The Ultimate Poverty Dinner

Slacker16

80g oats
1oz/30g peanuts (skip if low on cals)
1 cup/250 mL store-brand vegetable juice
3 jumbo eggs

Macros: 780 calories
43P - 37F - 70C

Cost: 1.48$
1/6x1.50$ + 1/16*5.00$ + 1/6*2.50$ + 1/4*2.00$

Mirin'?

sissiluv

I dunno....

I think the Toast Sandwich takes the cake for Ultimate Poverty Dinner.

RamonaFr

I don't know. I think the ultimate poverty dinner is anything you get off the $1 menu at a fast food place

xDawnsgrace

i just bought 8 pounds of chicken leg quarters for 3$(which will feed my family three-four meals), and a 10 pound bag of potatoes for 3.50(which will last us a couple weeks)

idk i think i win

Slacker16

i just bought 8 pounds of chicken leg quarters for 3$(which will feed my family three-four meals), and a 10 pound bag of potatoes for 3.50(which will last us a couple weeks)

But you have to know how to cook the chicken and potatoes are a pain to peel and prepare. Mine took as long to prepare as it took me to boil the eggs and still provides lots of macros, vitamins, fiber and satiation.

Not hatin', just saying it's two different approaches...

fr053n

that'll get boring real quick

JassiBear

nesto610

I dunno....

I think the Toast Sandwich takes the cake for Ultimate Poverty Dinner.

BAHAHAHAHA!!!

_Tink_

I second the ramen. Thousands of college kids agree.

JassiBear

i just bought 8 pounds of chicken leg quarters for 3$(which will feed my family three-four meals), and a 10 pound bag of potatoes for 3.50(which will last us a couple weeks)

idk i think i win

Sorry but impoverished people are unlike to have the proper cooking appliances to prepare this meal lmao

GothJuice

You don't know poverty until you've lived off 15p instant noodles... ahhh first year university... you were bad for my diet... ^_^

mem50

I dunno....

I think the Toast Sandwich takes the cake for Ultimate Poverty Dinner.

Luv it!

detox_pixie

I think this one has more fiber

cincysweetheart

I'm with ramen as the ultimate poverty meal. Not exactly healthy, but I could get it for 10 cents a package when I was in college. I couldn't afford to put gas in my car, so I'd walk to the nearest grocery store and get as much ramen as I could! It was light weight and easy to carry!

Go_Mizzou99

I second the ramen. Thousands of college kids agree.

19 cents each

+1

tootchute

I always thought bag noodles (Ramen) were a poverty dinner.

Ang108

Here in Mexico the ultimate poverty dinner is a corn tortilla wrapped around a dry chile....total : 55-60 calories.
There are an average of 4 million people in a population of just over 112 million who are glad when they can eat three of those tacos more than once a day. Those are people with a family income of the equivalent of less than 1000.- ( yes; one thousand ! ) dollars a year.
Normal poor people might add a half cup of cooked beans to that meal....and that's it.

Slacker16

You don't know poverty until you've lived off 15p instant noodles... ahhh first year university... you were bad for my diet... ^_^

Oh, I know ALL about that. Used to have a 40$/week spending budget, and 20-30 of those were spent on beer and smokes...

Problem with Ramen is that you'll be hungry again exactly 15 minutes after you're done eating.

ETA:

Here in Mexico the ultimate poverty dinner is a corn tortilla wrapped around a dry chile...

Well, the thread was supposed to be light-hearted...

I'm not sure what the real poverty dinner is here in the US. Back home (Romania), the ultimate poverty dinner would be fries. Potatoes and sunflower oil are both dirt-cheap and pan-frying can be done almost anywhere.

xDawnsgrace

i just bought 8 pounds of chicken leg quarters for 3$(which will feed my family three-four meals), and a 10 pound bag of potatoes for 3.50(which will last us a couple weeks)

But you have to know how to cook the chicken and potatoes are a pain to peel and prepare. Mine took as long to prepare as it took me to boil the eggs and still provides lots of macros, vitamins, fiber and satiation.

Not hatin', just saying it's two different approaches...

understandable, but i just threw them in the oven for an hour and a half. baked potatoes and chicken :laugh:

hbrittingham

If you throw an egg or two in, you get protein that helps you stay feeling full. We ate this a LOT during our poverty days. I had to feed three people on $20 a week, so oodles of noodles and eggs were on the top of our grocery list.

miss_jessiejane

Generic brand Cheerios with water. For dinner. That's the ultimate poverty dinner.