Struggle food recipes

[Lily]

Mostly Mexican from when I was a poor kid growing up.

First post will be a list of common inexpensive ingredients. You can make a lot of inexpensive meals with this list.

Eggs
hot dogs
chorizo
potatoes
pinto beans (or beans of your choice) - canned whole and refry them yourself or eat whole
corn tortillas
green and/or red salsas
fideo/vermicelli noodles (mexican stores have them for under $1/packet)
conchitas (shells pasta, also under $1)
bell pepper
Mexican grey squash
carrots
white and red onion
tomato
cilantro
green onion
tomato sauce
jalapeno or serrano peppers
rice
ground beef
inexpensive pork cuts
inexpensive beef cuts
chicken (buy thighs or drumsticks)
oats
cinnamon stick
garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, Knorr chicken flavor bullion

eta:
tomatillos
queso fresco
hominy
corn (I prefer fresh or frozen)

Recipes to follow in subsequent posts.

 

[Reggie_Essent]

"Struggle" Food?

Must you politicize everything?

Why not just "Cheap Recipes?"

That's a good list though. Except the cilantro. That shit is disgusting.

 

[jack]

"Struggle" Food?

Must you politicize everything?

Why not just "Cheap Recipes?"

That's a good list though. Except the cilantro. That shit is disgusting.

fuck you whining about?

 

[Lily]

"Struggle" Food?

Must you politicize everything?

Why not just "Cheap Recipes?"

That's a good list though. Except the cilantro. That shit is disgusting.

It's not politics directly. It's poverty.

Cilantro is amazing unless you have that "soap gene" taste bud thing going on.

 

[Reggie_Essent]

It's not politics directly. It's poverty.

Cilantro is amazing unless you have that "soap gene" taste bud thing going on.

It has strong connotations of Maoism with their Maoist "Struggle Sessions."

I know Lefties don't like to believe it, but poverty doesn't care about political ideologies.

Anyway, carry on. It's a good idea for a thread. Sorry for the deflection.

And yeah, I have the hate cilantro gene.

 

[Lily]

It has strong connotations of Maoism with their Maoist "Struggle Sessions."

I know Lefties don't like to believe it, but poverty doesn't care about political ideologies.

Anyway, carry on. It's a good idea for a thread. Sorry for the deflection.

And yeah, I have the hate cilantro gene.

No worries. You're just being you. I was a poor kid. We struggled. And we coped. My parents were poor kids. Mexican people do a lot with what they do have available.

I am going to post YT videos and/or recipes from people I see on social media. It's easier than typing out my own recipes.

 

[Lily]

Sopa de fideos with ground beef

 

[realgrimm]

@THROB made a thread like this 5 dollar meals fucked if I know where that went but it has a couple good links if they're even still good anymore

 

[Lily]

To garnish your food

 

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[The Question]

When I have an actual kitchen in front of me again, I'm going to try my hand at Navajo frybread.

 

[The Prowler]

Lots of meat in some of those dishes.

People "struggling" could not afford those meals.

 

[Reggie_Essent]

I love frijoles. If made properly, they are the flavor paste of the gods. My Brother-in-Law used to make huge batches and put some weird Zacatecan spice hex on it. In fact, I bought some flour tortillas today and now I'm gonna have to check my pantry to see if I got any canned frijoles because I'll want that flavor paste on tomorrow's breakfast.

 

[Reggie_Essent]

I'm pretty sure lard is the key. I think Lily will back me up on that.

 

[The Question]

I love frijoles. If made properly, they are the flavor paste of the gods. My Brother-in-Law used to make huge batches and put some weird Zacatecan spice hex on it. In fact, I bought some flour tortillas today and now I'm gonna have to check my pantry to see if I got any canned frijoles because I'll want that flavor paste on tomorrow's breakfast.

Goes good on sandwich bread, too. Shit, everybody knows the classic PB&J, so why not frijoles and shredded cheese?

 

[Reggie_Essent]

Goes good on sandwich bread, too. Shit, everybody knows the classic PB&J, so why not frijoles and shredded cheese?

I never thought of that. Maybe a layer of frijoles between two cheese slices when you make a nice grilled cheese with Italian bread. Frijoles have to be hot.

Dammit! Now I need a midnight snack!

 

[The Prowler]

Talking about beans, my wife made a bean salad this past evening...it has to marinate overnight....I just stirred it and took a picture:

 

[Lily]

I love frijoles. If made properly, they are the flavor paste of the gods. My Brother-in-Law used to make huge batches and put some weird Zacatecan spice hex on it. In fact, I bought some flour tortillas today and now I'm gonna have to check my pantry to see if I got any canned frijoles because I'll want that flavor paste on tomorrow's breakfast.

Lard is key to making refried beans.

If you realy want them to be divine, make them at home and cook with a smoked ham hock, white onion and garlic.

Clean and soak your beans, few hours is enough 3-4. In a pot, cook the ham hock for an hour or so. Then add beans, half a large onion, and half a head of garlic (split in half), and a bit of salt...careful with salt because of ham hock.

Lots of people in Mexico add an herb called epazote. It's a matter of taste.

 

[Lily]

Goes good on sandwich bread, too. Shit, everybody knows the classic PB&J, so why not frijoles and shredded cheese?

That's the base of a torta, white bread and refried beans. There are two basic white bread rolls that are used most often for tortas in the states, more varities in Mexico. They are "bolillo" (also slang for a white person in Texas since most of you know "gringo") and "telera". Roll is split in half, layer of refried beans, then a meat (any kind you like) or veggie, avocado, cheese, salsa...

 

[realgrimm]

Because of our food instability prices I shop alot more cost efficient and use my crock pot way more.. my chili last a couple weeks for under 100 bucks

 

[The Prowler]

Olive oil, white vinegar, sugar, and a little salt and pepper.

 

[X]

Fuck, that’s a nice list of healthy groceries whose struggling if they can afford all that, my struggle was real noodles and ketchup, mayo sandwiches… fruit from the trees

 

[Fantom]

Ramen, butter sandwiches, peanut butter, pancakes, grilled cheese, mac n cheese, soup, grits. Not eggs anymore, back when they where a couple dollars a dozen could get you good mileage.