

fucking brutal

[Anonymous No.9847914]

>>9847315
I want to beleeb

[Anonymous No.9848046]

>>9837155
3 day old mcd cheese burger. someone just left it on the kitchen bench. wasnt sick.

[Anonymous No.9848057]

>>9837347
Fuck off rich boi

[Anonymous No.9848203]

>>9847713
finally someone gets it

[Anonymous No.9848886]

>9837155
>be 16
>winter
>Yongsan AG in korea
>walk from px to food court
>spot Anthony's Pizza slice box ontop of vending machine just before entering food court
>days go by
>it's still there
>open it up, full size
>microwave it
>eat

Didn't get sick, was 20 degrees outside.

Same place
>be 16
>walk by highschool
>stash half-drunk 1.6L OB lager in bush
>days go by
>it's still there
>drink it

Good times.

[Anonymous No.9848904]

>>9847608
>>9847615
pomeranian with a puppy cut (i think thats what its called)

[Anonymous No.9849021]

>>9846027
Thanks, Anon.

[Anonymous No.9849061]

>be poor
>don't waste money on consumerist crap
>eat good food because I know how to use my money

It's not that hard, you retards.

[Anonymous No.9849080]

>>9847713

In reality in those socialist countries the poor lived better than in your shitty capitalist dystopia.

But of course your propaganda filled brain would never allow you to acknowledge that.

[Anonymous No.9849099]

>>9849080
But...who cares about poor people? lol

[Anonymous No.9849322]

>be american
>have to survive my whole life on corn water

You don't know true hell.

[Anonymous No.9849377]

>>9842587
It's soyboys like you that are ruining this country.

[Anonymous No.9849494]

>>9847315
show us the picture

[Anonymous No.9849507]

>>9849080
Maybe, but the communists starved all the poor people, so it's understabdable for people to be skeptical of lefties.

[Anonymous No.9849512]

>>9842830
If we suffer a few more recessions the pendulum will start spinning in a circle and we'll be rich forever.

[Anonymous No.9849529]

>>9848886
>px
>sk
>same place
military brats aren't poor you fucking retard

[Anonymous No.9849769]

>>9847137
That's less than 6000 calories worth of potatoes. Sounds like a pretty rough week

[Anonymous No.9849778]

>>9849080
>propaganda filled brain
The rage of the left. I fucking love it.

[Anonymous No.9849820]

>>9841297
>making a living off of my art
Pretty good, anon

[Anonymous No.9849834]

>>9849377
>turning into a cuck for your dad
inb4 'cuck' maymay

[Anonymous No.9849895]

>>9847315
you did good anon you did good

[Anonymous No.9849908]

>>9839761
Lmao

[Anonymous No.9850056]

>>9839559
Dude the snow only lasted a day? Where in KY?

[Anonymous No.9850091]

>>9839605
I want to kill that thing.

[Anonymous No.9850165]

>>9839030
>>9839605
>>9839733
>>9839786
I'm sure your dad passing away was the main issue. But was your family really that affected by 07-08 financial crisis?


My family is lower middle class and didn't have any issues really.

[Anonymous No.9850169]

>>9847315
Wild imagination you got there

[Anonymous No.9850194]

>>9841505
>"I dindu nuffin! I was just hanging out with a guy who made meth and didn't tell the cops about it! I could have walked out of the door as soon as I saw him cooking meth but I didn't! And I was just a kid! I mean, I was 19, but that is still a kid!!! I can have sex and work a full time job and own my own home but I shouldn't be responsible for my own actions or inactions. What an injustice :'( And the food was so icky...

Fuck you you whiny millenial. I hope you were raped in prison.

[Anonymous No.9850252]

>>9841505
Retard.

[Anonymous No.9850268]

>>9846153
>"forced" to work a minimum wage job

That must have been especially difficult for you, Your Majesty.

[Anonymous No.9850270]

>>9839030
she's right though, children need nutrition more than street trash alcoholics.

[Anonymous No.9850277]

>>9837155
It seems like college poverty is a total meme. You guys get meal plans, and most get daddy's allowance. It's just cool to act poor in college.

[Anonymous No.9850284]

>>9837155
I used to drink a measuring cup of:
Skul Vodka
Orange Juice (equal parts)
1/2 measure of pineapple juice
1/2 measure of coconut rum
spritz of lime juice
Every night I had trouble sleeping.
This was half my food budget

[Anonymous No.9850292]

>>9847074
fuck i love old disney.

[Anonymous No.9850300]

>>9839030
Unironically thank your mom for teaching you that trash stealing from trash harms no one. Their meal that night was paid by the taxpayer the same as yours was. All it cost was initiative.

[Anonymous No.9850301]

>>9847438
I know this is a joje, but in the full scene Donald gets a slice right after

[Anonymous No.9850320]

>>9839955
Your shit government tricked you into a lower standard of living by making you prideful of a few menial skills.
Ours tricked us into a lower standard of living by making us believe we could buy a better one cheaper than making one ourselves.
Who is the fool?

[Anonymous No.9850329]

>>9850300
But the pieces of shit who dumpster dive and eat literal garbage are the same human refuse who will then sue the business when they get dumpster aids from eating rotten food. And kike lawyers will take the case pro bono so they can establish a precedent, then from then on take on all the dumpster cases on a 70% contingency rate or some shit.

[Anonymous No.9850358]

>>9837155
Grad school. I had $2.70 total and zero gas in my car (wouldn't even start) so I couldn't get to the store to even buy Ramen. Only food was bullion and I stole an onion from a neighbor.
> 3 days of bullion and onion soup
> Pure liquid shit for 3 days

[Anonymous No.9850382]

>>9837155
Same grad school fag. I rented a new apartment but coun't move in until it was cleaned from the previous tenants. The complex said that they left it a disaster zone so I figured they didnt't even lock the door so I went in and stole all the left over food since it would be trashed anyways.
I was too pussy to sleep there (trespassing) so I slept in an empty field, eating stolen food cooked over a campfire for two weeks.

[Anonymous No.9850395]

>>9850382
Why would you choose grad school if you were that broke?

What field?

[Anonymous No.9850459]

>>9839882
Hey, just checking in to say that this is fucking retarded and can cause hyperinflation. Look up what caused the financial crisis in Brazil in 1994 and learn some basic macroeconomics before you spout off addled retardation next time.

[Anonymous No.9850485]

>>9850395
Too ambitious to not go. I got my masters in mechanical engineering and now make more money than I know what to reasonably do with, so it was worth it.
We received a stipend for being a research assistant, but some sudden bills wiped out all my cash and I was between apartments. We only were paid once a month.

[Anonymous No.9850494]

>>9837211
/alck/ has its own thread, please stay there.

[Anonymous No.9850508]

>>9850485
Interesting. My gf is undergrad ME but I think she is going to attempt law school right after to do patent litigation. I didn't realize that a masters in ME was worth it though.

[Anonymous No.9850551]

>>9850508
It can be if there is a specific field, high end field you want to get into. I do internal combustion engine research, which I've always wanted to do, and most organizations in that field won't even look at your resume unless you have a graduate degree. Patent litigation may be similar. Check job websites to see what employers are looking for to get an idea

[Anonymous No.9850595]

>>9847677
Why are people so bad at understanding context clues and sarcasm these days? How is someone unable to grasp the simple and blunt comedy from a wealthy businessman describing what he believes to be a situation equivocal to poverty where the situation is at most a minor inconvenience and is still far better off than even someone in a middle-income home? It just seems like every year the replies get less and less intelligent.

[Anonymous No.9850599]

>>9837189
I can't tell if this is bait or not.

[Anonymous No.9850634]

>>9839285
>Why don't poor people just stop eating
Absolutely brilliant post. You've probably just solved world hunger. Thank you for your contribution to the human race.

[Anonymous No.9850635]

>>9850595
>being baited
Just call him stupid mate

[Anonymous No.9850708]

>>9837155
Not poverty but I had no way to buy food

>be Friday
>playing vidya and not caring
>realize I have missed the last shuttle car to buy groceries
>ohshit.Jpg
>I have 1 pint of milk and a pack of poptarts
>eat them both that day since hungry
>literally nothing else to eat
>Saturday comes
>food in vending machines takes cash, I have none
>drinks take card
>drink 3 sodas as meal replacements
>Sunday comes, feel like garbage
>hungry so I buy more sodas
>they don't taste like anything and don't satisfy me
>mind is racing with depression and anxiety
>try to nap a lot and play vidya to take my mind off it
>Monday rolls around
>shuttle comes, takes me to stores
>eat lunchables and chocolate milk
>get high from the pleasure

[Anonymous No.9850730]

Slept on a neighbor's patio furniture, and eneded up finding a good ammount of couch change. Once the sun came up and it wasn't as freezing, I walked half a mile to Price Choppers; Managed to buy a can of corned beef hash and some sardines, grabbed a fork from the hot food section and ate them on the benches outside in front. Tasted heavenly.

[Anonymous No.9850734]

>>9837463


10$
I buy 5 dollars ramen
buy cheapest eggs
buy cheapest tuna

make chan-konabe
that will sustain me for
a week

[Anonymous No.9850820]

>>9850595
>detecting sarcasm through text
pardon my autism but i am incapable of such feat

[Anonymous No.9850839]

>Working part-time doing maintenance work at a church
>It's in the woods and teenagers tend to hang out there
>Do a sweep of the parking lot one Saturday afternoon
>Find a large plastic trash bag behind a tree
>Inside are two cases of Coors Lite

Even that piss water tastes good when you've stolen it from trespassing highschoolers.

[Anonymous No.9850861]

>>9837155

I once made do with 6 limes for my weekly shopping trip. Six!. Being poor sucks.

[Anonymous No.9850913]

>>9846212
>>9846665
how is that different?
i have all those expenses too. I live completely on my own AND have to spend most of my time in class or doing school work.

If you lose your minimum wage job you can find one in an afternoon if you're dedicated and not picky. Also how can your unemployment not last long enough to find another minimum wage job?

You're telling me it's easy to not have 20 cents left to buy a pack of ramen? It's not possible unless you're literally retarded.

[Anonymous No.9850972]

>>9838705
This is just stupid. Why are you eating money on bullshit like poptarts and Chipotle if you're impoverished?

[Anonymous No.9850988]

>>9850820
If nothing else him firing two interns to cover up not being able to buy the biggest steak should have tipped you off.

[Anonymous No.9850996]

was on depression before reading this thread, thank you for reminding for reminding how much of a silver-spooned born huge pussy I actually am.

[Anonymous No.9851001]

>>9838705
>>9850972
he meant to say

>Meal plan dad paid for ran out
>have to face being semi independent for a week
>too lazy and irresponsible to buy some cheap groceries
>thought it was cool to pretend you're poor in college
>made a facebook post about eating the old Chipotle™ burrito and got lots of HAHA and HEART reacts
>felt proud about himself and decided to post the story again on ck

[Anonymous No.9851020]

>15 yrs old
>dad is a crippled alcoholic
>me and him in a 1 bdr apt
>beer and mustard
>there was a single frozen hamburger hidden under the bag of ice in freezer
>fry that shit up
>eat it very slowly, dipping each piece in mustard
>go to bed
>19 inch tube TV lands on my chest
>"YOU ATE MY LAST BURGER"
>fling my plate at him
>run
>get arrested for assaulting him

[Anonymous No.9851027]

>>9851001
Not him but once i was too sick to reach the cafeteria during their very short open hours and had to eat vending machine biscuits supplemented by peanut butter for a few days until my dad brought me groceries and medicine.

[Anonymous No.9851113]

>>9837155
>be me, broke as fuck but live shotgun house in ghetto ass sub-urb in louisiana with a yard
>10 dollars for food for entire week
>spend hours every day tending garden for entertainment because no internet and tv, have herb and vegetable garden
>spend 20 dollars every two months for big bag of rice at asian grocer
>buy black beans from hispanic grocery, for like 50c a pound
>buy bag of onions from some place for less than a dollar
>spend two dollars on smoked hogjowl at local grocery
>seven dollars left.
>spent a dollar on cumin
>Spend a quarter on garlic
>use cilantro from garden
>use chiles from plant in yard
>use tomatoes from plant in yard
>take limes from neighbor's tree for a few tomatoes
>Make giant pot of black beans and big pot of rice enough to feed me all week
>Spend two dollars on tray of eggs, enough eggs for all week, 4.75 left
>Buy bagof chicken leg quarters with remaining money

ate good the entire week. Moral of the story is grow your own vegetables

[Anonymous No.9851117]

>>9851027
>too sick to reach the cafeteria

Holy fuck you're a pussy. Also you don't have any friends?

Geez.

[Anonymous No.9851136]

>both parents are dead
>me and brother live with grandparents
>we're white btw
>we're a year apart
>grandpa dies
>grandma falls, breaks pelvis and goes to a nursing home
>we both get jobs at a warehouse loading diesel trucks with merchandise that goes out to retail stores
>most of the day is spent driving forklifts and walking about 15 miles on average
>we rent a small house with no HVAC
>there's a window unit and a wood burning stove
>it's winter and cold as fuck
>you have to be within a 5 foot radius of the stove to really benefit from it
>money is very tight because we're out on our own and have absolutely no one to help us
>we mostly subsist on bags of 15 bean soup and peanut butter sandwiches
>bubbers (don't judge me) gets a $20 gift card at work for alerting a staff member to mortal danger (they were being very fucking stupid with the fork lift)
>we buy a package of chicken wings, small bag of flour, bottle of vegetable oil, a jar of spaghetti sauce, one of those "rolls" of ground beef pink slime, a jar of parmesan, and a bag of spaghetti noodles
>our buttholes are tight as drums waiting for the final total on the register
>it was $19.61 (i'll never forget that as long as I live)
>we go home and fry up chicken wings and spaghetti
>we pig the fuck out
>fast forward towards the beginning of february
>tax returns come
>small fortune
>there are so many things we need
>but we must attend to something first
>cook another feast of fried chicken and spaghetti
>eat until we can barely move

One of the best times of my life. Pic kind of related. Found on Google.

[Anonymous No.9851156]

>>9839559
I was expecting you to say Arkansas. The first sign of snow and everything shuts down. It's so fucking stupid.

[Anonymous No.9851163]

>>9851136
>don't judge me
u wot m8, I wouldn't judge a couple of working orphan even if they were literally bungling my house

[Anonymous No.9851201]

>>9845097
how's the toilet app going, costanza?

[Anonymous No.9851219]

>>9839522
>Too poor for food
>goes to college
>drinks bottled water
smdh

[Anonymous No.9851255]

>>9851113
You ate good for one week out of the season.

[Anonymous No.9851260]

>>9841622
>malt liquor so i can get drunk faster and cheaper
Nikolai Vodka sells for $9.00 a half gal. Most places. Get on my level.

[Anonymous No.9851272]

>>9850277
Dorms are expensive as fuck, at least at my school, and they get looted every time students go home for a break

[Anonymous No.9851292]

>>9841505
If you let that faggot snitch live I have no respect for you.

[Anonymous No.9851305]

ITT: lots of USA citizens taking a break from calling Europeans “yuropoors” to explain how fucked up their country is. THE LAND OF THE FREE! kek

[Anonymous No.9851316]

>>9851305
no kidding
they can barely feed their own people but still spend 10x everyone else combined on their military
they'll end up eating bullets one way or another

[Anonymous No.9851327]

These things never happen in Scandinavia because people have relatively high taxes. Where is your American late stage capitalist god now?

[Anonymous No.9851370]

>>9851305
>>9851316
Stop samefagging, we all know you're jealous of our garbage disposals.

[Anonymous No.9851379]

>>9851327
I don't understand, is there a single Scandinavian country that isn't capitalist?

[Anonymous No.9851388]

>>9851370
enjoy eating candy you pulled out of the trash lad

[Anonymous No.9851393]

>>9851316
This. Quite amusing really.
>>9851370
Not samefag. We “europoooooors” just all despise you.

[Anonymous No.9851399]

>>9851388
Fixed that for you.
baka eurotrash can't even figure out how to take a proper screenshot

[Anonymous No.9851460]

Generally poor because whenever I save money, something happens and I have to Shell out more than I saved this going back into heavy debt. Years ago it was so bad cause my roommate fucked off and I was getting kicked out in a month time. So I had already found a place but needed to save. I had about $20 CAD to last me a week and half.
>>Buy bread, some super cheap ass large lot of havarti cheese, Big roll of no name brand Kalbasa, KD, onions and some peppers, Kimchi soup 12 packets and about dozen eggs.
>>Lasted week and half eating quite well as it all cost within $20 as I just went with discounted near bad food and just cut it up and froze some of it. I made do.

I say that I learned a lot and while it wasn't gourmet or anything, I did enjoy the food big time and it was rather filling. If I saw SPAM on sale for like 3 for $1, I would buy at least $5 worth as "you never know"

[Anonymous No.9851469]

>>9851316
actually the problem is that they have too many options and have a lazy undisciplined culture

every working person has living wage but they're too dumb and lazy not to buy greasy hamburgers, whole pizzas, beer and cigarettes non stop

[Anonymous No.9851501]

Why can't we have a single thread without the three or four obsessed european kids getting uppity again because no one's talking about them?

[Anonymous No.9851581]

>>9847106
Are you still in Sweden? Are you still poor? If you've got Swish I can send you some money for food.

[Anonymous No.9851793]

>work in Portland, bum capital of the world
>go to nearby deli for lunch
>bum standing out front "gosh I'm so hungry give me money for food"
>go inside and tell deli owner to make me 2 sandwiches
>go outside and hand 1 sandwich to bum
>"wtf is this?"
>it's a sandwich because you're hungry
>bum becomes angry and agitated
>"goddammit, I said I wanted the MONEY not the fucking SANDWICH!"
>bum goes inside and tries to return sandwich for money
>raises major ruckus
>deli owner is immigrant from some awful shithole (Armenia?) where police=big trouble
>deli owner is deathly afraid cops would show up
>gives bum the money

I wanted to beat that bum to death.

[Anonymous No.9851833]

>>9850459
works decently enough in australia and they havent completely collapsed. That kind of shit only happens if you let people start gouging prices for no reason.

[Anonymous No.9851839]

I've been eating backup food. cans stuff like that. Getting real food next time i go to the store. the hotdogs and burgers are gonna be so good.

[Anonymous No.9851853]

>>9837189
What county are you living alone and surfing rent+groceries at 15?

[Anonymous No.9852012]

>>9851793
this is why I don't give any money or food to bums. they have shelters where they can go. the shelters have free food. they shouldn't be fucking complaining.

I once tried to give a mother and a daughter 5 dollars because I felt so bad for them. They were on the train at night trying to fall asleep shivering their asses off. they were trying to cover themselves with laundry bags. and they both said no to the money. go fuck yourself ungrateful cunts

[Anonymous No.9852043]

>>9851793
You should've taken your fucking sandwich back then.

[Anonymous No.9852044]

>>9851399
>doesn’t understand alignment
Git gud thicko

[Anonymous No.9852061]

>>9851501
Scientific answer: Because your mom likes multiple black crackhead penis too much and you like to watch her take them all.

[Anonymous No.9852155]

>>9837155
>Hotdog
>tortilla
>slice of kraft cheese

[Anonymous No.9852232]

>>9839522

For ten bucks I can buy ramen, bean sprouts, microbrews, bok choy, green onion, eggs, a pack of cheap chicken or pork, and pho broth to last a week.

[Anonymous No.9852250]

>>9849507
Most who starved did so as a result of the cold war, famine, and not because of socialist policies.

[Anonymous No.9852281]

>>9850708
>food in vending machines takes cash, I have none
>drinks take card

Why not just wait for somebody with cash who wants a soda and offer to buy it with your card if they use an equal amount of cash for a snack.

[Anonymous No.9852299]

>vacation in Tunisia
>reside in 4* hotel but on a limited budget
>get drunk and smoke shisha all night
>stomach hurts because not used to shisha smoking
>look in the room service menu
>shit's expensive as fuck
>better go find something to eat
>walk through the hotel lobby at 4am
>spot some arab hotel employee eating
>ask him what he's eating
>tunesian kesra bread, couscous, harrissa and lamb
>smells so fucking good
>he offers me a bite
>dip some kesra bread in his harissa
>rip off some lamb meat with my fucking fingers
>share the entire plate with him

In retrospective it was fucking disgusting but in that moment it was a gift from Allah.

[Anonymous No.9852301]

>>9837155
>This year
>Go on fishing trip to Northern Quebec
>5 hours away from the closest town (a logging town with a couple dozen people
>Couple indian reservations around hours away too
>On the way back we fine a half full 6 pack of coors in the middle of the dirt road
>We crack them and drink them while driving back to the paved road.

Still kind of disgusted we did that. But pretty hilarious.

[Anonymous No.9852316]

>>9852250
For that comment, you're going to the back of the bread line. Again.

[Anonymous No.9852351]

>>9839955
4chan is at least 2/3 American

[Anonymous No.9852429]

>>9840208
Sounds like a poor-fag version of Pasta Aglio e Olio.

[Anonymous No.9852441]

>>9852232
No you can’t you hyperbolic fucking fruitcake

[Anonymous No.9852462]

>>9846014
Lol why

[Anonymous No.9852520]

>>9847248
Halayloolya

[Anonymous No.9852589]

>>9837336
yep, you caught me. Do you want me to suck you're dick pervert

[Anonymous No.9852617]

>back when i was around 14 or so
>mom stopped going to work
>little sister and i extremely upset
>spending all we had left in alcohol
>went to school clubs that served food for a bit of lunch to eat
>went to friends house everyday just to have dinner
>was constantly looking for jobs just to get food and money

[Anonymous No.9852739]

>>9852250
Millions of Chinese people died due to horrendous farming policies. What the fuck are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.9852858]

>>9847253
This. In America anyway. I don't limit myself to that much a week but that's about what I spend. I guess other countries are different or a lot of these people were never taught how to shop correctly.
On that note, when I was in middle school my parents got divorced and my dad got custody. For some reason he'd forget that we need food at home, as far as I know it wasn't a poor thing, just a guy that never actually had to raise us thing. Used to make hotsauce sandwiches a lot because for some reason we did always have tobasco and bread.

[Anonymous No.9852972]

>>9837155
>be 9 years old
>recently divorced mom can't afford baby sitter
>drops me off at roller rink for HOURS
>no money for food
>eat skittles off floor by the candy machines

now I'm fat and make 90K and vowed never to get married. Not happy either way but at least I'm not eating floor candy

[Anonymous No.9852997]

>>9839030
how the hell were those bums going to cook frozen food anyway? it was wasted on them and better spent on you

[Anonymous No.9853063]

>>9837155

after my parents divorced, my mother and father would always take food home after party/work/wherever they went and give it to my brother and i.

i came to associate doing stuff like that with being seen as poor, so i became shy about being seen taking food home.

[Anonymous No.9853086]

>>9850708

Are you disabled? Was there literally no other available form of transportation to a store?

[Anonymous No.9853705]

>>9850595
Well, in this case the attempt at simple and blunt comedy as you say it, was so uninspired and such a low hanging fruit, that honouring it with a straight man reply, was really the best thing that we could do. Or did you expect everyone to break out in unbridled laughter at this?

[Anonymous No.9854196]

>>9837808
what about north korea

[Anonymous No.9854200]

>>9837287
idk this looks kindof great

[Anonymous No.9854274]

>>9850913
Theres a difference between paying for your lodging with a loan that you don't expect to pay off for a decade and having to make up the money every month through labor.

[Anonymous No.9854457]

>>9851581
that's so unbelievably nice of you. This semester i managed to find work on a garden. It's 420kr for 10hrs a week, which many tell me isn't much, but that is enough to keep me fed after paying the rent along with CSN. This next semester I will try to look again for a warehouse job, which some of my classmates have been insisting i do. I just got so discouraged after the initial job search last year because the interviewers were asking where I'm from (meaning where else than sweden) and making jokes about it, so i figured i should just give up looking in the country until my education was finished. I'll try to make it again this semester though. Plus I saved some money renting my apartment out for a couple months and sleeping in the storage attic lmao

[Anonymous No.9854578]

>>9837155

> Young and poor as fuck
> At a soccer game
> Summer and hot as hell
> Noticed a boy beside me drinking a cold pop
> Boy gets up and leave the pop
> "Free pop!"
> Drink it passionately
> Savor the moment.
> Boy gets back
> Finds empty can
> We got into a fight
> Totally not worth it