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Gourmet grub on a skinflints budget.

  • 03-10-2012 07:44PM
    #1
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭


    I'm fond of my grub but being a skin flint I dont buy fancy stuff so I try to make fancy meals out of whatever plain old stuff I have.

    Today I had a hot waffle salad, waffles (not birds eye, nothing fancy here, just generic aldi waffles) cooked in toaster until golden brown (in patches), covered with a finely sliced slice of edam cheese (or what aldi claims to be edam, not that I'd know the difference anyway) with pre cooked chicken tikka and a side of coleslaw and potato salad (also courtesy of aldi).

    Entire meal couldnt have been more than a euro fiddy or there abouts but was damn tasty and did a steller job of appeasing my slight delusions of grandeur and making me look a highly refined urbanite.

    Any of you got any nice recipes to jazz up your commoner food ?


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  • #2
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    Have you tried waffle burgers? Waffles in place of the bread bun.


  • #3
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    eh did you just call a waffle with some cheese on it fine dining?


  • #4
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    Have you tried waffle burgers? Waffles in place of the bread bun.

    No but I'll be trying it tomorrow !! Do you slice the burger in twain and put the garnish and sauce on the inside to stop it getting through the holes ?


  • #5
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    phasers wrote: »
    eh did you just call a waffle with some cheese on it fine dining?

    Course not, it had an accompaniment of chicken tikka and a side salad !


  • #6
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    Scioch wrote: »
    No but I'll be trying it tomorrow !! Do you slice the burger in twain and put the garnish and sauce on the inside to stop it getting through the holes ?

    Just make it like a normal burger, the waffle holes arent that large. I normally eat them with knife and fork rather though.

    Or put a slice of cheese right on top of the bottom waffle and build from there.


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  • #7
    Internet Hero
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 373 ✭✭Internet Hero


    Get a few mini baguettes, some black pud, a few eggs and sausages and some mayo and ketchup. Cook all the pud sausages, boil the eggs and make egg mayonnaise out of them. Mash up the black pudding and slice up the sausages. Line the rolls with sausages, covered with a layer of egg mayo and topped with mashed up black putting. Best washed down with a cool glass of milk! Therell be cum everywhere


  • #8
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Internet Hero wrote: »
    Get a few mini baguettes, some black pud, a few eggs and sausages and some mayo and ketchup. Cook all the pud sausages, boil the eggs and make egg mayonnaise out of them. Mash up the black pudding and slice up the sausages. Line the rolls with sausages, covered with a layer of egg mayo and topped with mashed up black putting. Best washed down with a cool glass of milk! Therell be cum everywhere

    I'm not a fan of egg mayo but I'm intrigued by this.


  • #9
    mackg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056740660

    I like those tins of chunky soup you get in Lidl with some Tesco value noodles thrown in.


  • #10
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Thinly veiled ALDI-promoting thread :pac:


  • #11
    Internet Hero
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 373 ✭✭Internet Hero


    Scioch wrote: »
    I'm not a fan of egg mayo but I'm intrigued by this.

    absolutely whopper, believe me. unbelievably filling though so dont have eyes bigger than your stomach haha


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  • #12
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Being serious though, in LIDL there's 12 beef meatballs for €2.79. Not the things in a can.

    Not really a meal but they're lovely.


  • #13
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Iceberg lettuce
    Tomato
    Celery
    Scallions
    Beetroot
    Boiled egg
    Can of tuna

    Tuna salad.


  • #14
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Thinly veiled ALDI-promoting thread :pac:

    Just to balance it out. Although aldi is amazing value for great tasting food in a fantastic range. I'm pretty sure a lot of it is solidified air with zero nutritional value and that if you live solely on aldi food you will slowly starve to death.




    Disclaimer:
    I neither work for aldi nor am I a spokeman for the food safety authority or have any clue what I'm talking about most of the time.


  • #15
    Tiddlypeeps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Tiddlypeeps


    Pork steak is a totally underrated meat. Looks awful in the packaging but it's the nicest cut of pork imo. Sliced down the middle, lined with stuffing and roast in foil. Aldi super 6 for veg and potatoes. Will feed 4 people well for less than a tenner.


  • #16
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    get your left over bones, throw them in a pot, add some broth, a potato

    And baby you've got a stew going.



    or something like that


  • #17
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,727 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    For some reason thought it might be about the restaurant skinflint in town.

    Anyway, I made dinner for 2 for about 4 euro today. Mashed butternut squash, 1 euro in superquinn, lidl stuffing, 49 cents, and savoury mince (quorn mince, was 2.50). Added various spices and herbs to the mince. Was pretty good if I say so myself.


  • #18
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Being serious though, in LIDL there's 12 beef meatballs for €2.79. Not the things in a can.

    Not really a meal but they're lovely.

    You could slap a bit of cheese on there with a side salad and you have yourself a gourmet meal !


  • #19
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    For some reason thought it might be about the restaurant skinflint in town.

    Anyway, I made dinner for 2 for about 4 euro today. Mashed butternut squash, 1 euro in superquinn, lidl stuffing, 49 cents, and savoury mince (quorn mince, was 2.50). Added various spices and herbs to the mince. Was pretty good if I say so myself.

    Something I may get is some herbs and spices.


  • #20
    Anyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Anyone


    Scioch wrote: »
    You could slap a bit of cheese on there with a side salad and you have yourself a gourmet meal !

    Do you prenounce the T in gourmet when describing these meals?


  • #21
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Anyone wrote: »
    Do you prenounce the T in gourmet when describing these meals?

    I don't think anyone does.

    Do you?


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  • #22
    gjc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭gjc


    Scioch wrote: »
    You could slap a bit of cheese on there with a side salad and you have yourself a gourmet meal !

    I can see you as a Pot Noodle kind of guy


  • #23
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    gjc wrote: »
    I can see you as a Pot Noodle kind of guy

    Havent had a pot noodle in a long time. And is it so worthy of contempt to be trying to make the best of what few morsels ya can afford in these troubled times ?

    Excuse me sir but I dont have the money to squander on fancy stuff like McCain chips and Dr Oetker Pizzas. I have to get McBain chips and Fr Doekter pizzas. Then I just add some extra cheese and slap a side salad on there to jazz it up some. Is that such a crime ? Is it ?


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    gjc wrote: »
    I can see you as a Pot Noodle kind of guy


    Hmm pot noodles..


    http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/790738/


  • #25
    Internet Hero
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 373 ✭✭Internet Hero


    also op you really cant bate a big feic off rasher sandwich for price, ease of prep and flavour! bag of chips from the chipper on the side and a carton of milk and you have a serious meal. if you want to class it up lash on a few candles while yer eatin it.


  • #26
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    You know those fancy schmancy deli shops?

    If you wear a suit they never expect you to shoplift from them.

    Foie gras anyone?


  • #27
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Internet Hero wrote: »
    also op you really cant bate a big feic off rasher sandwich for price, ease of prep and flavour! bag of chips from the chipper on the side and a carton of milk and you have a serious meal. if you want to class it up lash on a few candles while yer eatin it.

    Thats a good idea, few candles, start a row without someone on boards for conversation purposes and have a program about a restaurant on the telly. Just as good as going out really !!


  • #28
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    I threw something together the other day which consisted of

    off date tesco's own noodles
    Off date tesco 's own chorizo
    Couple of eggs
    And tesco's own ham
    Ketchup

    Lovely jubbly it was


  • #29
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    cloud493 wrote: »
    I threw something together the other day which consisted of

    off date tesco's own noodles
    Off date tesco 's own chorizo
    Couple of eggs
    And tesco's own ham
    Ketchup

    Lovely jubbly it was

    I cant go near that chorizo stuff. But I do make some noodles with chopped hot dog and bbq sauce on occasion.


  • #30
    flash1080
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭flash1080


    I have a craving for burgers and waffles after reading this thread. Feck sake.


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  • #31
    Reiketsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Reiketsu


    My friends and I would sometimes check out the reduced section in supermarkets and see what they have on offer. We did this on Sunday and got our meat for next to nothing- turkey, venison and partridge. Bought some spud for mash, Auntie Bessie's roast potatoes in goose fat and had gravy in the cupboard. Fed four of us for less than a tenner!


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