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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

You're damn right I'll upvote the cheapest source of "meat" I could afford when I was at rock-bottom.

Literally 1 tin of these, tinned vegetables, tinned beans, tomato puree, a bunch of different spices, and served with either pasta or with rice in a pitta bread.

Maybe some stolen sauces from McDonald's for dipping.

And for dessert, a hand rolled cigarette with used filters and second hand tobacco because this is the only hot meal for the day and life fucking sucked.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

upped for stolen sauces. rice and stolen taco bell packets kept me from starving back when 17 and kicked out of the house for the 2nd time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Dude I’ve never met someone else who rolled up second hand cigs. My situation when I was doing it was similar to yours, except my friend and I had become rather efficient at stuffing food down our pants at the local Kroger, so we usually had one good meal a day, and then a half cup of rice each for the rest of the day.

I’m glad to hear you’re doing better, that was a rough life and not one I would wish on anyone, even my enemies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You make it sound kinda nice, actually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sliced, sauted over rice with ketchup.