I Saved $60 Last Night

@porwest (78761)
United States
February 26, 2022 6:50am CST
Not every Friday, but some Fridays the wife and I will decide to order Chinese or a Pizza for delivery. After a week of cooking it is just a nice little break. Plus we like it of course. Last night I asked if the wife wanted Chinese. The second option was a simple meal of hot dogs with a couple of sides. Then she asked what about scrambled eggs with hot dogs. Voila! Consider it done. So, I whipped up a batch of scrambled eggs with hot dogs, onions, yellow pepper, and cheddar cheese. It was cheap and good and so it saved me $60 last night, the amount we likely would have spent on Chinese food.
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Tina Dalasinski
@Tina30219 (81539)
• Onaway, Michigan
26 Feb 22
Wow you spend more on your Chinese food than we do when we get it it is I believe $25 we just get our meal and egg drop soup and egg roll.
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Tina Dalasinski
@Tina30219 (81539)
• Onaway, Michigan
27 Feb 22
@porwest Leftovers are always good for sure with all that you Order we would have leftovers for a couple days
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
@Tina30219 I even like to make a dish with some of the leftover fried rice with kielbasa and that red sauce they always give us. It is sweet and yummy. So, it all goes quite far.
Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
We go nuts. lol. We get General Tso's chicken, pork fried rice, egg rolls, beef pepper steak, crab rangoon, shrimp fried rice, spring rolls...you name it. Granted, we always have a lot of leftovers, but those are good too.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Feb 22
Sounds like a good meal to enjoy at home.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
26 Mar 22
@CarolDM For us it is at least a couple of times a month.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Mar 22
It fit the bill. Sometimes breakfast for dinner is quite good. It's Friday again as I write this. We'll see if I can avoid ordering Chinese tonight. lol
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Mar 22
@porwest I often have breakfast for dinner.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Feb 22
Did you put the scrambled eggs on top of the hot dogs or were the hot dogs inside the scrambled eggs, just without the bun?
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Feb 22
@porwest to me the term hotdog means the bun with the sausage inside, whether it’s a Frank, a bratwurst, etc.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
Yeah. The hot dogs were just sliced and fried and put into the scrambled eggs.
Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
1 Mar 22
@lovebuglena Technically speaking the hot dog is just the wiener itself. To me a bratwurst is a bratwurst, a Polish sausage is a Polish sausage, an Italian sausage is an Italian sausage. It is actually funny when I think of it because I will likely say "I am having a brat on a bun," but if I do that with a hot dog I just say I am having a hot dog. lol
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (155629)
• United States
26 Feb 22
Oh, but Chinese is so good! I have already put in my order with hubs for Chinese for my birthday.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (155629)
• United States
25 Mar 22
@porwest I have an Orange Chicken in the freezer which I will have this weekend. YUM!
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Mar 22
@LindaOHio That actually sounds quite yummy.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Mar 22
I must admit. Without question I am an absolute sucker for Chinese food. It never goes out of style for me.
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Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo
@Spontaneo (14703)
• United States
26 Feb 22
As my roommate would say... Awesome dude!
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Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo
@Spontaneo (14703)
• United States
25 Mar 22
@porwest My roommate is a she and always uses the phrase "awesome dude". Now she has me saying the phrase over and over! LOL
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
26 Mar 22
@Spontaneo lol. For some reason the phrase always takes me back to Fast Times at Ridgemont High. lol
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Mar 22
lol. What is he? A surfer?
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Krissttina Isobe
@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
27 Feb 22
Home sweet home meal, yummy!!
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Krissttina Isobe
@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
25 Mar 22
@porwest Hy a wonderful weekend!
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Mar 22
Yes ma'am. I was far from dissatisfied. It was just what the doctor ordered.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41132)
• Delhi, India
27 Feb 22
Wow...thats good you have saved $60 on the meal.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
I was quite happy about it as well. Saving money is always better than spending it. Most of the time. Although Chinese food is well worth the expense in my opinion.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (134331)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Feb 22
Now give the money to your wife to spend since you saved it.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
2 Mar 22
Hush now.
Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118368)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Feb 22
I can't afford to eat out anymore after filling my truck with gas.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
Don't even get me started. lol. Gas prices are eating me alive.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
26 Feb 22
Cheap but thoroughly enjoyed
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
Yes. Indeed. I would call this the best of both worlds. lol
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325422)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 22
It's always cheaper to eat at home but also nice to eat out occasionally.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
Every once in a blue moon we enjoy eating out. But it is rare.
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Mildred Tabitha
@mildredtabitha (16046)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Feb 22
That was a nice meal you had. I'm glad you saved more than you expected
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
25 Mar 22
I don't mind the occasional treat, especially since you know, you work so hard for your money you have to have a little reward every once in a while. But I also like keeping some of that hard earned money in my pocket as well, and this dinner turned out just as good.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
26 Feb 22
Sometimes we just need a simple and quick meal to solve our hunger. That's already pretty amount you save.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
27 Feb 22
Considering the hot dogs cost me about 47 cents, the eggs cost me around 83 cents, the onions cost 20 cents, the shredded cheese around 60 cents, the butter about 19 cents and the yellow pepper about 99 cents, the whole meal was done for about $3.28. I would call that a win.
Neil
@Neil43 (3167)
•
27 Feb 22
That's a lot of something to have saved. Good for your. If it f=goes like that all the time. Imagine that amount of money accumulated.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
2 Mar 22
Money accumulates quickly when it not spent, but rather saved and more importantly, invested.
youless
@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
26 Feb 22
Usually it will save money to make a meal at home
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marguicha
@marguicha (215189)
• Chile
26 Feb 22
I mostly cook at home. I like good food and it is too expensive for me to buy it at a restaurant except for occations.
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Adie
@Adie04 (17360)
•
26 Feb 22
Nowadays it's great to save up, especially these pandemic times.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
26 Feb 22
The pandemic times have actually been financially very kind to me.
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