The "Value" In Value Meal?

[oaklanbash]

Originally Posted by Awanka

I'll second Campbell's Soup for the college student living on a budget. I used to get Chicken Corn Chowder and Country Beef and Vegetable Stew all the time. They would often be on sale at Safeway's for a buck each, and I would stock up a month's supply. Very healthy, low in fat, filling, and fairly tasty imo. If I felt like spoiling myself I would buy hamburger helper stroganoff 2 for 1 specials and 2 lbs of ground beef and live off that for a couple of days.

HAHA that is classic. Exactly what I did in college. At the time the very good campbell's soup cost like $2.79 per large can, but every week at Price Chopper in NY they put one flavor on special for $1. If I liked the flavor the week I would buy like 20 to 30 cans and just wait until the next flavor came on special I liked. Of course it helped the Price Chopper was about a 5 minute walk from my apartment and they littered the neighborhood with flyers, so I always knew what was on special.

And Hamburger Helper and beef special, god I did the exact same thing. I feel like such a fanboi now, but what you posted was my college life.....

The only thing I can add is that Sam's Club used to have a sale once a month where frozen chicken breast was $1 a pound same thing with chicken wings. I am sure they are ridiculously expensive now in the states. Hell even in China I am paying twice that for chicken now.

Other bargains were the cheap kind of cream of mushroom soup. Not the deluxe kind we were talking about earlier, the red and white no picture variety. Take 2 of those cans, throw in a pound of chicken breast, add on top some stouffers stuffing (bought on sale of course) throw in a pan, add some aluminum foil on top, cook 350 for an hour, voila instant classic meal.

Oh and Tuesday was free dry day at my laundry mat in college, so load up all your clothes in to the jumbo washer, then split them in to 3 different machines for free drying. Laundry for a week was $2. Of course Tuesday night you go to the movies because the movies were half price with free popcorn in the matinee.

As you can see I lived college with very little money. My full scholarship gave me just tuition. I was on my own for living and eating. But then again, there was an artform in the Mariot dining services RPI used. They gave you 10 free buddy passes per year to the students who paid for them. I just always walked in with a large group of friends and got free food The hard days though were on rugby practices, practice started right after my last class and ended at 8pm, so I had to pay for those meals. Hence the Price Chopper value plan I perfected.

[Ishad]

Originally Posted by Neph

Oh, and Qdoba > Chipotle. Steamer > Flat Iron.

Freebirds >Qdoba>Chipotle

I had no idea people actually bought chicken fries, the concept itself is fucking nasty but hearing how they flash re-fry them when people order them only makes it worse.

[Gigfc]

All I know is, when I want healthy foods on the cheap, can't go wrong with 2 Big Macs with extra mcsauce.

[Smithiy]

At Whataburger they had the 99 cent breakfast taquitos. Well, one night me and my friend have the munchies and order like 7 of these. I expected the total to be around 8 dollars with tax, turns out it's almost 14 dollars. They had randomly changed the price of the taquitos from 99 cents to 1.79, WHAT THE FUCK. I don't eat at Whataburger anymore, even though for fast food it's damn good. If I have the munchies, I usually hit up Jack in the Box nowadays, dollar menu tacos ftw.

Originally Posted by Ishad

Freebirds >Qdoba>Chipotle

I had no idea people actually bought chicken fries, the concept itself is fucking nasty but hearing how they flash re-fry them when people order them only makes it worse.

Are you from Houston? If so you should go to Mission Burrito, Freebirds is overpriced and not as good.

[James]

How is Freebirds not as good? I admit, I've never been to Mission Burrito, but unless they have a Super DUPER Monster, it doesn't touch Freebirds. Nothing beats the Super Monster.

[Ishad]

Originally Posted by Smithiy

Are you from Houston? If so you should go to Mission Burrito, Freebirds is overpriced and not as good.

I was in Dallas, now I'm in Chicago which is a wasteland of tex-mex /mexican food. Switching from Taco-Cabana tortillas and queso to char-dogs at the Weiner's Circle for late night drunk food has not been easy.

[Kreugen]

I recall eating a lot of soup and spaghetti at school. Oh, and lunch meats. Hell I still eat those now, as if I were 8 years old or something.

The cafe at work makes 7lpbs fatias that I like. I don't want to know how much fat is in the General Tso's though. Everything there costs $5 though. Salad? $5. Pizza? $5. Cup of pudding? $5. Sigh.

[oaklanbash]

Originally Posted by Kreugen

I recall eating a lot of soup and spaghetti at school. Oh, and lunch meats. Hell I still eat those now, as if I were 8 years old or something.

The cafe at work makes 7lpbs fatias that I like. I don't want to know how much fat is in the General Tso's though. Everything there costs $5 though. Salad? $5. Pizza? $5. Cup of pudding? $5. Sigh.

I would kill for some General Tso's right now.... You have to realize the "Chinese" food you eat in the US is not real Chinese food. It is just food they perfected for American taste buds. There is no such thing as pork fried rice in China, no beef and broccoli, no spare ribs.... Everything in China is so so so different. Granted it is so much better, but I do miss the bastardized American Chinese food a lot sometimes. Every meal in China you eat plain boring bowl of white rice. I can't even think about eating fried rice now, actually get a little sick thinking about that to be honest. And the first 31 years of my life I would never ever ever eat plain white rice.... especially not real white rice, sticky and in a big blop. Not like Minute Rice in US hehe.

[Gigfc]

Originally Posted by oaklanbash

I would kill for some General Tso's right now.... You have to realize the "Chinese" food you eat in the US is not real Chinese food. It is just food they perfected for American taste buds. There is no such thing as pork fried rice in China, no beef and broccoli, no spare ribs.... Everything in China is so so so different. Granted it is so much better, but I do miss the bastardized American Chinese food a lot sometimes. Every meal in China you eat plain boring bowl of white rice. I can't even think about eating fried rice now, actually get a little sick thinking about that to be honest. And the first 31 years of my life I would never ever ever eat plain white rice.... especially not real white rice, sticky and in a big blop. Not like Minute Rice in US hehe.

Tso's is the shit.