This could be the new ramen...
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Well, just to have a bit o' fun, there are plenty of low-cost things you can buy as far as food goes in order to really stretch out that dollar. These are pretty much common-sense examples but, to be fair, if you don't go food shopping or anything of the ilk it isn't as obvious as it should be:
Eggs:
Grab 8 of them for far less than a buck, 12 for around a buck. Tend to last around two weeks, can fill in for any meal and can be prepped in plenty of ways.
Potatoes:
Wait for a sale and grab a 5 lb. bag for around $2.50. That'll net you enough potatoes, again, for around two weeks so long as they are relatively fresh and you store them properly.
Other Fruits and Veggies:
Buy on sale, look for bulk deals (ie: bags rather than individual ones if they keep for several days), and choose versatile ones that you can combine with the eggs, potatoes, and other things you may want so you keep up some variety in your food.
Pasta:
Run down to your local dollar store and see if they have any deals. My local one always has good quality pasta for 50 cents a pound. They also tend to have overstock of good sauces (or at least basic tomato pastes/sauces) for $1 as well. If you only cook 1/4 of a pound at a time and use 1/4 of the sauce each go you can really stretch out the meals.
Spices and Sauces:
Don't underestimate these. When CVS has a sale their Gold Emblem brand goes down to 60 cents from $1, giving you options and plenty of added flavor. Garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper, dried basil...all good, reasonable choices. And if you're extra cheap, get your salt and black pepper fromfast food packets. You can also do the same with ketchup and mustard, if need be.
Rice:
Never underestimate rice as far as versatility is concerned. Buy some cheap, essential sauces at Target and dollar stores and you should be set. You can also have it plain next to some cuts of beef and whatnot and let the flavor co-mingle. Combine with some chicken or beef stock (low-sodium prefered) for cheap, delicious flavor instead of water.
Meat:
If you have the tools with which to cook meat you can save a fortune rather than eating out. I tend to make several fresh sausages last for three days (not bad for $3). You can make plenty of things with ground meat just by getting a certain cut and adding spices (usually $2 to $3 a pound). Hell, by me you can get some huge chicken drumsticks for 79 cents a pound on sale (grab 4 of them, combine with a nice 55 cent-off coupon, and you're paying less than $3 for two great meals).
Just throwing that out for potential concepts. This tends to work well for college students (undergrad and grad alike) since if you invest around $20 into worthwhile pieces of cookware [large stockpot, skillet] you can be set really easily for inexpensive food. But it all depends. So long as you have plenty of variety, know your prices and don't mind cooking now and again your food budget can be next-to-nothing and you can actually eat a whole load better than you can imagine otherwise.
Eggs:
Grab 8 of them for far less than a buck, 12 for around a buck. Tend to last around two weeks, can fill in for any meal and can be prepped in plenty of ways.
Potatoes:
Wait for a sale and grab a 5 lb. bag for around $2.50. That'll net you enough potatoes, again, for around two weeks so long as they are relatively fresh and you store them properly.
Other Fruits and Veggies:
Buy on sale, look for bulk deals (ie: bags rather than individual ones if they keep for several days), and choose versatile ones that you can combine with the eggs, potatoes, and other things you may want so you keep up some variety in your food.
Pasta:
Run down to your local dollar store and see if they have any deals. My local one always has good quality pasta for 50 cents a pound. They also tend to have overstock of good sauces (or at least basic tomato pastes/sauces) for $1 as well. If you only cook 1/4 of a pound at a time and use 1/4 of the sauce each go you can really stretch out the meals.
Spices and Sauces:
Don't underestimate these. When CVS has a sale their Gold Emblem brand goes down to 60 cents from $1, giving you options and plenty of added flavor. Garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper, dried basil...all good, reasonable choices. And if you're extra cheap, get your salt and black pepper fromfast food packets. You can also do the same with ketchup and mustard, if need be.
Rice:
Never underestimate rice as far as versatility is concerned. Buy some cheap, essential sauces at Target and dollar stores and you should be set. You can also have it plain next to some cuts of beef and whatnot and let the flavor co-mingle. Combine with some chicken or beef stock (low-sodium prefered) for cheap, delicious flavor instead of water.
Meat:
If you have the tools with which to cook meat you can save a fortune rather than eating out. I tend to make several fresh sausages last for three days (not bad for $3). You can make plenty of things with ground meat just by getting a certain cut and adding spices (usually $2 to $3 a pound). Hell, by me you can get some huge chicken drumsticks for 79 cents a pound on sale (grab 4 of them, combine with a nice 55 cent-off coupon, and you're paying less than $3 for two great meals).
Just throwing that out for potential concepts. This tends to work well for college students (undergrad and grad alike) since if you invest around $20 into worthwhile pieces of cookware [large stockpot, skillet] you can be set really easily for inexpensive food. But it all depends. So long as you have plenty of variety, know your prices and don't mind cooking now and again your food budget can be next-to-nothing and you can actually eat a whole load better than you can imagine otherwise.
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Eat bags of salad. Lots and lots of salad
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[quote name='The Omniscient Lemon']I was hoping an "oh, that's cool. maybe I'll try that some time."[/quote]
People that may not need this may take advantage of the free meal and when someone like yourself who needs the food comes on down to the senior center there is some left. This is Cheap Ass Gamer, we abuse anything and everything free.
People that may not need this may take advantage of the free meal and when someone like yourself who needs the food comes on down to the senior center there is some left. This is Cheap Ass Gamer, we abuse anything and everything free.
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OP, you know that the government gives out free cheese and bread and we each have our right to it. it's just surplus taken from the farmers so it won't go old. I think all you need is an SS#/documentation. It's been awhile since I read up on it back in economics.
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[quote name='RegalSin2020']well what I want to do to prevent myself from staving is buy three chikens and a rooster. The Rooster will arouse the Chikens and they wil make eggs like crazy. Then to feed them I wil just Toast breed as somebody ehre suggested and presto instant Protien for a month based on only buying breed to feed chikens which I Could also feed myself.
Then I could mate the Rooster with the Hens and presto Veal ala Chick.[/quote]
I love you RegalSin. Please continue to dispense (sp) your wonderful logic to us.
Then I could mate the Rooster with the Hens and presto Veal ala Chick.[/quote]
I love you RegalSin. Please continue to dispense (sp) your wonderful logic to us.
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The only problem is that you city slickers are too soft to kill chickens
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[quote name='Stoneage']It dials Dan Quayle on your telephone.[/quote]
OMG SERIUSLY?!?!?! I'M GOING PRESS IT NOW!
OMG SERIUSLY?!?!?! I'M GOING PRESS IT NOW!
[quote name='Cormier6083']The only problem is that you city slickers are too soft to kill chickens[/QUOTE]
So my mind is in the country/deep south.
My family is from Tennessee. We used to visit every summer. I remember my 80 year old aunt catching a chicken in the front yard then slitting its throat.
So my mind is in the country/deep south.
My family is from Tennessee. We used to visit every summer. I remember my 80 year old aunt catching a chicken in the front yard then slitting its throat.
[quote name='CitizenB']So my mind is in the country/deep south.
My family is from Tennessee. We used to visit every summer. I remember my 80 year old aunt catching a chicken in the front yard then slitting its throat.[/QUOTE]
You see? If more kids had stuff like that growing up, they would respect their elders. Rub Aunt Mamie the wrong way, she just might slit your throat. "I....I think she was.....smiling.....when she drained its blood...."
My family is from Tennessee. We used to visit every summer. I remember my 80 year old aunt catching a chicken in the front yard then slitting its throat.[/QUOTE]
You see? If more kids had stuff like that growing up, they would respect their elders. Rub Aunt Mamie the wrong way, she just might slit your throat. "I....I think she was.....smiling.....when she drained its blood...."
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[quote name='doraemonkerpal']http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113822
[/quote]You're a lifesaver.
[/quote]You're a lifesaver.
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[quote name='Kapwanil']Well, just to have a bit o' fun, there are plenty of low-cost things you can buy as far as food goes in order to really stretch out that dollar. These are pretty much common-sense examples but, to be fair, if you don't go food shopping or anything of the ilk it isn't as obvious as it should be:
Eggs:
Grab 8 of them for far less than a buck, 12 for around a buck. Tend to last around two weeks, can fill in for any meal and can be prepped in plenty of ways.
Potatoes:
Wait for a sale and grab a 5 lb. bag for around $2.50. That'll net you enough potatoes, again, for around two weeks so long as they are relatively fresh and you store them properly.
Other Fruits and Veggies:
Buy on sale, look for bulk deals (ie: bags rather than individual ones if they keep for several days), and choose versatile ones that you can combine with the eggs, potatoes, and other things you may want so you keep up some variety in your food.
Pasta:
Run down to your local dollar store and see if they have any deals. My local one always has good quality pasta for 50 cents a pound. They also tend to have overstock of good sauces (or at least basic tomato pastes/sauces) for $1 as well. If you only cook 1/4 of a pound at a time and use 1/4 of the sauce each go you can really stretch out the meals.
Spices and Sauces:
Don't underestimate these. When CVS has a sale their Gold Emblem brand goes down to 60 cents from $1, giving you options and plenty of added flavor. Garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper, dried basil...all good, reasonable choices. And if you're extra cheap, get your salt and black pepper fromfast food packets. You can also do the same with ketchup and mustard, if need be.
Rice:
Never underestimate rice as far as versatility is concerned. Buy some cheap, essential sauces at Target and dollar stores and you should be set. You can also have it plain next to some cuts of beef and whatnot and let the flavor co-mingle. Combine with some chicken or beef stock (low-sodium prefered) for cheap, delicious flavor instead of water.
Meat:
If you have the tools with which to cook meat you can save a fortune rather than eating out. I tend to make several fresh sausages last for three days (not bad for $3). You can make plenty of things with ground meat just by getting a certain cut and adding spices (usually $2 to $3 a pound). Hell, by me you can get some huge chicken drumsticks for 79 cents a pound on sale (grab 4 of them, combine with a nice 55 cent-off coupon, and you're paying less than $3 for two great meals).
Just throwing that out for potential concepts. This tends to work well for college students (undergrad and grad alike) since if you invest around $20 into worthwhile pieces of cookware [large stockpot, skillet] you can be set really easily for inexpensive food. But it all depends. So long as you have plenty of variety, know your prices and don't mind cooking now and again your food budget can be next-to-nothing and you can actually eat a whole load better than you can imagine otherwise.[/quote]I can see why people like you would come to a forum like this. Thanks for the advice.
Seriously, this community is awesome. And I can't stop laughing my ass off. I think you've got a new CAG in training
Eggs:
Grab 8 of them for far less than a buck, 12 for around a buck. Tend to last around two weeks, can fill in for any meal and can be prepped in plenty of ways.
Potatoes:
Wait for a sale and grab a 5 lb. bag for around $2.50. That'll net you enough potatoes, again, for around two weeks so long as they are relatively fresh and you store them properly.
Other Fruits and Veggies:
Buy on sale, look for bulk deals (ie: bags rather than individual ones if they keep for several days), and choose versatile ones that you can combine with the eggs, potatoes, and other things you may want so you keep up some variety in your food.
Pasta:
Run down to your local dollar store and see if they have any deals. My local one always has good quality pasta for 50 cents a pound. They also tend to have overstock of good sauces (or at least basic tomato pastes/sauces) for $1 as well. If you only cook 1/4 of a pound at a time and use 1/4 of the sauce each go you can really stretch out the meals.
Spices and Sauces:
Don't underestimate these. When CVS has a sale their Gold Emblem brand goes down to 60 cents from $1, giving you options and plenty of added flavor. Garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper, dried basil...all good, reasonable choices. And if you're extra cheap, get your salt and black pepper fromfast food packets. You can also do the same with ketchup and mustard, if need be.
Rice:
Never underestimate rice as far as versatility is concerned. Buy some cheap, essential sauces at Target and dollar stores and you should be set. You can also have it plain next to some cuts of beef and whatnot and let the flavor co-mingle. Combine with some chicken or beef stock (low-sodium prefered) for cheap, delicious flavor instead of water.
Meat:
If you have the tools with which to cook meat you can save a fortune rather than eating out. I tend to make several fresh sausages last for three days (not bad for $3). You can make plenty of things with ground meat just by getting a certain cut and adding spices (usually $2 to $3 a pound). Hell, by me you can get some huge chicken drumsticks for 79 cents a pound on sale (grab 4 of them, combine with a nice 55 cent-off coupon, and you're paying less than $3 for two great meals).
Just throwing that out for potential concepts. This tends to work well for college students (undergrad and grad alike) since if you invest around $20 into worthwhile pieces of cookware [large stockpot, skillet] you can be set really easily for inexpensive food. But it all depends. So long as you have plenty of variety, know your prices and don't mind cooking now and again your food budget can be next-to-nothing and you can actually eat a whole load better than you can imagine otherwise.[/quote]I can see why people like you would come to a forum like this. Thanks for the advice.
Seriously, this community is awesome. And I can't stop laughing my ass off. I think you've got a new CAG in training
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[quote name='hiccupleftovers']OP, you know that the government gives out free cheese and bread and we each have our right to it. it's just surplus taken from the farmers so it won't go old. I think all you need is an SS#/documentation. It's been awhile since I read up on it back in economics.[/quote]I think I've heard of that too.
Seriously, this community is awesome. And I can't stop laughing my ass off. I think you've got a new CAG in training
Seriously, this community is awesome. And I can't stop laughing my ass off. I think you've got a new CAG in training
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[quote name='RegalSin2020']well what I want to do to prevent myself from staving is buy three chikens and a rooster. The Rooster will arouse the Chikens and they wil make eggs like crazy. Then to feed them I wil just Toast breed as somebody ehre suggested and presto instant Protien for a month based on only buying breed to feed chikens which I Could also feed myself.
Then I could mate the Rooster with the Hens and presto Veal ala Chick.[/quote]
Ah thank you Regal Sin for saving this topic.
May God prevent both you and the OP from ever having children.
Then I could mate the Rooster with the Hens and presto Veal ala Chick.[/quote]
Ah thank you Regal Sin for saving this topic. May God prevent both you and the OP from ever having children.
[quote name='Zenithian Legend'] Ah thank you Regal Sin for saving this topic.
May God prevent both you and the OP from ever having children.[/quote]
Well I would love to see a little family of RegalSins running around everywhere, spreading "the good word" to every message board on the internet. But I guess that is just me
Ah thank you Regal Sin for saving this topic. May God prevent both you and the OP from ever having children.[/quote]
Well I would love to see a little family of RegalSins running around everywhere, spreading "the good word" to every message board on the internet. But I guess that is just me
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There is no subsititute for a REAL baked potato.
I delcare this thread be utter heresy.
I delcare this thread be utter heresy.
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[quote name='CitizenB']So my mind is in the country/deep south.
My family is from Tennessee. We used to visit every summer. I remember my 80 year old aunt catching a chicken in the front yard then slitting its throat.[/quote]
Sliting....?
Do you mean ringing its neck ?!?!?!?!?!?000000_oooooooooo?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
My family is from Tennessee. We used to visit every summer. I remember my 80 year old aunt catching a chicken in the front yard then slitting its throat.[/quote]
Sliting....?
Do you mean ringing its neck ?!?!?!?!?!?000000_oooooooooo?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Shoot, $20 should get you AT LEAST a week and a half's worth of food, as long as you don't splurge on needless things like pop/soda.
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[quote name='The Omniscient Lemon']I can see not all will appreciate the ease of microwaving a potato for a quick and inexpensive snack.[/quote]
No no no, Zenithian... this is the new RegalSin!
I tried to tackle this post right out of the gate out the gate and fell on my face... zero purchase. So, I picked myself up and tried again. BAM! Down on the floor again.
It's like a tongue/brain/eyeball twister all at once!
No no no, Zenithian... this is the new RegalSin!
I tried to tackle this post right out of the gate out the gate and fell on my face... zero purchase. So, I picked myself up and tried again. BAM! Down on the floor again.
It's like a tongue/brain/eyeball twister all at once!
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[quote name='wubb']The other day I discovered you can put bread in the toaster and in like 30 seconds you have hot browned bread. It's kind of toasted like. Really good with some butter.[/quote]
Can you make this toaster bread in the microwave, maybe?
I'm going to start a separate thread.
Can you make this toaster bread in the microwave, maybe?
I'm going to start a separate thread.
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Wait, you can EAT potatoes? I usually just 
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ICHIBAN FTW.
Then Maruchan.
No, I didn't bother reading through the entire thread.
Then Maruchan.
No, I didn't bother reading through the entire thread.
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hey, don't knock this guy, I understand! I didn't know this either becuase the house I grew up in couldn't run a microwave, and I was baking potatoes for an hour in the oven, until someone told me that it took 5 minutes in the microwave. Now I'm in the dorms at school and I feel like an idiot for taking an hour to bake a potato.
eh its easy to eat well in college if youre willing to cook. you can microwave pasta to make spaghetti and of course theres plenty of stuff you can do with ramen. actually theres a bunch of websites full of ramen recipies. also if you have 25 to 40 bucks a month to spare and have a fridge and freeze big enough id suggest you try this place out.
http://www.angelfoodministries.org/menu.asp
its called angel food ministries and you can all them up and see if you can find one locally where you live. they basically sell these kind of food sets full of all sorts of diff thing which the basic 25 dollar box you have to buy is ok but its the bonus stuff that makes it worthwhile. their diff bonus boxes you can buy range in price and come with steaks , chicken and diff varieties of meats and such and you can buy as many of those as you want.
it doesnt matter if youre low income , elderly or just looking to add to your food and cut back on your budget if we buy the stuff to get steak at a cheap price we can stock up on and eat whenever. they sell these things once a month and its a good deal if you want to eat well at a lower price.
http://www.angelfoodministries.org/menu.asp
its called angel food ministries and you can all them up and see if you can find one locally where you live. they basically sell these kind of food sets full of all sorts of diff thing which the basic 25 dollar box you have to buy is ok but its the bonus stuff that makes it worthwhile. their diff bonus boxes you can buy range in price and come with steaks , chicken and diff varieties of meats and such and you can buy as many of those as you want.
it doesnt matter if youre low income , elderly or just looking to add to your food and cut back on your budget if we buy the stuff to get steak at a cheap price we can stock up on and eat whenever. they sell these things once a month and its a good deal if you want to eat well at a lower price.
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