I’m a teacher now, and have a pretty solid life in terms of money. No kids, no more debt. But I grew up poor and was homeless after my military service, and I went back to university at that time, too. These recipes are near to my heart because I remember them fondly. I’m not a Slav, though, so Boris’ menu is a bit different...I had experimented with these in college, but for anyone who has an East/SE Asian or Polynesian upbringing, here are the changes I recommend: - packets of ramen, as cheap as possible, instead of macaroni - 1kg rice instead of oats - Spam instead of Doctor’s Sausage - garlic instead of onion (or whichever is cheaper) - mixed frozen vegetables (plain, no brand) instead of cucumber Meal Options (in addition to Boris’ fabulous suggestions): 1. Veggie Ramen. Ramen packs are TWO servings. Use 1/2 noodle brick, 1/2 seasoning packet(s). Boil noodles. When almost cooked, add 1 handful of frozen vegetables. Add seasoning packet, add 1 egg, mix well. Enjoy. 2. Use leftover cooked rice. Add garlic/onion and cubed Spam to a pan. Cook until heated through. Add cooked rice. Mix well. Season with soy sauce to taste. Optional: add chopped carrot and/or egg 3. Spam Sandwich. Similar to butterbrod, only you use a fried slice of Spam instead of Doctor’s Sausage.
@@juanamado8285 Quizás te cause gracia, pero con una palabra te lo resumo: ñoquis. Que, según dicen, tienen su origen en que a fin de mes estás pelado y te sobra papa y harina, de ahí la tradición de comer ñoquis los 29 de cada mes ¿Viste que Boris dijo que si no tenés harina a fin de mes es que tenés que revisar como haces las compras o algo así? Además muestra mucho la papa, si no tenés, zapallo y así. Del guiso o ensalada que te sobraron hacés torrejas y así.
For those who are frequently on a tight budget, I suggest growing herbs like parsely, oregano, and chives to add variety to macaroni & potato dishes. If you can, buy a small head of cabbage, as cabbage helps keep hunger at bay.
Joke’s on you, I work at a greenhouse that grows herbs and vegetables! I can just snag some tomatoes, cucumbers, thyme and basil from work in exchange for a tiny part of my paycheck, and I’m set! No bay leaves, though. The greenhouse isn’t blessed in that way. 😢
If youre ever o a tight budget get a loaf of bread, cheese that melts (not yellow cheese go to a mexican store and ask for 'quesillo') and get eggs...fry the eggs toast the bread and then put the egg on a piece of bread cut some strips from the cheese put them on the egg and then put the other piece ontop and then enjoy
"Be sure not to waste money on things like bottled water" And with this Boris just brought one of the most obvious wastes of money and resources in the western world, thank you
There are some countries that don't have drinking tap water for example Greece it always confused me how my shithole of a country does that better than the EU
I lived by the sea in developped country and water was yellow... Its a fucking waste of money, but its either bottled or I'll be drinking pee colored water
Since having to go on food stamps, budget living videos like this have become my reality. Once you get used to the slim living, there’s a weird sense of fun to figuring out what strange amalgamation of a dish you can make with the random bits and bobs you have around the kitchen.
@@zyriantel9601 I'm currently eating a stir-fry that I made with vegetables I had left over from making borsch. All I could afford this week were the soup ingredients, so I got creative to come up with a second meal and make sure nothing goes to waste. Delicious too!
I introduced my husband (from Moscow) to buttered tortillas (I'm from Mexico City) and he has never been the same since. I swear at least 10% of his bodyweight is just that. Also, in the five years I have been married to that man, he has shown me more ways to cook potatoes than I ever could have imagined.
I grew up in Texas and didn't realize tortillas had calories until I was in my 30's. Not really, but it's so easy to eat 5 or 6 of them with dinner like it's nothing.
@@trashcatt9442 I moved from Mexico city to Dallas, Texas (where I met my husband, there's people from all over in Dallas), I worked in a Panaderia/market making tortillas and I had discovered that Mexicans in Texas are a slightly different breed because they absolutely love putting butter on tortillas (corn or flour) as a snack as well as creating variations on our cultural classics, even creating "Texican" food. Or simply "Tex-mex". In fact, a wide variety of Texans love the buttered tortillas, not just Mexicans. I adopted it into my everyday life and soon I had my husband doing it after we met. I should have been more specific.
If you live in the US I have some suggestions -Dry beans, peas, lentils. Dollar store tastes the same as name brand. 1lb = $1. Soak some overnight and they'll be ready to cook for the following day, rotate out as you use them. -Rice, same deal, $1 = 1lb. Wash and drain if you want individual grains, dont wish if you want the rice softer/more starchy. -Canned chicken, treet (like spam but more like bologna), canned beef, pork, or tuna - $1. Drain and either reserve water or throw it out; the liquid is full of salt and fats so it can be cooked in for stronger flavor/saving on salt, or you can get rid of it and not worry about it. -Canned, fresh, or frozen vegetables of your choice. Canned will be between 50 cents and $1 per can, fresh is usually based on weight, frozen is most expensive at around $2 per pound on the low end. -Walmart Great Value pasta. Get only as many as you plan on eating; for me pasta gets old fast so just one will do in my case for a 2 week period. Each container is about $1 -Knorr stock cubes. These sell for about $1 for a pack of 8 to 12 in the hispanic food aisle. GET THEM. These open up the world of soups and stews and cut down on costs of seasonings, you ALWAYS want to have these in your cabinet. They last indefinitely. -Potatoes from walmart; buy individually if they cost by how many you get and are relatively cheap, but by the bag if it's by weight (bag is usually better deal in that scenario. Do the math to be certain) -Eggs, a carton of 12 is around $2 to $3. -Small bag of flour or can of cornstarch. $1 or $2, you dont need a lot. Used for thickening. -A couple 1/2 cans of great value tomato paste/sauce run about $0.25 per can so pick up a few of these. With all these you should be relatively safe for about two weeks tops depending on your consumption. ***rice and beans are a good go-to meal, throw in a can of chicken and you can last two meals easily ***Potatoes, veggies, canned meat, knorr cube, and some water, some flour or cornstarch will make meat and veggies in gravy. Serve over rice and you can extend it further (like plov... _only is not_ .) ***Spaghetti with canned meat and veggies will last you a couple meals ***hashbrowns and eggs ***quartered potato wedges (Slice potato into 1/4ths or even 1/8ths, toss with salt pepper and oil, bake until blistered golden brown) and fried spam/treet ***mashed potato with meat gravy (saute canned meat WITH juices, season, flour/cornstarch) ***stew (meat, veggies, potato, stock cube, beans, flour/cornstarch, tomato paste) PS. Always buy your spices at the dollar store or in the hispanic food aisles. These are generally the cheapest places to buy as they're not packaged in glass or name-brand. The quality doesn't really suffer and you can get a lot for not much money: Cayenne, cumin, bay leaves, mexican oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, the list goes on. Spices will last you quite awhile and through multiple meals so definitely get these when you can - herbs and spices can make a sad meal into a delicious one, UTILIZE THEM PS.S. A bottle of hot sauce and a bottle of vinegar are also good to have on hand. For vinegar I'd say apple cider is safest; sour but mild, it adds acidity without being too strong. You can easily over do white vinegar but apple cider is more forgiving. If you oversalt food, potatoes can balance it out - that or dilute with more water.
@@watchmedothings6250 I've been considering doing a limited-budget cooking series for some time, maybe some day I'll follow through. I like to think food is something everyone should be able to enjoy and share with others; if something I know can help someone else's dollar go farther and thus make their life a bit easier, I'm happy to share.
Yes! It is the same in the Americas, just halved prices haha. Actually, beans and rice (or other cereals) increase in volume when cooked, can be bought by the bulk (sack) for a discount, and in combination make for a complete protein, with fiber. Essentially, they are awesome as a filler, accompanying a meat dish and making it last longer haha. Totally recommended. _EDIT_ : I forgot to mention: *_slow cooker_* . This is the cheapest version of a robot chef. It will make you save *money* AND *time* . Now you may go surviving.
This hits different after inflation hitting and now the cheapest option of all these ingredients being at least twice or three times as expensive in Europe...
Even without having watched this video, my Slavic roots helped me survive on less than $5 per week in America last summer and I cooked the near exact same things. I also suggest boiling chicken thighs (the cheapest) and making soup from the broth and adding the meat to the pan with beans, macaroni and eggs. One package lasted me 2-3 weeks. American grape jelly with powder sugar is cheap and goes well with plain bread. Milk, bananas and sugar in blender make a good healthy meal for when the American capitalists don't give you a break and you have to drink your lunch. And it is true you will go crazy without seasoning. Also if you work in a restaurant, don't be afraid to let your Slavic roots show and scrounge up as much leftover food from the tables as possible. Make friends with kitchen staff and you get free fries at least once a day, saving you a meal.
Legit have to do this every month cause money's been tight since the pandemic started and I lost my job. With rent and all the other bills we have to pay, my SO and I hardly have money for groceries. Boris has legit helped us get through this pandemic with his budget living videos.
For the tropical or latin fans, here is que aproximated equivalent. 1 cucumber. 7 bananas (or the cheapest fruit in your country) 500g rice (or any cheap pasta) 1 loaf of bread or 10 tortillas. 1 kg oat flakes. 250g cheese. 5 onions. 5 carrots. 500g mortadella. 10 eggs Butter. 10 potatoes (can be replaced by chayotes or yuca) Pd (edit): I made this based on what we have in central america, If one thing is not cheap in your country, you can change it to something cheaper in your country.
@@BasedCroatia At least in Venezuela, what we call mortadella is basically what Boris called doctor sausage. It is actually cheap and definitely not what italians call mortadella.
i'm From martinique , caribbean here some Cucumber 1€ 1kg Green and Yello Banana 1€ 1kg Frozen Chicken is cheaper than eggs Pork is cheaper than sausage The others are the same
My neighbour is a Russian girl who cooks a bigass pot carrots and potatoes twice a week, no joke. It's like dirt cheap, those 2x2 pots last her a week and the cost is I believe less than 4€ a week. I live in Germany, you can buy a sack of potatoes for under 2€, carrots are pretty much the same. She looks alive and well, she still got all her hair, nails and teeth at least and while she is thin, she doesn't look starved.
I do this but with potato, onion, rice, and dried lentil (for protein). Costs maybe $20/mo CAD. When you're student, I recommend eating a lot of potato (with the skin for fibre), and lentil for protein (cheaper than egg)
@@FishDinners That works, onion 🌰 are also dirt cheap. Rice also cheap but where I live I believe potatoes are still a lot cheaper. A lot cheaper than bread actually, 🥕 and 🌰 are as well. Just get grain products like pasta, bread, rice full grain, full grain products actually have a significant amount of protein, like up to 10% and also rich on vitamins and fibres.
@@kooroshrostami27 rice, potatoes, and pasta are much healthier than bread, and the first two are also cheaper, so I avoid buying bread. If you make it at home it's much healthier, but still not as good as potato. Potato is the healthiest carb bc it has almost everything the body needs.
The first struggle meal video that actually helped me out 😂 These other channels just try to show odd their pinterest cooking skills, this here is the real survival
Living on a tight budget is how I learned to spice everything. Now everyone asks me what's my secret to amazing recipes. Poverty is not a sentence it's life's tutorial on hard.
@@gertrummo9007 Well of course it's going to go critical, it's supposed to. That's when it's working at max efficiency. Now, uncontrollably SUPER-critical, OTOH, well...
As an Asian following tight budget (because of quarantine) I just bought 20kgs of rice, a bunch of bottle of soy sauce and oil, a dozen of eggs and some onion chives and thats how I survive for almost a week now. Lol.
For people who also need to live on tight budget, I have one word: rice. Rice shouldn't be a boring cold white short grain rice, you can eat rice almost everyday and a big 5-10kg packet costs about 11-13€.
funny thing with rice isnt it. the 5-10kg cost a bit more here, BUT lets not forget that 10kg rice turns into 20-25kg rice if introduced to water and heat. so yeah lots to eat for fairly cheap!
As an Asian person I approve. But also keep in mind that rice expands when you use it. Other than that it is versatile, growing up Filipino, it can be anything from a meal filler to a nice morning porridge or even a vessel with which to consume condensed milk. And lets not forget that leftover rice can always be fried up with salt and garlic.
also you can add chicken, cow meat, tuna or any other fish, carrot or peas so you wont eat the same rice every day. (p.s. cook the rice with chicken broth)
@@nursenaceylan3706 Also you can cook the rice with different grains. There is nothing better for me then rice and some buckwheat, extremely delicious.
Hello Boris. I moved to Ireland for studies and started living on my own. Your tutorials helped me a lot to save up money and still be able to eat reasonably. Thank you a lot !
Probably even easier for you. It's a well known fact that an average of four to five potatoes will spontaneously appear out of thin air every day in a typical Irish dwelling. They often come with a pint or two of Guinness and a few fingers of whiskey if you're good.
@@norawilliams1944 It's not the joke. All his recipes are legit. This is how lot of people actually survive. If you think this video is a joke than you're very lucky. Some can't even afford most of what he puts in into those dishes.
Go forge for food yourself, it’s free, easy, and fulfilling. Just yesterday I shook a tree in my backyard and a full rotisserie chicken fell right into my hands. Don’t rely on society, nature’s way is the best way.
This video made me sympathize my college friends from outside the city living on dorms, you got the school stress, being away from your family, and having to do all cooking and stuff by yourself, and getting sick without a shoulder to lie on is just, hard.
Another pro tip for the oatmeal from a Czech slav: take any leftover apple, grind it into purée and mix into the oatmeal. Enjoy a slightly tastier version. Na zdravi Edit: someone should make a Czech version Edit: many months later, tried most of these out, and a touch of cinnamon does help, but don't overdo it (you are a poor slav after all). If you really are rich, then grab a cup of ginger and lemon enhanced tea, or watered down and heated cinnamon perfumed apple juice (very watered down, else it's overwhelming).
@@werisekk3 I usually cook some apples in the water I'll boil my oatmeal in. Then add the oats and boil a little more. It's like oats in kompot and it's the best
This is why I always have Italian mixed herbs, curry and chilli powder, paprika and Cajun spices. When I was broke these saved my sanity... Well that and a jar of pesto.
Honestly. I love this tutorial. It’s some realistic “easy to make. Easy to eat. Easy to sustain yourself” tutorial. It sets bare standards. You can supplement. Fruit for others. Can’t get a good price carrot? Okay get some other cheep veggie to fill the role. Maybe get yourself some celery. Munch on that. Sustain yourself off grains. Cheap starch. Get moderate mounts of protein. Maybe that’s cheap sausage. Or mince meat. Or even eggs. Maybe you got no sausage. Get more eggs. Make egg sandwiches instead. Maybe even mushrooms if you can. No good eggs deal? Don’t like them? Get more meat instead. Fruits keep ya going. Apples are always reliable. But fuck it. Get good deal on oranges? Nice. Eat them. Change it up. Hell. Cheap melon? Melons cut up are nice. Even a bowl of melon is a good breakfest It’s easy. Starches and carbs keep ya filled. Proteins keep strong, Fruit get you your vitamins. Rice and beans. Works. Potato and beef? Works. Eggs and noodles? Work. This is real cooking. Real living.
True words. Never quite got out of the student life, myself, and I can't really say I want to. You learn what you need to survive, and you learn to like it. Variety, there's the key. Variety is the spice of life, or however the saying goes. Get creative. Am I swimming in wealth now, /relatively speaking/? Yes. But there are more important things to spend your money on seven days a week.
That potato hash is legendary. You can do potatoes, any meat, and any vegetables, and BOOM. Dinner. You can serve it right from the pan to reduce cleanup, scale it up easily to feed more people with more potatoes. Heck, swap the skillet for a stew pot and add some broth and you can probably get a nice soup going. In fact I think I will try that this winter.
Best trick: Go to your parents house, steal all the food. Your mum will not mind, your dad will not notice. Go to grandparents house, get gifted with all the jam. Done.
Annabeth CSTLN you just tell your parents what your up to and let yourself be adopted by local parents then switch back families once the budget is better Problem solved
Lol, if I asked my grandma for a help, she'd call me a peace of shit, who left school and is living like a hobo and I should just go drink bleach, because I'm a dissapointment to life. In fact, I have a work and I'm returning to studies this september, I just paused, not left. Still, she's a wicked witch lol, not a typical grandparents example
honestly with this ingredient list u can get SO creative. there are many ways of eating potatoes, eggs and bread. if you are living on a budget then this is actually very helpful, i admit i use similiar recipes and often my meals revolve around these kind of ingredients. On a weird note: I used to eat cooked pasta with sugar or sugar and butter a lot, and actually loved it lol. ALSO you can freeze your bread!! and remember that if your bread does get hard its time for a 'french toast'- basicaly dip the bread in eggs and then fry. it becomes soft an ultimate snack. I know these are pretty basic but maybe will help someone
this is a great video, here's some other things you can make using the same ingredients: - make omelette with the sausage/onion - omelette with just egg + sugar for something sweet - if you get ham instead of sausage, you can get a cupcake tray, but the ham inside and then crack an egg in each one, then bake - french toast - you can fry potato slices to make homemade chips, theres mashed potato, potato salad, theres so many potato recipes - if you've got flour get 1/3 a cup of that plus the same measurements of oats, butter and sugar, & bake and you've got a crumble. you could make apple crumble with those apples or if you have yogurt have it with that in a cup - with flour you can also bake a homemade mac & cheese. a bigger meal than you'd expect also doesn't use as much cheese as you'd expect - potato pancake, which is blended onion + potato which you bake in a pan, 2 ingredients but delicious - if you've got pastry you can make stuff like quiche, apple pie, meat pie (made with the leftovers), apply pastie, meat pastie - rice is great if you can substitute the pasta for that, since you can make so much. if you've got milk you can make rice pudding which is literally pudding - rice + 1 teaspoon of jam (bear with me) mix that, put a ton of fried onion and cooked meat of any kind on top & u have a meal - you can also make risotto with rice + cheese + onion - you do need chicken stock though get the cubes - with egg whites + sugar you can make meringue - with the leftover egg yolk you can add that raw to cooked rice & eat with some soy sauce, or just make an omelette, egg yolk omelettes are more delicious imo - don't forget 2-min noodles/ramen. if you have that literally add extra ingredients/seasonings u have on top and it will be delish - he was not kidding about the salt & pepper. add it to everything. if you've got any seasonings you don't use google how you can use them. Seriously just a meal of fried potato/onion/sausage/egg is one thing, adding cumin, tumeric, garam malsada, coriander & red chilli pepper on top of that makes a completely different meal. Spices are gifts.
I actually read the whole thing. Took me whole month just to read. Wait i forgot to eat. Oi blin i survived whole month for free. Just by reading cocking recipies. (Soviet anthem starts playing)
What a good addition to this video! I can only agree, spices and sugar in the home make very bland ingredients interesting! Also MSG, it's a 'controversial' spice, but harmless and really packs taste with meat/egg dishes.
This is what I subbed for, original content that is actually helpful blended in with a funny personality that doesn't sell themselves out to retarted trends.
Boris, I'm italian, I love every single video that you upload, but please, put water before, and when the water is boiling you put macaroni, my eyes are burning right now, with love; -a slav italian friend p.s. stay cheeki breeki
Boris, I can't thank you enough! I've only recently got into cooking and am not very confident, but I made the Macaroni you suggested and it was delicious, I got it right first try! Thank you!
You making it really nice and diverse, really good tutorial. Some time ago all we did to survive a month was just toasted bread with chepest ketchup and other meal was makaron with the same ketchup, sometimes egg or slice of meat if u want to make it fancy
meat? holyshit u rich or what. when i was poor i had to live on bread ketchup and mayo. thats like the cheapest u can go. dont buy cheese and meat when on a low ass budget.
Additional tip: Freeze the bread(if not cut, cut it first). That way it will last for months and you can use it in other recipe's. Also add sunflower oil to your shopping list. It is cheap and at the end of the month, you can add it to bread, some spices and bake it in the over.
Too relatable, first year I was all about clothing and stuff and now I'm like let's bring back as much fancy instant noodles I can shove into my suitcase (None of that maruchan college store bs which is also for some reason 4 times more expensive than normal?) and all the spices/condiments and tea in the space remaining.
В магазинах типа "Светофор" 5 кг макарон стоит менее 100р , так же 1кг овсянки стоит рублей 20 , овсянка богата белком (13г/100г) , лучше решение. Так же , бюджетным вариантом является перловка и пшено. Буханка хлеба стоит дешевле, если покупать вчерашнюю в пекарне , разрезаете на кусочки, кидаете в морозилку, перед употреблением 30с в микроволновке, вуаля, свежий хлеб на вашем столе! В магните часто бывают скидки на сосиски и колбасы, полкило категории Б можно захапать меньше чем за 100р. Закупаете картошку, морковь и фрукты в сезон(середина осени) , оставляете на балконе, прекрасно продержатся несколько месяцев, крайние меры- разграбить заброшенную дачу, малина, смородина, яблоки и много чего вкусного БЕСПЛАТНО
Yeah, and also sunflower seeds and flaxseeds are cheap, rich in minerals, vitamins B and lots of calories. You can snack it raw, though flaxseeds needs grinding before eat. Also, liver is quite cheap and is like multivitamin.
this is the kind of video that brightens my life, extremely intelligent and well thought out ideas/advice,wrapped in a shell of pleasing humour and personality to make it go down a lot better, important when it comes to surviving on the cheap ^-^
@@hyperult3810 you see, people are used to eating what they like, and when they see food they doubt they'll like it. Me, a true Croatian slav, I see potato with onion and mayonez and I say OPA MAMA GIVE SOME All these receipts in the video are absolutely blyatiful
Simple Soup -Potatos (sliced into cubes) -Carrots (sliced into cubes) -Pork Broth Cube -Onion -Corn (snapped to a more manageable size) -Meat (preferably pork) Sliced to small pieces Pour water into a pot with an onion sliced into quarters when it comes to a boil put the meat in and let it boil in low heat for about 20-30 minutes to let the meat juice out then put the Broth Cube then put the potatos, carrots and corn in let it cook for about 10-20 minutes till the vegetables are soft enough that you can stick a fork in it. put some salt to taste Boom! Simple Hearty Soup Enjoy with Plain Biscuits or Leftover Fridge Bread
Put egg in a bowl with some salt and pepper. Then dip bread slice thoroughly so its fully covered. Fry that on pan and boom. Thats what babushka used to make for me.
@@DwHockey68 Im not a russian, but I hear this phrase often, like once a week. basically "go fuck yourself" if localized. but it can also means "get the hell out of here" or "get the fuck out of here", just more vulgar.
Clicked this video. I regret nothing. Food around universities in America is FREAKING EXPENSIVE, more so than in other parts of the world. Getting this same amount of food in my home city at the grocery near my college is about $27, which is the equivalent of 23 euros. If I want to eat any better than this, I'm spending closer to $35 to $40 a week on food. Because this grocery list doesn't include milk or sugar (or bacon, the great american staple) at all. The AMERICAN survival foods list: Oats are also super cheap- get them. Bananas are among the cheapest foods in the United States. Get a bunch that is super-green. They will ripen quickly. Onions are also cheap, but so is garlic. Get a head of that along with your produce and you will thank me later. It lasts quite a while on the counter. It's actually cheaper to bake your own bread. Pick up some flour, yeast (If you have a place to get bulk yeast, USE IT. Keep it in the fridge), and some baking soda. Basic bread is flour, yeast, and water. Basic soda bread is flour, baking soda, and buttermilk. Know what's cheaper than buying butter and buttermilk separately? Getting a quart of heavy cream and whipping it into butter. Voila! Buttermilk and homemade butter. Carrots and potatoes are cheap, and so is celery. And with carrots, celery, and onions, you can make yourself some chicken soup, as long as you have some chicken. I've seen whole chickens for as cheap as five bucks. If you're savvy, you can get a rotisserie chicken for even cheaper if you shop late in the day. Use the bones to make broth/stock. Milk can be expensive- it varies, depending on how the farms are doing. Only ever get whole milk. Don't believe that lowfat garbage. It's a waste of your time and it's bad for your cardiovascular system. Make sure you keep a stock of brown sugar on hand. Why? Because it makes awesome strudel toppings, butterscotch sauce, and everything good in life. Apples. They go at fifty cents apiece where I live. Peel and slice them, discarding the peels because they're full of pesticides, and use the slices in an apple crisp (Lay out in a baking dish, smother in cinnamon and sugar, top with oats, brown sugar, and butter. Bake. Enjoy.). Use the cores to boil into apple core jelly. Pay attention to seasonal produce. Winter squash in the fall (makes GREAT pies and you can eat the seeds for a snack), salad greens in the summer, dark greens and roots in the winter, and literally everything in the spring/early summer. If you can get mushrooms on the cheap, get them. They work great in stretching out your meat supply, and making it taste better, too. Basic sausage is also cheap in America. Pick up some of middling quality and you're good to go. Don't forget the cheese! Avoid instant ramen at all costs. You can actually save money by getting plain pasta (which has several servings for under a dollar), boiling it in water with baking soda added, and there you go, ramen-ized pasta. Add to broth and add in eggs, meat, mushrooms, chopped spring onions, etc. Whatever you do to pimp your ramen. Fish is expensive in America, and the cheap kind is usually full of mercury. Don't bother. Your best bet is probably going to be canned mackerel. See below: Get some of those boxes of jiffy mix, the kind for corn muffins. You can mix a box of jiffy mix, an egg or two, some chives, and a can of mackerel, and it makes some pretty awesome fish fritters.
Nice bro, if I lived in the USoA I would definitely be doing a little CTRL+ALT+C magic. But I live in the land of the long white cloud so even that would come to 60$. Sucks to be a kiwi when it comes to prices.
Hot tip! If you're willing to sacrifice one egg and you have vegetable oil then you can make your own mayonnaise. Hopefully you already have mustard and vinegar too because they help get the emulsion together. One egg yolk is enough to make a LOT of mayo!
My college roommate used to have egg noodles every other day when he first moved in. Just egg noodles, tuna-potatoes, egg noodles, chicken with rice, egg noodles... It was to a point were it was outright obsessive. But knowing and using some of these recipes isn't so bad. I actually also use a lot of these recipes, or variations of them. I always have granualated vegetable broth at hand though, as it's a great spice for pretty much everything.
Been following this series for years. Just got the cookbook and now rewatching old videos while flipping through it planning the groceries for the coming month to try things out. Wish you had food videos at least once a week 😅 Thank you for making the cookbook 👌✨
Using a big grocery store chain here in the Midwestern US, I've compiled the list of groceries shown here 2:00 into an online cart. Since inflation has hit hard during the pandemic, the weekly cost of these items now total up at $27.26 or 23.30€. Mind that I couldn't get everything in exact measurements, but with what I could get, that's as accurate as possible. Things be rough for us Gopniks anymore. Edit: I forgot to add the oats. It's fixed now.
This is what I was thinking actually. Eggs are more expensive here, a load of bread for a dollar is hard to find. 6 eggs go for a buck to a 1.25 at the local Dollar Tree. Times are tough for poor folks right now.
Some tips from an argentinian, since we dance with inflation in the pale moonlight: - Get legumes. Lentils, peas or whatever is cheap where you are. Anything can give them flavour, they can be cooked in many ways (cold with vinegar and chopped onion, hot in soup or stew, mashed into mini lentil bites with garlic/onion, etc) and even a small portion is nutritious. Plus they last for ages. - Rice is cheap everywhere and when hot it will make any dish feel more filling. Half an onion or two cloves of garlic, salted, plus a bit of whatever vegetable is cheap there (here it's usually carrot and leek) are enough to give flavour to a full dish. You can also use that to fill blins. - If you only can get something like dr sausage, great, do the boris method. But if you have any sort of access to red meat, find the cheapest possible type that can be ground and ask for that. Make little balls (like, the size you can hold in the palm of your hand) with it and freeze them. Take one of them, defrost it and throw it in the pan for a bit of extra meat flavour and nutrition whenever you make rice/maccaroni/lentils/soup or any type of similar all-in-the-pan dish. - Bread is not essential, but flour is a great ally. With 1 big glass of water, 1 egg and three big spoonfuls of flour, you can make ten blins and fill them with whatever you have (I like putting a thin slice of cheese on them, plus whatever leftovers I have, rolling and heating them in a pan). No eggs, no problem. Flour + warm water + salt create flour tortitas (they're like little thick tortillas). You can fry them and use them as bread. 500g of flour will give you like 30 of these and as you can probably tell, they are quite filling, so if you live alone the best course is to make only the ones you'll consume in a day. During a really bad crisis in 2001, the whole country survived off these.
Pro tip if you really only want to survive: Sleep trhough breakfast and go to bed before dinner. Drink as much water as you can to make sure you don't die.
I love how most of the stuff you cook is also in Latvia, since we are so close, it became like a tradition (atleast for me) to cook some of this at least once a week
except Grylls drinks his own pee and eats insects found in the wild ;) so having the ability to buy stuff would be a luxury compared to what he is used to.
You would feel full, but your body will hate you for not getting enough foodstuffs in you. It will feel like you're always tired even though you slept for like half a day.
While I was studying in college in 2016-17 I lived off 4-5 months with 5e per week, so 20e per month (except weekends when I went home) literally ate only ramen and buns
Grew up watching these videos in elementary school knowing I’d have to use them some day. Now I’m in my second year of uni glad I found this channel back when I did
This is like anti-clickbait, you read the title and expect just that, but you get so much more
The Boris is a treasure!
Reverse clickbait
spy? i’m 100% american
Weiner is my game I eat all
I know right? He even gave bonus recipes at the end.
I’m a teacher now, and have a pretty solid life in terms of money. No kids, no more debt. But I grew up poor and was homeless after my military service, and I went back to university at that time, too. These recipes are near to my heart because I remember them fondly.
I’m not a Slav, though, so Boris’ menu is a bit different...I had experimented with these in college, but for anyone who has an East/SE Asian or Polynesian upbringing, here are the changes I recommend:
- packets of ramen, as cheap as possible, instead of macaroni
- 1kg rice instead of oats
- Spam instead of Doctor’s Sausage
- garlic instead of onion (or whichever is cheaper)
- mixed frozen vegetables (plain, no brand) instead of cucumber
Meal Options (in addition to Boris’ fabulous suggestions):
1. Veggie Ramen. Ramen packs are TWO servings. Use 1/2 noodle brick, 1/2 seasoning packet(s). Boil noodles. When almost cooked, add 1 handful of frozen vegetables. Add seasoning packet, add 1 egg, mix well. Enjoy.
2. Use leftover cooked rice. Add garlic/onion and cubed Spam to a pan. Cook until heated through. Add cooked rice. Mix well. Season with soy sauce to taste. Optional: add chopped carrot and/or egg
3. Spam Sandwich. Similar to butterbrod, only you use a fried slice of Spam instead of Doctor’s Sausage.
Thx
Thank you for sharing although I hope I never have to use those recipes
@@jacku6193 same
Thank You , i want to do a comment like this in the future but argentina edition (Aka poor country edition)
@@juanamado8285 Quizás te cause gracia, pero con una palabra te lo resumo: ñoquis. Que, según dicen, tienen su origen en que a fin de mes estás pelado y te sobra papa y harina, de ahí la tradición de comer ñoquis los 29 de cada mes ¿Viste que Boris dijo que si no tenés harina a fin de mes es que tenés que revisar como haces las compras o algo así? Además muestra mucho la papa, si no tenés, zapallo y así. Del guiso o ensalada que te sobraron hacés torrejas y así.
"Mayonnaise will save you. Not from starvation, but from going crazy." True words...
I can't like because u have 666 likes
Mayonez...
100% agreed
@@theblackhood4121 muhaha!
@@JacobDreemurr WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!
For those who are frequently on a tight budget, I suggest growing herbs like parsely, oregano, and chives to add variety to macaroni & potato dishes. If you can, buy a small head of cabbage, as cabbage helps keep hunger at bay.
Or if you have a babushka, you can ask her for assistance.
or steal from conveinently placed gardeners.
just steal from the store /s, the herbs don't have security tags
@@lordjj2549 make sure you are not expecting a child anytime soon
Joke’s on you, I work at a greenhouse that grows herbs and vegetables!
I can just snag some tomatoes, cucumbers, thyme and basil from work in exchange for a tiny part of my paycheck, and I’m set!
No bay leaves, though. The greenhouse isn’t blessed in that way. 😢
I unironically used this to survive a few weeks in my junior year of University.
If youre ever o a tight budget get a loaf of bread, cheese that melts (not yellow cheese go to a mexican store and ask for 'quesillo') and get eggs...fry the eggs toast the bread and then put the egg on a piece of bread cut some strips from the cheese put them on the egg and then put the other piece ontop and then enjoy
@@paracellgaming2665 Holy shit that works really well, ty for that advice :^)
@@Skellington77 no problem
And how was it?
@@blueant8150 it keeps you alive
All jokes aside, this is not a bad tutorial to survive on some really tight budget.
ikr
Not in all regions of the world, but that definitely enlighten our mind
@@eigengrau7698 Potato bread and butter are the ones that don't change in price that much
Prices are way more expensive than that here in Belgium.. 1 cucumber is like 1+ euro, and 2 onions was 1 euro as well.. :/
True
"Be sure not to waste money on things like bottled water"
And with this Boris just brought one of the most obvious wastes of money and resources in the western world, thank you
I never understood why people buy bottled water. We pay for water in our house already
There are some countries that don't have drinking tap water for example Greece it always confused me how my shithole of a country does that better than the EU
I lived by the sea in developped country and water was yellow... Its a fucking waste of money, but its either bottled or I'll be drinking pee colored water
@@LokevaLoke That's really sad. I remember Madrid where tap water tasted like chlorine
@@Varyanthecrazy ah yea... It's the same here in france and it has gas(?) In it... It tastes so weird i had to switch to bottled water once more
I remember watching this videos for fun couple years back. Now when i live by myself i understand it much better.
Right? I was like this is an entertaining video a year ago but now I'm here with a notepad taking notes.
Since having to go on food stamps, budget living videos like this have become my reality.
Once you get used to the slim living, there’s a weird sense of fun to figuring out what strange amalgamation of a dish you can make with the random bits and bobs you have around the kitchen.
@@zyriantel9601 I'm currently eating a stir-fry that I made with vegetables I had left over from making borsch. All I could afford this week were the soup ingredients, so I got creative to come up with a second meal and make sure nothing goes to waste. Delicious too!
"You can go three, five, maybe seven? Who will stop you?"
*My budget*
Lmao
And the corona
@@kamicaza2463 true plus shops are empty because people are buying to prep for the virus
True
When I red this he said it, lol
I introduced my husband (from Moscow) to buttered tortillas (I'm from Mexico City) and he has never been the same since. I swear at least 10% of his bodyweight is just that. Also, in the five years I have been married to that man, he has shown me more ways to cook potatoes than I ever could have imagined.
That‘s so funny XD and sweet
I grew up in Texas and didn't realize tortillas had calories until I was in my 30's. Not really, but it's so easy to eat 5 or 6 of them with dinner like it's nothing.
@@jessicah3450 the amount of calories in tortilla shocked me. then I realized how dense it actually is and started eating naan instead
i'm from mexico city too, what are buttered tortillas?
@@trashcatt9442 I moved from Mexico city to Dallas, Texas (where I met my husband, there's people from all over in Dallas), I worked in a Panaderia/market making tortillas and I had discovered that Mexicans in Texas are a slightly different breed because they absolutely love putting butter on tortillas (corn or flour) as a snack as well as creating variations on our cultural classics, even creating "Texican" food. Or simply "Tex-mex". In fact, a wide variety of Texans love the buttered tortillas, not just Mexicans. I adopted it into my everyday life and soon I had my husband doing it after we met. I should have been more specific.
If you live in the US I have some suggestions
-Dry beans, peas, lentils. Dollar store tastes the same as name brand. 1lb = $1. Soak some overnight and they'll be ready to cook for the following day, rotate out as you use them.
-Rice, same deal, $1 = 1lb. Wash and drain if you want individual grains, dont wish if you want the rice softer/more starchy.
-Canned chicken, treet (like spam but more like bologna), canned beef, pork, or tuna - $1. Drain and either reserve water or throw it out; the liquid is full of salt and fats so it can be cooked in for stronger flavor/saving on salt, or you can get rid of it and not worry about it.
-Canned, fresh, or frozen vegetables of your choice. Canned will be between 50 cents and $1 per can, fresh is usually based on weight, frozen is most expensive at around $2 per pound on the low end.
-Walmart Great Value pasta. Get only as many as you plan on eating; for me pasta gets old fast so just one will do in my case for a 2 week period. Each container is about $1
-Knorr stock cubes. These sell for about $1 for a pack of 8 to 12 in the hispanic food aisle. GET THEM. These open up the world of soups and stews and cut down on costs of seasonings, you ALWAYS want to have these in your cabinet. They last indefinitely.
-Potatoes from walmart; buy individually if they cost by how many you get and are relatively cheap, but by the bag if it's by weight (bag is usually better deal in that scenario. Do the math to be certain)
-Eggs, a carton of 12 is around $2 to $3.
-Small bag of flour or can of cornstarch. $1 or $2, you dont need a lot. Used for thickening.
-A couple 1/2 cans of great value tomato paste/sauce run about $0.25 per can so pick up a few of these.
With all these you should be relatively safe for about two weeks tops depending on your consumption.
***rice and beans are a good go-to meal, throw in a can of chicken and you can last two meals easily
***Potatoes, veggies, canned meat, knorr cube, and some water, some flour or cornstarch will make meat and veggies in gravy. Serve over rice and you can extend it further (like plov... _only is not_ .)
***Spaghetti with canned meat and veggies will last you a couple meals
***hashbrowns and eggs
***quartered potato wedges (Slice potato into 1/4ths or even 1/8ths, toss with salt pepper and oil, bake until blistered golden brown) and fried spam/treet
***mashed potato with meat gravy (saute canned meat WITH juices, season, flour/cornstarch)
***stew (meat, veggies, potato, stock cube, beans, flour/cornstarch, tomato paste)
PS. Always buy your spices at the dollar store or in the hispanic food aisles. These are generally the cheapest places to buy as they're not packaged in glass or name-brand. The quality doesn't really suffer and you can get a lot for not much money: Cayenne, cumin, bay leaves, mexican oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, the list goes on. Spices will last you quite awhile and through multiple meals so definitely get these when you can - herbs and spices can make a sad meal into a delicious one, UTILIZE THEM
PS.S. A bottle of hot sauce and a bottle of vinegar are also good to have on hand. For vinegar I'd say apple cider is safest; sour but mild, it adds acidity without being too strong. You can easily over do white vinegar but apple cider is more forgiving.
If you oversalt food, potatoes can balance it out - that or dilute with more water.
God bless your soul. You will save countless bellies from starvation 🙏
@@watchmedothings6250 I've been considering doing a limited-budget cooking series for some time, maybe some day I'll follow through.
I like to think food is something everyone should be able to enjoy and share with others; if something I know can help someone else's dollar go farther and thus make their life a bit easier, I'm happy to share.
@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger PLEASE DO THAT SERIES! I am going to subscribe and turn on notificationss
Thanks bro
Yes! It is the same in the Americas, just halved prices haha. Actually, beans and rice (or other cereals) increase in volume when cooked, can be bought by the bulk (sack) for a discount, and in combination make for a complete protein, with fiber. Essentially, they are awesome as a filler, accompanying a meat dish and making it last longer haha. Totally recommended.
_EDIT_ : I forgot to mention: *_slow cooker_* . This is the cheapest version of a robot chef. It will make you save *money* AND *time* . Now you may go surviving.
This hits different after inflation hitting and now the cheapest option of all these ingredients being at least twice or three times as expensive in Europe...
Yeah this video aged like milk
Not really, most of the prices are still pretty accurate. A couple cents more expensive at max.
Even without having watched this video, my Slavic roots helped me survive on less than $5 per week in America last summer and I cooked the near exact same things. I also suggest boiling chicken thighs (the cheapest) and making soup from the broth and adding the meat to the pan with beans, macaroni and eggs. One package lasted me 2-3 weeks. American grape jelly with powder sugar is cheap and goes well with plain bread. Milk, bananas and sugar in blender make a good healthy meal for when the American capitalists don't give you a break and you have to drink your lunch. And it is true you will go crazy without seasoning.
Also if you work in a restaurant, don't be afraid to let your Slavic roots show and scrounge up as much leftover food from the tables as possible. Make friends with kitchen staff and you get free fries at least once a day, saving you a meal.
If you work fast food, you might be able to steal chicken nuggets
If you can afford it, add a single anchovy to the soup. It will melt away and boost the savoury flavor of the chicken
Holy shit, $5 per WEEK in AMERICA? How the fuck, lmao
*mama blyat $5 per week*
How the FUCK did you do that. Fuckin grape over hear is like 5 to 8 over here in Cali.
Legit have to do this every month cause money's been tight since the pandemic started and I lost my job. With rent and all the other bills we have to pay, my SO and I hardly have money for groceries. Boris has legit helped us get through this pandemic with his budget living videos.
I'm sorry that is happening to you two. I hope your situation gets better soon
All the power to you and your SO, fellow cyka.
Wish your two the best and keep looking up opportunity always presents itself to those who look.
God bless you and your SO
How are you doing now?
“And no, frozen pizza is not a fruit”
Boris knows his audience very well...
Michelle obama says its a vegetable though....
That is why he is my fave youtuber
It's not? My whole life is a lie
I was reading this right when he said it. Weird.
Yeah, he does
i love how every single time the stove is shown, the spilled ingredients are still there, so it just piles up throughout the video
I am fluent in both English and Russian but still have to read nearly every subtitle, the accent game is as strong as ded’s vishnevka
..i don't need the subs...wish there was a way to turn em off..
Would you say his accent is on point?
@@sandvijj02 absoFUCKINGlutely
дедовская вишнёвка? что?
I dont
Boris pls budget living tutorial 2019 basic edition
YES 2019 EDITION
Yes
actual in 2019. even in russia ...
O.o
I would say this tutorial(2018) is still actual
"𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙋 𝙊𝙐𝙏,
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓪𝔂 𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓯."
what does this even say
@@imnotturkish7501 the Bay leaf.
𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑎
My favorite part
How did you write? Also what font?
For the tropical or latin fans, here is que aproximated equivalent.
1 cucumber.
7 bananas (or the cheapest fruit in your country)
500g rice (or any cheap pasta)
1 loaf of bread or 10 tortillas.
1 kg oat flakes.
250g cheese.
5 onions.
5 carrots.
500g mortadella.
10 eggs
Butter.
10 potatoes (can be replaced by chayotes or yuca)
Pd (edit): I made this based on what we have in central america, If one thing is not cheap in your country, you can change it to something cheaper in your country.
As a venezuelan I approve of this comment
Bruh beans, tortillas and fruit is all you need
Mortadella is the most expensive thing you couldve said
@@BasedCroatia At least in Venezuela, what we call mortadella is basically what Boris called doctor sausage. It is actually cheap and definitely not what italians call mortadella.
i'm From martinique , caribbean here some
Cucumber 1€ 1kg
Green and Yello Banana 1€ 1kg
Frozen Chicken is cheaper than eggs
Pork is cheaper than sausage
The others are the same
It's amazing how he makes his videos chaotic and fun but still somehow informative.
Indeed it is comrade
And realistic, still i hope anyone who was in this stage are able to get a better life soon. While im just about to go into this stage
@@veenibik336 damn man i wish you luck, since i am also about to go into this stage
@@fabiel764 same
this is not chaotic this is certified russian moment
"Sometimes you have potatoes, sometimes you got eggs but always you got pisdec" is very poetic and also true. Boris is a modern russian philosoph
Dostoevsky reincarnated
No it’s because babushka taught him how to cook Soviet style
I disagree, u dont get pizdiec that often if youre single
My neighbour is a Russian girl who cooks a bigass pot carrots and potatoes twice a week, no joke. It's like dirt cheap, those 2x2 pots last her a week and the cost is I believe less than 4€ a week. I live in Germany, you can buy a sack of potatoes for under 2€, carrots are pretty much the same. She looks alive and well, she still got all her hair, nails and teeth at least and while she is thin, she doesn't look starved.
I do this but with potato, onion, rice, and dried lentil (for protein). Costs maybe $20/mo CAD. When you're student, I recommend eating a lot of potato (with the skin for fibre), and lentil for protein (cheaper than egg)
@@FishDinners That works, onion 🌰 are also dirt cheap. Rice also cheap but where I live I believe potatoes are still a lot cheaper. A lot cheaper than bread actually, 🥕 and 🌰 are as well. Just get grain products like pasta, bread, rice full grain, full grain products actually have a significant amount of protein, like up to 10% and also rich on vitamins and fibres.
@@kooroshrostami27 rice, potatoes, and pasta are much healthier than bread, and the first two are also cheaper, so I avoid buying bread. If you make it at home it's much healthier, but still not as good as potato. Potato is the healthiest carb bc it has almost everything the body needs.
So, when's you two's marriage?
@@Anvilshock mans asking the real question
I always come back to this video during hard times, and his enthusiasm with only having the bare necessities really fills me with hope.
You can go a long way with just potatoes and onion.
as someone who speaks Russian, it still took me a minute to realize he was speaking english
What did it sound like he was saying?
@@AM-id5ry you know when you zone out but still kinda hear what's being said around you without really understanding anything? like that.
@H no shit Sherlock
@H are about to r/whoosh me or are you actually dumb?
Что то я не очень тебе верю....
For a while I thought I could understand Russian but then I realized he’s speaking English
welcome to the channel!
Daniel Perenyi thanks
Yes, it's hard to say 🤣
@@crazyhussar WeALcUUM HTO teeee CahaNaL
Lmao
"Two potatoes, three... Five... Maybe seven? Who will stop you?"
My dead pancreas, Boris.
T1d gang
How can you call yourself as a cheeki-breeki man, if pancreas can stop you?!
If you Russian your liver will fail far before your pancreas.
@@АааГрт It's literally impossible lol
revive it like linchestein does, with vodka.
“Or if eggs are expensive for some reason…”
This aged like milk.
😂😂
Context? Eggs arent that expensive here
@@dragoner3211 they aren’t where I’m at either.
But in the higher population parts of America they’ve skyrocketed.
Eggs here are like...4$. ik it's like 7-12 in other places
@@dragoner3211 also depends if you want organic eggs or gross gmo eggs
"AND WHIP OUT..."
"the b a y l e a f "
The almighty b a y l e a f
The TRUE mvp of any slav food
And whip out....
The Sausage.
@@frij539 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Lol
Boris: But imagine Babushka did not make jam...
Me: *Confused Screaming*
*_screaming kurwa_*
*kurwa intensifies*
*inexplicable confused noises*
*Vadim blyat intensifies*
*Screams in buterbrod*
"You see, salt will give taste but pepper will SAVE you" - is one of the most accurate things
What does this mean lol
@@Hardstyleeerrr Because you will get sick of eating the same food without the pepper
@@lukijanbugarski3476 Im fat and I dont really get bored of the same food I guess lol
The first struggle meal video that actually helped me out 😂
These other channels just try to show odd their pinterest cooking skills, this here is the real survival
Living on a tight budget is how I learned to spice everything. Now everyone asks me what's my secret to amazing recipes. Poverty is not a sentence it's life's tutorial on hard.
My thang is too boil pasta with shitload of tomato paste and onion. Best shit i can do
@@andretyroneii941 put some meat in and pepper and you've got yourself one hell of a spaghet
amen
My GF is Hungarian and showed me how to use glorious PAPRIKA to spice everything, I mean everything, I'm at the point where I snort it
@@francoischalifoux3470 From a galician, put it on octopus with a bit of oil and thank me later
Boris:”boom”
His subtitles: “Reactor 4 going critical”
not good not terrible
:D I'd be surprised if reactor number 4 doesn't go critical at all :D
@@gertrummo9007 Well of course it's going to go critical, it's supposed to. That's when it's working at max efficiency.
Now, uncontrollably SUPER-critical, OTOH, well...
bom
Lol I was about to say it 😂
As an Asian following tight budget (because of quarantine) I just bought 20kgs of rice, a bunch of bottle of soy sauce and oil, a dozen of eggs and some onion chives and thats how I survive for almost a week now. Lol.
Also Asian, can confirm rice, soy sauce, and chives save lives.
I don’t think I’ve ever not eaten rice
rice eggs chives and soy sauce will save you
russians were buying lots of гречка
@@tulenich9948 And rice
For people who also need to live on tight budget, I have one word: rice.
Rice shouldn't be a boring cold white short grain rice, you can eat rice almost everyday and a big 5-10kg packet costs about 11-13€.
funny thing with rice isnt it. the 5-10kg cost a bit more here, BUT lets not forget that 10kg rice turns into 20-25kg rice if introduced to water and heat. so yeah lots to eat for fairly cheap!
As an Asian person I approve. But also keep in mind that rice expands when you use it.
Other than that it is versatile, growing up Filipino, it can be anything from a meal filler to a nice morning porridge or even a vessel with which to consume condensed milk.
And lets not forget that leftover rice can always be fried up with salt and garlic.
@@cassualtea2040 potato tastes better
also you can add chicken, cow meat, tuna or any other fish, carrot or peas so you wont eat the same rice every day. (p.s. cook the rice with chicken broth)
@@nursenaceylan3706 Also you can cook the rice with different grains. There is nothing better for me then rice and some buckwheat, extremely delicious.
Hello Boris.
I moved to Ireland for studies and started living on my own. Your tutorials helped me a lot to save up money and still be able to eat reasonably.
Thank you a lot !
Probably even easier for you. It's a well known fact that an average of four to five potatoes will spontaneously appear out of thin air every day in a typical Irish dwelling. They often come with a pint or two of Guinness and a few fingers of whiskey if you're good.
after 2 months, you maybe save enough money for a beer.
tiochfaidh àr là
Noooo. Why has this helped you. It's too much of a joke
@@norawilliams1944 It's not the joke. All his recipes are legit. This is how lot of people actually survive. If you think this video is a joke than you're very lucky. Some can't even afford most of what he puts in into those dishes.
A UA-camr who cares about his audience? Never change Boris!
this is how slavs are
this is how slavs are
this is how slavs are
This is how slavs are
this is how slavs are
Despite the comedic tone of the video, this is actually a legit guide on how not to starve on tight budget.
Thank you, Boris.
idk what people are buying but in my family we lived off 150€ for 3 people per month (Germany)
@@mrn234 Hello
Can you please give me the shopping list ? :)
Wotans Krieger In Turkey with 150₺ you can buy 2 kgs of minced meat...
I love this! most "cheap cooking" videos are way too expensive for me to even consider, but this really helped
Go forge for food yourself, it’s free, easy, and fulfilling. Just yesterday I shook a tree in my backyard and a full rotisserie chicken fell right into my hands. Don’t rely on society, nature’s way is the best way.
Kek
I was just foraging yesterday, found a bush full of sauerkraut. Nature is the way.
I found a small lake of kavass nature is beautiful
SCP 79 *Kvass, you American spy!
No western spies
It kinda sounds like he’s speaking a different language if you don’t look at the subtitles
I know Russian, but I also read subtitles. Boris, decide what language you speak!
I didnt know he was speaking english
I know it fucking burns my ears
peachykeen08 yes
why did i get taiwanese subtitles
"And no; frozen pizza is not a fruit."
*feel slightly attacked*
'Murica 0
i feel you bro
Ok.
Wasn't Pizza classified as a "vegetable" a few years back so the industry could keep seeling it to schools?
@@walterloehrmann5213 murica moment
This video made me sympathize my college friends from outside the city living on dorms, you got the school stress, being away from your family, and having to do all cooking and stuff by yourself, and getting sick without a shoulder to lie on is just, hard.
Another pro tip for the oatmeal from a Czech slav: take any leftover apple, grind it into purée and mix into the oatmeal. Enjoy a slightly tastier version. Na zdravi
Edit: someone should make a Czech version
Edit: many months later, tried most of these out, and a touch of cinnamon does help, but don't overdo it (you are a poor slav after all). If you really are rich, then grab a cup of ginger and lemon enhanced tea, or watered down and heated cinnamon perfumed apple juice (very watered down, else it's overwhelming).
Also you can use anything with oatmeal(seperately), cheese fine, egg of course, even potato, but best of them all is jam.
From experience, no need to grind, just grate it. You'll get juice and crunchy bits. Add a bit of cinnamon for extra flavour!
You can literally add anything to oat meal. I usually find myself just throwing in some orange slices or cinnamon and it's better every time.
@@werisekk3 Are you one of my grandparents? Because my grandma does that for my grandpa and it's awesome.
@@werisekk3 I usually cook some apples in the water I'll boil my oatmeal in. Then add the oats and boil a little more. It's like oats in kompot and it's the best
7:08 " The trick is to fool your brain that you are actually eating different things,even if it's the same stuff every week"
Thats the true , you are fooling what you think is just a part of you but it actually you
This is why I always have Italian mixed herbs, curry and chilli powder, paprika and Cajun spices. When I was broke these saved my sanity... Well that and a jar of pesto.
Honestly. I love this tutorial. It’s some realistic “easy to make. Easy to eat. Easy to sustain yourself” tutorial. It sets bare standards. You can supplement. Fruit for others.
Can’t get a good price carrot? Okay get some other cheep veggie to fill the role. Maybe get yourself some celery. Munch on that.
Sustain yourself off grains. Cheap starch. Get moderate mounts of protein. Maybe that’s cheap sausage. Or mince meat. Or even eggs. Maybe you got no sausage. Get more eggs. Make egg sandwiches instead. Maybe even mushrooms if you can. No good eggs deal? Don’t like them? Get more meat instead.
Fruits keep ya going. Apples are always reliable. But fuck it. Get good deal on oranges? Nice. Eat them. Change it up. Hell. Cheap melon? Melons cut up are nice. Even a bowl of melon is a good breakfest
It’s easy. Starches and carbs keep ya filled.
Proteins keep strong,
Fruit get you your vitamins.
Rice and beans. Works. Potato and beef? Works. Eggs and noodles? Work.
This is real cooking. Real living.
This comment was too long. I didnt read it
@@zaqimel7096 I read it. And I liked it.
True words. Never quite got out of the student life, myself, and I can't really say I want to. You learn what you need to survive, and you learn to like it.
Variety, there's the key. Variety is the spice of life, or however the saying goes. Get creative.
Am I swimming in wealth now, /relatively speaking/? Yes. But there are more important things to spend your money on seven days a week.
Like that book the professor emphatically promised wasn't part of the exam.
Bastard.
@@zaqimel7096 I read it. And liked it.
That potato hash is legendary. You can do potatoes, any meat, and any vegetables, and BOOM. Dinner.
You can serve it right from the pan to reduce cleanup, scale it up easily to feed more people with more potatoes. Heck, swap the skillet for a stew pot and add some broth and you can probably get a nice soup going. In fact I think I will try that this winter.
Normal person: oh no I'm out of food and money
Gopnik: I KNOW A GUY
YOU CALL BABOESJKA A GUY?
fake, the Gopnik is the guy who know's what's up.
Gopnik: Я знаю парня
И парень тот- бабушка
*whispers* my weekly allowance is 20€
Best trick: Go to your parents house, steal all the food. Your mum will not mind, your dad will not notice. Go to grandparents house, get gifted with all the jam. Done.
Actually . I did the grandma part.. she gave me 200 bucks and i was saved lmao
The big problem for me is my parents living like far away from me, when I was so tight on budget and how could i afford plane ticket lol
dead
Annabeth CSTLN you just tell your parents what your up to and let yourself be adopted by local parents then switch back families once the budget is better
Problem solved
Lol, if I asked my grandma for a help, she'd call me a peace of shit, who left school and is living like a hobo and I should just go drink bleach, because I'm a dissapointment to life. In fact, I have a work and I'm returning to studies this september, I just paused, not left. Still, she's a wicked witch lol, not a typical grandparents example
not gonna lie these actually look pretty good
You'd expect this to be a joke video but nope. Its BORIS
Shark145 blyat of course!
1:26 the sausage slowly sliding down the plate really got me 😂
honestly with this ingredient list u can get SO creative. there are many ways of eating potatoes, eggs and bread. if you are living on a budget then this is actually very helpful, i admit i use similiar recipes and often my meals revolve around these kind of ingredients. On a weird note: I used to eat cooked pasta with sugar or sugar and butter a lot, and actually loved it lol. ALSO you can freeze your bread!! and remember that if your bread does get hard its time for a 'french toast'- basicaly dip the bread in eggs and then fry. it becomes soft an ultimate snack. I know these are pretty basic but maybe will help someone
hehe, so true. with these components you can make a lot of tasty meals. Also pasta is cheap and good.
omg yes if you keep your bread in the freezer it lasts for ages, 10/10 tip
ack also if your bread is stale make pizza bread! One tube of purée can last like 30 portions, all you need is bread purée and cheese
Egg and processed cheese sandwiches was the shit when I was in college
bread with butter and sugar... so wrong, so good... And you can always make mashed potatoes
Oy blin!
well i hope you will survive
Still got 10 euros, going strong.
Good luck , nahui
I have an idea for like 1-2 euro. Get some cheap pastet and some cheap bread, put pastet on bread and eat
Blin, good luck comrade!
this is a great video, here's some other things you can make using the same ingredients:
- make omelette with the sausage/onion
- omelette with just egg + sugar for something sweet
- if you get ham instead of sausage, you can get a cupcake tray, but the ham inside and then crack an egg in each one, then bake
- french toast
- you can fry potato slices to make homemade chips, theres mashed potato, potato salad, theres so many potato recipes
- if you've got flour get 1/3 a cup of that plus the same measurements of oats, butter and sugar, & bake and you've got a crumble. you could make apple crumble with those apples or if you have yogurt have it with that in a cup
- with flour you can also bake a homemade mac & cheese. a bigger meal than you'd expect also doesn't use as much cheese as you'd expect
- potato pancake, which is blended onion + potato which you bake in a pan, 2 ingredients but delicious
- if you've got pastry you can make stuff like quiche, apple pie, meat pie (made with the leftovers), apply pastie, meat pastie
- rice is great if you can substitute the pasta for that, since you can make so much. if you've got milk you can make rice pudding which is literally pudding
- rice + 1 teaspoon of jam (bear with me) mix that, put a ton of fried onion and cooked meat of any kind on top & u have a meal
- you can also make risotto with rice + cheese + onion - you do need chicken stock though get the cubes
- with egg whites + sugar you can make meringue
- with the leftover egg yolk you can add that raw to cooked rice & eat with some soy sauce, or just make an omelette, egg yolk omelettes are more delicious imo
- don't forget 2-min noodles/ramen. if you have that literally add extra ingredients/seasonings u have on top and it will be delish
- he was not kidding about the salt & pepper. add it to everything. if you've got any seasonings you don't use google how you can use them. Seriously just a meal of fried potato/onion/sausage/egg is one thing, adding cumin, tumeric, garam malsada, coriander & red chilli pepper on top of that makes a completely different meal. Spices are gifts.
I actually read the whole thing. Took me whole month just to read. Wait i forgot to eat.
Oi blin i survived whole month for free. Just by reading cocking recipies. (Soviet anthem starts playing)
THIS IS WHAT I NEED, thank you boris and to you also, dude. you both are a blessing
What a good addition to this video! I can only agree, spices and sugar in the home make very bland ingredients interesting! Also MSG, it's a 'controversial' spice, but harmless and really packs taste with meat/egg dishes.
2023: how to survive 2 weeks with 2000 euros
oof so true T_T
Try 6000 Egyptian pounds T-T
Before COVID-19: Hah, this is funny...
During COVID-19: Write that down, Write that down now!
I hate to be that guy, but *write.
@@DS-os1sy I was drunk, so thanks for the correction.
With palpatine voice
Yeah I used this but in dollars ... some good food
@@connorclemmons8698 weebs drink lol
This is what I subbed for, original content that is actually helpful blended in with a funny personality that doesn't sell themselves out to retarted trends.
no, boris makes the retarted trend
and im proud of u all for finding waldo
ok IoI
the slav thing was a trend tho
KV-2 BiasMobile your existance
Want some variation? Buy 500g rice too and boil it with water. Add some salt to the water before boiling it.
add onion for variety
exactly ^^
rice is capitalist grain, no good for slav student
cracknigga
unless you live in the tropics where bread costs 5 times as much as rice like i do
rice is formerly communist grain as China and vietnam produce a lot of it
Hungry in the middle of the night and youtube recommends a slice of Boris' kitchen. Perfection.
This. Is. Amazing. The accent, the humor, the intro. Perfect
Plus it is actually helpful
its glorious
Boris, I'm italian, I love every single video that you upload, but please, put water before, and when the water is boiling you put macaroni, my eyes are burning right now,
with love;
-a slav italian friend
p.s. stay cheeki breeki
>Italian
>slav
CHOOSE ONE
SLAV IS PRAGMATIC
This is slav wae
Porco dioooooo
I'm know russan ёпта блять
Dio cane
"If it say *_"ИДИ НАХУЙ"_* then it is probably not done"
-Boris, 2018
im new here and I don't speak Russian nor do i wanna google translate that cus im lazy and im here already. what does it mean?
@@limelemon4905 ah, okay lol
your comment can click "shows more" but it actually shows nothing
You can't have the potatoes yelling at you while you're eating them
Literally "go to a dick" but yeah basically fuck off
Boris, I can't thank you enough! I've only recently got into cooking and am not very confident, but I made the Macaroni you suggested and it was delicious, I got it right first try! Thank you!
You making it really nice and diverse, really good tutorial. Some time ago all we did to survive a month was just toasted bread with chepest ketchup and other meal was makaron with the same ketchup, sometimes egg or slice of meat if u want to make it fancy
:0
Shit, that sounds like my college and elementary school days. D8
meat? holyshit u rich or what. when i was poor i had to live on bread ketchup and mayo. thats like the cheapest u can go. dont buy cheese and meat when on a low ass budget.
bread? wtf even africans can't afford bread
James Mole offended
Additional tip: Freeze the bread(if not cut, cut it first). That way it will last for months and you can use it in other recipe's.
Also add sunflower oil to your shopping list. It is cheap and at the end of the month, you can add it to bread, some spices and bake it in the over.
1st year at uni before moving to dorm: *packing clothes important stuff etc.*
2nd year at uni before moving to dorm: *FOOOOOD I ONLY WANT FOOOD*
Too relatable, first year I was all about clothing and stuff and now I'm like let's bring back as much fancy instant noodles I can shove into my suitcase (None of that maruchan college store bs which is also for some reason 4 times more expensive than normal?) and all the spices/condiments and tea in the space remaining.
I can relate that lol
В магазинах типа "Светофор" 5 кг макарон стоит менее 100р , так же 1кг овсянки стоит рублей 20 , овсянка богата белком (13г/100г) , лучше решение. Так же , бюджетным вариантом является перловка и пшено. Буханка хлеба стоит дешевле, если покупать вчерашнюю в пекарне , разрезаете на кусочки, кидаете в морозилку, перед употреблением 30с в микроволновке, вуаля, свежий хлеб на вашем столе! В магните часто бывают скидки на сосиски и колбасы, полкило категории Б можно захапать меньше чем за 100р. Закупаете картошку, морковь и фрукты в сезон(середина осени) , оставляете на балконе, прекрасно продержатся несколько месяцев, крайние меры- разграбить заброшенную дачу, малина, смородина, яблоки и много чего вкусного БЕСПЛАТНО
Ну это больше для европейцев, у них-то подороже все будет.
"Evry slav know at least 10 ways how to use potato "
Me laughing and knowing 50 ways
The ones who know only 10 are spies who have spent too much time in the capitalist West.
10 ways is when the slav is born and level 1. When he gets to level 20 it is grown exponentially. You can even use it for pranks.
Laughs in croat* i know 53
Laughs in Gaelic i know55
give us the top 3
I've been hiding in the Black Forest during the last 70 years surviving thanks to these videos.
Danke, Herr Boris.
KGB wants to know your location
Ehrenmann
Борис это сотрудник КГБ. Тебя в ГУЛАГ отправят. А борис из тебя
Slavic- burger сделает.
Sehr gut soldat
Cool,cool.
*In the background* Call the KGB We got him.
Jokes aside this is actually helpful. A tip from me is to buy dried beans/lentils in bulk. Cheap, easy and versatile protein
That is a very good idea. You can also buy some bell peppers for variation.
Yeah, and also sunflower seeds and flaxseeds are cheap, rich in minerals, vitamins B and lots of calories. You can snack it raw, though flaxseeds needs grinding before eat. Also, liver is quite cheap and is like multivitamin.
no, that's a carbohydrate. chicken is a protein
@@arth8265 liver will save you from malnutrition
Ellenor Malik lentils have enough protein for survival. And they are full of both carbs and minerals so at least I find them very useful
this is the kind of video that brightens my life, extremely intelligent and well thought out ideas/advice,wrapped in a shell of pleasing humour and personality to make it go down a lot better, important when it comes to surviving on the cheap ^-^
“Sometimes there is eggs, sometimes there is cheese, but there is *_ALWAYS_* some pizdec”
why is it always when I hear or see the word pizdec I always start laughing
I literally saw this right as that part came up
@@maskedredstonerproz then you know russian my friend :D
There is no truer words than those
- Boris 2018
I figured it was going to be a meme video but a lot of the stuff actually looks pretty decent
Same
oh no no no dude, Pasta with Scrambled Eggs is actually fucking amazing.
@@hyperult3810 you see, people are used to eating what they like, and when they see food they doubt they'll like it. Me, a true Croatian slav, I see potato with onion and mayonez and I say OPA MAMA GIVE SOME
All these receipts in the video are absolutely blyatiful
@@dankovac1609 i never thought Boris's videos where jokes, maybe the recipe is not perfect but it should taste good so who cares
@@-Saitama exactly.
Boris: I have to live on tight budget.
Also Boris: *Spills food everywhere*
Just for entertainment purpose comrade
@@henrycooper3431 LOL
Is for later.
It’s for Artyom don’t worry
Simple Soup
-Potatos (sliced into cubes)
-Carrots (sliced into cubes)
-Pork Broth Cube
-Onion
-Corn (snapped to a more manageable size)
-Meat (preferably pork)
Sliced to small pieces
Pour water into a pot with an onion sliced into quarters
when it comes to a boil put the meat in and let it boil in low heat for about 20-30 minutes to let the meat juice out
then put the Broth Cube
then put the potatos, carrots and corn in
let it cook for about 10-20 minutes till the vegetables are soft enough that you can stick a fork in it.
put some salt to taste
Boom! Simple Hearty Soup
Enjoy with Plain Biscuits or Leftover Fridge Bread
Put egg in a bowl with some salt and pepper. Then dip bread slice thoroughly so its fully covered. Fry that on pan and boom. Thats what babushka used to make for me.
Aintence isn’t that basically French toast?
Aintence just looked it up, if there was milk with the egg then it’s French toast, so answering myself, yes it is basically French toast
Captain Psycho My mamushka did that always for me
instructions unclear. failed dipping bread on egg shell
Aintence
Isn't that a French thing?
Well, this has aged well i suppose..
The Slav King prepared us well!
Why, you suffering from bullshit virus?
@@RandomGuy-ej9gr are you serious? This would be hilarious if it weren't so sad
Bring broke is an issue alot of people deal with across time
I watch this for school very nice
"Sometimes there is eggs, sometimes there is cheese, but there is always... some Pizdec" - Boris
Анастасия омлет это пиздец
Boiling potatoes takes some time so if potatoes says IDI NAHUI then are not done
I feel that.
The running gag of sticking knife into potato and it replying with: "IDI NAHUI!" always gets me!
What does idi nahui mean?
@@DwHockey68 Im not a russian, but I hear this phrase often, like once a week. basically "go fuck yourself" if localized. but it can also means "get the hell out of here" or "get the fuck out of here", just more vulgar.
@@DwHockey68 a friend told me it means "eat shit"
it means go f*ck yourself, literal translation is "go on a d*ck".
@@DwHockey68 It literally means: ”Go to d*ck!” (if I’m correct); but, localized, it means: ”Go f*ck yourself!”, as others have pointed out.
I *love* the lack of judgement in his voice. Absolute king. I feel so understood, damn I might be sweating from my eyes.
Clicked this video. I regret nothing. Food around universities in America is FREAKING EXPENSIVE, more so than in other parts of the world. Getting this same amount of food in my home city at the grocery near my college is about $27, which is the equivalent of 23 euros. If I want to eat any better than this, I'm spending closer to $35 to $40 a week on food. Because this grocery list doesn't include milk or sugar (or bacon, the great american staple) at all.
The AMERICAN survival foods list:
Oats are also super cheap- get them.
Bananas are among the cheapest foods in the United States. Get a bunch that is super-green. They will ripen quickly.
Onions are also cheap, but so is garlic. Get a head of that along with your produce and you will thank me later. It lasts quite a while on the counter.
It's actually cheaper to bake your own bread. Pick up some flour, yeast (If you have a place to get bulk yeast, USE IT. Keep it in the fridge), and some baking soda. Basic bread is flour, yeast, and water. Basic soda bread is flour, baking soda, and buttermilk.
Know what's cheaper than buying butter and buttermilk separately? Getting a quart of heavy cream and whipping it into butter. Voila! Buttermilk and homemade butter.
Carrots and potatoes are cheap, and so is celery. And with carrots, celery, and onions, you can make yourself some chicken soup, as long as you have some chicken.
I've seen whole chickens for as cheap as five bucks. If you're savvy, you can get a rotisserie chicken for even cheaper if you shop late in the day. Use the bones to make broth/stock.
Milk can be expensive- it varies, depending on how the farms are doing. Only ever get whole milk. Don't believe that lowfat garbage. It's a waste of your time and it's bad for your cardiovascular system.
Make sure you keep a stock of brown sugar on hand. Why? Because it makes awesome strudel toppings, butterscotch sauce, and everything good in life.
Apples. They go at fifty cents apiece where I live. Peel and slice them, discarding the peels because they're full of pesticides, and use the slices in an apple crisp (Lay out in a baking dish, smother in cinnamon and sugar, top with oats, brown sugar, and butter. Bake. Enjoy.). Use the cores to boil into apple core jelly.
Pay attention to seasonal produce. Winter squash in the fall (makes GREAT pies and you can eat the seeds for a snack), salad greens in the summer, dark greens and roots in the winter, and literally everything in the spring/early summer.
If you can get mushrooms on the cheap, get them. They work great in stretching out your meat supply, and making it taste better, too.
Basic sausage is also cheap in America. Pick up some of middling quality and you're good to go.
Don't forget the cheese!
Avoid instant ramen at all costs. You can actually save money by getting plain pasta (which has several servings for under a dollar), boiling it in water with baking soda added, and there you go, ramen-ized pasta. Add to broth and add in eggs, meat, mushrooms, chopped spring onions, etc. Whatever you do to pimp your ramen.
Fish is expensive in America, and the cheap kind is usually full of mercury. Don't bother. Your best bet is probably going to be canned mackerel. See below:
Get some of those boxes of jiffy mix, the kind for corn muffins. You can mix a box of jiffy mix, an egg or two, some chives, and a can of mackerel, and it makes some pretty awesome fish fritters.
Nice bro, if I lived in the USoA I would definitely be doing a little CTRL+ALT+C magic. But I live in the land of the long white cloud so even that would come to 60$. Sucks to be a kiwi when it comes to prices.
ludwig amadeus On my keyboard it is what I stated, I often forget thats not the normal thing.
ludwig amadeus No clue, just how it came.
Amanda Lockridge essay done
Very good stuff mate! Thank you, I can stay full one more week
Hot tip!
If you're willing to sacrifice one egg and you have vegetable oil then you can make your own mayonnaise. Hopefully you already have mustard and vinegar too because they help get the emulsion together.
One egg yolk is enough to make a LOT of mayo!
The fact that i actually knew and used some of these recipies made me rethink my life choices
Serakym Why? You should feel smart.
king0vitrial . . .
Shhh... dont qwestion him.
водка быстро задумается
Smart and poor
My college roommate used to have egg noodles every other day when he first moved in. Just egg noodles, tuna-potatoes, egg noodles, chicken with rice, egg noodles... It was to a point were it was outright obsessive.
But knowing and using some of these recipes isn't so bad. I actually also use a lot of these recipes, or variations of them. I always have granualated vegetable broth at hand though, as it's a great spice for pretty much everything.
early approval for the budget life specialist!
*approved by Professional Gopnik*
Artis Zavackis BLIN me to. His amerikański spy!!!
Go to Gulag
no one really needs your opinion tho ;c
Don't speak for everyone cause you cant know who cares and who doesn't because obviously Boris and 209 other people care.
Professional Gopnik And one tru Cheeki Breekier approve your comment ;)
Blyat, 😂😂😂
😐 i see you in every slav related video
As an Estonian, I appreciate you adding in the butter potato at the end, very classic.
Gotta add those chives tho
@Adventurous He lived in Estonia but I think he's of Russian ethnicity.
As an IDI NAHUI I don't give a flying rat's arse where you're from. As if that somehow makes you an authority on butter on potato or something …
@Adventurous Evidently, you gave enough to let me know. Besides, who are you to speak for the 1/nobody?
@@Anvilshock dude, it's just a compliment the commenter gave to boris, why the fuss about it?
Been following this series for years. Just got the cookbook and now rewatching old videos while flipping through it planning the groceries for the coming month to try things out. Wish you had food videos at least once a week 😅
Thank you for making the cookbook 👌✨
Using a big grocery store chain here in the Midwestern US, I've compiled the list of groceries shown here 2:00 into an online cart. Since inflation has hit hard during the pandemic, the weekly cost of these items now total up at $27.26 or 23.30€. Mind that I couldn't get everything in exact measurements, but with what I could get, that's as accurate as possible. Things be rough for us Gopniks anymore.
Edit: I forgot to add the oats. It's fixed now.
This is what I was thinking actually. Eggs are more expensive here, a load of bread for a dollar is hard to find. 6 eggs go for a buck to a 1.25 at the local Dollar Tree. Times are tough for poor folks right now.
Some tips from an argentinian, since we dance with inflation in the pale moonlight:
- Get legumes. Lentils, peas or whatever is cheap where you are. Anything can give them flavour, they can be cooked in many ways (cold with vinegar and chopped onion, hot in soup or stew, mashed into mini lentil bites with garlic/onion, etc) and even a small portion is nutritious. Plus they last for ages.
- Rice is cheap everywhere and when hot it will make any dish feel more filling. Half an onion or two cloves of garlic, salted, plus a bit of whatever vegetable is cheap there (here it's usually carrot and leek) are enough to give flavour to a full dish. You can also use that to fill blins.
- If you only can get something like dr sausage, great, do the boris method. But if you have any sort of access to red meat, find the cheapest possible type that can be ground and ask for that. Make little balls (like, the size you can hold in the palm of your hand) with it and freeze them. Take one of them, defrost it and throw it in the pan for a bit of extra meat flavour and nutrition whenever you make rice/maccaroni/lentils/soup or any type of similar all-in-the-pan dish.
- Bread is not essential, but flour is a great ally. With 1 big glass of water, 1 egg and three big spoonfuls of flour, you can make ten blins and fill them with whatever you have (I like putting a thin slice of cheese on them, plus whatever leftovers I have, rolling and heating them in a pan). No eggs, no problem. Flour + warm water + salt create flour tortitas (they're like little thick tortillas). You can fry them and use them as bread. 500g of flour will give you like 30 of these and as you can probably tell, they are quite filling, so if you live alone the best course is to make only the ones you'll consume in a day. During a really bad crisis in 2001, the whole country survived off these.
It is literally double the cost now. That is fucking insane.
Midwestern us expects you to be rich bruh that's why
@@mustbetheSUN forgot to add that for red meat, the cheapest options is usually chuck area
Pro tip if you really only want to survive:
Sleep trhough breakfast and go to bed before dinner. Drink as much water as you can to make sure you don't die.
What a nice life isn't it cheaper to lend a gun and buy 1 bullet, and get it over?
how would you sleep past breakfast if u go to bed before dinner
@@derke123 you would have hardly any energy seeing as you hardly eat.
@Overwhelmingly nyet only true VODKA allowed
Colnel I laughed way top hard at this
I saw this video first when I was 15, saved it for later. Now I actually need this, thank you Boris :)
Soon the whole world will need to see this.
@@R4hdoo07 And you were right.
@@hmistry We're not there yet but going fast.
This is sad because i know damn well i will have to use it when i will get older.
@@mincreftnooobplayer good luck out there brother
I love how most of the stuff you cook is also in Latvia, since we are so close, it became like a tradition (atleast for me) to cook some of this at least once a week
Bear grylls: i have survived in extreme conditions.
Me: i have survived 4 weeks with only 50€
Bear grylls: damn, mad respect dude
except Grylls drinks his own pee and eats insects found in the wild ;) so having the ability to buy stuff would be a luxury compared to what he is used to.
Give this kid an Oscar 🏆
@@Softpaw1996 dude dined nicely after shoots.
@@Softpaw1996 and he has 50 guys with mcdonalds and other luxury shit
@@Softpaw1996 Grylls spends the nights in a hotel.
me: **czech angry noise when price of apples goes up again**
Do not come in France you will cry
@@dede19833 i can hear your pain.
@@dede19833 C'est ce que je me disais 😭😭😭. Même le pain et à plus d 1 euro 😭
butter too. i see butter for 40-60 kč.
@Sammy boi no
I just realized that, since I’m a tiny person, I could just use half of each meal shown and still survive. I’m the ultimate resource saver.
You would feel full, but your body will hate you for not getting enough foodstuffs in you. It will feel like you're always tired even though you slept for like half a day.
🥺
Same
@@veritas8598 if you are 6.9 you use your muscles to bring down boar from the woods of enemy capitalists
Iam 160cm and 7 potatoes arent enough.
Coming back to these videos after years because economy sucks but Boris keeps me fed
Everything is fun and laugh until you realize Narra’s comment was 2 weeks before the video release
RIP Narra =(
Chhhh. Ouch.
he's probably dead now :(
O
O crap
Shoot
Well.
_MadGames 11_ wait what happened to Narra
While I was studying in college in 2016-17 I lived off 4-5 months with 5e per week, so 20e per month (except weekends when I went home)
literally ate only ramen and buns
how are you still alive
no idea
How tf aren’t you dead yet
wtf in that conditions id rather go and rob stores
if I would be in that situation I would just steal no jokes. that is not okay, in no country.
Give me $10 and I'll survive in Norway for 1 day...
Know that feeling...
Surviwed 2 days in Iceland on that.
race3002 in Switzerland u dont have a chance
Damn in ukraine i can survive one week + some money remains to buy vodka
From 10 usd you can buy a bottle of water XD
Grew up watching these videos in elementary school knowing I’d have to use them some day. Now I’m in my second year of uni glad I found this channel back when I did
My suggestion for very cheap addition to this is tomato paste. Tomato paste and a splash of water = tomato sauce
spankmeister oil... Tomato paste and oil. Fry it a bit with a bayleaf and salt, and прнвет best taste
spankmeister No ketchup, *just sauce*
Tomato paste is a produkt of kapitalism. Get the fuck outta here u Western spy!
пиздец
Tomato sauce is for western spy. Real slav make tomato sauce from real tomato at babushka's home
Add more water for soup