Reading the title made me think this is something they are preparing for school lunches or for prisons and thought it was bad. But the reality is even worse, they are expecting average Americans to prepare this feast for themselves at home.
In fed prison we were fed more than that for less. Though it turned out we were getting cow hearts, horse meat, and other stuff not fit for human consumption. But boy did they brag about the savings.
if it’s any consolation, damn near all meat in the US is considered unfit for human consumption by most of the rest of the world
But ironically heart and horse meat are normal in a bunch of places too
Definitely a sign of an “A+++++++” economy: one where you condescendingly tell people how to eat cheap and then lie about the cost of the shitty meal you propose.
If you’re gonna tell us how to eat depressingly cheap at least suggest rice and beans. It’s healthy, filling, cheap, vegan, and capable of tasting quite good. It’s just also something you’d be pissed if was all you could afford to eat.
“But brown people eat those things!” – some Trump staffer, probably
Confused tortilla noises.
We call them freedom wraps now.
Americans are so shit, I wouldn’t be surprised if a good majority of them thought Mexican food (i.e Taco Bell) was actually American.
Insinuating that taco bell is Mexican food is fucking insulting to Mexican food and Mexico’s rich food history.
Taco bell is Mexican adjacent at best
Yeah, it’s a bad example. But you get the point I’m trying to make.
I think your point was only made stronger by how wrong you were. So good job i guess?
cajun red beans and rice (~1hr with prep):
- two cans small red beans
- holy trinity (diced onion, dice celery, and a doced bell paper any color). The better the dicing, the nicer the effect of the sautee.
- meat protein (sausage usually, smoked sausage is easier to get, anandouillie is better, if you can avoid the pre cooked
hotdogshillshire farm stuff go for it). Sliced after cooking, not in huge chunks. - water/stock (optional, but kinda necessary imo)
- a pot
- rice (im filipino, I use what I have, which is jasmine)
- spices
- black pepper
- garlic powder
- cajun seasoning
- I add on top of cajun seasoning, more smoked paprika, and cayenne
cook the rice separately if you have a rice cooker or equivalent. im filipino, a rice cooker is more important than a microwave lol so I assume people got em but its fine if you dont, but then youll need another pot if you are looking for speed
in your stove, just use a single pot. cook your meat first if not cooked then slice it. then add the holy trinity and sautee. Then add black pepper to taste (1 tbsp for starters). Then beans (dont let em stick) then your water/stock, and start throwin in that cajun spice, like 2tbsp. it should start smellin amazing. let the beans soften and I like mushin a few to thicken it up. then add those additional spices to taste. No one is gonna say “too much smoked paprika”. The stock should be salty already, but if you used plain water or if you want more nows the time as well.
let it do its thing for like 30 minutes, dont let the beans stick to the bottom. squish beans as they soften if you want it thicker (I like it that way).
taste your food as you cook it. Its okay to be imprecise with measuring as long as you are tasting while cooking. Dont overdo the cayenne or people will not like you. Smart with like a teaspoon and taste from there
bone apple tea. This lasts me for a long while, I cook this and another long lasting dish like my grandmas cinci style chili, or a filipino rice dish like adobo/sinigang) and I am a full man for a long time haha. Once you ‘invest’ in the spices the most expensive ingredient is the meat, so how much you wanna spend on that is up to you, but meat is always going to be expensive because you have to grow an entire animal, feed it, and then harvest it.
my grandmas cinci style chili
You wanna hook us up with the recipe, or is that one a tightly guarded secret?
Damn. My main weekly lunches are Red beans and Rice or Cincy chili. Weird finding my Filipino doppelganger on here. Def hit me up with that Adobo recipe.
Just remember folks. If you see someone stealing food, No you fucking didn’t.
As stupid as this statement was from the AG secretary all the Democratic legislators jumping on it with AI images is pretty dumb too. You’re telling me you couldn’t get a staffer to make a shitty meal and post a photo? Come on.
They gotta save that extra money to send emails begging for donations, clearly.
With the amount of white people I’ve seen eat a corn tortilla and complain, you’d almost think this is satirically produced
Corn tortillas are superior to flour in every way
Can’t make a burrito with a corn tortilla. Otherwise, solid insight.
Damn it how could I forget about the burrito
wouldn’t it be easier to deny burritos are food, block everyone who disagrees with you, change your name to “BurritosDontExist” and make this an intrinsic part of your personality than to admit you… forgot about something on the internet?
Still sounds more sane then the thorne guy… Lol
Well fuck I wasn’t gonna but I guess you’re the boss Mr Internet Lady
I just don’t eat them. Tacos only!
Why not? Genuine question, I’ve never made burritos.
You have to fold the ends of a burrito tortilla in to seal the filling. It’s a sharp fold that corn tortillas just can’t do. Burrito tortillas are often 12"/30cm or more, and I feel like corn tortillas aren’t strong enough for that (never tried, but also never seen them for sale).
Ah okay, that makes sense. Personally when I do something with tortillas, I just fold one end and keep one open. Idk if the exact shape has a name, it’s easy and I mostly care about the stuff inside rather than the (admittedly clumsy) shape.
I should start doing burritos though. Seems like I’d spill less stuff out while eating.
My favorite intro to burritos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyIOhuP1FI
As a half Mexican who grew up with my Mexican family, spent a lot of time in Mexico, and has celiac disease (meaning I cant eat flour), I actually disagree. It makes me sad that I cant eat flour tortillas anymore - especially because my grandma’s home made flour tortillas were the fucking bomb.
That being said, street tacos only belong on corn.
Only if you know how to use them, like a straight razor
I know that a lot of Americans could lose some weight but there is a difference between dieting and not being able to afford food.
You are being overly dramatic here with your statement!
The only difference between eating 50grs of chicken a day because you are on a diet and eating 50grs of chicken a day because that’s what you can afford is merely conceptual!
You are taking this with the wrong attitude! The Great Leader is making the prices go up so your weak will doesn’t have any problems to stick to a diet that will make you thinner!
Fucker doing work for Putin.
$3 used to go a lot further before the Annoying Orange Pedophile fucked shit up. $3 was enough for a whopper at BK, which means $3 was a lot more groceries.
whopper wednesday still has $3 whoppers in the app
Give us your personal data and we’ll sell it to offset the discount on this item that used to always e cheaper.
Secretary of Famine. I would like to stop collecting horsemen.
Ah good news, you can stop now, that was the fourth one.
I think that’s the secretary of eating the horse you rode in on
Hopefully the people that supported this see it as the true grift as it is, feel insulted by being deceived by their worshipped one, and turn on him with all the powers of their wallets supporting them. Then they eat each other.
What’s new with the Epstein files? Or the Epstein ballroom?
As someone living on a tight food budget, it’s still possible to stretch 3$ WAYYYY further. Prices are bad, don’t get me wrong but this kinda seems like performative bs
It’s starting to get really area dependent. At this point even rice from the Asian market and beans is pretty firmly out side of the 3 buck range for a proper portion for each meal in my area unless your actively starving yourself.
A floor on rice and beans should be drawn by online retailers (Amazon) which have the same price nation wide for bulk goods like rice and beans. Amazon currently retails bulk rice for ~0.06$ an ounce and pinto beans for ~0.07$ an ounce. 4 ounces of each is enough to get to an ~800kcal meal for ~0.50$
Is the ‘one other thing’ despair?
The way US is treating it’s allies it is soon to be debt to get all those aforementioned things.
Is that the buying power of $3usd? Cool, the economy is probably fine, happy eating
