Random thread about food that doesn't really seem to have any cohesiveness

[LMNO]

From http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=18015.300

Chicken = $1.29
Bread for crumbs: $2.99, only need ¼ of it = .75
Lemon = $0.69
Oregano:  $2.50 for a bottle, so... let's say .10
Salt and pepper... steal free packets from McDonalds
Egg: $2.29/doz = .19
Cauliflower = $2.29
Olive oil: $0.24/oz = .50
Onion: $0.89 each = .20
Garlic: $0.49/head = .10
Anchovies: $2.00/can = .25
Red Pepper flakes: $2.69/bottle = .05
Parsley: $0.79 bunch = .02


Total: $6.43, serves 2, so... $3.22 per person

All prices from Stop and Shop/Peapod, which means you can probably find it even cheaper.

[fomenter]

well, that certainly sounds nutritionally complete.

i doubt it is 

cheep and tasty mostly, could be made nutritious as a smaller part of a balanced meal but filling the belly with what was on hand was the driving concern last night.

[Jenne]

well, that certainly sounds nutritionally complete.

i doubt it is 

cheep and tasty mostly, could be made nutritious as a smaller part of a balanced meal but filling the belly with what was on hand was the driving concern last night.

I'm finding egg white wash fried anything (esp things that can be stuffed with something else) are a tasty way to jazz up your cooking.

So, you can do this with small peppers, squash blossoms, basically any veggie-thing that can hold anythng else inside itself. 

And you can use the yolks in an omelet.  Or just use them in the batter itself.

[fomenter]

the roasted red peppers were a kick ass find, they sell 5.00$ to 8.00$ in a railys or Safeway, gourmet food with good shelf life for a buck is all win, next time i find some i am stocking up...

[Jenne]

TIP on getting cheap fresh tomatoes:

Often private grocers/farmers markets will give you near-rotten tomatoes for next to NOTHING.  We're talking $1/3 # or something ridiculous like this.  So, next time you see a Farmer's Market, ASK!  We often get tomatoes that are huge, red and terribly juicy but need to be eaten within a few hours or go bad for pennies on the dollar this way.

[fomenter]

we have a flea market with a huge produce farmers market section, sun afternoon just before closing the prices drop fast (nobody wants to haul the stuff back with them) great deals... in the time it takes to walk from one end to the other prices can go down by half..

[Jenne]

YES!  Another good tip--just hit the dudes right when they're packing up.  Esp on a Sunday.  Saturdays, they might just store it and go somewhere on Sunday to sell it full price.

[Richter]

Lots of grocery stores, even big chains, will have a discount rack for 1-2 day old bakery items, dented / damaged stuff, etc.
I've made good use of this, in the past.  (Especially buying bread for garlic bread, stuffing or croutons, who cares if it's hardening a bit?)
They are getting picked thin and stocked less these days, but they are still worthwhile to take a look at.

[LMNO]

I can see where this is going and....






...The first person advocating "freegan" gets shot in the face.

[East Coast Hustle]

Poverty's not life, it's just economics
So now I dive into dumpsters to keep myself honest
Elevate with words, by nature I am an artist
But the reality of the streets is sometimes art's not a part of this

[LMNO]

[Jenne]

Hey, the truth is, more and more people are going to the food banks, so any way you can subsidize,...*shrug*...

This isn't about FOOD, but I'm also someone who thinks that "new to you" kind of deals where you get a bunch of friends together and swap clothing and books and household items you no longer need/want but still are in good repair/useful is also a good idea.

But Big Lots also has a lot of what Richter's talking about too for foodstuffs (I'm finding their linens and household shit is not that cheap, but their food is still pretty damned well-priced), markouts and overstocks (check exp dates, though!) with some usually more $$$$ items but they've knocked down to $1 or $2.  Like cereal (ever looked at the price of cereal?  DAMN!  I got a box of cookie crisp (shuddup--my kids like it--and it's got 2g of fiber/serving) for only $2, and it retails for almost $5), or pasta, or spices (their dried spices are DAMNED cheap there).

[AFK]

Hey, the truth is, more and more people are going to the food banks, so any way you can subsidize,...*shrug*...

This isn't about FOOD, but I'm also someone who thinks that "new to you" kind of deals where you get a bunch of friends together and swap clothing and books and household items you no longer need/want but still are in good repair/useful is also a good idea.

But Big Lots also has a lot of what Richter's talking about too for foodstuffs (I'm finding their linens and household shit is not that cheap, but their food is still pretty damned well-priced), markouts and overstocks (check exp dates, though!) with some usually more $$$$ items but they've knocked down to $1 or $2.  Like cereal (ever looked at the price of cereal?  DAMN!  I got a box of cookie crisp (shuddup--my kids like it--and it's got 2g of fiber/serving) for only $2, and it retails for almost $5), or pasta, or spices (their dried spices are DAMNED cheap there).

My wife takes Cookie Crisp every morning to work for her breakfast.  Well, actually it's the Hannaford brand because we're cheap bastards. 

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

[BADGE OF HONOR]

Learn to bake your own bread--flour and yeast and salt are much cheaper to buy in bulk and won't go bad.  This recipe is very simple and easy.