I have done a baked cauliflour many times, but this is a bit of a different way and I'd like to try it aswell :) The chocolate on bread I have done many times before and will continue :D Andy's meal looked nice but I think I already have my own favorite ways of cooking veggies
I mean, the problem was their definition of "struggle". Most times struggle means putting as much work into something so poor to extract the maximum out of it. For example, broths and soups are born out of struggle, to make the most out of whatever little food you have, but you actually cook it for as long as you can to get the most flavor out of it. Bread, potatoes and old veg, are what most struggle meals are made out of. Not bars of chocolate, which are expensive.
@lewismaddock1654 I understand your definition and tend to agree but I think the differences is in how different generations view it. For example the young guy even said "IF much work went into this" ... they don't even know or consider what was done was simple. I mean a struggle meal to me is a high alcohol percentage beer 🤣🤣 I think a lot of people consider a struggle meal something they can do relatively cheap to make them happy when "struggling". But, I guess that was the whole point of the video ... the different generations view on it. I think of things like you described ... make a crock pot of something cheap me and the wife can eat for days that is loaded with flavor and calories.
She just cheating, I see it on a lot of these videos where the one hyper critical person wins only because they skew the results of the others so badly.
Just give Andy a permanent show where he tries all kinds of dishes from all over the world and I'd tune in every single time, Andy is a treasure and he's just adorably pleasant
That 10/10 from Chantini was the most random unexpected "they had us in the first half" moment. She obliterated the dish in every way physically and verbally and end up giving the highest score in the entire episode.
@xBox360BENUTZER In rationing. It sort of explains the first one because he understands being limited in ingredients, even if his pantry is kind of loaded with decent stuff now, but not the struggle of working two jobs and still not being able to afford food consistently.
@totalvoid6234 The boomer generation is the one after the war (50-60 year olds) they are the richest demographic and got the best economy in which one job was enough for having house, wife and kids.
@xBox360BENUTZERI’m 57, grew up with my grandparents who grew up in the depression era..and yes, I definitely know struggle foods. My grandfather would make an entire lamb, you ate the head, the cheeks, eyes, and any veggies you could get. We ate Zeppoli for dinner, literally fried dough. Peppers and eggs during lent was our Friday night as opposed to every one of my friends getting their Friday night pizza . I would not mind a few struggle meals today if my nonno was making them 😢
As a french, I'm not even sure I'd call it a lower version, it has its own charm. Not sure I would call it a meal either, or a struggle, chocolate is not cheap 😅
Yes agree, with baby boomer parents, ive had all sorts through the years, from famine to feasts, a lot of its been the good ol meat and two veg or more
The first guy didn't know either. He admitted it at the beginning. A struggle meal shouldn't have 10 different things and cooked 3 different ways. It should be quick easy and extremely cheap
When I was a child beef short ribs were cheap as old chips and Mom bought them to make savory braised dishes. Now they are terribly expensive because they trend in high-end restaurants here as a gourmet dish. Pair with lentils and red wine, charge and exorbitant price. Oh well.
@Dudeston Though I must say you can fancy it up and change the flavor with available seasonings and bits in the refrigerator. But you are right, it isn't a recipe from a gourmet magazine.
@DudestonIt depends on why you’re struggling and how soon you’ll get out of it. Struggles come in different ways, being a day or two away from a paycheck can lead to people trying to make something solid out of whatever they have. The fried cauliflower definitely wasn’t a struggle meal (it’s a fancy side at worst so it completely fails the meal part), but circumstances can lead to Andy’s dish being a struggle meal. It’s a bit silly to say that someone’s meal doesn’t involve enough struggle due to the price of likely pre-stocked ingredients or if they wanted to try to make something somewhat proper. Most conventional struggle meals will fall under the cheap/easy/quick trio, so I see why people initially wouldn’t count Andy’s dish. It’s just important to remember that struggles come in different ways. I have gochujang paste in my fridge at all times, it’s expensive but lasts so it goes in my struggle meals to make them better instead of fully embracing the struggle. Someone who has Nutella in the pantry might throw it in a struggle meal because they can’t get something else and they need to make things work.
The young man and the old woman were the two who understood the assignment. They both used simple, cheap ingredients and made dishes that took no time or could be made ahead of time as meal prep.
I'd like to live somewhere where chocolate is cheap 😅 And even if it was a real struggle, it's not a meal it's a snack. A delightful nostalgic snack XD
Isabelle reminds me of a real life friend who finds something to nitpick in everything. She once complained the rice in the sushi bar was too cold. I can not stand that.
The moment she was super harsh about andy's ingredients not working together, while also getting half of the ingredients wrong, i knew she was going to be awful.
For the influencers out there that have zero education. A ‘struggle meal’ is no money and working with what you’ve got…hoping you’ve got enough of something for at least one meal and that it’s relatively healthy…mostly just hoping that there’s enough to make one meal.
Yes, exactly. The most fitting "traditional" example in my country would probably be chicken bones(can often be gotten for free) made into a stock, into which you add carrots, onions, beans, hotdogs, flour(yep)... basically whatever you have. Every time you cook it, it's different. Honourable mention: canned pork liver pate (incredibly cheap, far cry from french fancy pates) with cheap white bread.
The older gentleman was just that... A gentleman. So lovely and I can't imagine anyone didn't love watching his joy and kindness. Let us all take note and beer more like him.
"Don't judge a book by it's cover" - Isabelle. Proceeds to judge EVERY F**KING DISH BY ITS COVER. "oh iTs ToO MusHy", "oH iTs UglY". Im BrITisH, aNd 23,I donT KnoW WhAt FLaVor iS, 1.5
I find Isabelle very jarring and disrespectful, and obviously has no idea what a struggle meal is if she spent half an hour cooking 4 pieces of cauliflower lmao
She described a struggle meal as “something you throw together last minute when you want something delicious and easy” she dint know a struggle meal fr 😭 it’s not just when you don’t have time in between coffee content creation and Pilates
@deniseh9883 oooo i beg to differ i mean the way he cooked it maybe not but hes essentially made a dressed up bubble and squeak which is perfect for using leftover scraps of vegetables an the croutons are good for repurposing old bread and potatoes are quite cheap and filling. think he just put a bit too much effort in to it
I'm not gonna lie, I was tempted to skip through the video and just watch the parts with Andy. Something about him is so charming and makes me want to keep watching.
In my mind, a struggle meal is food you make when resources are scarce, whether that's money or actual food. You're struggling to make something nutritious enough to keep you going, and hopefully you can still make it tasty enough that it warms your soul as well, keeping your spirits high so you survive another day. I've had long stretches were I just wasn't sure if I could feed myself, and I've had to fall back on depression era recipes more than once. Hoover stew got me through many a difficult shift, even if I was embarrassed by what I was eating, and I'm still thrilled by a breakfast of coffee, a fried egg and toast. Feels like luxury some days.
chandini made what's known as kichdi or pongal in india/south asia. it's a sort of rice-lentil stew, and it's meant to be mushy and soft, and is best served warm. it's filled with warming spices and is easy to digest, which makes it a very common (and delicious!) "sick food" but also a super comforting meal in general.
I have a French friend who taught me the bread/chocolate combo. Brioche bread folded around a few squares of nice milk chocolate, with or without butter. Surprisingly satisfying.
Everyone commenting so bad on the bread with chocolate made me sad, I'm from Belgium and we eat this as well, jus with white loaf bread, so to me that's pure nostalgia
@WolfWest-e8u we use chocolate that comes in thin rectangles, like for instance 'Côte d'Or Mignonnette', butter the bread on both slices, put the chocolate inbetween the buttered slices and in Belgium we dip it in coffee, so the chocolate gets a bit softer. That was the only time as a kid I was allowed coffee, only to dip the chocolate sandwich, I wasn't allowed to drink the coffee. It's more healthy than Nutella and even after dipping it in coffee it still has a Nice bite and slight crunch to it. I always liked it, still eat it from time to time and I'm 31 now.
Yes, but the challenge wasn't 'make something nostalgic' it was to make a struggle meal. Now you could struggle to make anything more complicated than this, so it counts that way, but it's not a meal because it's just not very healthy - no veg or protein, just carbs and fats! It's a snack, you couldn't live on this stuff if you had nothing else all day.
@Fledhyrisoh but this is indeed a struggle meal, in this region of europe, we don't tend to eat a hot meal at lunch and dinner, we usually have bread for one of the meals and a hot meal for the other one. But yeah when the end of the month came closer, we'd often eat bread as lunch and dinner. In this region when People have a hard time making ends meet, there will often be no hot Meals containing a proteïne, veg and carb, it would be soup and bread, for the hot meal and bread with butter and chocolate, or biscoff cookies for the cold meal, heck we even have a name for a bread roll, that has butter and Brown Sugar inbetween. Those are the real struggle meals from this region of europe, because when money was running low, a €1,5 bread would last us a couple days as a family, so yeah in this region, when money is tight, you survive on bread. In many countries in Europe a sandwich (whatever is on it) is a legit meal we've been served by parents, grandparents... Hell we even have a saying 'if you're really hungry eat a sandwich, if you don't want a sandwich you're not hungry, you're just craving a sweet or salty snack and that's not a meal, that's a treat for when you've finished your meal'
@fainitesbarley2245 I feel like everyone does have an air fryer these days, though I've never tried to confirm this. My brother finally got one last year (he lives with a vegetarians wife and a vegetarian daughter), so it makes sense for him to just toss his portions of meat into the air fryer.
@omilkhouseo I would say yes indeed it was. if I'm dead broke but still trying to eat healthy I will get cauliflower and make air fried bites because it costs me about $3 and feeds me for a whole day
@LaurieSwenson I don't have nor have I ever used an air fryer. I hear they are nice, but I don't need another kitchen appliance cluttering up the cupboards or counter-top. Perhaps if I had a huge kitchen/pantry area.
@Pastel00Peach fair enough, but you could use the exact same reasoning for the cauliflower which is just cauliflower and seasoning. Cauliflower is way more affordable than chocolate.
Well I mean it’s a struggle meal it’s not going to have all that you need. I think the cauliflower was real creative in terms of struggling but that blonde girl shouldn’t have been in the video bc she’s….anyways. The most realistic struggle meal was Yoanns. Struggling as a kid you’re literally just putting the first few things u see together. It has the same vibes as putting butter cinnamon and sugar on a piece of toast.
she might just be there to engagement farm. Like that one character in a reality competition show who is a constant screw up but they keep around for ratings
You know how to appreciate food when you have struggled before. Andy has struggled before and the influencer girl hasn’t. Andy is a wonderful human being
From a french perspective Yoann's one make a lot of Sense. Bread, Butter and Chocolate is in most of our house You slam the three together Bread and Butter is Failli and the chocolate is here so you dont die of depression. (He did use a lot of it i'd use a quarter of that) It's not a proper meal but you'll get through the afternoon with it.
I don’t really see it. To me it just seemed like she’s very picky with food and never really struggled before but she didn’t give off a mean vibe to me. Idk I also didn’t like her ratings or other contestants’s foods but making such a big assumption on her character because of that id weird
Not bad. If I was making it for myself, then that would be my go-to as well. For a family dinner, I'd make a ramen lasagna. Sauce is made with canned stewed tomatoes, and whatever Italian spices I have, chicken is my source of protein personally, but for a struggle meal, then ground chuck. Just like a lasagna, it's topped with cheese in each layer, but mozzarella and ricotta are expensive, so I settle with American single slice cheese.
@H3llo_Fr1ends yes and no but for 2 different reasons so no it does not apply. If you struggle to make a meal because you suck at execution, is not a struggle meal thats struggling to make a meal. not the same as making a struggle meal because you are financially struggling or struggling on time. Nice try tho.
@Kairii-Kylienow try butter and sugar on bread! It's good, trust me. It has the three most important things you need for tasty food. 1. Carbs 2. Fat 3. Sugar
Nah Isabelle was wayyy too hard on everyone... i do love how pleasant and constructive Andy was, and Yoann DEFINITELY deserved his win, that was a proper struggle meal and looks exactly like something i would throw together between pay checks when the groceries start to run out. Isabelle definitely did not understand what a struggle meal was, what she made was an appetizer, it won't fill your stomach even if it does taste good. But on the topic of struggle meals, and going back to Andy's, one of my most common ones is something very similar, just made in an oven and without the croutons, and generally only with the spring onion as far as other veggies go but sometimes carrot too. His looks honestly the most high-quality and fulfilling out of them all and I would absolutely give his a 10!
People seem to think that a struggle meal needs to be something like pasta with ketchup and hotdogs. The presence of struggling hard meals has given them a false impression of what a struggle meal is, it’s not just about price and how easy/quick it is to make. Struggle meals are about the circumstances behind the person making it, so Andy’s can count if someone has the time to make something decent but lacks the choice in what they can use. If you already have the ingredients, know that you’ll be out of your struggle soon, and need to make things work, you shouldn’t hold back what you put in your struggle meal because you won’t “struggle enough” otherwise. I wouldn’t count Isabelle’s as a struggle meal because it’s just fried cauliflower. If all you can make is fried cauliflower, you failed somewhere before reaching the point of making it. Adding some rice or potatoes, even if you make it fancy, would push it close enough to a meal that I’d consider it.
That sandwich wasn't a struggle meal, it's just a sandwich i would believe is extremely hard to eat, no nutrition at all. The cauliflower would probably be my favorite, but Andys semmed to be filling. The most famous struggle meal in sweden is "pytt-i-panna" which is a mix of leftovers chopped up, like potatoes, pork, beef, onions, garlic and spices fried in some oil. The dish is also served in fine restaurants.
@systerkeno The cauliflower didn't have much nutrition in it either, the point was to make a MEAL. If you got a family of starving kids, or were cooking for a soup kitchen, only Andy and Chandini passed the assignment!
Butter and dark chocolate are LUXURY goods. The last meal was just a lazy student's version of a chocolate croissant. NOBODY thinks chocolate croissants are 'struggle meals.' In Italy they mix in hazel nuts and make it spreadable. Nobody thinks Nutella is a struggle meal but a luxury snack/dessert.
I would classify my whole identity as struggling if i couldn't attain chocolate. No chcolate = struggling , so no, it does not seem like a struggle meal to me. 😅
@toolbaggershave been to Paris recently and bread and butter are essential staples there and very affordable. You need to consider the origin too. Plus there was no specification if you struggle with money or time in those struggle meals.
Just started the video, I’m already feeling cultural shock because struggle meal where I’m from means you have _nothing_ to eat but must scrounge something together to not have you or the family go hungry that night 😂 Chantini understood the basis of the challenge from my perspective, considering all of that can be used with canned goods instead of fresh produce which can also can be obtained from charity and church food drives, unlike relatively green vegetables, chocolate+real butter or cauliflower (which the cauliflower one honestly does look good, but I’d call that a simple meal rather than struggle meal. She’s not factoring in that not everyone owns an air fryer, so if you needed to fry something you’d need a pot of oil to do so, as well as didn’t say what all spices she intermixed which could also be costly depending on what it was. Everyone else’s meal was better at what the challenge called for than the fried cauliflower imo) That being said, I fully understand why chantini’s dish didnt win, because it was more function over flavor, however when you’ve been legitimately starved for days a meal like that is beyond mouthwatering. However, Yoann’s meal more fits with the struggle type of hunger most deal with of having little pocket money rather than no money, so again understandable why he won, because ultimately, yeah chocolate and real butter on bread is way more palatable in both texture and flavor in comparison to canned vegetables and over cooked rice to space the meal to make it last.
Yeah half didn understand what a stuggle meal was AT ALL. Andy and Isabelle. They definately are rich and out of touch. Like WHO TF has an Airfryer when poor? Who has a full cupboard of Fresh Veg? Rice and Lentils with Pepper is exactly a struggle meal. Chocolate and bread is a struggle desert.
@OceanBaby420 Not really, air fryers are badly misnamed because you can cook in them without any oil. They are basically the same as a fan oven, but smaller and more energy efficient. If you put the same cauliflower in the oven, you wouldn't call it fried, would you? She said milk, flour and spices, I don't even remember her mentioning oil.
@Fledhyris Air fryers change how food is cooked, not what kind of food it feels like to eat. If someone doesn’t like fried food, they probably won’t like air-fried food either. Saying “it’s not fried because it was made in an air fryer” is focusing on the method, while the person’s preference is about the experience. If they don’t like fried food, they’re allowed to dislike air-fried food too, even if it’s technically “healthier.” An air fryer is basically a small convection fryer. It uses high-speed hot air specifically to mimic frying-that’s literally why it exists. Baked food isn’t meant to imitate frying. Air-fried food literally is. That’s the difference. If air fryers weren’t meant to replicate fried food, we wouldn’t call them air fryers In the time frame I'm referring to, she is replying to someone else's review of her fried cauliflower. In this case, the woman states she just doesn't like fried food. In which she, like stated above, said it wasn't fried. No matter the method, oil or airfried, it is still given the crunchy texture that a fried food gives. Therefore, airfrying produces fried food, using a different method.
We all need Andy. He's a real one. Kinda reminds me of the stories I would hear my mom say about her dad. She can't cook. Hates following instructions, but Grandpa would come by, have nice long chats and devour the whole thing. Most of the time, my struggles were being forced to finish what she made. Andy on the other hand gives this nice dialogue and critique where you can actually imagine this "Struggle Meal" is absolutely pleasant and worthy of sharing around the table. I actually would like to have been there to eat these meals and it's not beans on bread, but actually something appetizing. Andy is definitely the homie you want to have and be foodies with. Give him a food show.
It’s interesting to have someone in this video who has no concept of a struggle meal. Especially with how things are in America I was hugely disappointed by her sheer amount of privilege she shows in her harshness. I loved everyone else.
Kudos to the judges for focusing more on the struggle than the meal. One of mine is to toast some bread, butter it, put some American cheese on it, and slap it in the microwave for 20 seconds. I call it my crappy grilled cheese. It's what I fix when I don't have anything, don't want to wash dishes, and I'm just hungry and usually tired. Once in awhile I'll throw some jalapeño slices on there as well. It's for when I struggle to feed myself properly and it's not terribly good, but it gets the job done.
My struggle meal growing up was a chocolate sandwich. Literally Hershey's chocolate syrup on white bread. The only food item in this entire video that is a legit struggle meal is the last item lol
i could guarantee most of malaysians struggle meal would be rice and a fried egg with a splash of soy sauce. fried anchovies used to be another option for egg but their prices spiked in the last few decades making it too expensive. but ive seen people just eat rice with salted water as soup. truly a humbling experience :/ hopefully everyone that struggled will be prosperous soon aminnn
Aamiinn.. A fellow malaysian here too! My struggle meal is nasi,telur dadar n kicap as u said. But when im lazy ill just throw instant noodles in my pot😭😂
@Pubity because butter and dark chocolate are luxury items. real struggle meals don't contain any meat or animal products. real struggle meals are just rice and beans (lentils)
Butter and dark chocolate are LUXURY goods. The last meal was just a lazy student's version of a chocolate croissant. NOBODY thinks chocolate croissants are 'struggle meals.'
I love Andy, he is really sweet. I love his dish as a struggle meal, it reminds me of classical Irish dishes and came all the way from that era when Irish farmers' produces were mostly for exportation by law. Cabbage and root vegetables and sometimes cheese, more rarely meat were their daily meals and they created an amazing array of dishes with these simple ingredients : stew, colcanon, boxty, and so many others.
That dish sounds interesting IF IT DIDN'T HAVE THE CROUTONS! 1:45 I'm a 32 year old Midwestern American Man, and my go-to "Struggle Meal" is: Canned Corned Beef Hash, Canned White Beans, Dried Chopped Onions, and Apple Cider Vinegar cooked together. 3:50
Buddy in college had the most struggle meal that I've ever seen: rice with peanut butter and hot sauce. Granted, he had spent time homeless, so he was no stranger to using whatever he had at his disposal.
I rarely comment on anything and I'm not sure how this video even ended up in my feed, but that old guy is great. Just give him his own regular segment.
yeah you rather want to hear unauthentic blabbering and lying instead of some critique like the old guy always insults the things first and all of a sudden not even really have it in his mouth its lovely and so great- yeah no thanks
Butter and dark chocolate are luxury items. The last one was just a lazy teens meal. The first one was a lazy leftovers lunch of good dinners. Air fried cauliflower is real food. Only the rice and lentils was the true struggle meal.
my struggle meal, ill just cook a rice, with random spices inside of it mixed with eggs. Then when cooked, plates with sauces i had at table, usually sweet soy sauce
I think they need to settle on a definition of a struggle meal and decide if they want something really hard to cook or if they want something cheap but tasty to fill your tummy when you're pretty broke.
They meal Andy made sounds like my family's very special recipe called kitchen sink. It's just a hodgepodge of whatever vegetables you have in the that are about to go bad and cheese because that makes everything better lol
Which dish are you trying??
Beans on toast
The first dish, potato and veg. That actually looked rather nice.
I have done a baked cauliflour many times, but this is a bit of a different way and I'd like to try it aswell :) The chocolate on bread I have done many times before and will continue :D Andy's meal looked nice but I think I already have my own favorite ways of cooking veggies
does that gen z girl even know what a struggle meal is?
The chocolate sandwich and the cauliflower is all I would try
Make a food series with just Andy trying different cuisines and you’ve got a smash hit.
Agreed, any is awesome.
Love that his “struggle” concept was how to clear out the fridge - brilliant!
I'm absolutely in love with him. What a fantastic person.
I TOTALLY agree. I could watch him for hours. What a wonderful vocabulary, and incredibly compassionate personality ❤️
I would absolutely watch Andy Eats
Please, can anyone give Andy a whole channel? He's so kind, a beautiful soul.
And funny! I want to be his best friend.
I would watch it religiously
100% agree
I was really hoping someone would reply to you with his channel.
He's wonderful. Never seen him before this and am in love 🥰
I have watched 4 of these videos and have come to the conclusion Andy would make a most excellent neighbor.
"It's a crouton darling" I love him 😂
Nay, darling and dear can just fuck off as words. Theyre both so condecending.
But andy is nice and i adore him
I mean, the problem was their definition of "struggle". Most times struggle means putting as much work into something so poor to extract the maximum out of it. For example, broths and soups are born out of struggle, to make the most out of whatever little food you have, but you actually cook it for as long as you can to get the most flavor out of it.
Bread, potatoes and old veg, are what most struggle meals are made out of. Not bars of chocolate, which are expensive.
Thats not what he said
@lewismaddock1654 I understand your definition and tend to agree but I think the differences is in how different generations view it. For example the young guy even said "IF much work went into this" ... they don't even know or consider what was done was simple. I mean a struggle meal to me is a high alcohol percentage beer 🤣🤣 I think a lot of people consider a struggle meal something they can do relatively cheap to make them happy when "struggling". But, I guess that was the whole point of the video ... the different generations view on it. I think of things like you described ... make a crock pot of something cheap me and the wife can eat for days that is loaded with flavor and calories.
@lewismaddock1654bones can be expensive, especially if you have to buy meat. Potatoes and vegetables and rice are cheap
“Ugh he’s so picky” says the person who picked apart the other plates
people judge best through a mirror
💯💯💯💯💯💯
We have a saying: "You can see the splinter in someone else's eye, but you can't see the log in your own eye."
She just cheating, I see it on a lot of these videos where the one hyper critical person wins only because they skew the results of the others so badly.
@sbcroix she give the boy 9 out 10 and he win maybe if she was evil as you think she could have make him loose
"Well, you're off the guestlist, love." Summed it up pretty good...
Just give Andy a permanent show where he tries all kinds of dishes from all over the world and I'd tune in every single time, Andy is a treasure and he's just adorably pleasant
So much this!!!
Especially the contrast here from him to the extremely bratty woman.
I love this guy, so pleasant and charming. 😊
With fred
They are fun together
tell andy that i love him
Sounds like you’ll have to get in line
Saaame😂
@Pubityexactly😂😂
Yes! He was the best part
honestly, same here!
That 10/10 from Chantini was the most random unexpected "they had us in the first half" moment.
She obliterated the dish in every way physically and verbally and end up giving the highest score in the entire episode.
idk who this older man is.... but I would like him to narrate my life please :D
She's having a rough day but I believe she will pull through.
Never give struggle meals to people who have never struggled because they will not understand them
Amen.
When did Boomers ever struggle? They are called boomers for a reason so what you are saying would exclude them too.
@xBox360BENUTZER In rationing. It sort of explains the first one because he understands being limited in ingredients, even if his pantry is kind of loaded with decent stuff now, but not the struggle of working two jobs and still not being able to afford food consistently.
@totalvoid6234 The boomer generation is the one after the war (50-60 year olds) they are the richest demographic and got the best economy in which one job was enough for having house, wife and kids.
@xBox360BENUTZERI’m 57, grew up with my grandparents who grew up in the depression era..and yes, I definitely know struggle foods. My grandfather would make an entire lamb, you ate the head, the cheeks, eyes, and any veggies you could get. We ate Zeppoli for dinner, literally fried dough. Peppers and eggs during lent was our Friday night as opposed to every one of my friends getting their Friday night pizza . I would not mind a few struggle meals today if my nonno was making them 😢
I love how the french struggle meal is a lower version of a pain au chocolat
As a french, I'm not even sure I'd call it a lower version, it has its own charm.
Not sure I would call it a meal either, or a struggle, chocolate is not cheap 😅
Protect that old man at all cost, what a wholesome soft spoken man. His dish looked incredible too.
Edit: ANDY the GOAT.
He’s a cutie for sure.
Yes agree, with baby boomer parents, ive had all sorts through the years, from famine to feasts, a lot of its been the good ol meat and two veg or more
OMG Andy is ADORABLE! I want to go out with him for drinks!
@complicatedmikehe'd be a riot!
@jamesfry8983Always down for recipes if you'd like to keep it alive!
Isabelle is someone I'd walk away from mid conversation
😂tru dat
And she’s got tattoos 🤮
I find her quite unbearable.
1000%
She's so rude and obnoxious
1:46 “I don’t know, I haven’t tasted it yet” 😂
The influencer not knowing what a struggle meal is is pretty on point
RIGHT LMAO bc that’s not what that means 😭
The first guy didn't know either. He admitted it at the beginning. A struggle meal shouldn't have 10 different things and cooked 3 different ways. It should be quick easy and extremely cheap
When I was a child beef short ribs were cheap as old chips and Mom bought them to make savory braised dishes. Now they are terribly expensive because they trend in high-end restaurants here as a gourmet dish. Pair with lentils and red wine, charge and exorbitant price. Oh well.
@Dudeston Though I must say you can fancy it up and change the flavor with available seasonings and bits in the refrigerator. But you are right, it isn't a recipe from a gourmet magazine.
@DudestonIt depends on why you’re struggling and how soon you’ll get out of it. Struggles come in different ways, being a day or two away from a paycheck can lead to people trying to make something solid out of whatever they have. The fried cauliflower definitely wasn’t a struggle meal (it’s a fancy side at worst so it completely fails the meal part), but circumstances can lead to Andy’s dish being a struggle meal. It’s a bit silly to say that someone’s meal doesn’t involve enough struggle due to the price of likely pre-stocked ingredients or if they wanted to try to make something somewhat proper.
Most conventional struggle meals will fall under the cheap/easy/quick trio, so I see why people initially wouldn’t count Andy’s dish. It’s just important to remember that struggles come in different ways. I have gochujang paste in my fridge at all times, it’s expensive but lasts so it goes in my struggle meals to make them better instead of fully embracing the struggle. Someone who has Nutella in the pantry might throw it in a struggle meal because they can’t get something else and they need to make things work.
Grandpa has such a soothing voice and his intonation is so wonderful.
He's a real gentleman.
The young man and the old woman were the two who understood the assignment. They both used simple, cheap ingredients and made dishes that took no time or could be made ahead of time as meal prep.
I'd like to live somewhere where chocolate is cheap 😅
And even if it was a real struggle, it's not a meal it's a snack. A delightful nostalgic snack XD
British people and the phrase "...actually quite lovely"
name a more iconic duo
Add innnit at the end too for good measure.
Isabelle reminds me of a real life friend who finds something to nitpick in everything. She once complained the rice in the sushi bar was too cold. I can not stand that.
Its....its sushi, its supposed to be cold 😭
@Jane-ow7sr Fresh sushi rice isn't fridge cold. Just cool enough to be touched and held in hand to form the shape.
I love how everyone unanimously agrees that the blonde girl was incredibly insufferable..
The moment she was super harsh about andy's ingredients not working together, while also getting half of the ingredients wrong, i knew she was going to be awful.
@riddlerprodigy also, saying potatos veg and cheese not working together??? she crazy!
I don't
@quicksilver_ssbmthat was my breaking point with her. What a clown
@feilkate5892 i do for u too
For the influencers out there that have zero education. A ‘struggle meal’ is no money and working with what you’ve got…hoping you’ve got enough of something for at least one meal and that it’s relatively healthy…mostly just hoping that there’s enough to make one meal.
Yes, exactly. The most fitting "traditional" example in my country would probably be chicken bones(can often be gotten for free) made into a stock, into which you add carrots, onions, beans, hotdogs, flour(yep)... basically whatever you have. Every time you cook it, it's different. Honourable mention: canned pork liver pate (incredibly cheap, far cry from french fancy pates) with cheap white bread.
The older gentleman was just that... A gentleman. So lovely and I can't imagine anyone didn't love watching his joy and kindness.
Let us all take note and beer more like him.
A bit of a poofster
Beer more like him! 🤣 I'm now going to steel that! 🤣🤣🤣
@caseyforester6031glad my typo gave you joy. 😈
@Kessyra I think it's perfect. And I don't even like beer.
I heard beer.
Conclusion : everyone's struggle is diff
that rich girl is both pretty critical considering her dish and missing understanding of the core concept of "struggle meal"
She wasn't the only one who didn't understand what it means. The producers should have defined it before the competition.
@stoverbooif you need to define struggle meal to someone, you already know they have never had to make one
Which girl is the “rich girl”? 🤣
@Pastel00Peach dumb aah question, you get 3 guesses, can you figure it out?
@BiggestBazoonkas 😅
hated hated haaaated Isabelle. That's the person everyone tries to avoid in the office
Cmon, she's not that bad
"Don't judge a book by it's cover" - Isabelle. Proceeds to judge EVERY F**KING DISH BY ITS COVER. "oh iTs ToO MusHy", "oH iTs UglY". Im BrITisH, aNd 23,I donT KnoW WhAt FLaVor iS, 1.5
@littlefairyfly yes she is
@littlefairyfly yes she is, she's horrible lol
She is an influencer she doesn't work in an office
Just to let you guys know... I just watch these for Andy. He's a national treasure.
The blonde girl was a bit too harsh with the ratings
Totally strategic. Such a schemer. Love it!
She's english mate our women are the worse creatures on earth
She knows what a struggle meal is theoretically... just not in reality!
Yeah, she was quite unpleasant
Yeah, especially given her offering was fried cauliflower and it took her 30 minutes to do it...?
i love the old man and his way of appreciating every meal
I just adore Andy. Please give him a regular series so we can see him trying other peoples food every day!!!
I find Isabelle very jarring and disrespectful, and obviously has no idea what a struggle meal is if she spent half an hour cooking 4 pieces of cauliflower lmao
she is entitled but we have our places on the spectrum
The first one wasn’t a struggle meal
She described a struggle meal as “something you throw together last minute when you want something delicious and easy” she dint know a struggle meal fr 😭 it’s not just when you don’t have time in between coffee content creation and Pilates
@deniseh9883 why, because it was plated nicely? Struggle meals don't have to look bad to be cheap.
@deniseh9883 oooo i beg to differ i mean the way he cooked it maybe not but hes essentially made a dressed up bubble and squeak which is perfect for using leftover scraps of vegetables an the croutons are good for repurposing old bread and potatoes are quite cheap and filling. think he just put a bit too much effort in to it
I'm not gonna lie, I was tempted to skip through the video and just watch the parts with Andy. Something about him is so charming and makes me want to keep watching.
In my mind, a struggle meal is food you make when resources are scarce, whether that's money or actual food. You're struggling to make something nutritious enough to keep you going, and hopefully you can still make it tasty enough that it warms your soul as well, keeping your spirits high so you survive another day.
I've had long stretches were I just wasn't sure if I could feed myself, and I've had to fall back on depression era recipes more than once. Hoover stew got me through many a difficult shift, even if I was embarrassed by what I was eating, and I'm still thrilled by a breakfast of coffee, a fried egg and toast. Feels like luxury some days.
I absolutely ADORE Andy. He made me smile from ear to ear. What a pleasant, gentle and kind soul.
chandini made what's known as kichdi or pongal in india/south asia. it's a sort of rice-lentil stew, and it's meant to be mushy and soft, and is best served warm. it's filled with warming spices and is easy to digest, which makes it a very common (and delicious!) "sick food" but also a super comforting meal in general.
I'm getting some nice recipes (I love lentils) from the comment section here!
Andy's full of appreciation and kindness, I love how well-spoken he is. Isabelle is perhaps too well-off to appreciate struggle meals.
Andy & Yoann are the best! Bring them back for more episodes, please
Noted ✍️
Ditches for witches!
I will watch anything Andy is in 😍
I would totally love to see them in another episode!
7:15 "He's so picky" Got me laughing
I know like girl shut up lol
As if she's not the pickiest one😂
frfr
I don't like that girl 😳
I have a French friend who taught me the bread/chocolate combo. Brioche bread folded around a few squares of nice milk chocolate, with or without butter. Surprisingly satisfying.
Everyone commenting so bad on the bread with chocolate made me sad, I'm from Belgium and we eat this as well, jus with white loaf bread, so to me that's pure nostalgia
Do you heat the chocolate up at all? Or is it just hard chocolate just likeout of interest?
@WolfWest-e8u we use chocolate that comes in thin rectangles, like for instance 'Côte d'Or Mignonnette', butter the bread on both slices, put the chocolate inbetween the buttered slices and in Belgium we dip it in coffee, so the chocolate gets a bit softer.
That was the only time as a kid I was allowed coffee, only to dip the chocolate sandwich, I wasn't allowed to drink the coffee.
It's more healthy than Nutella and even after dipping it in coffee it still has a Nice bite and slight crunch to it. I always liked it, still eat it from time to time and I'm 31 now.
Yes, but the challenge wasn't 'make something nostalgic' it was to make a struggle meal. Now you could struggle to make anything more complicated than this, so it counts that way, but it's not a meal because it's just not very healthy - no veg or protein, just carbs and fats! It's a snack, you couldn't live on this stuff if you had nothing else all day.
@Fledhyrisoh but this is indeed a struggle meal, in this region of europe, we don't tend to eat a hot meal at lunch and dinner, we usually have bread for one of the meals and a hot meal for the other one.
But yeah when the end of the month came closer, we'd often eat bread as lunch and dinner.
In this region when People have a hard time making ends meet, there will often be no hot Meals containing a proteïne, veg and carb, it would be soup and bread, for the hot meal and bread with butter and chocolate, or biscoff cookies for the cold meal, heck we even have a name for a bread roll, that has butter and Brown Sugar inbetween.
Those are the real struggle meals from this region of europe, because when money was running low, a €1,5 bread would last us a couple days as a family, so yeah in this region, when money is tight, you survive on bread.
In many countries in Europe a sandwich (whatever is on it) is a legit meal we've been served by parents, grandparents...
Hell we even have a saying 'if you're really hungry eat a sandwich, if you don't want a sandwich you're not hungry, you're just craving a sweet or salty snack and that's not a meal, that's a treat for when you've finished your meal'
The thin slices of chocolate from Aldi or Lidl on toast! And when my da used to drive a lorry and he got back from Jacques, we got their matinettes
you wouldn't expect for someone who just sticked a cauliflower into an air fryer to be so pretentious.
But she did assume everyone has an air fryer.
yeah hers was not a struggle meal at all
@fainitesbarley2245 I feel like everyone does have an air fryer these days, though I've never tried to confirm this. My brother finally got one last year (he lives with a vegetarians wife and a vegetarian daughter), so it makes sense for him to just toss his portions of meat into the air fryer.
@omilkhouseo I would say yes indeed it was. if I'm dead broke but still trying to eat healthy I will get cauliflower and make air fried bites because it costs me about $3 and feeds me for a whole day
@LaurieSwenson I don't have nor have I ever used an air fryer. I hear they are nice, but I don't need another kitchen appliance cluttering up the cupboards or counter-top. Perhaps if I had a huge kitchen/pantry area.
I love how the "influencer" is who everyone liked the least and the guy just being his genuine self is who everyone loved.
A struggle meal used to be called "making something out of nothing". My parents did this every night for 7 kids.
Unless all the kids were born strictly for forced child labour on the farm, with 7 kids, it sounds like your parents struggle was a sexy choice.
I consider it an art! And when it tastes good, it is such a great feeling!
The trouble with the cauliflower is that there's not enough calories to sustain you to your next meal.
No egg, no lentil, low carb....
What about the chocolate on white bread? Empty calories that will give you a sugar rush and then a sugar crash + no healthy fats or protein
Haha…that’s how MOST struggle meals work, you don’t have the luxury to make sure it’s high enough in calories and nutrients to sustain you
@Pastel00Peach fair enough, but you could use the exact same reasoning for the cauliflower which is just cauliflower and seasoning. Cauliflower is way more affordable than chocolate.
Well I mean it’s a struggle meal it’s not going to have all that you need. I think the cauliflower was real creative in terms of struggling but that blonde girl shouldn’t have been in the video bc she’s….anyways. The most realistic struggle meal was Yoanns. Struggling as a kid you’re literally just putting the first few things u see together. It has the same vibes as putting butter cinnamon and sugar on a piece of toast.
@annabv55 it had butter.
11:29 She’s literally describing a struggle meal.
I feel like the blonde is rage baiting me.
She’s only looks young enough to understand rage baiting so I assume that’s why she’s doing
I was losing it each time she said anything bro😭
she might just be there to engagement farm. Like that one character in a reality competition show who is a constant screw up but they keep around for ratings
@BigAngel-x4x same
@BigAngel-x4xMe too, she irritates me and I don't even know her
There was a French kid at my junior school whom had chocolate in a baguette regularly
Poor guy
@winterroadspokenword4681 it's not that bad, it tastes like a non sugared coated doughnut.
That’s a normal breakfast in Europe. Just bread with condiment.
@winterroadspokenword4681bro that's delicious 🥹
@Manoste666well you dont eat chocolate and bread for tiffin your mom doesn't love you if thats the case
So sad that the some of these people don’t know about croutons or green onion, and find spices and herbs frightening.
Only the older woman even understood what a struggle meal is.
Came here to say this. You can tell the others have never went profoundly hungry, and it shows.
I don't know. They French guy did.
Yet she doesn't eat garlic...she is a child lmao
@l1ub035people can and do like different things. Having preferences doesn't make someone "a child"
Hope you have a great day 😄
@l1ub035 it does make your breath smell. Kinda understandable
This is the first time I've seen this channel and I want more Andy.
You know how to appreciate food when you have struggled before. Andy has struggled before and the influencer girl hasn’t. Andy is a wonderful human being
10:32 yea its a real struggle meal 10/10
That’s not even a meal that’s just struggle 😂
@TB-kq6eg😂😂😂
@TB-kq6eg🏆 Here. Just take it.
Old man is what most would call a chef with those meals.
The editing in this video is fantastic.
9:53 ‘it looks like a turd!’ ‘It’s so beautiful!’😂😂😂😂😂
chandini seems to be the only one who actually knows what "struggle meal" means.
Literally the others don’t know
From a french perspective Yoann's one make a lot of Sense.
Bread, Butter and Chocolate is in most of our house
You slam the three together Bread and Butter is Failli and the chocolate is here so you dont die of depression. (He did use a lot of it i'd use a quarter of that)
It's not a proper meal but you'll get through the afternoon with it.
Sheer nonsense 😂 potatoes and scrappy left over veggies cooked well are so cheap 😂
@tandorgamash grate the chocolate and you've got a hagelslag sandwich... very much a staple breakfast food in NL.
@fermitupoupon1754whole ny is struggling tho
1:09 boomer recognizes another boomer 😂
We found his audience
Justice for Chandini and Andy!!!
nah chandini was mean asf only justice for andy he was so sweet
@JaceCoding she wasn't mean at all
@JaceCoding being objective is everything but mean, but that blonde lady was defo mean.
@aysatwo that wasnt objective that was rude
@Phoenix.219 she was
Lmfao the old guy was lowkey funny🤣
I aspire to be like Andy when I'm old
Isabelle has an ego. Appears to me as a mean queen bee in the school everyone has. She carries up the character of a bully .
Agree. She looks like a bully
totally - comes off v. off putting and unlikeable.
you're projecting
@simplyexplained875sry ms karen. Simply projecting the right set of negative outcomes from her. Aint u to care.
I don’t really see it. To me it just seemed like she’s very picky with food and never really struggled before but she didn’t give off a mean vibe to me. Idk I also didn’t like her ratings or other contestants’s foods but making such a big assumption on her character because of that id weird
10:05 the gentleman is absolutely a gentleman. Honestly, what a kind soul. I love him so. ❤
0:42 in the USA cheapest thing I make is cheap Raman fried spam slice and an egg or cheese on top
Not bad. If I was making it for myself, then that would be my go-to as well. For a family dinner, I'd make a ramen lasagna. Sauce is made with canned stewed tomatoes, and whatever Italian spices I have, chicken is my source of protein personally, but for a struggle meal, then ground chuck. Just like a lasagna, it's topped with cheese in each layer, but mozzarella and ricotta are expensive, so I settle with American single slice cheese.
Spam, egg and cheese all cost way too much.
The blonde didn't have a clue! She was overly critical trying to sabotage the challenge by her scores but still LOST!!👏
also 30 mins to make fried cauliflower, thats not a struggle meal thats struggling to make a meal
@gabrielgyorffy1373 you made my day
Oh.... That's what she was trying to do? Then it makes sense.
@gabrielgyorffy1373 isn't that what a struggle meal is though? A meal you make because you're struggling to make a meal to begin with?
@H3llo_Fr1ends yes and no but for 2 different reasons so no it does not apply. If you struggle to make a meal because you suck at execution, is not a struggle meal thats struggling to make a meal. not the same as making a struggle meal because you are financially struggling or struggling on time. Nice try tho.
Chocolate on bread is something I had as a child in the 70ties in Germany. Oh boy. 😂
As a child on the 1970s dad had sugar on bread. He said it's amazing and keeps saying I should try it
all my life I've seen my mom (Spanish) put chocolate on bread it made me laugh when the people in this video found that to be so perplexing
@Kairii-Kylienow try butter and sugar on bread!
It's good, trust me. It has the three most important things you need for tasty food.
1. Carbs
2. Fat
3. Sugar
Andys struggle meal would be a fancy meal to me 😂
None of them understanding what a struggle meal is, is very funny.
Nah Isabelle was wayyy too hard on everyone... i do love how pleasant and constructive Andy was, and Yoann DEFINITELY deserved his win, that was a proper struggle meal and looks exactly like something i would throw together between pay checks when the groceries start to run out. Isabelle definitely did not understand what a struggle meal was, what she made was an appetizer, it won't fill your stomach even if it does taste good. But on the topic of struggle meals, and going back to Andy's, one of my most common ones is something very similar, just made in an oven and without the croutons, and generally only with the spring onion as far as other veggies go but sometimes carrot too. His looks honestly the most high-quality and fulfilling out of them all and I would absolutely give his a 10!
People seem to think that a struggle meal needs to be something like pasta with ketchup and hotdogs. The presence of struggling hard meals has given them a false impression of what a struggle meal is, it’s not just about price and how easy/quick it is to make. Struggle meals are about the circumstances behind the person making it, so Andy’s can count if someone has the time to make something decent but lacks the choice in what they can use. If you already have the ingredients, know that you’ll be out of your struggle soon, and need to make things work, you shouldn’t hold back what you put in your struggle meal because you won’t “struggle enough” otherwise.
I wouldn’t count Isabelle’s as a struggle meal because it’s just fried cauliflower. If all you can make is fried cauliflower, you failed somewhere before reaching the point of making it. Adding some rice or potatoes, even if you make it fancy, would push it close enough to a meal that I’d consider it.
Chandini and Yoann were the only ones who understood the assignment
That sandwich wasn't a struggle meal, it's just a sandwich i would believe is extremely hard to eat, no nutrition at all.
The cauliflower would probably be my favorite, but Andys semmed to be filling.
The most famous struggle meal in sweden is "pytt-i-panna" which is a mix of leftovers chopped up, like potatoes, pork, beef, onions, garlic and spices fried in some oil. The dish is also served in fine restaurants.
@systerkeno The cauliflower didn't have much nutrition in it either, the point was to make a MEAL. If you got a family of starving kids, or were cooking for a soup kitchen, only Andy and Chandini passed the assignment!
None of these are struggle meals. They burrito wrap, cheese, lunch meat and lime juice then throw it in the microwave
There's literally a brand of chocolate in Germany that comes in very thin slices and you're meant to put it on bread rolls.
Butter and dark chocolate are LUXURY goods. The last meal was just a lazy student's version of a chocolate croissant. NOBODY thinks chocolate croissants are 'struggle meals.'
In Italy they mix in hazel nuts and make it spreadable. Nobody thinks Nutella is a struggle meal but a luxury snack/dessert.
I would classify my whole identity as struggling if i couldn't attain chocolate. No chcolate = struggling , so no, it does not seem like a struggle meal to me. 😅
@toolbaggershave been to Paris recently and bread and butter are essential staples there and very affordable. You need to consider the origin too.
Plus there was no specification if you struggle with money or time in those struggle meals.
Just started the video, I’m already feeling cultural shock because struggle meal where I’m from means you have _nothing_ to eat but must scrounge something together to not have you or the family go hungry that night 😂
Chantini understood the basis of the challenge from my perspective, considering all of that can be used with canned goods instead of fresh produce which can also can be obtained from charity and church food drives, unlike relatively green vegetables, chocolate+real butter or cauliflower (which the cauliflower one honestly does look good, but I’d call that a simple meal rather than struggle meal. She’s not factoring in that not everyone owns an air fryer, so if you needed to fry something you’d need a pot of oil to do so, as well as didn’t say what all spices she intermixed which could also be costly depending on what it was. Everyone else’s meal was better at what the challenge called for than the fried cauliflower imo)
That being said, I fully understand why chantini’s dish didnt win, because it was more function over flavor, however when you’ve been legitimately starved for days a meal like that is beyond mouthwatering. However, Yoann’s meal more fits with the struggle type of hunger most deal with of having little pocket money rather than no money, so again understandable why he won, because ultimately, yeah chocolate and real butter on bread is way more palatable in both texture and flavor in comparison to canned vegetables and over cooked rice to space the meal to make it last.
Yeah half didn understand what a stuggle meal was AT ALL. Andy and Isabelle. They definately are rich and out of touch. Like WHO TF has an Airfryer when poor? Who has a full cupboard of Fresh Veg? Rice and Lentils with Pepper is exactly a struggle meal. Chocolate and bread is a struggle desert.
I love the old guy, I don’t know that he’s ever struggled for a meal in his life and I hope he never does.
8:21 you said it was fried cauliflower in the beginning and now it's not fried 😭😂😂 which is it? Cuz I don’t even think you know, honestly 😂😂😂
Its airfried, I guess she meant it like "Its not greacy", "it wasn't drenched on oil"
@heilinstarling9436 same difference, still fried😂😂
@OceanBaby420 Not really, air fryers are badly misnamed because you can cook in them without any oil. They are basically the same as a fan oven, but smaller and more energy efficient. If you put the same cauliflower in the oven, you wouldn't call it fried, would you? She said milk, flour and spices, I don't even remember her mentioning oil.
@Fledhyris Air fryers change how food is cooked, not what kind of food it feels like to eat. If someone doesn’t like fried food, they probably won’t like air-fried food either.
Saying “it’s not fried because it was made in an air fryer” is focusing on the method, while the person’s preference is about the experience. If they don’t like fried food, they’re allowed to dislike air-fried food too, even if it’s technically “healthier.”
An air fryer is basically a small convection fryer. It uses high-speed hot air specifically to mimic frying-that’s literally why it exists. Baked food isn’t meant to imitate frying. Air-fried food literally is. That’s the difference. If air fryers weren’t meant to replicate fried food, we wouldn’t call them air fryers
In the time frame I'm referring to, she is replying to someone else's review of her fried cauliflower. In this case, the woman states she just doesn't like fried food. In which she, like stated above, said it wasn't fried. No matter the method, oil or airfried, it is still given the crunchy texture that a fried food gives. Therefore, airfrying produces fried food, using a different method.
We all need Andy. He's a real one. Kinda reminds me of the stories I would hear my mom say about her dad. She can't cook. Hates following instructions, but Grandpa would come by, have nice long chats and devour the whole thing.
Most of the time, my struggles were being forced to finish what she made. Andy on the other hand gives this nice dialogue and critique where you can actually imagine this "Struggle Meal" is absolutely pleasant and worthy of sharing around the table. I actually would like to have been there to eat these meals and it's not beans on bread, but actually something appetizing.
Andy is definitely the homie you want to have and be foodies with. Give him a food show.
Blonde girl saying the older dude was picky is soooo rich. Also saying her dish wasn't fried when it was cooked in an air FRYER...
It’s interesting to have someone in this video who has no concept of a struggle meal. Especially with how things are in America I was hugely disappointed by her sheer amount of privilege she shows in her harshness. I loved everyone else.
i cant stand that one, she is horrible
If only there were more people like Andy, what a kind soul.
As a french guy I was genuinely surprised to discover other nationalities didn't get chocolate in a slice of bread as kids
andy's speech is so lovely
Kudos to the judges for focusing more on the struggle than the meal. One of mine is to toast some bread, butter it, put some American cheese on it, and slap it in the microwave for 20 seconds. I call it my crappy grilled cheese. It's what I fix when I don't have anything, don't want to wash dishes, and I'm just hungry and usually tired. Once in awhile I'll throw some jalapeño slices on there as well. It's for when I struggle to feed myself properly and it's not terribly good, but it gets the job done.
My struggle meal growing up was a chocolate sandwich. Literally Hershey's chocolate syrup on white bread. The only food item in this entire video that is a legit struggle meal is the last item lol
i could guarantee most of malaysians struggle meal would be rice and a fried egg with a splash of soy sauce. fried anchovies used to be another option for egg but their prices spiked in the last few decades making it too expensive. but ive seen people just eat rice with salted water as soup. truly a humbling experience :/ hopefully everyone that struggled will be prosperous soon aminnn
Aamiinn.. A fellow malaysian here too! My struggle meal is nasi,telur dadar n kicap as u said. But when im lazy ill just throw instant noodles in my pot😭😂
bring back grandpa he is so sweet!
If I wanted to struggle meal, I just looked at recipes during the great depression
choccy baguette, can't go wrong
It beats pasta and ketchup that's for sure!
@Pubity because butter and dark chocolate are luxury items. real struggle meals don't contain any meat or animal products. real struggle meals are just rice and beans (lentils)
Butter and dark chocolate are LUXURY goods. The last meal was just a lazy student's version of a chocolate croissant. NOBODY thinks chocolate croissants are 'struggle meals.'
I mean you can if it's literally all you're eating day after day...
I love Andy, he is really sweet. I love his dish as a struggle meal, it reminds me of classical Irish dishes and came all the way from that era when Irish farmers' produces were mostly for exportation by law. Cabbage and root vegetables and sometimes cheese, more rarely meat were their daily meals and they created an amazing array of dishes with these simple ingredients : stew, colcanon, boxty, and so many others.
Important distinction expensive to some could be cheaper for others
That dish sounds interesting IF IT DIDN'T HAVE THE CROUTONS! 1:45
I'm a 32 year old Midwestern American Man, and my go-to "Struggle Meal" is: Canned Corned Beef Hash, Canned White Beans, Dried Chopped Onions, and Apple Cider Vinegar cooked together. 3:50
Buddy in college had the most struggle meal that I've ever seen: rice with peanut butter and hot sauce. Granted, he had spent time homeless, so he was no stranger to using whatever he had at his disposal.
Honestly, I've done that one too. It's like a poor mans pad thai.
I rarely comment on anything and I'm not sure how this video even ended up in my feed, but that old guy is great. Just give him his own regular segment.
There was only 1 actual struggle meal but please lord let me have just a fraction of Andy's positivity, what a legend.
Isabelle can leave, everyone else is great
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Yes.
yeah you rather want to hear unauthentic blabbering and lying instead of some critique
like the old guy always insults the things first and all of a sudden not even really have it in his mouth its lovely and so great- yeah no thanks
Um.. no? Chandini was wayyy more picky and weird in her commentary
Guessing it's the men supporting isabelle b/c she's an attractive young woman - other women understand.
Andy's struggle mill is nicer than most meals I ever cook!
Butter and dark chocolate are luxury items. The last one was just a lazy teens meal. The first one was a lazy leftovers lunch of good dinners. Air fried cauliflower is real food. Only the rice and lentils was the true struggle meal.
my struggle meal, ill just cook a rice, with random spices inside of it mixed with eggs. Then when cooked, plates with sauces i had at table, usually sweet soy sauce
I think they need to settle on a definition of a struggle meal and decide if they want something really hard to cook or if they want something cheap but tasty to fill your tummy when you're pretty broke.
andy was such a pleasant soul to witness. literally subscribing for him lmao. also the cooker's comments as they were eating were so funny😭
They meal Andy made sounds like my family's very special recipe called kitchen sink.
It's just a hodgepodge of whatever vegetables you have in the that are about to go bad and cheese because that makes everything better lol
classic Aussie struggle meal is literally a to chip sandwich or baked beans and home cooked sausages
Chocolate in bread is something I ate as a kid in Spain, it gives me a lot of nostalgia, my grandma used to prepare it for me when I was 7yo
Andys so comforting for some reason lmao