Sunday, November 22, 2020

People's Most Treasured Budget Recipes


At some point in their lives, just about everyone has had to feed themselves on almost no money. The recipes we develop can take on a sort of mythic status and carry on a life of their own. From the broke college student to the random kid rooting around their own kitchen, we all develop our own poverty meals. For the exact opposite of this, here's wild examples of rich people being totally out of touch.

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Text - eldritch_candy 34.4k points · 3 months ago 2 O & 2 More Fried egg with rice.

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Text - MrCosmicChronic 16.0k points · 3 months ago · edited 3 months ago Steamed white rice, crack a raw egg in it while it's scorching hot, stir aggressively and dash with soy sauce. if I have some, some roasted seaweed in that shiz. Super cheap breakfast but oh man is it filling/delicious.

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Text - squangee 26.8k points · 3 months ago Cinnamon sugar toast

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Text - HrabiaVulpes 15.4k points · 3 months ago Pancakes. Cheap to make and filling, can be eaten with whatever is in your fridge

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Text - StanMarsh02 25.1k points · 3 months ago Soup boiled down with rice to bulk it up.

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Text - vontoque 24.5k points · 3 months ago & 4 More Sleep

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Text - lightmaster2000 21.3k points 3 months ago Toast with a fried egg for breakfast. Been eating that for probably 6 years now and still look forward to it every morning.

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Text - MistyMeenor 17.6k points · 3 months ago · edited 3 months ago Quesadillas (with hot sauce if there is any) Edit: I think a lot of people have different ideas of what a quesadilla is. My version is strictly a single tortilla with whatever cheese I have lying around (usually dollar packs of singles). That means no meat, beans, lettuce, tomato, etc. And I definitely don't use a foreman to make mine

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Text - rOf1m0us3 9.9k points · 3 months ago · edited 3 months ago A gas station slushie mixed with gas station wine. Poor man's daiquiri.

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Text - BerylSucculence 20.5k points 3 months ago beans and rice.

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Text - amickay 199 points · 3 months ago My great grandmother ran a boarding house during the depression. Hobos that rode the trains knew if they needed a meal, to go to the back fence. She fed them 'Hobo Sandwiches' which were what ever she had left; homemade bread slices toasted in the skillet with a fried egg, slice of cheese, pat of butter, leftover slice of roast or ham or sausage or brisket. Whatever she had, she shared. There was a mark on her back gate post that said a nice lady here wil

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Text - extra_username 20.0k points · 3 months ago Peanut butter and sliced banana on toast. Now that I'm better off financially, I'll add real honey and ground cinnamon because I'm a fancy bitch now.

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Text - shaingel_sle 17.9k points · 3 months ago - edited 3 months ago Cinnamon toast. Just bread, butter, cinnamon and sugar mixed together. Also, I love ramen.

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Text - PMYOURBOOBOVERFLOW 16.2k points 3 months ago Butter noodles.

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Text - GreenTeaDeluxe 13.2k points - 3 months ago edited 3 months ago Grilled cheese sandwich

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Text - Jadewolfuwu 13.0k points · 3 months ago Stew. There could be anything in there but it's still delicious OreoHeaux 5.7k points · 3 months ago My grandma (who grew up during WWII) taught me that you can make soup from almost anything. At least once a week I just throw a bunch of scrap veggies, left over meat, rice and whatever other random bits are left over from the week's meals into a pot with some stock, boil it all together and bam.

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Text - trashturmoilavocado 9.6k points · 3 months ago Oven-baked potatoes with salt and margarine. Cheap ingredients found in almost every home and easy to make. Also, the starch in potatoes makes you feel full for pretty long.

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Text - Spam-Monkey 7.9k points · 3 months ago Dal. Aside from tumeric you can buy all the ingredients for less than $2 a pound. tomboyfancy 2.8k points · 3 months ago Oh yeah! Dal is magic. Lentils in general deserve more love. They are SO GOOD FOR YOU, and are delicious. They make a great meat substitute if you're broke or just want to go meatless.

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Text - markarlage 7.0k points · 3 months ago Grew up poor, but my mom sure knew how to stretch a dollar. She would make steak fingers out of the cheapest cuts she could find. Tenderize, fry them up make gravy out of the drippings and serve with mashed potatoes. The whole meal probably cost less than 5 bucks in 70s dollars, and I'm telling you nothing tasted better. I made it for my kids when they were growing up and they still ask me for it sometimes. She would be 94 today. Love you miss you mom

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Text - SkeeveTheGreat 6.7k points · 3 months ago . edited 3 months ago Thing called goup, it's something my father came up with when he was super poor after leaving the army in the 80s when the economy was fucked, and it's now like a staple in our family. It's like a stroganoff or something I guess, the recipe is one can of cheap cream of mushroom soup, one of those 80cent things of sour cream, the empty soup can full of milk, a dash of 1$ steak sauce, seasoning and cheap ground beef over noodle

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Text - RhondaTheHonda 5.6k points · 3 months ago "Ghetto Mac" it's where make some pasta and add in whatever you can find in the fridge or cabinets. Cheese, lunch meat, spam, spices, etc. No two meals were ever the same.

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Text - _Not-A-Monkey-Slut_ 4.6k points 3 months ago We used to eat squash and eggs growing up. Grew the squash and eggs are cheap enough, or trade with the neighbors. You just cut the squash into thin round and cook in a pan with a little oil until they're just soft. Scramble the eggs with the squash, add a bunch of pepper, some salt. Sometimes we ate it over noodles or rice.

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Text - dustbin_laden 490 points · 3 months ago Pizza in Italy was originally only eaten by poor people who couldn't afford proper meals, and so they used the basics of flour, tomatoes and other cheap items to come up with pizza. However instead of the meat and other things on modern pizza, the basic vegetables make the pizza just as tasty and I always enjoy eating it.

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Text - Sirnando138 4.5k points · 3 months ago I'm a chef. I own a restaurant. I've eaten some of the finest foods on this planet. Very few things taste better than box Mac and cheese with cut up hot dogs.

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Text - scottyrizz 3.3k points · 3 months ago S I still regularly eat my struggle nachos, tortilla chips with slices of American cheese on top and microwaved. Now that I can afford it I'll throw taco meat on top every now and again but still very much enjoy just the chips and cheese

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Text - phenomagasm 2.8k points · 3 months ago "Shit on a shingle?" Sausage gravy served over toast

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Text - csaszarcasa 1.2k points · 3 months ago Egg drop soup: • 1 quart chicken stock • 1 tbsp soy sauce • 1 tbsp corn starch 1 inch grated ginger • whisk in 2 eggs • green onions sprinkled

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Text - Iminurcomputer 508 points · 3 months ago I had a PB&J recently and felt like a fucking fool! Why did I stop eating these when I became an adult? Society lead me to believe this was the way. It is not! Been having PB&J a couple nights a week since. I refuse to let societies unenlightened views dictate my dinner choices! PB&J is a top tier dish for any occasion.

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