Poor Man's Garlic Bread

But that would not be poor man's garlic bread. That might be more expensive than just buying pre made real garlic bread or making real garlic bread. lol Defeats the entire purpose of poor man's garlic bread. Just saying.

@porwest - In fact this is a classic Italian brushcetta with no toppings. My husband must not eat butter and fresh garlic is a great healthy food.

@LadyDuck Not disagreeing at all. Just saying poor man's garlic bread is not supposed to be fancy or expensive. lol

It's a great way to save a little money and still enjoy some garlic bread for sure.

@2ndchances24 Garlic IS good for you. I used to take a supplement. Now I just eat a ton of it. lol

@porwest yeah it is PLUSE garlic is good for me to keep my sugar down so when I get the cabin done like it NEEDS to be done, I'll be making me a lot of garlic bread. I just have to make sure to not eat a lot of it but like a few slices a wk.

@porwest I agree Texas Toast is not poor man’s garlic bread. I just said that it is what I usually buy, but every now and then I’ll make some garlic bread the way you described. Mostly I’m lazy and just buy it at the grocery store.

@moffittjc When I have garlic bread, amazingly I have garlic bread too. But when I don't have garlic bread, I have poor man's garlic bread. Ugh. Is this really that hard?

But Texas Toast is not poor man's garlic bread, sir. lol. If I buy a loaf of bread for $1.50 and the spat of butter costs me a penny or two and the garlic powder costs another penny or two and I make four slices, I am spending about 27 cents for four slices of poor man's garlic bread. Where can I get Texas Toast for that?

Yep. That works too. I have used the tube from time to time, although I find it a bit more concentrated than using powder. But it does work.

It's not as bad as you think. It's a piece of toast. It's buttered. Garlic powder is sprinkled on. How bad can that really be?

Garlic powder is dried garlic. I use it all the time. I use minced garlic too. But garlic powder is quite useful for a variety of reasons. At least to me.

@porwest If it is just pure dried garlic, then sure, I would do that and enjoy it. Stuff my mom used to use was called garlic flavourant, scarred me for life.

@TraveOnWorld Yeah. No. This is not artificial garlic. Just dried garlic made into a powder. I still prefer fresh whenever possible, but it is not always practical.

@porwest I hear you.

It is super easy, and tastes good too. Plus, being a money guy, I like that it's extremely cheap too. lol

At the end of the day I don't mind how people respond or even if they get the gist of the post. But I do like to have some fun pointing it out sometimes when it does happen. Besides, I get another post out of it. lol

@porwest I think mine is just as cheap though.

Yes. Yes. But that defeats the idea of poor man's garlic bread. I am surprised so many people literally missed the entire point of this post. lol

@paigea Mine is cheaper, which is the point.

@porwest ok. I like to put garlic powder on a piece of bread and put in tin foil and heat it up and eat it when done. It is very delicious.

@Hannihar It sounds very good.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I do. I just call it poor man's garlic bread since it's not made like you'd make an actual garlic bread.

It was funny to me as I read through some of the responses how many people missed the whole point of the post. They kept saying I just buy garlic bread or Texas Toast, and I was like, but that's not POOR MAN'S GARLIC BREAD. lol Oh well. Sometimes it is hard to get the point across. It is what it is.

For me it is not so much about forgetting to get garlic bread. It's about saving money finding a cheaper way to mostly enjoy garlic bread. lol

@MommyOfEli2013 I can make four slices of poor man's garlic bread for 27 cents. lol

@porwest Well we can get some at the dollar store, so not too expensive....but I get that part too.

It fills the bill in a pinch and is quite good. Not as good as REAL garlic bread. But it does the trick.

That's a good use of the heels. I hate the heels. lol. Luckily the wife will eat them otherwise I'd have to find a way to use them up eventually.

@MarieCoyle Baking bread is not something I have ever done. But I do recall my mom had a bread machine when we were kids and man, the smell of fresh baked bread? Tantalizing.

@porwest I bake a lot of our breads for the most part. Warm and toasted, the heel is the best part!

You are absolutely right about that, and we have done that many times. Hamburger buns, hot dog buns. It uses them up and saves a little bit of money.

But that would be garlic bread. Poor man's garlic bread is simply the cheapest way to have garlic bread without actually paying for or making real garlic bread. lol I can make four slices of poor man's garlic bread for about 27 cents, which is the point. I can't buy any garlic bread for that low of a price and even individually sliced real garlic bread would cost way more. The idea behind poor man's garlic bread is to sort of have garlic bread without paying the garlic bread price.

Garlic bread or just the way I made it here?