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21 sats \ 8 replies \ @k00b OP 21h \ on: How would you feed yourself on $20/day without cooking or refrigeration? AskSN

If we are entirely dependent on takeout, the best single OMAD meal I've found downtown on $20/day is from P Terry's:

two triple hamburgers (no cheese)
one double hamburger (no cheese)

That comes out to $19.86.

According to their nutrition tables that roughly achieves the BMR needs of the average male. IME it's also very satiating because it's high protein.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @teremok 20h

I do OMAD. Here's what I do when traveling, for example in Spain.

Bought bread, jamón serrano, cheese, a few cherry tomatoes, plain yoghurt, nectarines and dry nuts at the supermarket.

Ate a gourmet meal that would cost $100+ in a restaurant for about $30 in the park and I had so much jamón I wanted to throw up.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 20h

Recently back from Spain and can confirm, endless Iberian jamón at almost every meal

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 20h

I too have indulged in too much jamon in Spain

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 21h

Being in Texas is a cheat code though, a half pound of brisket and some fruit should do it.

17 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 20h

Even half pound of moist (fatty) brisket is probably too light on calories (even if it were pure fat it'd only have 2k calories) and smoked brisket most places is >$30/lb now.

If you could get very fatty brisket + a couple bananas, that could work.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 19h

Half pound of brisket is ~1lb of meat pre-cook afaik so that's about equal to the 5 burger patties (assuming they're QPs... but I also just realized you said 8 patties not 5 so yea the ground beef wins).

I usually get the wet end myself and couldn't even think about food ~24 hours last few times I was in Dallas after housing about 3/4lb... on budget would have to round down to .6lb I reckon to leave budget for fruit.

You'd be in great shape after a few months of this at the very least...

I mentioned the foreman elsewhere because I actually had a buddy do that with Bubba burgers back in the day in a tiny apartment.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 19h

this level of hacking for so simple a decision, that will wane from day to day - never behaving the same way because it is your appetite, it's unnerving. I'm about to come undone.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 19h

stay together if you can.