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Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
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How long it can sit in "marinade" depends on the marinade. If it is spices, oil, and water based, then it can sit overnight just fine or be frozen in the marinade (to then thaw in the fridge overnight). If it has a decent amount of acid in it that starts to breakdown the meat (Pineapple Juice), then yea, no more than 4 hours usually. I've read that up to 6 hours when marinating Fajita beef in a pineapple base won't degrade the meat enough for it to matter, but never let it go that far (Chevy's or Pappasito's recipe).
I've used the vacuum pack, seal, and freeze method, in marinade, for 100's of pounds of chicken too and it turns out fine. I've froze, with the chicken, anything from various spice packs from Weber or McCormick (with Italian Dressing) to liquid stuff like Stubbs, Korean BBQ marinade, or Indian Vindaloo sauce.
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You eat fried chicken dipped in ranch sauce for the purpose of a healthy diet?
What is your alternative? Crisco in an IV drip?
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No, since the only "good" tasting chicken is what I listed, I don't generally eat "good" tasting chicken, at least when compared to everything else I can cook. I will cook a casserole maybe twice a year, but I haven't had fried chicken in 5+ years, and even then it was homemade parmigiano reggiano & bread crumbs on boneless chicken strips, pan fried. I haven't had fried chicken from a restaurant in 15+ years.
For me, chicken ranges from barely edible dry shit (from the ironed out cheap frozen bags of it), to better than any other mediocre food that I could eat that's healthy (but it's still a mediocre food). Plus you can't beat it for calorie consistency and protein per calorie. It's also super easy to prep and cook, so I'm not wasting a bunch of time cooking it.
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Don't remember what thread it was in, but there was a conversation the other day about canned tuna / fish. For some reason my phone was spying on me, and threw this video up. There really is some weird niche channel for just about everything under the sun. I present The Canned Fish Files!
Which one of you is this? His goddamn cat on his desk top is perfect. Just thought it was funny. Autism always finds a way.
Which one of you is this? His goddamn cat on his desk top is perfect. Just thought it was funny. Autism always finds a way.
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try buying whole chickens from asian or mexican markets, you can tell those chickens are just different
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This motherfucker makes $800/month making fish videos on patron.
What the actual fuck
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Canned mass produced sauce is disgusting. Making it from scratch isn't hard or expensive. That goes for tomato or the various white sauces. Baked Ziti is the EZ-mode lasagna and doesn't look any harder than what she is doing there.
I've made other stuff from this lady's cookbook, but never this particular Ziti, but gives an idea of what it takes. I prefer to use red wine (cheapest cab or red blend) in my red sauces and use hot Italian sausage instead of hamburger (should be cheaper):
The American palette seems to like a sweeter sauce, instead of sugar, I would recommend using a 1- 1.5 cup(s) of a sweeter wine like Merlot or maybe Shiraz and sweet Italian sausage.
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Don't be gay. Plenty of fuckers out there that would enjoy a nice meal.
I also think you should have drone strikes, and soldiers positioned on the border wall laying down lead upon anybody trying to cross into our country. Try to come in through Mexico, be destroyed.
That's my diagnosis as a doctor!
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A starving man will eat dog food and be thankful he found it, doesn't mean it's good!
Also, I don't think that abomination that the redneck is making is much, if any cheaper than the Baked Ziti from Gina there. Adding 1/3 of a bottle of $8 wine might tip the balance when I make it though.
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i tried a 6 pack of sardines from costco, not bad, 4 whole sardines, no head, add some mayo if you want i guess.
btw i make my mayo now once i saw you can just use a stick blender instead of using the food processor, thats why they have that stupid hole to drip oil into at the top
i got a few wide mouth jars and just use a bit of avocado oil and an egg, or you can follow this
i also juice my lemons w/ a chopstick, i guess i could get a lemon juicer... but i know you don't believe me, but i'm trying to cut down on shit in the kitchen
btw i make my mayo now once i saw you can just use a stick blender instead of using the food processor, thats why they have that stupid hole to drip oil into at the top
i got a few wide mouth jars and just use a bit of avocado oil and an egg, or you can follow this
i also juice my lemons w/ a chopstick, i guess i could get a lemon juicer... but i know you don't believe me, but i'm trying to cut down on shit in the kitchen
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i tried a 6 pack of sardines from costco, not bad, 4 whole sardines, no head, add some mayo if you want i guess.
btw i make my mayo now once i saw you can just use a stick blender instead of using the food processor, thats why they have that stupid hole to drip oil into at the top
i got a few wide mouth jars and just use a bit of avocado oil and an egg, or you can follow this
i also juice my lemons w/ a chopstick, i guess i could get a lemon juicer... but i know you don't believe me, but i'm trying to cut down on shit in the kitchen
I'm not a sardine person. But I've never heard of putting Mayo on them. People "round these parts" put Vinegar on them. I personally have just never been a fan of the oily mouth feel, much less the little brittle bones that you chew.
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i tried a 6 pack of sardines from costco, not bad, 4 whole sardines, no head, add some mayo if you want i guess.
btw i make my mayo now once i saw you can just use a stick blender instead of using the food processor, thats why they have that stupid hole to drip oil into at the top
i got a few wide mouth jars and just use a bit of avocado oil and an egg, or you can follow this
i also juice my lemons w/ a chopstick, i guess i could get a lemon juicer... but i know you don't believe me, but i'm trying to cut down on shit in the kitchen
Sure, but can you make Miracle Whip?!?
For the lemon: It looks like you would only get half of the lemon juice due to not being able to squeeze it enough. I make my own Lemonade type drink (Lemon Shake Ups) with a masher I made out of PVC pipe that should work better, even if you just want lemon water. You can also buy kits, usually in the bar and cordial section, because Alcohol users like to make mashed & shaken drinks.
I don't make it very often, and I use 2 packs of sweetener (Splenda) instead of sugar. This is exactly how it's made at any concession stand I have been to, except you need a larger plastic/paper cup to go on top than what he is using (the 32oz plastic cups work well). The larger top cup also allows you angle it for a solid seal that's easy to shake:
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