/ck/ - Food & Cooking

people are going to die!

>>18017597
Not my problem

>>18017597
No, I don't give a fuck because im not poor. I buy whatever the fuck I want.

>>18017597
>Shrinkflation is real
Incredible. This dude's dropping major truth bombs and giving no fucks.

>>18017597
No.

>60 eggs

>>18017626
60 eggs are like 9 dollars here. I have some in my fridge.

>>18017626
Thats a week's supply for me and my gf

>>18017597
I wish mom would buy poor people slop but no

>>18017597
oh based I love these threads (not really)
Let's see...
Ah, a bag of branded apples, overpriced at $8 a bag for $4 of apples.
Two of those giant low-quality chicken breast packages, anywhere between $11 and $14 each. We'll say $25 total to be on the safe side.
Two bags of those pre-packed peppers, probably about $3 each, so $6
Oh, five bags of almonds. Okay, so that's about $45 before tax since they're $8.99 each.
60 eggs, another $8
One of those giant dirt-cheap walmart cheese packs, another $5 or so
Hmmm
Oh two tubs of cottage cheese, so that's $10 for the two of them
Those tomatoes are like $3 a pack, so another $9 for $2 of cherry tomatoes.
Four pints of blueberries, so that's another $15 (@$3.50 a pint)

So what did we get so far..
Okay that's $135. So this woman paid $33 for two eggplants and a zucchini.


Oh man that's weird, the most expensive thing is $45 of name brand almonds that you don't need to survive and probably wont cook anything with. Haha that's crazy. You might as well buy 10 bags of lays potato chips.

>>18017597

That cart is monumentally fucking retarded especially if you are worried about saving money.

First off, they have FIVE BAGS of almonds... those were already expensive to begin with. In my area each of those cost anywhere from $12 to $14 dollars and it cost that much prior to these price hikes. 5 bags of that would be $60 to $75 bucks JUST FOR NUTS.

Chicken breast is incredibly expensive right now and a smart shopper would be buying other, cheaper meats like pork. Two of those packages also look like Almond flour which cost an arm and a leg. Those 3 packages of tomatoes are $15-20 ... buy real tomatoes.

Sharp Cheddar cheese has also gone up in price but it was sort of expensive to begin with when compared to other kinds and also having it pre-shredded... geezus fuck. Buy bricks of cheese and shred it yourself. Not buying local blueberries will also run you 5-6 bucks per container like that when you should be buying end of season fruit like strawberries for cheap.

When things get expensive you look for alternatives... what you don't do is buy what you are always buying and expect differently. It's a recession... welcome to reality.

I moved to georgia (the country, not the state). My food costs are incredibly low here. A rib eye steak is about 10 gel (3.2 usd).

>>18017648
how much do you make a month

>>18017657
Around 3k usd a month. I'm a russian though, moved due to the war shit and swift bans.

>>18017637
The prices are right there >>18017605

>>18017597
Chicken and eggs are the only real food I see.

>>18017597
Not really. I just get a thing of meat, produce, bread, deli, eggs, maybe one ready made/frozen thing just to have on hand. Depending on what I want to cook it ranges from like $70-90 for a week/week and half. Also get stuff that lasts long when on sale even if I won't use it right away, and go to a store out of the city because food is less expensive.

>>18017597
Inflation is like 8% here in Germistan. honestly I don't feel it much. I paid like 200€ in Groceries when I was in college 5 years ago. Now I spend 300€ and I feel like I eat better. If you arent a hopeless poorfag you should be fine

>>18017605
$11 for 60 eggs is fucking amazing deal
I usually get 30 for $9 here in cucknada

>>18017605
>60 eggs for 11 dollarinos
that's pretty cheap
get some potatos and spices and maybe some oats and jam to go with that and there's your couple weeks of food for $20-30 bada bing bada boom

>>18017637
retard

>>18017597
>buys a 2 lb bag of cheese
do Amerifats really?

>>18017609
Your mom does

>>18017597
well the nuts in the photo are probably around $50 and i would certainly not call that a necessity

>>18017597
Obviously that person is an idiot. But why the fuck would you put the box of eggs sideways. Yes I've bought it before, but still. No.

>>18017666
>branded apples instead of by weight
>all this shit fruit
>the almonds
>fake cheese

fucking hell

>>18017764
No, she doesn't. Because she's not poor. Stop being poor, nigger.

>>18017776
This. Cut out the snacks, fatties.

>>18017637
She literally provides the receipt along with all the prices you gay retard.

cut the almonds and the shrimp
wa la

>>18017605
>$13.50 for tomatoes
>$40 of almonds
>$13 of blueberries
Rising food prices is a problem but this seems like poor choices as well. You could get a lot more food compared to what you'd spend on those almonds.

Somewhat, had to cut out getting steaks from my usual grocery list. Otherwise not too much.

Never buy nuts in the small packages. Buy them bulk on amazon or sam's club then freeze.

Linguine

>>18017597
I've noticed a 20% increase to my grocery bill. But I was always a minimalist and knew how to eat cheap and eat well so it's not like it's impacted me. I have zero sympathy for the majority of people who live pay check to pay check. The vast majority of them live a more expensive lifestyle than me yet complain about poverty. Unless you earn sub $10 USD an hour, you're fucking fine if you don't spend like a retard.
>>18017605
All of these posts contain some luxury items. I wander if they actively go out of their way to make the final number bigger than it needs to be or if they literally haven't worked out that they are shooting themselves in the foot.

>60 eggs
Eggs only last a week in the fridge before you have to toss them. What a waste

>>18017666
And he's not wrong about his assessment.

>>18018052
Bullshit

>>18018052
Bro.... you fell for it

>>18017787
Mommy's boy

>>18018052
wtf they last months

>>18017751
You only buy that shit if you're lazy. It's cheaper to buy a big block of cheese and vacuum seal smaller chunks. Then you can slice or shred it on demand. That pre-shredded stuff has cellulose fibers to prevent caking and doesn't always melt well.

>>18018079
He fell for the opossum trick.

>>18017626
5 dozen is enough for like two days in my house

>>18017597

>go to supermarket/chain grocery
>all prices more expensive
>go to local grocery/market
>no price rise, still cheaper than the supermarket, better quality

anyone who shops at supermarkets and complains about expensive food is dumb asf

>>18017597
stop buying almonds

>>18017597
Not really.
I stopped buying snack foods a little while ago and suddenly I have plenty of money to spend on good quality food to cook.

>>18018113
I will not. Won't stop activating them either.

>>18017998
The cheese hat stays on during sex

>>18017597
Nah if anything I make more complicated meals as time goes on.

>>18018081
Yeah, because unlike you I grow up in a loving family. A family that's also not poor.

>>18017648
omg nfkrz!!!!! i love your content!!!!!!!! ;-;

>>18017998
The point for me isn't that I can't possibly afford to live, I'm doing fine, but people's money clearly doesn't go nearly as far as it used to and that's frustrating whether you're struggling to get by or not; and if you are, it can be a huge deal. Price increase also really depends where you are, some places it's closer to 40-50% than 20. It's not like people can't manage but why should people have to cut back so substantially on something as basic as food (and don't get me started on housing- bidding wars on apartments and 30-50% house price jumps in ONE YEAR are both pretty hard to deal with as well). Especially when grocery stores are generally making record-breaking profits.

>>18017626
Protip: It's cheaper to buy a 60 count box of eggs than a 12 count carton on 5 separate shopping trips.

>>18018052
>not going Gastonmode and eating them all in one day

>get most of my groceries from a Japanese grocery store
>barely notice inflation
Not my problem

>>18017597
>$40 for almonds
what the fuck, there are so many better nuts too.

>>18017751
That is actually a 5 pound bag of cheese by the look of it (and also by the price paid for it). Honestly not a bad idea to get your essentials in bulk.

>>18018359
>Gaston

Literally who

>>18017597
>fresh blueberries
>avocadoes
>preshredded cheese
>expensive name brand nuts
lolllll this person doesn't know how to shop

>>18017605
>$11 of eggs
>$8 cottage cheese
>$27 chicken
>$18 shrimp
>$54 FUCKING DOLLARS ON ALMONDS
>$6 on sweet peppers
>$13 cherry tomatoes

This woman is insane.

>>18017597
Nah. I swapped from walmart to aldi and I'm shopping online and doing pickups because it's way easier to keep track of my budget that way. I got like two weeks of food for two people for 120 bucks.

>>18017597
I hadn't felt the pinch until the past month or two. My weekly grocery bill is about 50% larger than it used to be. I'm just taking the opportunity to lose a few pounds by skipping junk food and only eating 2 meals a day. Prices of protein have changed what I cook though.

>>18017597
On the bright side there will be a lot less fat people in the coming years.

>>18017630
>>18017632
>>18018106
>>18018357
>Anons actually consume 30-60 eggs between 2 days and a 7 days

Get help. Not even a /fit/ fag or anything, but I don't even think people on /fit/ are eating 30-60 eggs in a week. What do you people fucking do? Eat ten eggs a day? Why?

>>18017597
>Buying like 7 bags of Blue Diamond Almonds

Dumb bitch, if she cut the almonds out it'd probably be under $100, and if she cut the avocados out it'd be even cheaper.

>>18017641
Nuts are a fucking scam.

>>18018517
>>18018523
Yeah if she just went to Costco or Sams, she could get an equivalent amount for half the price.

>>18018512
bro you do know that people can live with other people right?

>>18017626
>>18017630
>>18018512
/fit/ here, came looking for protein recipes. I eat 5 eggs a day aka 35 eggs a week.

>>18018425
Aldi is disgusting.

>>18018528
>Costco/Sam's Club

I feel like more families should take advantage of bulk purchasing stores. I mean, it makes sense to me. I live alone so I really have no reason to buy in bulk, I guess I could but it seems wasteful, like I don't need 50 of something or 100 of something. I do like walking around Sam's Club, haven't been in forever, but it was always comfy just walking around looking at all the stuff.

You can buy for an individual at Sam's Club, but for the most part it's really more for businesses and large families. I once saw a family go in there and buy like EIGHT bottles of fucking flavored coffee creamer, and I overheard them tell the cashier "Oh it's not for us, it's for our daughter." The girl was like 8 years old, and the parents were letting her guzzle down sugary coffee.

>>18018529
Yes? And? If I lived with someone we wouldn't consume 10-15 eggs a day. You might make what? 3-5 eggs for breakfast? You people must be consuming eggs at an enormously fast rate to go through 60 eggs in a week.

Pretty sure overconsumption of eggs was shown to cause health issues, there is too much of a good thing. Egg whites are healthier at least, the yolk is fattening as hell and bad for your heart.

>>18018531
You can get protein from other sources aside from eggs, like fucking meat, unless you're cracking five eggs a day for breakfast I guess? Or drinking it from a glass like Rocky.

>>18018512
I just made 2 quiches last week. 24 eggs just in quiche

>>18018531

>>18018549
>You can get protein from other sources aside from eggs
Lmao no shit Sherlock. You don't really think 5 eggs is enough for my protein intake right? I eat it for lunch with veggies, also chicken, sometimes beef, whey shakes... I just like eggs. Healthy, protein-rich, good for my hair, nails etc, cheap, delicious.

>>18018551
Well, I guess I can understand if you're doing a lot of cooking with eggs like quiches or something requires a lot of eggs. I don't really cook that much so I guess I can't understand how people go through so many eggs in a week.

>>18018555
>good for my hair, nails etc, cheap, delicious.

Or you could take a Biotin supplement and call it a day.

>>18018540
I live alone too, and I still keep my Costco membership. You'd have to be retarded to buy everything there, but it is worth it for some things like the rotisserie chicken which is pretty versatile.

>>18017641
THATS A LOTTA NUTS

>>18018558
>Or you could take a Biotin supplement and call it a day.
Why get supplements when I can get it natural lmao. And biotin has no protein, keep up Anon.

>>18018540
Costco has buffered the effects of inflation. I haven't seen many prices there go up. Gas is 25 cents a gallon cheaper than other stations in town.

>>18018397

The amount spent is not the problem, but the quantity received for the amount spent. If you're gonna buy $54 worth of almonds, get them from a fucking bulk bin, dammit.

>>18018531
>/fit/ here

Cringe

>>18018558
why do you need to go through them in a week, eggs keep in the fridge for months

>>18017605
yeah they could have saved 20% just from buying 25oz packs of those blue diamond specialty meme flavors (bold salt & vinegar, oven roasted chocolate). Or saved 40% by buying 40 oz lightly salted and adding their own flavoring.

>>18018558
I usually make 2.5 eggs per person when having eggs for breakfast so that's 5 a day on any given day I have eggs for breakfast

>>18018579
Says the dyel fag with the "Kiss the cook" apron lmao

I haven't been able to afford beef in over two years
fuck putin

>>18017630
>tfw a dozen eggs is $5 here

>>18017662
coward fuck. Russias economy is doing better than ever and the ruble has become almost twice as strong as it was when the special operation began. your people need you at home supporting the economy and homefront and you turn tail and run despite 0 threat to you and 0 general mobilization?

>>18018581
on amazon* . Oddly the 40oz lightly salted blue diamond almonds were the cheapest way to get them ($.29 an ounce). They're $.21 an ounce at Sam's Club (Member's Mark Natural Whole Almonds (3 lbs.)) But unroasted and unsalted.

*ignoring the cost of delivery/amazon prime membership. ignoring using the amazon visa card to get 5% cash back on all purchases on the site

>>18018588
it's "kiss the cock" apron for you

>>18017605
spend less on almonds

>$54 on almonds
>Not even pre-activated

honestly i can still eat pretty well for under $40 a week, but the rising cost of fresh produce is killing me. i don't want to get scurvy
i stopped buying fruit, now i just grab whatever's in the "free fruit for kids" stand.
and don't get me started on herbs. $3 a bunch for coriander and parsley? and both the big stores near me were completely out of cilantro, thank god for aldi

how do i grow my own herbs anon?

>>18018649
THE (FINAL) ALKALINE SOLUTION

>>18017626
And you have to eat them all

>>18017597
Why is the whole worlds food going up at the same time. Bit suss if you ask me

>>18017605
>voided transaction

u pussy!!!

>>18018652
In some fuckin dirt, parsley is basically a weed

>>18018397
Are you sure the woman in the pfp posted that? Men are usually the ones who waste money buying food that’s not on sale

>>18017605
$15 in tax on food

This must be Canada. Are there any states that tax non prepared food?

>>18018719
I think some cities tax like, soda but that's about it and not state enforced.

>>18018593
Wtf do you live on a tropical island or something

>>18018593
Honestly buy chickens

>>18017605
good

At least they bought real food

Is it worth it to get a membership to Sam's club / Costco as a single adult male? I know how to cook and the rising cost of food seems to make sense to just go to one of these stores instead where the prices are fairly lower for more.

>>18018794
get a chest freezer and buying meat on sale would make it worth it from that alone

>>18018794
It's only 60 bucks for a year for Costco. I'm a single dude and I usually go twice a month, grab milk, bulk eggs, a rotisserie chicken, and whatever frozen food they have on sale. It pays for itself after a couple of months vs. what you pay for that at most supermarkets.

>>18018652
Herbs are some of the easiest shit to grow. They grow without much effort at all, just throw them in, water them every once in a while and don't let the weeds take over. If you have a yard you can just dig up a small plot of sod (or buy enough pots for each plant), buy like 40 dollars worth of different herbs and have more than you'd ever use. Can freeze them as well. Most herbs are also perennials so they'll grow back next year. But whatever you do, don't plant fucking mint. That shit is a weed and will take over everything.

>>18018792
>one single packet of non-processed food which is probably getting breaded in crushed ruffles and slopped up with the beans and potatoes

How do these people live

>>18018840
Can you do it inside easily or not really

>>18018840
Oh, and if you get a dehydrator you'll never have to buy dried herbs either. I never buy rosemary, oregano, basil, thyme, cilantro and a couple of others anymore, it's all dehydrated from my small garden. Definitely worth the investment

>>18017597
>buys ten pounds of chicken, 5 pounds of cheese, ten pounds of fucking almonds, and 3 pounds of grape tomatoes
>"wtf why is everything so expensive"
adapt you fucking retard, buy what's on sale

>>18018852
I think it's possible? as long as you have a window that gets lots of sunlight. I've never been an cityfag so I've never done that.

>>18018862
I might give it a shot, hopefully I can just move somewhere with a yard in the next year or so

>>18017605
>9.5% tax
>ON FOOD ITEMS
lmao california?

>$50 worth of FUCKING ALMONDS
>$18 of fucking CHEESE

>>18018767
It's probably Canada

I can understand getting shredded cheese if for whatever reason you needed exactly that much for like nachos. But a 5lb bag of it? Insanity

>>18018531
>/fit/ here
I wouldn't worry about it. You probably get your daily protein intake from all those cocks you suck.

>>18018882
oklahoma

>>18017597
>groceries were cheaper 30 years ago!
I gave up caring about poor people when I worked at a casino. Also as much as people spend on onlyfans, they can spend a little extra on groceries.

Yes. I just don’t know how

>>18018892
Its made for cramming.

>>18018792
This is the average americans diet btw

>>18018571
>Costco has buffered the effects of inflation. I haven't seen many prices there go up. Gas is 25 cents a gallon cheaper than other stations in town.
it was 25cent a gallon cheaper than the other stations in town before the hike in gas prices, before the pandemic, before blah blah... its always been 25c cheaper,
though now that the price has doubled, the savings compared to other stations has been cut in half per fillup

>>18018895
>>18018579
>Come here to make frens and humbly learn proton dishes
>Get treated like this
I deserve betters, fags. Now drop those pants.

>>18018977
>proton dishes

huh?

>>18018512
>>18018106
>>18017626
Four or five egg omelette to start the day
Two hard boiled eggs for mid day snacks
three eggs diced in my salad for dinner

>>18018523
>>18018565
generic peanuts and pretty cheap

>>18018540
>>18018561
The clothes are also decent quality and pretty cheap. Two boxes of tendie bakes is like dinner for two weeks as a bachelor

>>18019019
It's $10 for a 4 pack of frozen costco pizza

>>18019038
Is the pizza still only pepporoni or supreme, I dont want to give that much freezer space to pizza or id be a gigafatass

Answer: Yes

>>18019019
love me some costco clothes

>>18017597
not in the slightest.

>>18018898
Oklahoma shouldn't have any logistical issues that would jack the price of eggs up that high though

>>18018963
>the savings compared to other stations has been cut in half per fillup
Still savings, retard

>>18017626
So he can be roughly the size of a barge

>>18018512
I FUCKING LOVE EGGS

>>18018977
Fatfags will always seethe over fit bros, it is seen as unobtainable to them because they lack discipline

You have to eat all the eggs.

Been doing the light breakfast and heavy lunch/dinner with snacking inbetween long before covid

A family size box of mini wheats is still only 3 or 4 dollars and i usually buy a red baron pizza on sale every now and then

>>18017597
Yeah I do a lot more stir fry, curries and stews because I can use cheap meat. After hours of boiling, or velveting, all meat tastes good

>>18018613
Russian economy is not doing better at all despite what you may think. For every single worker who receives money in USD or other foreign currency, not only are you getting less and less rub per dollar, everything inside of russia is costing more by 20-50% or more, so you lose on both ends. Furthermore banks are adding insane fees for receiving/sending foreign currency, like now in tinkoff you need to send 20k usd minimum to foreign account, and when receiving you pay 3% of sum but not less than 200 usd, so if you get 205 dollars from someone, you only get 5$ in the end.
Supporting the nation? I support the people, i do not support the mafia putin government that steals/kills/does what the fuck it wants at the nations expense.
Till putin dies im gonna be here or in EU.
>>18018277
Not him but im aware of him.

I just drink alcohol instead of eating

>>18017597
Rice and beans no where to be found. They're not even trying to be frugal.

>>18018337
>but why should people have to cut back so substantially on something as basic as food
because they're retarded and the clown world we live in is not (only) some jew's fault
they allowed this to happen and now do nothing but crying on social media