Posted on 06/29/2018 9:08:04 PM PDT by firebrand
Consume them both, just to be safe.
Interesting post. : )
Shrimp cocktail (small ring) and a Two Hearted Ale...and a couple of home-made chocolate chip cookies for dessert & lime Perrier to wash down the cookies.
Homemade crockpot chili with homemade cornbread.
Well, since you asked.....;)
Taco Bell $5 box with large soft drink.
Plus another $1 tostada on the side.
I’ve mixed cans of lentil soup (don’t know if I have any left) with canned diced potatoes.
Throw in some cheap crackers or oyster crackers. Cheap oyster crackers are 88 cents or so at WM.
Pretty good stuff.
Wal*Mart rice, not the best but fairly cheap, is about $8.92 for 20lbs in my area. BUT you have to use 2 cups of water per cup of rice. Not 1:1 like Uncle Ben’s instant.
Best of luck to you. Basically I shop every loss-leader at the grocery store. There are 6 operated by different families but they all have pretty much the same weekly specials.
Fried chicken and perogies. Garden peas. Chocolate ice cream with fresh raspberries.
Congratulations! Supper was a grilled burger with cheese and shrooms. And beer. I'm going to hoist one to you now!
Thanks.
Minestrone and a salad.
Pepperoni and banana, followed by almonds and grapes.
Chopped Brisket on a soft bun with shaved onions and sharp cheddar cheese.
No sauce!
This week cheap hot dogs are 49 cents a package for 8. Same brand at the $1 were ..... $1.
I DID get their 99 cent dogs that are like polish sausage, kinda.
WM has bread for two different prices in the same store.
White roundtop is as cheap as 85 cents a loaf. Hot dog buns also 8 for 85 cents. Paid $1.35 or so for a loaf at a different WM because the gas would have cost more.
Still, I’m gonna hit that WM for a couple packages of hot dog buns later I hope. The grocery store down there has a big package of chicken thighs with legs for $5. Maybe 8 of them. They sprinkle them with paprika or have them plain.
That and the dogs I might have $10 in to grill. Well, more like $8. Have to run around on the 4th so might be the 3rd of the 5th. They also have sausage and burger patties in a $5 pack, too.
I have 9 bottles of BBQ sauce - lol. I got them at 69 cents each for the last 4 and 4 of the previous were 4/$5.
So I NEED to BBQ something. Soon. At least on one of the bottles. Still have some leftover BBQ beans with cheap (99 cent) hot dogs. The BIG can of Van Camp’s pork and beans was on sale for $3 at WM because it had a dent. Paprika, a little Italian Dressing, some frozen green and red peppers from last year’s garden and some ketchup, along with 1/2 package (4 hot dogs) and the BBQ sauce. Probably no more than $6-$7 in the whole thing. BIG Dutch Oven of BBQ beans. Bottles of ketchup are often 99 cents or $1 at the grocery store on sale. I usually buy 3-4 at a time to restock (have a little prepper stuff on the side).
Big jar of grape jelly - $1.19 at one store close to where I am. I usually keep 2. 1 year exp date. Strawberry preserves are more like $2.79 but they all have late 2020 exp dates.
I need a new hobby, LOL.
Irish, are ye?
Even the shrimp cocktail at the Oyster Bar has seen better days. They used to be yuge shrimp, like prawns, well worth the $18. And sweet and fresh and tender as can be. Now they are, like, normal. Still the same price of course.
I once said, long ago, we’re not going to starve. It’s just that the food will become worse and worse. Whoever I was talking to nodded sagely. Little did I know.
An old friend of mine once tried to see if he could eat on 25 cents a day. Let’s say 40 years ago. One of his discoveries was cheese powder, the kind that comes with your macaroni and cheese. You had to order it through the mail. Preppers probably know all about this stuff.
We lost our Taco Bell. AND our Blimpie. Plus all the Jewish delis now gone in our neighborhood.
But we have Joe & The Juice and a dozen new Chinese noodle places, including a Famous Xian. The food carts at Columbia seem to be all Chinese now. Hmmm.
I’ve done it on the WM Ramen noodles. They were $1.92 for a 12-pack of chicken or beef.
I could eat one twice a day. So 16 cents each.
I also could get 4 - 12 packs of Coke Classic for $10. So $2.50 for 12 - Almost 21 cents per can. 2 of those - one with each meal.
So 42 cents plus 32 cents. I could do 74 cents per day - but that was 10 years ago.
Today Ramen is about $2.08 at WM and Coke is rarely 4/$10 BUT the local grocery store has a fake Dr. Pepper which is often 4/$10 and once in awhile 5/$10 in 12-packs. Really good deal.
They have canned veggies for 38 cents and 49 cents often. Beans, corn, carrots, green beans, peas. So do 1/2 can per meal and you’re at $1 a day. It’s not great eating but you can easily survive on it. If you can handle the sodium and HFCS that is.
I have found their cheap mac and cheese for 33 cents a box at WM or the grocery store (forgot which). You’ll need milk and some butter. But there are many servings in that. 1 gallon whole milk is about $2.65 at WM. Butter 4 quarters are $2 on sale. You’d have a lot of milk left over.
WM also has bagged cereal sometimes for $1 bag. Grocery store runs it for $1.49 a box about every 3 months. Got that in the prepper supplies, too. Along with cheap pasta, and jars of pasta sauce, tomato sauce (26 cents a small can) and diced tomatoes (some crushed too).
Most everything is good for a year past Best By dates.
Ate all my WM Chef-Boy-R-Dee (whatever) a year after dates. About 24-36 cans used around that time frame. Absolutely fine and not one bad can. It was 68 cents/can and had them for two years. Now it’s 88 cents on rollback.
I’ve eaten on 1/2 can, twice a day, of peas and corn. It’s pretty thin but you can do it. And I’m a pretty good-sized guy so I know other people can do it. You’re hungry, of course, LOL. But you CAN do it.
I have $20 to $50 in old Blimpie coupons that I won from the radio station way back. Survived all the bad years and moves. But I don’t think there are any more Blimpies around me.
I cooked sweet and sour pork with rice.
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