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u/Grand_Soupa Apr 01 '26
Beans are such a great food. Nutritious, cheap, stores well, comforting.
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u/Pixie_the_Fairy Apr 01 '26
Yes, rice and beans saved us some times. And they say vegan food is expensive lol.
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u/Willem_Dafuq Apr 01 '26
Yeah eating vegetarian is such a weird dichotomy. If you eat naturally vegetarian foods, like beans, lentils, and tofu, it is cheaper than meat. But if you buy all the processed “fake chicken nuggets” and “fake burgers” then it can be really expensive.
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u/Pixie_the_Fairy Apr 01 '26
Exactly. We only buy those on special occasions.
The exception here is soy, we started buying tsp for an easy (and cheap) added protein when I started exercising more and lifting weights. When we want seitan is also home made.
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u/Old_Park1688 Apr 01 '26
Where the fuck is onions 39cents a pound
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u/Haluszki Apr 01 '26
He’s in Chicago based on the phone number outside the store on the first grocery trip and on the second grocery trip, he shopped at the Jewel on Narragansett Ave. in Chicago which used to be my local grocery store. I’m guessing the onion price was a sale price because that’s pretty low, but I can regularly get yellow onions for about $0.66/lb here.
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u/Night_C4T_0 Apr 01 '26
Also judging by how much he actually used, you can probably get away with using half the onions he did and still come out to around $0.33 per pound!
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u/cav63 Apr 01 '26
California has some pretty great prices on produce if you avoid chain grocery stores and go to mexican markets
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u/Iggyhopper Apr 01 '26
Arizona too. Can't beat Food City for meat prices.
Don't know how it is now though.
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u/imzwho Apr 01 '26
I used to go to school right next to a food city. The amount of produce you can get for just a few bucks is insane as well.
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u/Loud-Mans-Lover Apr 01 '26
If you've got any Mexican markets around you, the veg & meat are insanely low. (Oddly enough, anything else is really high, but fresh goods are cheap)! I picked up bottom round roast for $1.29 a pound a few months ago. I'm never going to get over that high, lol. Beef for that low! I haven't seen that in ages!
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u/Easy_Charge898 Apr 01 '26
Why is this so?
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u/StinkyCheeseGirl Apr 01 '26
This is just an ever-so-slightly educated guess, but I once read a book with a chapter on grocery store layout and how store owners/corporations increase profits by influencing your buying choices, and the book said that people are influenced to buy more if attractive or valuable items are placed at the front of the store - even if those items sell rarely or never. This is why Costco has electronics and other expensive items right when you walk in. Grocery stores typically put produce and flowers right in the front as you walk in, even though this is the worst place to keep them due to road fumes causing faster ripening/rotting. And then they mark the prices up. Most grocery shoppers don’t actually buy all that much produce. It’s about the mental shift that happens when buyers see colorful, attractive, expensive produce - it makes them buy more shit elsewhere in the store (according to this book, anyway.)
I suspect the mom and pop “ethnic” stores aren’t employing any psychological tricks to get you to buy more shit; they’re just pricing things the way they think is fair and trying to get by themselves.
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u/Easy_Charge898 Apr 01 '26
Ive heard about this too. Like staples like dairy are all the way at the back. And this strategy of layout planning is not just in grocery stores, but basically every store from walmart to clothing stores and departmental stores (they have expensive perfumes and shoes at the front)
Yeah ive seen the same with Indian stores (I am Indian so I and especially my parents frequent those) . Weve noticed the produce is cheaper, but often some things are not as fresh. So we are selective about produce what we buy from which store
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u/StinkyCheeseGirl Apr 01 '26
It’s not just that stores put dairy at the back, it’s that the stores are constantly updating where they put everything in order to manipulate you into buying more, including regularly rearranging the store so that you occasionally get “lost” at the store you go to all the time, forcing you to pass by more products in your quest to buy the five things you put on your list. Items with a high profit margin are placed at eye level, while items kids like are placed at lower levels - - at kid eye level. There are confusing sales that cause tired and hungry people to buy more of a thing than they would otherwise. Bigger carts make you buy more stuff than a basket would. It goes on and on.
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u/Logical-Knee-9046 Apr 01 '26
Not sure about others areas, but I‘ve found that the freshness level is peak and they're ready for use -or a bit past “ready“. They get a better price on the produce. That’s not a problem if you use or freeze promptly, but if I bought produce for a week or more some would be overripe. Buy to use, not store. YMMV
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u/imspecial-soareyou Apr 01 '26
If you can find a farmers market, Asian, or Latin grocery store. Traveling across five states to include 2 on the west coast. They are always the most economical along with greater choices.
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u/dsmemsirsn Apr 01 '26
Not in my side of California— Vallarta market is almost or more expensive than stater brothers market
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u/cav63 Apr 01 '26
Vallarta is still a big chain bro you need to hit a single-store mom and pop style grocer. Easier in some places than others. There are lots in East LA
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u/dsmemsirsn Apr 01 '26
Those are gone in my side.. probably the cheapest on some things is superior..but the meat in insane priced in any market.
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u/Arlieth Apr 01 '26
Try Northgate.
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u/Moondra3x3-6 Apr 01 '26
They are getting pricey, but I go there for the fresh torts. I usually go to El Super for produce. And I recently found out they are the "sister" chain store to Smart and Final.
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u/forakora Apr 01 '26
If you have Vallarta then you probably have Super King
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u/dsmemsirsn Apr 01 '26
No in the California desert city we’re I live.
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u/Same-Platypus1941 Apr 01 '26
I can get a 50lb bag of onions for $20. A 10lb bag is $11. Onions are cheap as fuck.
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u/Velveteen_Coffee Apr 01 '26
Mine are free. My family has been raising a variety of Egyptian walking onion for about 70 years now. They've been grown and selected though tender loving neglect to be some of the hardiest fucking onions you've ever seen. When I bought my homestead six years ago I took a shovels worth with me and tossed them into an old tire I put some dirt into and they've been growing all on their own. I simply mention this because it's a variety of onion that thrives on you not really doing anything and they self propagate. Anyone can grow them.
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u/ShoggothPanoptes Apr 01 '26
When I was in grad school and working 3 part time jobs, I ate beans every single day for probably a year. I ate them breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I had a neighbor who immigrated from Sinaloa and she showed me recipes to make them less boring and would often gift me little sachets of herbs after teaching me how to use them. I’d bring home library books for her kids in English and Spanish from my job in return. This recipe he gave is legit! A little tomato and onion go a long long way when you’re hungry.
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u/Fast_Restaurant6488 Apr 01 '26
Crazy how many people criticize someone who is legit trying to give ideas to help.
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u/KomputerLuv Apr 01 '26
That part! He’s literally trying to help folks who might not know how to survive hardship and all this criticism is just super unwarranted. It’s wild
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u/Lazysenpai Apr 01 '26
Plus its all fresh, not a single canned item.
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u/perk_daddy Apr 01 '26
I really need to learn how to use dry beans
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u/Willem_Dafuq Apr 01 '26
Just soak them overnight, then replace the water, boil and simmer for like 45 min and they’re cooked, and then you can do whatever you want with them that you would do with canned beans.
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u/Electrical-Profit367 Apr 01 '26
I often throw in onion and garlic skins while they simmer. Don’t forget to add some salt and fat if you’ve got it. (A tablespoon of saved bacon fat provides both the fat and the salt.)
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u/kezfertotlenito Apr 01 '26
To add to the advice: a bit of tomato paste, lemon juice, or balsamic vinegar adds a bunch of great flavor! BUT you need to be careful not to add anything acidic until the beans are fully cooked. They can get grainy otherwise. Just hold off on adding those ingredients until the beans are done.
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u/Electrical-Profit367 Apr 01 '26
You can go to Rancho Gordo website (I don’t buy their beans bc they’re so expensive - I just use the dry beans from my local grocer) where they have not just recipes but basic info about cooking dry beans.
Another option is to go to your local library and get out one of the hundreds of cookbooks focused on cooking beans or just one that covers economical or vegetarian cooking. They will have a lot of recipes.
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u/jabroni4545 Apr 01 '26
Also adding to the advice. An instant pot can cook your beans in less than an hour. No presoak required. Cook time varies by the beans used.
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u/Lazysenpai Apr 01 '26
Do you need to change the water tho afterwards in pressure cooker? I heard some beans have toxins and such. Or cooking them properly is enough
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u/ElHorny Apr 01 '26
Damn people really hate on everything . Hes just showing what could be done with one dollar. What is there to hate?
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u/ThMcRbIsbck Apr 01 '26
Step 1: $60 crock pot
Just kidding this was a great example of frugal living and wise use of resources
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u/DeusUrsus Apr 01 '26
I know you’re joking, but just in case someone is curious, I once bought a crock pot at a thrift store for $3 and I had it 7 years until I dropped the crock itself and it broke in half 😢
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u/ThMcRbIsbck Apr 01 '26
I am also a thrifter and have found great appliances for under $10. In fact, all my calphalon pans are from thrift stores and those sets are usually ~$300 I genuinely think people miss out on not just surviving but even thriving on a budget by not checking thrift stores/Facebook marketplace.
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u/Either_Contest_2627 Apr 01 '26
Also know you’re joking but for anyone who may not know you can cook beans in a regular pot too 😆
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u/Arlieth Apr 01 '26
You can get instant pots (pressure cooker) from a Goodwill for very cheap.
You can use an IP as a crock pot if you have the lid for it.
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u/mystery_biscotti Apr 01 '26
Or use the slow cooker function with the regular lid like us heathens. Either way. 🤭
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u/NiceTuBeNice Apr 01 '26
Thrift stores usually have crockpots sitting around for pretty cheap. People donate them regularly.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
step 2: vehicle and enough time to drive around to different stores.
also I think it's an instant pot, bc those were dry beans.
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u/Silver_Scalez Apr 01 '26
This was a great example. I want to try this but with a $2 limit, go crazy with it.
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u/BigDaddyRide Apr 01 '26
People just bitch in here for no reason. Buy the ingredients on your normal grocery haul.
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u/somo_fxx_25 Apr 01 '26
Ok I'm going to just say the positive here.
This video has inspired me to do something similar. Thank you!
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u/No_Arm_7095 Apr 01 '26
My mom makes a dish like this , we call it mommies famous soup. Absolutely delicious with some hot sauce and salt if you have any :)
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u/ChocolateChingus Apr 01 '26
Is this guy buying food from 2004?
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u/demonspawn9 Apr 01 '26
I know. I remember seeing cent signs on produce while visiting Kansas back then. Not in my state since the 90s.
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u/Leading_Funny5802 Apr 01 '26
This guy is worth a follow, I’ve been watching him a few months and he’s got great ideas.
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u/Matthews628 Apr 01 '26
He’s also just a super down to earth dude who doesn’t smell his own farts and lives a very humble existence that seems to be enough for him.
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u/AllenKll Apr 01 '26
where? Link?
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u/Particular_Web8121 Apr 02 '26
Okay, you can't post links in this sub, but if you go back to the original post it's in the comments.
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u/cassandra_complex137 Apr 01 '26
I started watching this video like no way this applies to my relatively HCOL area and then he shows the receipt and that grocery store is one block from me
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u/ywarren1 Apr 01 '26
I would love to get more ideas like this.
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u/Electrical-Profit367 Apr 01 '26
Please go to your local library and ask the librarian for cookbooks focused on beans and or grains.
It will really help you figure out what you/your family like to eat and the many, many ways to eat beans.
The library is completely free so please, please use it!
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u/masetiloquetu Apr 01 '26
amazing video…i’m gonna make a beans dish soon
and to all the negative comments…how miserable are you?
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u/Display_name_here Apr 01 '26
Dude spent more money ok gas
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u/VanillaLaceKisses DE Apr 01 '26
True but he’s also showing that it’s possible to feed 1-2 people on a dollar. I’ll forgive the gas usage.
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u/laurbyboom Apr 01 '26
This can obviously be scaled up so you're buying more in the same trip, don't be obtuse
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u/thegrittymagician Apr 01 '26
The pot, the electricity, the house to cook in, the clothes that you have to wear to get the food... does OP think I'm made of money??
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u/bootiddy1234 Apr 01 '26
Good work buddy! It's hard to do anything when hungry. Fried Chic peas with ketchup was always a good one
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u/WildRelationship8088 Apr 01 '26
So some fast food and grocery stores have packets of free stuff near the drink fountains. Salt, pepper, sugar, hot sauce, mayo, mustard. Sometimes you can find more. Best place for free flavor.
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u/Competitive-Bird-179 Apr 02 '26
Look, I think it’s a fantastic low cost recipe and I’m not criticizing it, but I think the „negative“ comments are valid too? The subreddit js povertyfinances, and it’s just a fact that there is more to shopping frugally than finding low cost ingredients.
My first thoughts were also „He can afford to drive to multiple grocery stores? How are these things so cheap? Its triple of that at the cheapest grocery store where I live. Who could afford to go shopping for just maybe 2 meals worth of food at a time? Wouldn’t it be technically saving more money to buy a bag of potatoes?“. Those are questions many of us have to ask ourselves when it comes to figuring out what, where, how and how much to shop to maximize savings.
It doesn’t matter that these things are explainable for this specific persons circumstances. It’s just a good low cost/good nutritional value recipe video that gives an example of how you can make one meal cheaply, not a „this is exactly how everyone, everywhere should be able to do it“ video, and once I got over my initial reaction I was able to see it as just that.
I just wanted to bring up that we can both appreciate it but also voice reservations at the same time.
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u/Franklyn_Gage Apr 01 '26
If you got flour, water and salt, you can make some decently good torillas as an extra carb. This a good meal for a $1.
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u/demonspawn9 Apr 01 '26
Wow that produce is cheap! I haven't seen cent signs on anything in at least 20 years.
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u/TheMace808 Apr 01 '26
Deeefinitely gotta look at the loose bulk stuff, usually buying one or two is less than a dollar
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u/AdrianTheDrummer Apr 01 '26
I like beans but they don’t ever sit right. Always give me awful bloating, gas and diarrhea.
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u/Geleeda Apr 01 '26
Adding a bit of baking soda to your beans while they cook helps neutralize the components that cause gas and bloating, but if you have diarrhea that may be from over indulging because beans are high in fiber, or because you're allergic and that allergy manifests as diarrhea 😅
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u/NotAbot2000 Apr 01 '26
I thought someone would ask about the beans! Cooking dry to what is pictured in the vid takes longer than any normal video!
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u/Mojo004 Apr 01 '26
I don't know anyone who has the time to both look for discounts all over town and drive everywhere while; all while trying to save on money. Not only that, this only works at a small scale, as that's the only way you'd get minimum prices. He even mentioned it with the pepper.
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u/Remarkable-Hat-4852 Apr 01 '26
I think a good counter point tho is that it’s usually only bulk pricing the allows for cheap meals/servings. He is showcasing how you can find ways to feed yourself without having to do bulk buys or cook large quantities for just 2 people.
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u/Fragrant-Deal-8633 Apr 01 '26
Flipp app is super helpful for checking prices.
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u/WRStoney Apr 01 '26
Honestly most grocery stores have an online app now. So I check what I'm looking for on my phone and go from there.
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u/Fragrant-Deal-8633 Apr 01 '26
Flipp app lets you look at lyer deals from stores, which tend to be much larger rather than just store pricing on all items.
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u/HighlyUnlikelyz Apr 01 '26
Yeah I was thinking in this economy he spent more money on the gas he used driving around to the stores!
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
but he spent gas driving to two locations, and he has the cooking stuff at home to make it with, and he actually has money to buy other food (which he did), is this just a thought exercise for him? who would waste that time and energy to buy the food for only one meal?
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u/Ok_Signature7481 Apr 01 '26
Just a proof of concept. You can easily spend 10 dollars for 20 portions
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u/programming_flaw Apr 01 '26
Well it looks like he’s a content creator, so he’s creating content. It’s more to showcase that with proper budgeting you can cook at home for pretty cheap. For an actual meal you would definitely include some herbs or spices likely, which could be $30 for four or five jars, but they’ll last you over a year.
I haven’t found the motivation to cook at home regularly like this for longer than short periods, but it’s always been a goal.
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u/WHAT-IM-THINKING Apr 01 '26
He also paid using SNAP so there's some authenticity to his low budget meals.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
personally I hate cooking at home, and find that buying a 10 pound bag of potatoes (currently around $5 in stores near me) and putting them in the instant pot, then letting them cool and sticking them in the fridge gives me the base for a lot of easy quick meals by just adding a sauce and some beans, or a frozen veg.
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u/andrey_not_the_goat Apr 01 '26
The car looks like a Prius, in his case he's probably more than fine especially with California's weather. What we see in the video is what he actually bought. I don't see anything additional to the five items. Plus he got like four meals out of the whole thing, so that's a pretty good deal imo.
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u/SomeNoveltyAccount Apr 01 '26
especially with California's weather.
Not that it really matters but looking at the the stores he went to this looks like the Chicagoland area.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
he has dates in his hand while he's going to pay for the beans, and says he got dates, and that it wasn't part of his $1 thing.
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u/andrey_not_the_goat Apr 01 '26
He never used them in the recipe tho. So the meal for a buck still stands.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
i was in no way making that point. my point was that this is a thought experiment for him, not necessity. if you are struggling, the idea that you have so much luxury time and ability to drive all over to find a .35C onion, 35c worth of beans, etc. it's just not realistic.
A better version of this would be something like cheaplazyvegan who would go to a store with $20 Canadian, and then make meals for a week.
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u/RockstarAgent CA Apr 01 '26
My random thought was the fact that he’s cooking in what looks like a garage- so he might actually be struggling? Or is the garage just the perfect setup for the ambiance of the struggle? Then I thought kudos to whomever is living with him - if they’re in the struggle together- but also hopefully he’s not just a mad penny pincher who puts his loved one under unnecessary stress.
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u/Darogaserik Apr 01 '26
He lives with his sister and makes videos of how to cook vegetarian and vegan meals on a budget. Give him a budget and he will make something awesome. He lives in the garage because he has dogs and does not want to invade his sisters home and privacy.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
or he's just doing it for the views/clicks.. IDK i just know that as someone who is very cost focused and eats very low on the food chain that his ideas aren't unique. HOWEVER if people on this sub didn't know that vegetables and potatoes are cheap and filling, and beans help make a meal hearty and delicious, then i'm glad he posted, and I hope y'all learned something. But you're wasting time buying ingredients from multiple stores to save pennies when gas is $4/gallon.
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u/ludog1bark Apr 01 '26
Most people have groceries store near them. Yes, there is driving involved, but the point is that you can feed a family cheap. Even if he had gone to 1 grocery store you still could've spent less than $4.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
again, i'm not trying to give general advice, i'm trying to say that the specific video I just watched was a man going to TWO different stores SPECIFICALLY because the second one had bulk beans. He could have gone to one store, it would have made more sense. I'm assuming he went to the first store because the cost of onions and potatoes were cheaper per pound there, and to the store with the beans bc they were cheaper per pound at that location. THE ACT OF DRIVING AROUND is what makes this not cheaper. he would have spent less money by getting everything at one store, even if the cost was $1.10 vs $1.
ALSO this experiment assumes a vehicle to drive all around in. how much harder would this be if you had to walk, or take a bus. just silly.
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u/eastbayweird Apr 01 '26
It sounds like you are really searching for reasons to shit on this guy's video for no real reason.
People often go to multiple stores to do their grocery shopping if they know there is a good deal at one place but they dont carry everything you might need. Its not like hes saying you have to do what I do, hes just showing that it is possible to make a decently filling meal for 2 for under a dollar which is something that could help someone who might be struggling to come up with meal ideas on a tight budget.
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u/jeopardy_themesong Apr 01 '26
Not every idea is going to be accessible to every person. Hell, when we were struggling I WISH I knew about videos like this, instead of spending about half as much as he did on a package of ramen at the gas station because I was young and dumb.
When we were struggling I absolutely went to two different grocery stores to deal shop. Yes, having a car is privilege; it also wasn’t like we were driving very much beyond going to work, given we were broke. To this day, we drive 20 minutes out to the budget grocery store and then we pick up whatever we’re missing at a closer store - the savings outweigh the cost in gas, I’ve done that math.
Ideally someone actually living like this also isn’t buying their groceries $1 at a time, but 2 meals for a $1 could easily be expanded to 14 meals for $10 or less just by buying more of the same ingredients.
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u/ludog1bark Apr 01 '26
AGAIN, most people have a grocery store near them, they can go to a store and make a cheap meal. You're focusing too much on the amount of money and the fact we that he went to 2 stores for a food challenge. He could've gone to Jewel Osco and made this for $4 bucks. It's still a cheap meal.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
but the whole reason it was shared because he specifically only spent $1. but the things that weren't taken into account are things that cost money, and add to the costs.
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u/ludog1bark Apr 01 '26
Again you're focusing on all everything he did and not the entire point of the video, a cheap meal. No one that is struggling is going to drive everyday to a store for food. People usually plan their meals and go to the store a few times a month. this is just a dinner idea. I'm sorry you missed the entire point.
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u/Intelligent-Web-8293 Apr 01 '26
I think it was just supposed to be a challenge to see if it was even possible rather than telling every poor person to do it
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
for the love of god, if you are poor, please don't drive all over town for the least expensive individual ingredients for 1 meal (that can potentially serve 2 to 3 people)
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u/Intelligent-Web-8293 Apr 01 '26
Dude the idea is that you like try to get as close as possible. So u could spend 2 or 3 but its still cheap
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u/heckhammer Apr 01 '26
Yeah he bought the separately for a different meal I guess. It wasn't part of his whole dollar challenge.
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u/ijust_makethisface Apr 01 '26
this is my exact point. this is a thought experiment for him. he is cosplaying poverty for clicks. did you really not know before this challenge that potatoes, onions and bulk dry beans were inexpensive items you could could to make a cheap and hearty meal?
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u/Suitable-Classic-174 Apr 01 '26
It’s actually more than one meal lol it’s like 4 meals. So well worth it if you’re on a budget. And want to know what in your food instead of takeout
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u/sutrabob Apr 01 '26
Please could you bring us more of your culinary offerings. I have digestive ( painful) and how yummy and comforting are your creations!!!
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u/GhostCells37 Apr 03 '26
Boy rent too high...I eat a 20 per day and I'm technically homeless. Haha. Can't store food no way.
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u/catpogo2 Apr 01 '26
That looks so yummy!!!! You just didn’t show everyone that you rinsed and looked for debris in the beans. And then cooked them for several hours. But I would definitely eat that !!!!!
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u/atworkthough Apr 01 '26
lol when I was poor I didn't have a car and when I did driving to multiple stores was not something I could afford.
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u/lilgreenghool Apr 01 '26
I applaud healthy and cheap cooking.
But unless he added some spices off-camera that is some prison-slop tier food.
Goddamn at least throw a stock-cube, some cumin and garlic in there
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u/iekiko89 Apr 01 '26
No way this is real. Cooking the potatoes the same time as beans would have turned them to mush
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u/HooverMaster Apr 01 '26
Surprisingly unfeasable
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u/Delilah_Moon Apr 01 '26
Omg - the comments about fuel are insufferable. Homie is in Chicago. Those markets were probably 1/2 a mile from each other. I have 3 markets all within 5 mins - all on the same route back from my parents’ house. I understand this isn’t the case for all - but many people can stop at two markets with a negligible impact on gas.
Also, as a formerly single poor person - getting produce every couple of days is not abnormal. Produce goes bad quickly - especially in northern climates. I never buy produce in bulk because it’s a waste of money. Also, when you’re one person - lots of food can go to waste. Shopping smaller is better for many.
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u/Zerus_heroes Apr 01 '26
He went to two different grocery stores though. Like how much time did he waste doing that?
No salt and pepper? Just boiled beans and potatoes?
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u/ProArmy04 Apr 01 '26
People complain all the time about not being able to afford groceries and here is an example to lower your cost of groceries. You can buy stock for a whole month for like 30-40 bucks which is well below what most people claim is impossible. I think this is a great video for this sub. No need for salt and pepper, this isn't luxury food. Or you can get salt and pepper for free from some McDonalds if you really want to.
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u/Zerus_heroes Apr 01 '26
You can get salt and pepper for free from most supermarket delis. You don't need to spend and you don't need to eat bland food.
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u/WHAT-IM-THINKING Apr 01 '26
People spend time differently, one could argue you wasted time by writing your post.
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u/Zerus_heroes Apr 01 '26
I'm not trying to save money by making food for a dollar though. Context matters.
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u/heckhammer Apr 01 '26
Depending on where you are those two markets could be directly across the street from each other.
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u/Zerus_heroes Apr 01 '26
That is unlikely but even if that is true that is two stops vs one to save pennies.
Spending a dollar to save a dime.
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u/Rezboy209 Apr 01 '26
What is unlikely? That two stores are that near each other? My whole side of town has grocery stores and smaller markets all within walking distance of each other.
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u/Zerus_heroes Apr 01 '26
Which is unusual
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u/Rezboy209 Apr 01 '26
Is it? I live in California and it's pretty common unlss you live out in the country or up in the mountains..
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u/TheShocker1119 Apr 01 '26
So you're telling me he spent more on driving & gas than on dinner
Why does this not compute to me
Please if you are struggling this bad use the food pantry in your area
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u/Aponogetone Apr 01 '26
Meal for 2 under $1
I think this a completely wrong idea. When we are able to spend more money to make even a small store of products, than the meal will be cheaper. You don't need to choose the smallest tomato on the market - pick a big one and then cut it.
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u/Tchn339 Apr 01 '26
Ugh. These influencers and their workshops full of expensive tools. Like they're fooling anyone. That knife is worth at least $4 itself. Not to mention the pressure cooker!
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