With $25 in your pocket, what food would you buy if your kitchen is empty?

Wise choice indeed. The balance can be used for other things or if any emergency occurs. Thanks for responding and have a nice day...

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So it would be easy for you as you don't have to spend a lot yet you can get all the eggs you want from your farm. And you can make your own bread, this is good for you. As for me, I don't know how to bake a bread so I have to buy always. Lol..

Well I have a bread machine and I buy a 10kg bag of bread mix so with those things anyone can bake bread. It is quite cheap and the best bread. I do not have a farm, just 3 chickens and a half an acre of land for them to roam and I top up their diet with some feed grain I buy locally.

Wise selection of food. You can eat comfortably and even luxurious based on what you can buy. Thanks for sharing..

Me too. If I am able to follow strictly to the menu, it would be a lot of money saving because every quantity is bought according to how much it would be used. So nothing will be wasted. You are a pro, pal.

I wish I could do that. I have tried a couple times and each time we never end up having whats on the menu. I either don't feel like cooking that night so I make something else that's quick or we end up not being home or somethings going on so it screws everything up and I end up not going by it. How do you keep to your menu?

Hmm... I like pasta. Nice choice of food. Thanks for responding. Have a nice day.

Flour can make bread and here in my country I can make pancakes, lots of delicacies from it.

In my country there is never any coupons for food. I guess you are lucky to get free or almost free coupons because you can save lots of money. :)

That's very wise of you, keeping canned food for emergency situations.

Lol. Yeah it would be a poor choice eating anchovy and salted fish all week long. Maybe I should rethink what I should buy. Thanks.

Good choice!

Hi grandpa. I always respect professional cooks because they are very particular in every details of the food - From the quality of food, the price, quantity to buy and everything else we the ordinary people doesn't even aware of. Good job, grandpa. Maybe some day we'll meet, who knows? I see your avatar and is that you? You are indeed such a handsome man. Thanks for responding, grandpa. Hugs and kisses.

That is indeed me, thank you for the kind words. Is your avatar you? Lash

Yes, it is a good choice to buy things for sandwiches so you can make lots of varieties with it. And the left over money can be kept for emergency purposes.

College life is difficult, I understand. I used to eat white rice with fried eggs most of the days during college. It's terrible but just have to. We have no time for cooking plus we need the money for other purposes.

That's very wise of you. So you can keep some change in case anything else happens and you need the money.

Here's the recipe for home made noodles. 3 eggs, beaten well 3 Tbsp oil 1/4 cup water 1 tsp salt 3 cups flour 1.Mix eggs, oil, water and salt together; add to 2 cups flour and mix well. 2.Add another 1/4 to 1/2 cup of flour and work in well. 3.Put 1/2 cup of the flour on board, mat, or counter top and knead flour mixture until all flour is mixed in well. 4.Divide dough into 3 parts. 5.Let sit 25 to 30 minutes. 6.Roll thin and dry at least 1 hour and preferably 2 hours. 7.Cut into strips, thin or wide. 8.To use, just drop them in boiling water and cook until desired doneness is achieved, about 12 minutes. 9. These freeze well. I put them in a plastic freezer bag or container after I've cut them into strips and they keep for months in the freezer. For a real treat, add herbs and spices to the dough. Rosemary and thyme are excellent. Some times I'll make them a little thinner Less flour and make what we call buttons and drop the noodle dough into the broth by the small teaspoons to give a small noodle like dumpling. The kids love it.

You make your own noodles? This is great. I never knew how to make noodles. Maybe you can give the recipe of the noodles. I like making them myself because my husband can't eat processed noodles because one of the ingredients (chemical) which make his stomach ache.

Yeah, with the financial hardship which is going on in my country we had to save on a lot of things especially on food. Fortunately just last night the government has announced that the price of groceries will decrease. I am happy to hear about this.

Yeah, with the rice we can make rice porridge so that it would last longer. And a few cans of sardines to add.

What is Top Ramen? I've never heard of it before. Is it a type of meat... lol... just being curious. And yes, I agree that in some places 25 dollars is a lot of money. But in my country 25 dollars is not that much. But it is enough for food in a week's time but there is nothing much left for other purposes like petrol and such.

Top Ramen is a noodle dish that comes dry and you add water to it with a seasoning packet that comes with it. You can add meat to it or cheese or something. It's a good noodle dish and it doesn't cost very much.

That would be a luxurious feast for you. A lot can be bought with 25 dollars. I think I am poor in deciding what to buy with a sum of money. Usually I spent more. Here you can even buy chocolates to treat yourself and milk.

Now i just thought about it i would add to complete the sum - 2 pieces of different types of Ham - That's 11 RON - 1 box of melted cheese - i don't really know how you translate this, but is that kind of cheese that comes wrapped up in small triangles and you can spread it on a piece of bread just like you do with butter. - 4 RON - 2 pieces of meat for stake 6 RON - 1 salad - 2 RON - 1 box of mints - 2 RON. And that sums it up another 8,33 $ spent, so if you sum it all up i used exactly the sum you proposed, and managed to treat myself until the salary comes.

The thing is that although you can buy more with this money in my country, the thing is that the salaries are lower, so it compensates.

Yeah, I agree with you. 25 dollars can buy more than enough food for the week, I guess with only two of us we can afford to eat more than anchovy and salted fish.

Yes thats right- when one looks around there are people struggling to get even one meal a day.So this is heaven.Another positive way of looking at having to manage within a tight budget is that you remain trim all the time lol, no overeating and indulgence , or rather cannot afford any of that.I think a person values money all the more when he/she has to make do with less.