Favorite cheap "recession" food?

[Daniel Cygnus]

Little Caesar's $5 pizzas are always awesome. I'll eat half for dinner, and half for breakfast the next morning.

Also, this is purely a North Carolina thing, but Cook Out is seriously the best fast food anything ever. It's roughly $5 for a tray with an entree (hamburger, chicken sammich, footlong hot dog, etc.), two sides (fries, chicken wrap, onion rings, chicken nuggets, etc) and a drink (tea, soft drink, ridiculously good milkshake). It all tastes great, too. I'd say it's better than most other fast food out there.

 

[Shurikens and Lightning]

Hamburger helper. Or cup of soup.

 

[The Heik]

Delisso, not delivery!

7 bucks to feed me for a day, and it actually tastes better than any of the chain food pizzas ever will

 

[Jaranja]

Chips, thats basically it.

Well, there's always a whole chicken for about £3. It's insane how cheap chicken is.

 

[Charli]

Go shopping late and buy all the 'must go before it goes out of date' stuff.
It wins.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Smart Price chicken nuggets. 50p for twenty. Meal right there. I prefer mine with gravy (stock cube, granules and kettle), which is also inexpensive.

 

[SimuLord]

I can get a pound of 80/20 ground beef at Trader Joe's for $1.99. Add a can of corn and some A-1 sauce in a skillet and you've got what I call "Purina Bachelor Chow".

And I coined that term for it in 1996, BEFORE Futurama came on.

 

[ckam]

5 dollar FOOTLONGS! Or Ramen noodles... or Arby's.

 

[Arkvoodle]

Macaroni & Cheese.

 

[Ganthrinor]

Pasta.

 

[TheStickman]

Chef Boyardee?

 

[Agayek]

Ramen. It's <$0.50 for a meal and it's tasty, which makes it perfect.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

NISSIN Ramen

Just wet it, heat it and then eat it.

Plusit comes in bulk, so you always get more for your money.

 

[adamje2326]

Recession food? Isn't that just student food then?

Super noodle sandwiches ftw

Ah warbutons, it makes the sandwich....

 

[Plurralbles]

in these tough times I can only afford a semi-endless supply of caviar. So sad for me : (


haha, I love it if a rich person came here and said that.

 

[ILUV2YIF]

Dog food

 

[Gauntes]

pedigree chum

 

[.Warheart]

I just found out I can get two french breads for 17 cents. Wth?

 

[thylasos]

Beans on toast. YES.

Cheese and pepper are optional.