A general discussion on cheaply eating in America - everybody is eating, eating USA

[The Un-Clit]

Nigga what is your blood pressure, if I had that much salt I would be hospitalized

Why are you assuming it's alot of salt? The only high-sodium ingredient is the soya sauce and you don't need to drown the pan with it, infact that would be nasty. With the canned tuna, I always rinse it and squeeze it out in the can before putting it in anything. I hate too much salt.

If you are referring to the spaghetti, again you need SOME salt but not a ton, the dish should be tangy but slightly sweet if it's done right.

also:

I'm a fan of the oriental way of soy sauce+ a shot of calamansi and a little pepper.

Haha, Nammer style!

Speaking of Viet Nam, another good cheap option is to make a big pot of beef stock with bones from the local butcher shop if you don't have an Asian market near where you are and freeze it in those thin plastic fake tupperware things as blocks, then when needed turn a block into a big pot of broth, get some beef shoulder at the same time or thin-sliced beef, fresh rice noodles and some fresh cilantro, hoisin sauce, nuac mam (fish sauce) if you like it (I hate it) and you've got you some ghetto pho, which is really nice and warming at the end of winter like it is now, and you are paying a helluvalot less per bowl then at your local Nammer restaurant.

 

[General Disarray]

I've read through a little bit of the thread, I'm just going to post my favorite cheap meal here and sorry if it's been repeated (probably has sorry). It's like a goulash I suppose but my family always called it slumgungeon (like dungeon), which is a bastardization of slumgullion. You can put as much or as little of each ingredient to make it beefier or not, it's very versatile.

Ground beef, drained, cooked with onion and green pepper.
Canned stewed tomatoes
Cooked macaroni
If you have it, a little balsamic vinegar
If you have it, a little Worcestershire sauce

That's it, mix it all together and toss a slice of cellophane cheese on top (for the full "cheap meal" effect). I'm making this tonight.

Also I love Buddig beef in chipped beef. On toast, natch. All that's needed is butter, milk, that cheap-ass beef, and peas. If you have it, add a dash of nutmeg as it's a Bechamel sauce you're making, essentially. Delicious. Again sorry if I've been repetitive.

 

[BrokenLightbulbs]

Gonna sperg out here, but it's relevant:

Feminism destroyed a lot of good and fundamental things in society(as we all know) and home cooking is one of them.
Ever since women in the kitchen became sexist and anti-globohomo it has led to generations of culinary retards that are predisposed to calling in their meals. Ordering out on a frequent or even regular basis is just a step removed from having a personal chef on staff.
That's a fucking luxury that you have no business trifling with unless you're well-off.

Because poors are fucking retarded and short sighted, they love ordering out, and crying about being poor. No fucking wonder. The average person spends THOUSANDS on habitually ordering out every year. Poors sperged out over getting stimmies but the $600 and $1200 payments pale in comparison to the check they could write themselves at the end of the year if they stopped the goddamn Doordash meals.

 

[Mr. Skeltal]

Dry beans are a good cheap option with canned beans being a great convenience option that doesn't really break the bank.
I can get a 1 lb bag of dry beans for about $1.50-$2.00 while one can of beans ranges from $0.75-$1.25 so it's about the same price wise.
Rice is a cheap enough grain with a great shelf life. Like others said, get in the habit of using rice before committing to a 50 lbs bag of the stuff.
Canned vegetables aren't the best but they are cheap and last much longer than their fresh counterparts.
Homemade bread is nice once you understand how it's made. Flour, salt, yeast, and water are all the ingredients you need and are all cheap.

A favorite poverty dish for me was homemade bread and minestrone. The most expensive things in the dish are the celery, onions, and carrots; everything else can be bought in a can on the cheap. The result is a dish that lasts for several meals and offers healthy amounts of fiber, protien, vitamins, and calories.