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This was interesting until I got to Day 2: Cabbage Burgers. That you can use as ready-meals by freezing them. Then I went out for a $65 meal of Sushi to put the

This was interesting until I got to Day 2: Cabbage Burgers. That you can use as ready-meals by freezing them. Then I went out for a $65 meal of Sushi to put them out of my mind. I'll have my eye peeled for some sort of happy medium, like $20/day, but this feels too much like the masochistic version of frugal-jerk.

BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
> happy medium, like $20/day If you're cooking, $20/day is very high.
titanomachy 2y ago
A lot of the food looked pretty tasty. Fried chicken, pulled pork, homemade bread. Mostly he got his costs down by buying in bulk and cooking from scratch, not by eating weird stuff. Although, his diet was almost totally lacking fresh fruits and vegetables.
carlgreene 2y ago
That’s funny because that’s the point where I left the article to go find a recipe for krautburgers cause they looked and sounded so good
- schmookeeg 2y ago
  Amusingly I was thinking about sauerkraut on a burger bun as I love sauerkraut, but then the author said that wasn't.. in budget? or available? I forget his reasoning, but that glimmer of hope was dashed :D I may go try Kimchi in a burger, but... there will be some sort of protein. Sorry I didn't enunciate it in the early morning haze, but 20/day would be for two of us. As was the sushi :) We're DINKs and cooking is a time luxury. Green Chef is our current "exactly the ingredients we need, nothing wasted" source -- and it's not exactly cheap. First world probs, I know.
criddell 2y ago
If you have any colleagues that went to University of Nebraska, ask them about Runza. They are basically these cabbage burgers and are pretty popular there. There’s a regional fast food chain based on the sandwiches: https://www.runza.com/ https://www.runza.com/
happytoexplain 2y ago
>happy medium, like $20/day I grew up comfortable. My wife and I each make six figures. But I still think it's bewildering that eating $140/person/week is considered "medium", not by you personally, but by a lot of people. Clearly I'm biased because I experienced what I consider "normal" - my mother cooked for my family nearly every day, and I continue that in a pale imitation - but it is genuinely concerning to me that so few people seem to be home-cooking simple, delicious meals consisting mostly of chicken, fish, pork, pasta, rice, vegetables, etc; with variety in preparation/sauces/spices.
- BigGreenJorts 2y ago
  20$/day when you're cooking is actually wild. Could have steak every night.

BugsJustFindMe 2y ago

> happy medium, like $20/day If you're cooking, $20/day is very high.

titanomachy 2y ago

A lot of the food looked pretty tasty. Fried chicken, pulled pork, homemade bread. Mostly he got his costs down by buying in bulk and cooking from scratch, not by eating weird stuff. Although, his diet was almost totally lacking fresh fruits and vegetables.

carlgreene 2y ago

That’s funny because that’s the point where I left the article to go find a recipe for krautburgers cause they looked and sounded so good

schmookeeg 2y ago
Amusingly I was thinking about sauerkraut on a burger bun as I love sauerkraut, but then the author said that wasn't.. in budget? or available? I forget his reasoning, but that glimmer of hope was dashed :D I may go try Kimchi in a burger, but... there will be some sort of protein. Sorry I didn't enunciate it in the early morning haze, but 20/day would be for two of us. As was the sushi :) We're DINKs and cooking is a time luxury. Green Chef is our current "exactly the ingredients we need, nothing wasted" source -- and it's not exactly cheap. First world probs, I know.

criddell 2y ago

If you have any colleagues that went to University of Nebraska, ask them about Runza. They are basically these cabbage burgers and are pretty popular there. There’s a regional fast food chain based on the sandwiches: https://www.runza.com/ https://www.runza.com/

happytoexplain 2y ago

>happy medium, like $20/day I grew up comfortable. My wife and I each make six figures. But I still think it's bewildering that eating $140/person/week is considered "medium", not by you personally, but by a lot of people. Clearly I'm biased because I experienced what I consider "normal" - my mother cooked for my family nearly every day, and I continue that in a pale imitation - but it is genuinely concerning to me that so few people seem to be home-cooking simple, delicious meals consisting mostly of chicken, fish, pork, pasta, rice, vegetables, etc; with variety in preparation/sauces/spices.

BigGreenJorts 2y ago
20$/day when you're cooking is actually wild. Could have steak every night.