Cheap meal?

[kiwigtx]

And the next day with the left over cornbread we do cornbread and milk.

...with ketchup and mustard.

 

[FitzyB5]

Liver and onions. Cooked properly and smothered with caramelized onions. Mmmmm.

 

[Dan64]

Liver and onions. Cooked properly and smothered with caramelized onions. Mmmmm.

On pumpernickle bread with spicy brown mustard and a Yuengling

 

[70ChargerRT]

Liver and onions. Cooked properly and smothered with caramelized onions. Mmmmm.

Ain’t nobody knows how to cook em any more, Mmmmm for sure. Maybe not the cheapest but back in the day KFC use to have the best Liver and Gizzards.

 

[FitzyB5]

Ain’t nobody knows how to cook em any more, Mmmmm for sure. Maybe not the cheapest but back in the day KFC use to have the best Liver and Gizzards.

Soak the liver in milk or light cream and lightly flour. Melt a stick of butter in frying pan and cook 1-1/2-2 minutes on each side. Delicious.

 

[SteveSS]

I can cook enough for survival, I just never had any interest in cooking but some of your meals sound great. Plus 1 for gizzards. Down in Oklahoma, you can get chicken gizzards in every quick-stop deli but you have to get there early or they run out.

 

[70ChargerRT]

Soak the liver in milk or light cream and lightly flour. Melt a stick of butter in frying pan and cook 1-1/2-2 minutes on each side. Delicious.

Making my mouth water!

 

[Budnicks]

My mom used to cook livers (hearts) & gizzards all the time,
butter & lemon pepper IIRC
I remember them from KFC too, breaded & fried in animal fat
not that stuff they use now

I really like liver/s myself, haven't had it a long time
fried in onions & garlic a lil' horseradish, salt & pepper to taste
my dad isn't a fan, so I don't buy it regularly

sort of went out of favor for some reason

people just don't eat it like they used to

great source of high Iron
wild game liver/s, is really rich too

I remember having a couple meals a week of it
1 fresh cooked (fried pref.) & 1 for lunch etc.

I really like Liverwurst & Braunschweiger, (German heritage) the likes too,
that's a love-it-or-hate-it deal too
Now that is something you need mustard on,
spicey brown mustard pref.
I like 'Miracle Whip' (thin) on it too, with some bread & butter pickles
a tad sweet & tangy...

That's another thing you either like Mayo or you don't
or you either like Miracle Whip or you don't
I use both, not really ever Mayo on sandwiches thou...

IMO Mayo is more for artichokes, some dips (blend with garlic & spices),
or 1 ingredient making tuna salad
(Tuna is another good staple, used to be cheap, not so much now
splash of mustard, onions, relish, celery, even olives at times)
or certain Mayo's used in making pasta salads or potato salads
& some cooking recipes, use it (Mayo) instead of oil,
that's all it is, is oil & raw eggs whipped up...

I like some oils & most eggs, just not whipped together raw...
But to each their own...

(don't leave it out in the warm or sun, it will make you sick)

I see people slather that stuff, 1/4" thick on sandwiches
but they can eat it...
Gross looks like well you know...
I have no problem with it really, but it's not for me...

that'll probably start a damn pissing contest too
Mayo vs Miracle Whip (light pref. too)
not all Mayo is the same some salad-dressing styles are pretty damn good
(Helmans, is that the brand ?)

although not cheap as it once was dry Italian salami (pepperoni too)
on baguettes or sour french rolls, with Swiss cheese or Asiago,
onions, lettuce & spicy mustard

 

[kiwigtx]

Lambs testicles are a delicacy.....even better uncooked....straight from the sack in one gulp. ....don't mind a bit of loose wool.

AKA Mountain Oysters.

 

[Budnicks]

Lambs testicles are a delicacy.....even better uncooked....straight from the sack in one gulp. ....don't mind a bit of loose wool.

AKA Mountain Oysters.

Deep Fried bull balls, 'Rocky Mountain Oysters'

Deep Fried lambs testicles 'Lamb Fries'

I have a buddy that raised pigs & he would cut them off & fry them up fresh too

not raw... ewe or should I say not going to be a RAM

living on a ranch & family owned a dairy farm, when young
I have seen it all, Uncle Pete (RIP) would eat them raw too
just to mess with us kids, gross us out
poor lil' calf was gonna be someone's veal

 

[beanhead]

How 'cheap' we talkin'?

 

[DeltaV]

Ketchup on hot dogs. What's next, pineapple on pizza?

 

[Mackman]

My wife buys those barbequed whole chickens at the grocery store for about $10.00. We get a couple of meals plus a pot of soup out of one.

We do similar. She buys a rotisserie chicken at Tops or Wegmans, we get two meals out of it and then makes a chicken pot pie out of the remainder.

 

[Mackman]

But our best cheap meal, when we buy a ham, we get it bone-in. She cooks the leftover ham and bone with carrots, cabbage, and potatoes. Usually enough for a couple days. That’s high cotton, baby.

 

[MarPar]

But our best cheap meal, when we buy a ham, we get it bone-in. She cooks the leftover ham and bone with carrots, cabbage, and potatoes. Usually enough for a couple days. That’s high cotton, baby.

Shittin in high cotton!

 

[Detective D]

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My mom used to cook livers (hearts) & gizzards all the time,
butter & lemon pepper IIRC
I remember them from KFC too, breaded & fried in animal fat
not that stuff they use now

I really like liver/s myself, haven't had it a long time
fried in onions & garlic a lil' horseradish, salt & pepper to taste
my dad isn't a fan, so I don't buy it regularly

sort of went out of favor for some reason

people just don't eat it like they used to

great source of high Iron
wild game liver/s, is really rich too

I remember having a couple meals a week of it
1 fresh cooked (fried pref.) & 1 for lunch etc.

I really like Liverwurst & Braunschweiger, (German heritage) the likes too,
that's a love-it-or-hate-it deal too
Now that is something you need mustard on,
spicey brown mustard pref.
I like 'Miracle Whip' (thin) on it too, with some bread & butter pickles
a tad sweet & tangy...

That's another thing you either like Mayo or you don't
or you either like Miracle Whip or you don't
I use both, not really ever Mayo on sandwiches thou...

IMO Mayo is more for artichokes, some dips (blend with garlic & spices),
or 1 ingredient making tuna salad
(Tuna is another good staple, used to be cheap, not so much now
splash of mustard, onions, relish, celery, even olives at times)
or certain Mayo's used in making pasta salads or potato salads
& some cooking recipes, use it (Mayo) instead of oil,
that's all it is, is oil & raw eggs whipped up...

I like some oils & most eggs, just not whipped together raw...
But to each their own...

(don't leave it out in the warm or sun, it will make you sick)

I see people slather that stuff, 1/4" thick on sandwiches
but they can eat it...
Gross looks like well you know...
I have no problem with it really, but it's not for me...

View attachment 1475382

that'll probably start a damn pissing contest too
Mayo vs Miracle Whip (light pref. too)
not all Mayo is the same some salad-dressing styles are pretty damn good
(Helmans, is that the brand ?)

although not cheap as it once was dry Italian salami (pepperoni too)
on baguettes or sour french rolls, with Swiss cheese or Asiago,
onions, lettuce & spicy mustard

In WI, most everyone was German up till a few years ago. Or Swedish, or Dutch, or maybe Norway depends on region, but if you were one of those your neighbor was German and you probably married one
Braunschwieger is something I enjoy, but I have to get it from local butcher/sausage place. Store bought is wanting, after growing up with home made family old world stuff. Rest of the family won't eat it though, so I rarely get it anymore.
Liver is another one, you don;t live in WI surrounded by cows and not eat liver. Most hole in the wall corner places have it on the menu. Father in law and myself will partake.

Now that I am thinking about local sausage haus...
"Farmer sausage" is smoked sausage, beef, maybe a little pork depending but not always, usually in the shape of a ring bologna. It is nothing like a ring bologna. Eat it uncooked with cheddar(WI cheddar, which even in "medium" is like double sharp everywhere else) maybe some grapes to go with. Or apple slices. And a beer.

Haven't got any in a while now, but I am fond of smoked lake trout from lake superior, local sausage place gets some in occasionally. Same thing really, some cheese and maybe grapes or apple slices. I will have some crackers with this sometimes. And a beer. At Easter time a hard boiled egg cut in slices goes well with this too.

 

[Detective D]

But our best cheap meal, when we buy a ham, we get it bone-in. She cooks the leftover ham and bone with carrots, cabbage, and potatoes. Usually enough for a couple days. That’s high cotton, baby.

We buy whole hams. We used to get Hillshire, but since they changed owners twice they are pretty MEH.
We have been enjoying Frick's hams now.
Take whole ham, sit in roaster. Add a little water and (secret ingredient) a splash of 7up. Cook in oven as recommended.

And then....
Carve up tasty ham. Eat it for a few days(freeze some probably, we buy 18lb+)
And then....
Ham bone. Leave just a bit of good ham on it. Get out the chili pot sized soup pot.
SPLIT PEA SOUP.
I know many will say "ugg, pea soup!" but that is because you have eaten it from a can, or some other atrocity against humanity. MAKE IT YOURSELF. It is super cheap.
If you have never made it with a giant smoked ham bone to add it's goodness, you have never eaten it. Recipes everywhere, the jist of it is a bag or two of those split dried peas, water, carrots sliced up, giant ham bone, and then maybe a few other bits, look around see what you like. before it is served, you pull the bone and trim the last bit of ham off in little bits and toss the ham back in and stir them in.
It will take a bit to make, because that is the nature of good soup and also dried split peas. This will make days worth(freeze) but in my household family comes over when they hear about it and it gets snarfed down in one sitting.

 

[Budnicks]

We buy whole hams. We used to get Hillshire, but since they changed owners twice they are pretty MEH.
We have been enjoying Frick's hams now.
Take whole ham, sit in roaster. Add a little water and (secret ingredient) a splash of 7up. Cook in oven as recommended.

And then....
Carve up tasty ham. Eat it for a few days(freeze some probably, we buy 18lb+)
And then....
Ham bone. Leave just a bit of good ham on it. Get out the chili pot sized soup pot.
SPLIT PEA SOUP.
I know many will say "ugg, pea soup!" but that is because you have eaten it from a can, or some other atrocity against humanity. MAKE IT YOURSELF. It is super cheap.
If you have never made it with a giant smoked ham bone to add it's goodness, you have never eaten it. Recipes everywhere, the jist of it is a bag or two of those split dried peas, water, carrots sliced up, giant ham bone, and then maybe a few other bits, look around see what you like. before it is served, you pull the bone and trim the last bit of ham off in little bits and toss the ham back in and stir them in.
It will take a bit to make, because that is the nature of good soup and also dried split peas. This will make days worth(freeze) but in my household family comes over when they hear about it and it gets snarfed down in one sitting.

I love split-pea soup, I too always save the ham-bone for it...
Occasionally trim off some of the fat off the outsides of the smoked hams,
render diced up, the outer fat/laced with a lil' meat, make it like bacon bits almost,
makes great toppings/crunchy sprinkles...

I buy a big spiral ham about 3-4 times a year, usually around the big holidays...

I make a big batch of pea soupe of some sorts, once a month probably...
Gotta' have sweet cornbread too...

 

[padam]

I like ham but wouldn’t call it cheap.

 

[Budnicks]

I like ham but wouldn’t call it cheap.

buy it on 50% off sale the 1st day after the holiday weekends,
if I had a bigger freezer, I'd buy 2 they freeze very well
we get some good deals there's a local farmer here that supplies it
it is cheap, in relativity 'cheaper', than 'the gouging' they do
just before the holidays...
15#s + probably get 10+ meals, including sandwiches out of each,
for about $30 or less