The typical ingredients are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, toast, fried bread and a beverage such as coffee or tea. Hash browns are a common contemporary but non-traditional inclusion.
High quality chocolate. Most of the stuff in the local grocery stores is cheap, waxy and awful. There's a place within reasonable distance with the good stuff, but it's hella expensive.
Thanks! That is good to know. We have some of those around. Not on our usual rotation (a little out of the way) but this could change that. I know they have pretty good produce in there, because I have used them for that on occasion.
Chips. I love chips, I like trying different flavors, but these days, justifying 5-7 dollars a bag for times other than parties and get togethers is getting harder and harder to do.
Cost of food is not an issue for me. What is an issue is that I have no time nor budget to make long travel (inter-continent, with weeks off job) to eat.
With money, I can stop working and go on a vacation.
Actually healthy and nutritious and delicious breakfast food. I can have two of the three for reasonable prices if I make it myself. But I want all three at max level, and I don't want to have to make it myself from scratch.
Something to go on your bucket list is definitely the restaurant Bebek Bengil in Ubud, on Bali. I'm not a big fan of duck myself, but they made it sooo fucking delicious, and the views are stunning as well. The crispy duck is something I've never had anywhere else like that.
Restaurant foods, would eat out more if funds were ample for it.
(I do love fish and other seafood but worry about overfishing, wouldn't buy more. Also like beef but wouldn't buy more of that either, don't want it often)
Eh, might have steaks more than once a year or so. Still wouldn't be a regular thing.
Would likely increase the usage of aged balsamic to more than just a very dribble more and then.
Would definitely cook with better bourbons when I use it. Not that it really makes a huge difference in most cases, but I usually have a little bit while cooking when I do, so it would be nice lol.
I don't know where in the world you are but the Publix near my house always has hummus tubs BOGO and that makes it extremely affordable. I just have to be careful not to look at much else cuz everything else is way too expensive for my blood.
I live in a pretty HCOL area and buy food pretty conservatively. I can look into the BOGO tubs of it though! Mostly I feel its a snack type food and that's where I pinch on foods. The snack, desserts etc.
If I could find it cheap I could probably look into what meals I could have with hummus
just eating out in general. i cook at home as often as possible because restaurant prices are nutso. even chinese takeout that used to be cheap is like $15 before tip here
Check out the Too Good To Go app! There's probably a few things near you. It's designed to help reduce food waste. As long as you're open to a little surprise, you can get great stuff for like 75 percent off. We do it almost weekly.
Chinese seems like a weird one to mention because anywhere I've ever gotten Chinese takeout has to be the best value for your dollar in terms of take out food. They cram those containers so full you can make three meals out of it, at least.
i live in a small town thats got some of the most overpriced and disappointly small portions of chinese food. + in a small town it doesnt taste too good either :/ my friend and i will drive an hour once a month or so to get really good dim sum, ramen, korean... for cheaper
Impressive how much jerky is showing up on here, but that was one of my first thoughts too. I actually got a monthly jerky subscription for Christmas, and the packs are kinda little, but it's fun getting new flavors every month.
I'll throw caviar out there. We tried a wide range of it for my gf's birthday twice, and there is good stuff at every price range. Even the cheap whitefish stuff was good.
The Bowfin and Spoonbill was our best bang for the buck both times. If you want a splurge without going bust, that's my recommendation. Got it from Browne Trading if anyone is interested.
It's great right off the spoon, on a chip, on a blini, or as a garnish on something else. If you like salty, fishy, umami you deserve to try it.
One of my good friends loves ice wine and just got engaged. I've never tried it but I picked up a bottle I'm gonna share with him on his birthday in a few months for a dual celebration.
I often joke I don't have a sweet tooth, I have a whole set of them. (Though I'm totally down for a nice dry too).
Some countries it’s normal for a cook to do it for you, but I found it to be awkward as the cook just stands around half the time while you’re talking to your friends. I enjoy it because I can get exactly what I want. I also go to a local American style steakhouse where you cook your own as well
My boring choices would be Chinese takeaway and fresh KFC. The Chinese takeaway near me is delicious, and does great portions, but you're looking at at least £10 to £15 per person if you're not sharing. It's not a massive amount of money, but if you want to try a few dishes, it quickly racks up the cost.
The KFC is bog standard, but it's just far enough away that the food cools down by the time it gets to my house. This is more of a more money equals more time situation, so I'd have more time to go to the restaurant and eat it right there while it's hot.
A few people mentioned beef jerky. I'd like to try some of the different types and flavours. I've only really seen the one brand here, and they sell Teriyaki and spicy. Spicy just means that they've dumped enough spice on it to mask any other taste. I'd like to see what the other options are like.
Same with some of the other suggestions here, like swordfish. I'd love to try some of the more unusual foods, without going down the gimmicky route and eating things like rotten fish, or live octopus.
Mostly cheese. Many different types of cheese. I know there are some cheep cheeses around, but I find the difference between a good and a mediocre cheese is such that I chose to compromise on the quantity rather than on the quality...