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If you had to eat on $20 a week what would you buy? Assume roughly 2500 calories a day for calorie requirement.
About $3.00 worth of Top Ramen.
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If you had to eat on $20 a week what would you buy? Assume roughly 2500 calories a day for calorie requirement.
About $3.00 worth of Top Ramen.
One of the greatest meals I ever had was born in the military, "schit on a shingle"!!I'm not a fussy eater AT ALL.... I'll eat food meant to be served hot, cold... and vice-versa... don't care if I eat the same thing over and over, will even eat food raw (or still alive) that should be cooked (if no other choice).
We had a saying in my Army unit... "fussy boys go hungry."
I call dibs on this guy! @P7M13, I will follow this mate in a bug out situation.Up until Covid, I traveled a lot. Depending on the city, would get $45-65/day meal stipend, tax free. Learned to keep my meals < $10/day. When I found a induction heater for $20, started taking that and a fry pan. Fried eggs, toast, kielbasa and sauerkraut, curry. Just had to make sure to cook in the bathroom to keep the smells from permeating the room. Colleagues would say, "how the F do you do it?" Easy.
Upshot - I have a safe full of guns, and >$5K in loading gear & components that never hit a line in the budget.
In Alaska, everything on the dollar menu is $1.99...Go thru the dollar menu at the local fast food places. You get roughly 3 items/day.
You just have to fuss with the weirdos. It's almost like the people of Walmart shop there too. They definitely have some good deals so we shop there, but it's always an adventure.Winco is great and you don't have to fuss with sale ads.
Up until Covid, I traveled a lot. Depending on the city, would get $45-65/day meal stipend, tax free. Learned to keep my meals < $10/day.
One of the greatest meals I ever had was born in the military, "schit on a shingle"!!
yep, my dad used tuna though.. its like a comfort food for meMy mom would make that and it was quite tasty. I have not had this for years now.
Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast Recipe - Food.com
But my mom used thinly cut pastrami instead. I also like fried Baloney as well.
Watch this.-Rice
-dried beans
-dried peppers
-hot sauce
-onions
-cabbage
-pork
-tomatoes
-lots and lots of tortillas/cornmeal
-whatever veg is the cheapest
-cheap tequila
In other words..... learn to cook and eat like a field worker, or
(with some substitutions) like your grand parents did.
I've been buying those huge chubs of hamburger from winco and cashncarry, $2/lb for 20 and 25% fat respectively.. hey ya only live once. And instead of going to Wendy's for a $10 burger, you'll still be like 20 monster burgers ahead with no money spent.Beef, even hamburger is expensive. Chicken and pork when on sale is much cheaper. Save the drippings and make gravy. Everything is better with gravy! I like making my own styles of goulash, fried rice, pasta dishes. A little meat with some corn/peas/carrots mix up nicely. Onion and garlic, it makes all dishes taste better. Toss a little meat and peas/carrots in Ramen, it makes it much better.
Sandwiches. Egg salad, tuna, spam all make great sandwiches on the cheap. PBJ is also good.