People Are Sharing The “Poverty Meals” They Still Eat When They Don’t Have To (20 Cheap Meals)

11. 

“Saltine crackers with shitty cheese melted on top.” — ntrusivethots

12. 

“Stew. There could be anything in there but it’s still delicious.” — Jadewolfuwu

13. 

“Steamed white rice, crack a raw egg in it while it’s scorching hot, stir aggressively and dash with soy sauce. if I have some, some roasted seaweed in that shiz. Super cheap breakfast but oh man is it filling/delicious.” — MrCosmicChronic

14.

“Grilled cheese is great at pretending to be bougie food too. My brother and I used to go to the store together and splurge on fancy-ish cheese (i.e. still the precut stuff in plastic in the dairy section, not the high end stuff in the deli section or the fancy cheese cooler) and see who could come up with the best combination of cheeses and bread from the bakery section. I think we settled on sourdough, smoked gouda, havarti, and cream cheese.” — The_Tic-Tac_Kid

15. 

“Beans and rice.” — BerylSucculence

16. 

“Ramen.” — slejeivw

17. 

“Thing called goup, it’s something my father came up with when he was super poor after leaving the army in the 80s when the economy was fucked, and it’s now like a staple in our family. It’s like a stroganoff or something I guess, the recipe is one can of cheap cream of mushroom soup, one of those 80cent things of sour cream, the empty soup can full of milk, a dash of 1$ steak sauce, seasoning and cheap ground beef over noodles. Costs just a couple bucks to make and feeds an entire family of four.” — SkeeveTheGreat

18. 

“Cinnamon sugar toast.” — squangee

19. 

“Broccoli stems. Got a taste for them after having to sell back the florets to a restaurant that wanted them just to afford buying the broccoli in the first place.” — GatedGrain

20. 

“Sleep.” — vontoque

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