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Sausage roll and a can of coke

Great Value Long Grain Enriched Rice, 32 oz-1.77
Carl Buddig Chicken, 2 oz - .80
Great Value California Style Vegetable Mix, 12 oz (Frozen) 1.27
=3.84 Full meal ( kind of)

Totinos Original Crisp Crust Three Cheese Frozen Pizza 9.8oz- 1.97 x 2

3.94 full meal.

Black beans and a bag of frozen veggies.

Store brand items

16 oz bag of Rice: $1.19
16 oz bag of Red Kidney Beans: $1.59
26 oz can of Salt: $0.89

Total: $3.67

w/ 7% tax: $3.93

I'd probably just get a couple totinos pepperoni party pizzas for 1.97 each or 2-3 things of some cheap ramen and some soda.

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cjsdowg posted...

Great Value Long Grain Enriched Rice, 32 oz-1.77
Carl Buddig Chicken, 2 oz - .80
Great Value California Style Vegetable Mix, 12 oz (Frozen) 1.27
=3.84 Full meal ( kind of)

cjsdowg posted...

This is pretty close to what I was gonna suggest. Great Value Rice and a can of chicken is one of my go to lazy meals.

In 2008, I was so broke for one month I survived on $32 worth of food. For the entire month of January I ate nothing but cheap chicken and pork hot dogs, generic cereal, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Totinos party pizzas and ramen.

bread and butter

I sometimes get a big cynlindrical tube thing of unsalted peanuts from walmart for like $2.75; I could stay full on just that all day easily. Maybe I'd buy like an apple or something with rest, assuming I can just continue to drink tap water all day. If not, a gallon of water with the remaining $1.25.

It wouldn't be the most delicious option ever, but I definitely wouldn't go hungry.

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Chicken thighs are $1.49 a pound at my local grocery store. A couple pounds of that and a bag of rice would feed me for at least 2 days

cant be done in canada. best would be maybe 4 bucks a day on average, but bulk bought.

for example: that guys 80 cents 2oz chicken is about $1.85 American up here ($2.50 cad). more than double. Why? because we have a grocery oligarchy.

Pack of hot dogs, no buns

Cant really do that where I live
but maybe a canned item but even that is about $5 I think

Carton of eggs, bag of rice. Use whatever is left for a veggie like broccoli.

Pork banh mi, pho, bun cha.

Glob posted...

Pork banh mi, pho, bun cha.

All of that for 4 dollars?

Oh we struggling struggling? In that case:

Maruchan Ramen Chicken Flavor 12 Pack: $2.27 at Walmart. Not healthy at all, but you'll have food for a few days

cjsdowg posted...

Great Value Long Grain Enriched Rice, 32 oz-1.77
Carl Buddig Chicken, 2 oz - .80
Great Value California Style Vegetable Mix, 12 oz (Frozen) 1.27
=3.84 Full meal ( kind of)

Totinos Original Crisp Crust Three Cheese Frozen Pizza 9.8oz- 1.97 x 2

3.94 full meal.

Nutrition-wise pretty much this.

Realistically $4 for a day means I'm most likely in trouble. In that case I'll just save the money and go hungry for a day. Well maybe cheap ramen :)

Save for two days buy a lil ceasers pizza

Bag of rice and a pack of brown gravy. Money and leftovers (and rice) to spare.

Guess I'll starve because I've never had to struggle on that level and I hope I never have to.

Do you have access to a stove or a microwave?

Wait, wait, 12 pack of ramen. Think 4$ still gets you that.

pkmnlord posted...

Guess I'll starve because I've never had to struggle on that level and I hope I never have to.

Nah, you get hungry enough I promise you'll eat anything edible, or even inedible, before you starve.

You're still cool for never having known lean times, though. That's quite the accomplishment!

Some dude was posting a hot tip yesterday about getting 12 ice cream sandwiches for $2 on sale...

Ramen 12 packs went up $1 in price.

You can microwave ramen too, but it is partially crunchy and sucks. But it will still get you where you need to go.

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Actually now that I think of it, Price chopper has 2 dollars for I think 6 fresh(ish) bagels at the end of the day when they start to get old.

I guess I'd do those, some of the cheapest cream cheese or just American cheese, and a bag of Ramen with the left overs.

Idk if tc needs it or is just asking, but if you have a price chopper near you, it's a great deal. Walmart also has some pretty cheap bagels that are prepackaged but pretty good iirc.

pretzelcoatl posted...

All of that for 4 dollars?

Yeah. If I go to the cheapest places I could probably afford a beer with the pho too.

3 pizzas

great value bread(1.32)
peanut butter + jelly mixed jar(2.38)
or a 12 pack of ramen for also a little under 4 bucks

after tax its just a little under 4 bucks

tofu, seaweed, rice, and tea, probably. either that or some kind of noodles.

Glob posted...

Pork banh mi, pho, bun cha.

Glob posted...

Yeah. If I go to the cheapest places I could probably afford a beer with the pho too.

WTF do you live? That's cheap for even a shitty place in Vietnam

indica posted...

WTF do you live? That's cheap for even a shitty place in Vietnam

I live in Hanoi.

Pretty easy to get all of those things for 20-30k dong.

Also, Vietnam isnt shitty. Its awesome.

i dont think people realize how cheap vietnam can be.

you can get decent bahn mi for less than a dollar.

TetsuoS2 posted...

i dont think people realize how cheap vietnam can be.

you can get decent bahn mi for less than a dollar.

Yeah. A dollar is generally about 23k dong.

Glob posted...

I live in Hanoi.

Pretty easy to get all of those things for 20-30k dong.

Also, Vietnam isnt shitty. Its awesome.

He didn't say Vietnam was shitty. He said a shity place IN Vietnam.

Are you guys kidding? Totinos are $2 now? They were like .50 when I moved from the States. :( I love those freaking things.

sephiroth068 posted...

He didn't say Vietnam was shitty. He said a shity place IN Vietnam.

Youre right, and maybe thats what he meant. It just wasnt how I initially read it. I saw it as the place was shitty because it was in Vietnam, but honestly, it could be either one and I should have given the benefit of the doubt. I apologise.

Glob posted...

Youre right, and maybe thats what he meant. It just wasnt how I initially read it. I saw it as the place was shitty because it was in Vietnam, but honestly, it could be either one and I should have given the benefit of the doubt. I apologise.

No need to apologize, but I definitely was not calling Vietnam shitty--it's a gorgeous place.

A box of cereal if I could find one cheap enough.

A loaf of bread and some ramen otherwise.

indica posted...

No need to apologize, but I definitely was not calling Vietnam shitty--it's a gorgeous place.

No argument there.

Bean and cheese burritos assembled myself.

Context: When I was a poor college kid I was actually truly, really poor.

I'd feed myself for 2 weeks on $40 of groceries.

Don't think I could do that unless it was like "you have $28, survive on that for a week" because then I could whip up a big ol pot of bullshit and feed off that. I already do that for 3-4 days sometimes with kimchi from the local H Mart, various vegetables, one meat, and rice.

CiCi's Pizza was the goat when I was in-between school and work though. $6 to shove as much pizza as you can into one box

Two fiesta veggies burritos from Taco Bell

Ill go Charlie Kelly style and buy vitamins, flour, milk, and boil them down to energy balls

Macaroni and cheese