Dirt cheap meals.

Naikon · 14-05-2008 06:40PM #1

Today, I ate a packet of koka noodles, with two eggs added into the pot while boiling the mix.
Apparently, "egg drop soup" is in theory an ok meal. I feel queasy now tbh:(

So, what is the cheapest /dirtiest meal you have eaten on the cheap recently?
Toast doesn't count...

javaboy · 14-05-2008 06:42PM

Naikon wrote: »

Today, I ate a packet of koka noodles, with two eggs added into the pot while boiling the mix.
Apparently, "egg drop soup" is in theory an ok meal. I feel queasy now tbh:(

So, what is the cheapest /dirtiest meal you have eaten on the cheap recently?

The packet of Koka noodles instead of the more expensive extravagant pots of Koka. Your thriftiness knows no bounds.

jd83 · 14-05-2008 06:44PM

charlies chinese at 4 in the morning in dublin. Never had it sober though

Naikon · 14-05-2008 06:45PM

javaboy wrote: »

The packet of Koka noodles instead of the more expensive extravagant pots of Koka. Your thriftiness knows no bounds.

exactly:D

Keano · 14-05-2008 06:45PM

javaboy wrote: »

The packet of Koka noodles instead of the more expensive extravagant pots of Koka. Your thriftiness knows no bounds.

Go with the Noodles from Lidl- cheaper and nicer

orestes · 14-05-2008 06:46PM

Naikon wrote: »

Today, I ate a packet of koka noodles, with two eggs added into the pot while boiling the mix.
Apparently, "egg drop soup" is in theory an ok meal. I feel queasy now tbh:(

So, what is the cheapest /dirtiest meal you have eaten on the cheap recently?
Toast doesn't count...

Pffft, students go entire terms living on those noodles!

mike65 · 14-05-2008 06:55PM

2 Bixies for breakfast (72 pack costs 4 euro so thats 5.5c each) 11 cent meal okay add some milk call it 20 cent.

Mike.

Kintarō Hattori · 14-05-2008 06:56PM

Years ago before I leaned how to cook I used to eat noodles and campbells meatballs. These days I don't eat craply but can eat cheaply.

14-05-2008 07:25PM

Todays dinner on a student budget.

Asparagus Rissoto for two.

Onion. 7c
2 cloves garlic. 6c
Round rice. 20c
Mushrooms. 40c
Bundle of aspargus. €1.19
2 Stock cubes. 34c
2 table spoons olive oil. 10c
Lemon zest and juice. Dont know, don't buy regularly, but we'll say 50c
Cheese. 40c

Thats €1.63 a plate.

Fanny Cradock · 14-05-2008 07:31PM

A trip to you local Asian food shop will enlighten you as to the joy of real noodles. For just a few cent extra you can pick up noodles that come not with 1 but 3 sachets. Not only are these quite literally packets of deliciousness, they also cover all the major food groups found in a balanced diet: the dessicated vegetables food group, the ever welcome MSG flavouring food group, and brown fatty substance food group (ummmm.... trans fats).

Why, it's like cooking a meal!

Naikon · 14-05-2008 07:36PM

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

A trip to you local Asian food shop will enlighten you as to the joy of real noodles. For just a few cent extra you can pick up noodles that come not with 1 but 3 sachets. Not only are these quite literally packets of deliciousness, they also cover all the major food groups found in a balanced diet: the dessicated vegetables food group, the ever welcome MSG flavouring food group, and brown fatty substance food group (ummmm.... trans fats).

Why, it's like cooking a meal!

Those flavor packets are rank! I always throw them away and just add a tablespoon of soy sauce. The "veg" sachets are laughable.
MSG.......yum:)

BrokenArrows · 14-05-2008 07:39PM

in my final week in sydney i had $50 to my name and no way to get more money
ok no respectable way to get more money.

i paid for 2 nights in a hostel, slept on the couch for the other 5. (36dollars) im supprised noone ever questioned me for the 5 days.

that left 14 dollars and i needed 10 to get to the airport by bus.

4 dollars for a whole week of food. i hear you say impossible.

noodles are a bums best friend. i found this basket of discount noodles. yes discount noodles. 25cent each for 5 for a dollar. i bought 10 packets.

2 dollars remaining.

1 loaf of bread $1

$1 GOTA BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. actually i cant remember what i spent my last dollar or so on. probably lost it.

noodles and bread twice a day for nearly a week. now thats cheap.

ive never enjoyed airline food so much in my life.

Sherifu · 14-05-2008 07:44PM

Ah, student days.

Naikon · 14-05-2008 07:44PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

in my final week in sydney i had $50 to my name and no way to get more money
ok no respectable way to get more money.

i paid for 2 nights in a hostel, slept on the couch for the other 5. (36dollars) im supprised noone ever questioned me for the 5 days.

that left 14 dollars and i needed 10 to get to the airport by bus.

4 dollars for a whole week of food. i hear you say impossible.

noodles are a bums best friend. i found this basket of discount noodles. yes discount noodles. 25cent each for 5 for a dollar. i bought 10 packets.

2 dollars remaining.

1 loaf of bread $1

$1 GOTA BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. actually i cant remember what i spent my last dollar or so on. probably lost it.

noodles and bread twice a day for nearly a week. now thats cheap.

ive never enjoyed airline food so much in my life.

Thats hardcore:D
You must have felt pretty drowsy after 2 weeks.

tribulus · 14-05-2008 07:47PM

3 or sometimes 4 Macdonalds double cheeseburgers 6-8E, fantastic!

If you're in Dublin the Epicurean on Abbey St. has a Chinese place that gives you a big tinfoil tray for 6.50 that you just fill to the brim, I just fill it with meat, mmm.

briantwin · 14-05-2008 07:51PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Todays dinner on a student budget.

Asparagus Rissoto for two.

Onion. 7c
2 cloves garlic. 6c
Round rice. 20c
Mushrooms. 40c
Bundle of aspargus. €1.19
2 Stock cubes. 34c
2 table spoons olive oil. 10c
Lemon zest and juice. Dont know, don't buy regularly, but we'll say 50c
Cheese. 40c

Thats €1.63 a plate.

Where can you buy onions for 7c? They're like 79c in Tescos and they're the old horrible ones that look like they're growing legs.

14-05-2008 08:08PM

briantwin wrote: »

Where can you buy onions for 7c? They're like 79c in Tescos and they're the old horrible ones that look like they're growing legs.

Lidl 68 cent a bag.

Terry · 14-05-2008 08:38PM

Beans on toast.
The food of kings.

tribulus · 14-05-2008 08:40PM

Prefer toasted ham and cheese myself, just most things with cheese in fact.

chopperbyrne · 14-05-2008 08:42PM

Tesco Pasta is 79c and stir ins are quite cheap too.

That's dinner for less than €2.

sweetie · 14-05-2008 08:48PM

tribulus wrote: »

3 or sometimes 4 Macdonalds double cheeseburgers 6-8E, fantastic!

If you're in Dublin the Epicurean on Abbey St. has a Chinese place that gives you a big tinfoil tray for 6.50 that you just fill to the brim, I just fill it with meat, mmm.

you might think it's meat!

Adyx · 14-05-2008 08:48PM

Once had half a slice pan, 4-pack of waffles and a small tin of beans as food supply for 5 days. Plenty of people surviving on less though.

Edit: Just noticed I've over 100 posts. Yay me!

tribulus · 14-05-2008 08:49PM

sweetie wrote: »

you might think it's meat!

Lol, true, but whatever it is it's tasty!

BrokenArrows · 14-05-2008 08:51PM

Naikon wrote: »

Thats hardcore:D
You must have felt pretty drowsy after 2 weeks.

it was only 1 week. if i was for two weeks i would have resorted to begging or maybe go to some of the homeless people and say "you remember that 5 dollars i gave you a few months back, can i have it back"

Dinkie · 14-05-2008 09:32PM

When I was backpacking, I would always follow the hare krishnas home and they would feed us. A free meal! Well maybe add 70C for the slice of ham we used to smuggle in to add to our veggie meal....

antodeco · 14-05-2008 09:53PM

ON Sunday I bought 8 frankfurters in Lidl/Aldi, cant remember, for €1.59. Then bought 8 hot dog buns for €2 in eurospar. Ate all 8 with robbed sachets of red sauce from burger king, mustard from Eddie Rockets (the actual pack/tube thing) and some cheese I found in the fridge.
Was very nice, but then I felt very ill afterward. 8 hotdogs will do that. I ruined by budget by drinking 2 bottles of bud on top of it. Ah wells!

Kintarō Hattori · 14-05-2008 10:05PM

Quiche is a tasty cheap dinner. It consists of flour, eggs, butter, onions, cheese and whatever else you decide to throw in. When you break it down with costs per slice it's super cheap.

There are loads of dinners you can do with rice. One of my favourites is rice, stock, onion and toasted almonds. It works out super cheap as well as being super tastey and quite filling.

Chakar · 14-05-2008 10:17PM

eo980 wrote: »

Quiche is a tasty cheap dinner. It consists of flour, eggs, butter, onions, cheese and whatever else you decide to throw in. When you break it down with costs per slice it's super cheap.

There are loads of dinners you can do with rice. One of my favourites is rice, stock, onion and toasted almonds. It works out super cheap as well as being super tastey and quite filling.

Easy up Oliver.

Pj! · 14-05-2008 10:21PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

in my final week in sydney i had $50 to my name and no way to get more money
ok no respectable way to get more money.

i paid for 2 nights in a hostel, slept on the couch for the other 5. (36dollars) im supprised noone ever questioned me for the 5 days.

that left 14 dollars and i needed 10 to get to the airport by bus.

4 dollars for a whole week of food. i hear you say impossible.

noodles are a bums best friend. i found this basket of discount noodles. yes discount noodles. 25cent each for 5 for a dollar. i bought 10 packets.

2 dollars remaining.

1 loaf of bread $1

$1 GOTA BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. actually i cant remember what i spent my last dollar or so on. probably lost it.

noodles and bread twice a day for nearly a week. now thats cheap.

ive never enjoyed airline food so much in my life.

Was in a similiar situation. I went down the pasta and beans route though.

Hate noodles.

Thephantomsmask · 14-05-2008 10:23PM

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Tesco Pasta is 79c and stir ins are quite cheap too.

That's dinner for less than €2.

Value penne pasta is less than half that. Add some value tinned tomatoes, seasoning and cheese, sorted. A tin of tuna tossed in the pot with a packet of proper ramen with the multiple flavour packets is great, spring onions are a nice addition if the budget allows.

antodeco · 14-05-2008 10:26PM

Right, just maxed out my thriftyness!!

3 weetabix (bought a box of 72 with 50% free in Aldi)
Used UHT milk I aquired from hotels I stay in (Still have around 100 left!)
Had some biscuits and Jam that I acquired at a hotel conference last week in my laptop bag

Woohoo! Skankiest meal ever!

Dirt cheap meals.

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