1 Day, 1 Pound, 3 Meals - Limited Budget Food Challenge

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  • Опубликовано: 2 янв 2025
  • This is just another exercise where I will impose an artificial budget of £1 for 1 day, to see if I can work around that to make three nice meals - breakfast, lunch and evening meal.
    So this isn't £1 a day for a week - it's £1 for 1 day only - there is no scaled budget here to save by buying things in any kind of bulk
    Parameters for this challenge include::
    NO spices or ingredients from my own store cupboards (tap water only)
    BUT I can add in anything else that I can get for free without stealing.
    Just in case it isn't abundantly clear: this is just an exercise to try to stimulate my own creativity. This is not intended to represent any kind of real-world hardship scenario.

Комментарии • 28 тыс.

  • @AtomicShrimp
    @AtomicShrimp  4 года назад +17508

    *Tomatoes*
    Please stop telling me I paid for the wrong kind of tomato. Vine tomatoes were the only variety on sale loose. This was a vine tomato, just separated from the vine.
    6:41 *Screen caption says 'tomato' for a mushroom.* I know. Impossible to edit after upload.
    *Insinuations about dog abuse*
    If you have been a subscriber for any amount of time, you won't be in any doubt about how much I love this little dog.
    If you think that me barking 'shut up' at her (and that's what this was - big dog barking at little dog) in this video is remotely any kind of abuse, you must be new here and you probably don't know me, or Eva.
    For those few of you that stretched your own imagination to the notion that I must be hitting, kicking or otherwise physically abusing Eva. or described my raised voice as 'screaming' - Your mind supplied that detail. You have a problem.
    In case there could be any doubt, this little doggo is my cherished companion and has saved my life. Here's what you really need to see:
    ruclips.net/video/op1DBcc6ubY/видео.html
    ruclips.net/video/cKo4dW9-5Kw/видео.html
    ruclips.net/video/a8ncYInW50s/видео.html

    • @pr6mi
      @pr6mi 4 года назад +1268

      caught me off guard tbh

    • @henryettoit897
      @henryettoit897 4 года назад +2376

      the snowflakes who think that is "dog abuse" need to get their heads checked. Also nothing to more hypocritical than coddling dogs more than actual human babies while still eating meat and burgers and nuggets

    • @number-kg3ul
      @number-kg3ul 4 года назад +1361

      Sometimes people are stupid this wasn't abuse you where just correcting the behaviour of the dog.

    • @para0076
      @para0076 4 года назад +694

      Dude, Not gonna lie even though you sounded so serious it did sound kinda like a joke aswell. Great video btw!

    • @coffeeandcloaks9807
      @coffeeandcloaks9807 4 года назад +1056

      Man I'm like 6 minutes into the video and it came down here to see if I could find a frame of reference for the currency (I'm American) and that's just so disheartening for this to be the first thing I see. I'm sorry man that sucks people are mean.

  • @hydra9627
    @hydra9627 3 года назад +8675

    Okay literally everyone complaining about this being “offensive”. This is genuinely educational, I’m 18, living alone, no education or a job, my parents were both dead by the time I was 16 and I had no life experience. This video and the others like it have helped me budget, made me realise where I needed to spend my money and what wasn’t necessary buying. I keep coming back to watch it when I end up short at the end of the month, or even fortnight. I’m living off of 180 a month, add on rent, council tax and other bills I need to pay, some weekly. So coming from someone who is struggling this video is not offensive, it’s educational.

    • @devildj6369
      @devildj6369 3 года назад +241

      So true mate

    • @ioankibble9885
      @ioankibble9885 3 года назад +262

      Are you ok

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep 3 года назад +282

      Hope the new one helps and gives you ideas too. Lots you can do with flour, it turns out!

    • @alfiecat9288
      @alfiecat9288 3 года назад +120

      Well said - good luck to you matey, l wish you well

    • @rebel4466
      @rebel4466 3 года назад +464

      People are stupid nowadays. I'd get it if he was doing a video like "look what poor people have to eat, it's disgusting!". But he's doing it out of interest and generally is pretty happy with the outcome. Can't see any issue with that.

  • @kshaw2307
    @kshaw2307 4 года назад +13479

    I love how unpretentious this man is, he's just a normal guy. His home is a bit messy, his dog is a bit noisy, there's no fancy editing. Just a guy trying to show us how you can be creative on a budget and good tips when times are hard.

    • @cowbellysson1198
      @cowbellysson1198 4 года назад +232

      2manynegativewaves Like what?

    • @bag-chaser
      @bag-chaser 4 года назад +280

      @2manynegativewaves it can be if you're resourceful enough like atomic shrimp here

    • @alexr6705
      @alexr6705 4 года назад +264

      2manynegativewaves If your willing to scrounge, forage, and ask around, then yes, it seems quite possible.

    • @youraveragepasser-by7367
      @youraveragepasser-by7367 4 года назад +355

      @2manynegativewaves lmao in a real life situation he wouldn't have those restrictions. The dude set all those restrictions on himself and still managed to make three square meals for a day.

    • @shirin8609
      @shirin8609 4 года назад +78

      @2manynegativewaves To which "get out clauses" are you referring?

  • @bjnz4328
    @bjnz4328 4 года назад +10260

    I thought weighing the tomato with a bit of green stem left on it was rather extragavant.

    • @andyonions7864
      @andyonions7864 4 года назад +345

      LOL. Too right

    • @goku445
      @goku445 4 года назад +80

      doubt it is detectable.

    • @samu-yx8zv
      @samu-yx8zv 4 года назад +506

      @@goku445 oh come on he is joking do you have a stick up your ass?

    • @akshajbisht3304
      @akshajbisht3304 4 года назад +97

      *extravagant

    • @iWhacko
      @iWhacko 4 года назад +182

      Also: don't get tomatoes if you go for sustenance, they are 99% water!

  • @r4sbery
    @r4sbery 2 года назад +766

    I aspire to live like this someday- not necessarily living on £1 but rather being creative with your meals, foraging, being able to tell which plants are edible and whatnot. i imagine its really satisfying to find and create your own meals. furthermore these foraging/cooking related videos are always quite calming and interesting to watch or listen to while multitasking. very grateful for your content 🙂

    • @Idorise
      @Idorise 2 года назад +8

      2 or 3 pounds a day... You're rich!! 🤣

    • @crewrangergaming9582
      @crewrangergaming9582 2 месяца назад

      in India many families live on £1-3 pounds a day, and it's usually a family of 3 or 4. And it's not like they have very little to eat, it's mostly full food, and also nutritious, because many buy not from supermarkets with shelves but direct from people growing those vegetables and fruits in the markets.

    • @ronancotter
      @ronancotter Месяц назад +1

      ​@@crewrangergaming9582tbf average salary in India is 300 pounds so food will be much cheaper

  • @georgejones5888
    @georgejones5888 4 года назад +6609

    with 2 pounds this man would be eating like a king

    • @howardwayne3974
      @howardwayne3974 4 года назад +162

      With a bloody degree from Oxford , he damn well could be in England .

    • @phos1345
      @phos1345 4 года назад +235

      don't even try to fathom 3 pounds

    • @romaniangypsy3640
      @romaniangypsy3640 4 года назад +76

      @@phos1345 10pounds

    • @sirgheorghe963
      @sirgheorghe963 4 года назад +206

      @@romaniangypsy3640 with that much money he could probably take the throne of england for himself

    • @PyreOManiac
      @PyreOManiac 4 года назад +130

      @@howardwayne3974 With 100 pounds this man coukd feed every homeless person in his area

  • @Trolordy
    @Trolordy 4 года назад +9443

    The confidence of this man to walk in with a pound and a trolly.

    • @squiishiie
      @squiishiie 4 года назад +228

      i didn’t even notice that 💀

    • @samuelwoods164
      @samuelwoods164 4 года назад +194

      I'd imagine a man like this would have one of those round pound shaped tokens you attach to your keys, that's what I used to use for the gym.

    • @bsolutions525
      @bsolutions525 4 года назад +25

      @@roseclouds5838 great minds....

    • @PINKFL0YD-s2h
      @PINKFL0YD-s2h 4 года назад +85

      Confidence?? You have no idea how many of us have to live.

    • @PINKFL0YD-s2h
      @PINKFL0YD-s2h 4 года назад +72

      @@roseclouds5838 I think we are at crossed paths somehow. I regularly have a pound or a pound and change to eat. I've a limited time left and my Dr is so pissed about how I'm treated by the state. They are starving the ill and poor to death. Fact when they send you for your medical the staff get a bonus for finding you fit and nothing for allowing you to claim sickness benefit. 10 friends have committed suicide because of this. International agencies are now giving grants to help the poor in the UK and the Government does not want it as they are embarrassed that the UK now qualifying for poverty relief like India etc. India has a bigger Middle class than the UK. AI is set to decimate the upper middle class, Dr's lawyers etc. Civil war is coming within the next 3 years

  • @PSV1122
    @PSV1122 4 года назад +987

    I work as a professional cook, and watched the whole video in complete awe. Using all your ingredients as efficiently as possible and being able to create three fulfilling meals out of what you had is absolutely amazing.

    • @0623kaboom
      @0623kaboom 3 года назад +8

      now try and do the same thing when creating a meal ... keep it cheap keep it low cost .. and make it good ... THAT would be a true test ... ie fettuccine alfredo with some meat and a salad ... for under 2 bucks ... kind of idea

    • @tinaforbes1059
      @tinaforbes1059 3 года назад +2

      Very interesting. I certainly failed this challenge , big time.

    • @anniekelly9335
      @anniekelly9335 24 дня назад +1

      A few years on... l'm so pleased to be watching 2024's advent calendar that l had to come back to one of the first Shrimp vids l saw....positive cult material !

    • @Glorious_American_Monarchy
      @Glorious_American_Monarchy 6 дней назад

      IT's a very good skill, especially if you are working for one of those places that provides meals with limited resources too.

  • @dkub3522
    @dkub3522 2 года назад +1083

    Taking someone stamps from a littering to get free coffee is such a big brain move, great content, love your channel.

    • @187Blondie
      @187Blondie 2 года назад +45

      He’s so ahead of the curve it’s ridiculous

    • @dja5354
      @dja5354 2 года назад +18

      wasn't expecting that tbh but do what u gotta do to survive esp in winter

    • @soos1885
      @soos1885 Год назад +1

      15:16 lmaoo

    • @mynameisambertoo7379
      @mynameisambertoo7379 2 месяца назад

      It's almost like he forgot there is such thing as a wind, lol

  • @froginthemachine
    @froginthemachine 4 года назад +6040

    I never thought I'd be on the edge of my seat hoping a mushroom would weigh little enough that it would cost 3p

    • @chewierug
      @chewierug 4 года назад +167

      Ikr, I shouldn't've been that excited

    • @nn.3162
      @nn.3162 4 года назад +40

      Same😂😂😂

    • @Dreamskater100
      @Dreamskater100 4 года назад +24

      Same! 🍄

    • @user-om2zi1ie5w
      @user-om2zi1ie5w 4 года назад +60

      i couldn't breathe till i saw the 3p

    • @kamo7293
      @kamo7293 4 года назад +16

      How gripping

  • @MrAwawe
    @MrAwawe 4 года назад +14013

    I'm a little disappointed you went through self-checkout. Missed an incredible moment of just handing a single pound to the clerk.

    • @novadotflac
      @novadotflac 4 года назад +815

      NOOO
      I cant stop thinking about that ;w;
      *feb 16, 2021 edit:* why did 580 people like this- i only replied to a genuinely funny comment. what

    • @renatoweb2
      @renatoweb2 4 года назад +698

      I waited all the way just to see that part and.. 😂

    • @livinglifeinanrv5473
      @livinglifeinanrv5473 4 года назад +137

      @@George-ht5lq no I thought the same

    • @claireobrienillustration
      @claireobrienillustration 4 года назад +1359

      Sy Rehn in the UK and Ireland tax is already included in the price you see on the shelves. We don’t add it at the till like in the states. So he legitimately paid a pound.

    • @MrSharpe95
      @MrSharpe95 4 года назад +281

      Sy Rehn in the UK we don't pay tax on food in the UK.

  • @naduspele6290
    @naduspele6290 4 года назад +479

    This is the REAL youtuber with REAL RUclips content. This man proves that you don't need fancy rig to make a good content. Respect

  • @meggio20
    @meggio20 11 месяцев назад +101

    This video is one of my "comfort videos". I've watched this so many times since I first came across your channel. There's something about it that I find so soothing. Thank you, you've brought me an awful lot of comfort over the years.

  • @bylebree4842
    @bylebree4842 3 года назад +1972

    Normal people: finds coin in the ground
    This man: finds 3 meals in the ground

    • @christopherf8912
      @christopherf8912 3 года назад +20

      Napoleon finds the crown of France in a gutter

    • @milo8425
      @milo8425 3 года назад +18

      3 meals and a day's work

    • @TheFoxisintheHouse
      @TheFoxisintheHouse 3 года назад +4

      Me: I will take both thank you 😊.
      People: weirdo. Ewe!!

    • @louisyama9145
      @louisyama9145 3 года назад +6

      didn’t know that normal people were fossil collectors

    • @nickxenix
      @nickxenix 3 года назад

      You also need a shovel to dig into the ground for it.

  • @SimonMorganYay
    @SimonMorganYay 4 года назад +5632

    I love the optimism of using a trolley when you only have £1.

    • @Manjunn
      @Manjunn 4 года назад +220

      You need that quid to shop for a quids worth of food

    • @MrAsificare
      @MrAsificare 4 года назад +32

      Or you can use the big end of a Yale type latch key.

    • @BartJBols
      @BartJBols 4 года назад +67

      I don't understand how he could get that trolley without a pound to unlock it?

    • @oneberry5149
      @oneberry5149 4 года назад +83

      I don’t think you need a pound at Tesco

    • @ratifer7576
      @ratifer7576 4 года назад +7

      OneBerry u do

  • @herculean616
    @herculean616 4 года назад +475

    I just realized how smart you are, I was amazed when you asked your dog to smell that group of leaves to figure out if a dog has peed on it.

    • @joshuamartin4547
      @joshuamartin4547 4 года назад +30

      This guy is an utter genius. His intellect is far above average. It can be seen in some of the subtlest things he does.

    • @beepthemeep12
      @beepthemeep12 4 года назад +7

      @@joshuamartin4547 I wouldn't have even thought of foraging even though it's such an easy idea. And he knows what he is looking for too and how to find it. He really is genius.

    • @mayhu3282
      @mayhu3282 21 день назад

      ​@joshuamartin4547 I do think he's a very special person. Very intelligent, very cultivated, resourceful, kind, with lots of different interests and ideas, a wonderful cook, extremely astute when it comes to scambaiting, and running a probably lucrative RUclips channel with very simple ideas.

    • @marypoulton6332
      @marypoulton6332 21 день назад

      Great video, just goes to show what can be done and I can clearly see you love your dog.

  • @gach3t
    @gach3t 2 года назад +99

    I don't know why I watch these videos, but they are really addictive. I think the thing I like about them the most is this guy is just straight to the point, no ads/sponsors, no clickbait, no stupid gawping mouth thumbnails. This is like a time machine back to 2009 youtube when videos were wholesome and made with a soul

  • @Rosteg2406
    @Rosteg2406 4 года назад +3535

    Imagine standing there, and seeing a man say "What?No!" after checking a price of a single apple

    • @maggiee639
      @maggiee639 4 года назад +151

      That might keep me up at night 😂

    • @badabadude
      @badabadude 4 года назад +552

      More like imagine seeing a man put back a 4p mushroom in exchange for a 3p one xD

    • @Rosteg2406
      @Rosteg2406 4 года назад +12

      badabadude xd

    • @arionas11
      @arionas11 4 года назад +100

      The sad thing is that some people are in this category due to not having enough income due to disabilities and lack of support and i dont refer to those who scam the system

    • @kehrbotrsupporter5097
      @kehrbotrsupporter5097 4 года назад +57

      @@badabadude While hes recording it with (propaply) a very expensive camera

  • @calska140
    @calska140 4 года назад +1476

    I noticed "seduction" wasn't in the "Forbidden" list. One might think this video was less than honest.

    • @samh7136
      @samh7136 4 года назад +38

      he left it out of the video, he didn't get results

    • @User-1939t9
      @User-1939t9 4 года назад +19

      that's the power of a good ol' smile

    • @ewanhcafc
      @ewanhcafc 4 года назад +8

      hi there is smile a euphemism?

    • @ineedabetterpfp2485
      @ineedabetterpfp2485 4 года назад +13

      Ewan Urquhart I like that “hi there” is in the beginning of that, because the when you put the other person’s username at the beginning of a comment it makes it seem like you’re asking a staff member at a grocery store where the frozen foods isle is or something.

    • @randomfactsthatdontmatter3466
      @randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 4 года назад +1

      @@ineedabetterpfp2485 sup Todd

  • @tickleacronyms1663
    @tickleacronyms1663 4 года назад +1936

    The fact that this man didn’t even flinch when the toast came out means he deserves not only my sub but most importantly.....my respect

    • @brokenliterally
      @brokenliterally 4 года назад +25

      I just freak out when that happens

    • @ronin_user
      @ronin_user 4 года назад +4

      Did you find a reflection on the stove? Ffs.

    • @josep9016
      @josep9016 4 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @jacobseamer
      @jacobseamer 4 года назад +12

      It really is a hit right in the self esteem when my toast spooks me

    • @DatGamingKid1
      @DatGamingKid1 4 года назад +20

      When I have toast I always pop it up just before it does it itself, if that toast is popping up its on my terms, not the toasters.

  • @Electricshrock
    @Electricshrock Год назад +117

    Maybe I'm weird for coming back to watch this multiple times. But from the very savvy selection of items to the polite, unobtrusive yet very effective urban scavenging, to finding those apples (and having the expertise to know they could still be edible), to scoring the free coffee from trash, and finally being able to combine these disparate cheap (or free) ingredients into 3 tasty meals that each look like they were each deliberately planned and shopped for, I find it totally inspirational. Like a near-perfect example of cleverness and resourcefulness resulting in triumph.

  • @JohnSmith-nj9qo
    @JohnSmith-nj9qo 3 года назад +2609

    A year ago this was just a fun little challenge, now it's an educational video.

    • @deborahchesser7375
      @deborahchesser7375 3 года назад +40

      That’s true, we are all on a tight budget now

    • @gamecenterjerry
      @gamecenterjerry 3 года назад +11

      When you want to like but it’s on 420

    • @maxine3978
      @maxine3978 3 года назад +27

      I can't relate, but i hope you're doing alright man

    • @veilbreak5867
      @veilbreak5867 3 года назад +13

      @@deborahchesser7375 Not all....some are making money out of the virus lie. My local chippie was able to stay open throughout ...and was also given the contract to feed the homeless people who were being put up in hotels. Because who wouldn't want to eat nasty beige food with no nutritional value every night?
      The contract could have been given to somewhere that wasn't 'allowed' to open.
      So certain hotels have also done ok out of it, whilst others have been shut down.The council will decide who gets the contracts...they'll give business to their freemason friends.

    • @beethebee8
      @beethebee8 3 года назад +7

      @@veilbreak5867 sir what do you think the freemasons *are..*

  • @ieuantime3257
    @ieuantime3257 4 года назад +2065

    I’m pretty drunk right now, but it’s just occurred to me that I’m watching a video of a man shopping.

    • @dopk9540
      @dopk9540 4 года назад +15

      same here

    • @kkidude8441
      @kkidude8441 4 года назад +12

      @byDavid 974 Memento Mori?

    • @yoinkintonic5771
      @yoinkintonic5771 4 года назад +5

      @@kkidude8441 we only have so long, the clock is always ticking

    • @Finallybianca
      @Finallybianca 4 года назад +6

      Welcome to 2020 quarantine edition of youtube

    • @urosmarjanovic663
      @urosmarjanovic663 4 года назад +3

      Nope, you are watching a video of a man who is homeless in his soul.

  • @1992jkwj
    @1992jkwj 4 года назад +3981

    When I was homeless, I would buy a clove of garlic, a single onion, and take a shit ton of ketchup and salt packets from McDonald's and boil it together with some water to make a hobo tomato soup

    • @logan1710
      @logan1710 4 года назад +286

      James White writing that down...

    • @DeltaOfNothing
      @DeltaOfNothing 4 года назад +216

      That is the most ingenious thing I have ever heard

    • @BatsPlanets
      @BatsPlanets 4 года назад +129

      Can I ask you how did you boiled it? ☺️

    • @1992jkwj
      @1992jkwj 4 года назад +478

      @@BatsPlanets a tiny pot, I slept at a little park that had built in bbq spots, so I'd just get sticks and shit and use that as fuel

    • @TimeIy
      @TimeIy 4 года назад +102

      I would never think to use ketchup, genius!

  • @EliteFireSaint
    @EliteFireSaint 2 года назад +419

    2020: What an interesting idea, let's see how he does it and what he makes.
    2022: I came back to this video to look at the low food prices.

    • @ethicalbunny
      @ethicalbunny 2 года назад +16

      And how to exist on very little

    • @aim6628
      @aim6628 5 месяцев назад +8

      2024 and we googled them: most of them are double the price!!!😢

    • @mayhu3282
      @mayhu3282 21 день назад +1

      2024, absolutely impossible where I live. Yet this month of addictive watching of Mr Shrimp content has led me for the first time to check the discount supermarkets in my city, and fill my pantry with very affordable products.

  • @L3A1N8
    @L3A1N8 4 года назад +2055

    I think Tesco are making a loss due to the cost of stickers at this point.

    • @robynw6307
      @robynw6307 4 года назад +114

      I love this sticker idea. We don't have that in Australia. The produce gets weighed at the checkout. Sometimes it's hard to keep to an exact budget when you are only approximating the cost of the fresh stuff.

    • @chriswalford4161
      @chriswalford4161 4 года назад +35

      Robyn Webster : It’s mostly a response to the turn against plastic packaging - there’s a lot more loose produce than there was.

    • @lagonas2110
      @lagonas2110 4 года назад +41

      @@robynw6307 We used to have stickers in the Netherlands, but now they get weighed at checkout, but you can do a check at the vegetable isle to see what the price will be. The reason they did this is because a lot of people would fill their bag with stuff, print a sticker on it, fill it more and then go to checkout.

    • @seanonel
      @seanonel 4 года назад +11

      Lagonas in the UK, there are scales at the self-pay tills too. It's impossible to get away with added weight...

    • @L3A1N8
      @L3A1N8 4 года назад +5

      @@lagonas2110 As far as I know, they still double-check the weight at the till. But it's quicker to just scan the barcode and check the weight / items are correct, rather than the shop assistant having to remember a code for each piece of produce.

  • @CaptCutler
    @CaptCutler 4 года назад +520

    Not only was I skeptical that you could do this for 1 pound, but that you were also going to stretch it out to a 45min video that kept my attention. Well done, man. Well done.

    • @petethenotreet3311
      @petethenotreet3311 4 года назад +20

      Capt. Cutler I didn’t realise how long it was until I read this comment

    • @urstinkyb3833
      @urstinkyb3833 4 года назад +10

      Dude I was a bout to watch this whole video thinking it was an easy 10-15 minute video but boy was I mistaken

    • @egzookly3549
      @egzookly3549 4 года назад +2

      Wait.. what...?.. it’s a 40 mins video?

    • @lastnamefirstname5295
      @lastnamefirstname5295 4 года назад +2

      All wrong, 42 minute video

    • @mlcrip4543
      @mlcrip4543 4 года назад +2

      @@egzookly3549 lmao same here. Video ends, I scroll down to comments... wait WHAT?? 40+min??
      🤣😂

  • @maxineoneillbananapeel
    @maxineoneillbananapeel 4 года назад +1500

    'thank you, littering idiots, you've bought my coffee this morning.' all i want from life is to earnestly say this and get a free cup

  • @biggerweld174
    @biggerweld174 2 года назад +27

    I really appreciate how you didn’t use some situation specific way, like having a complete garden, or getting a major sale or discount. This is actually useful since it’s rather useable year round.

  • @tikkj
    @tikkj 4 года назад +578

    100% believed you were about to try to scavenge food out of those discarded McDonalds bags lol. Was so relieved when you revealed it was for coffee stickers.

    • @TheMijman
      @TheMijman 4 года назад +34

      I know me too!
      I was so expecting "you can find the odd chip, and if you're lucky, discarded salad leaves"

    • @mraidanp9311
      @mraidanp9311 4 года назад

      tikkj same

    • @TimothyNathanPPL-IR
      @TimothyNathanPPL-IR 4 года назад +4

      I am not sure why shoplifting was not OK, but Theft By Finding was acceptable

    • @rabbitofdeth
      @rabbitofdeth 4 года назад +10

      @@TimothyNathanPPL-IR grow up

    • @megamecha100
      @megamecha100 4 года назад +1

      @@TheMijman I read that in his voice and it was hilarious

  • @junglejim9551
    @junglejim9551 4 года назад +26735

    College students: *Write that down, write that down!*

    • @PD-nm9yw
      @PD-nm9yw 4 года назад +542

      this makes me wanna work harder to earn more tbh.

    • @gobzanuff5078
      @gobzanuff5078 4 года назад +790

      Asian + student: *I'll show you the ability that has been passed down generation by generation!*

    • @a158x9mnh6
      @a158x9mnh6 4 года назад +164

      What, no food? So why didn’t you started farm half years ago?!

    • @kollanyidavid4422
      @kollanyidavid4422 4 года назад +84

      Will have plenty of food later while working at McDonalds:D

    • @datrandomgirl5465
      @datrandomgirl5465 4 года назад +31

      chicken nugget Charles the french?

  • @memegod4433
    @memegod4433 4 года назад +1933

    This was actually a really good genuine attempt at the challenge, not just "ask strangers for food".

    • @Thehomieibrahim
      @Thehomieibrahim 4 года назад +85

      Or the harass others for not giving you food

    • @Thehomieibrahim
      @Thehomieibrahim 4 года назад +7

      @Max Gun that wasn’t a suggestion it came from personal experience, people who can help being poor ie not using it all on drugs and unnecessary things should all go burn alive

    • @jshaw4757
      @jshaw4757 4 года назад +6

      Seriosly just steal food it's easy..

    • @sadfrog2575
      @sadfrog2575 4 года назад +66

      Yeah, it also wasnt a video where they make fun of lower class people for not being able to afford the stuff that the people making the video can.

    • @dazednconfusedrn
      @dazednconfusedrn 3 года назад +11

      @@Thehomieibrahim one word, addiction.

  • @danm3573
    @danm3573 2 года назад +30

    I am absolutely blown away by your ingenuity. I only wish I was this smart during college, I would have gone to bed hungry a lot less of the time.

  • @Lemon-wg5gu
    @Lemon-wg5gu 4 года назад +1679

    "Baked Beans are sort of low-hanging fruit"
    *Goes near tree and literally gets apples from the ground*

    • @goose4564
      @goose4564 4 года назад +5

      Tbh i know

    • @rej1960
      @rej1960 4 года назад +19

      "what's a metaphor?"

    • @Backsoon35
      @Backsoon35 4 года назад

      😂😂right

    • @tomikun8057
      @tomikun8057 4 года назад +1

      @@goose4564 Hello Goose! :)

    • @jaqian
      @jaqian 4 года назад +1

      @@rej1960 I give up, what's a meta for?

  • @thyst7014
    @thyst7014 4 года назад +1002

    I wish you didnt go to the self checkout so the person would say, in shock:
    "That will be... £1?!"

    • @theuglykwan
      @theuglykwan 4 года назад +132

      I once took advantage of reduced offers such as 3 for the price of 2. The items were reduced to really cheap but the system still took off the full price of 1 item so i was actually in credit. One cashier was dumbfounded and wouldn't let me leave. So i ran to the fish counter (it wasn't busy) and got a lobster. I had to pay a pittance as the credit was so much. That satisfied her and she reluctantly let me go due to no manager coming.

    • @narudan
      @narudan 4 года назад +31

      While walking away mumbling "nice that'l last me a week"

    • @thyst7014
      @thyst7014 4 года назад +2

      @@narudan Lol

    • @BeHappyTo
      @BeHappyTo 4 года назад +16

      @@theuglykwan im dumbfounded too, how the hell do you get into credit using 3 for 2 and 1 free item?

    • @EL-ISS
      @EL-ISS 4 года назад +4

      @@theuglykwan idk why but I was very captivated by your story lol.

  • @PrettyPinkPersephone
    @PrettyPinkPersephone 4 года назад +338

    I’ve never been so entertained by literally the most relaxed and mundane stuff... this is enthralling

    • @shimodafilms
      @shimodafilms 4 года назад

      My thoughts exactly

    • @EL-ISS
      @EL-ISS 4 года назад +1

      Bruh idk how you took the words outta my mouth 😂

  • @britevirge0471
    @britevirge0471 Год назад +13

    I have to say, these budget videos are a total guilty pleasure of mine and this is by far one of the most innovative ones I’ve seen. Not only were very smart with your decisions at the store and with condiments but you went so far as to use waste as resources and scavenge outside on the beach and in foresty areas. I am genuinely super impressed with this video, great job man!

  • @Miranda-vj8yy
    @Miranda-vj8yy 4 года назад +572

    Telling a dog to shut up is in no way abuse. I have a dog and they sometimes bark anoyingly at nothing or at people loudly and you have to tell them to shut up. People are so ready to accuse people for barely anything these days!
    Also this is the best and most realistic go at the challenge from the other ones i have seen 😀

    • @harmonymomentofbeing5753
      @harmonymomentofbeing5753 4 года назад +14

      I am cussing my dogs constantly when they bark at nothing especially .

    • @xChijouChanx
      @xChijouChanx 4 года назад +9

      I scream at my dogs to shut up when they bark at absolutely nothing. That does not mean my dogs are abused. I can't believe people are getting upset over that

    • @karmstrong6566
      @karmstrong6566 4 года назад +12

      @@xChijouChanx i mean you probably shouldn't yell, because, it scares them. but, telling them to shut up is fine. they don't understand.

    • @Desmolas
      @Desmolas 4 года назад +5

      Lol, he sounded like me yelling at my dog. I totally got the tone. Dogs are your pals, but sometimes they are annoying pals and they need a telling xD

    • @kristen6342
      @kristen6342 4 года назад +3

      K Armstrong yelling at a dog is just fine they need to be shown not to do things. Just not towering over them and acting threatening. Saying shut up quietly doesn’t do shit

  • @peka2478
    @peka2478 3 года назад +2339

    "free coffee tastes sweet"?
    There is actually a Russian proverb which goes "for free, even vinegar tastes sweet" ^^

    • @alephcake
      @alephcake 3 года назад +3

      Who the F thought this was a good saying? NO!

    • @alephcake
      @alephcake 3 года назад +3

      Who the F thought this was a good saying? NO!

    • @alexiscarmel4082
      @alexiscarmel4082 3 года назад +93

      @@alephcake Yes

    • @zeyface6366
      @zeyface6366 3 года назад +127

      @@alephcake it's a great saying imo

    • @rhubarbeque
      @rhubarbeque 3 года назад +5

      What does the proverb mean? Is it something like "you have to be grateful" or "beggars can't be choosers"?

  • @dr.sigmundfreud3030
    @dr.sigmundfreud3030 3 года назад +1791

    There's something calming about a British guy talking 42 minutes about how he can make delicious meals with little money

    • @insomniac1184
      @insomniac1184 3 года назад +18

      Freud? What are you doing here?

    • @nickxenix
      @nickxenix 3 года назад +18

      @@insomniac1184 watching good content.

    • @ryancarter5503
      @ryancarter5503 3 года назад +6

      Helped me drift off for a nap earlier today

    • @oo--7714
      @oo--7714 3 года назад +2

      It's not delicious, we all know it, meh at best

    • @johanmikkael6903
      @johanmikkael6903 3 года назад +19

      @@oo--7714 very delicious if you are low on money.

  • @ALexTheMasterBro
    @ALexTheMasterBro 2 года назад +38

    I’ve watched this video over 40 times now (mostly while eating something myself). And I enjoy coming back to this video every single time. Thanks Atomic shrimp

    • @kerim.peardon5551
      @kerim.peardon5551 2 года назад +3

      I've watched it and the other food challenges quite a bit (although this one is my favorite). I'm prepping for upcoming food shortages and I like to watch these to expand my mind with what's possible to do with food. The other day when I was shopping, I was eyeing a jar of artichoke hearts in oil thinking, "That's got usable cooking oil in it, plus the veggies." And I already walk around my yard and look for edible weeds.
      You ought to see my packet (aka sachet) collection, though! It takes up a whole shelf in the fridge. I can flavor meals for a long time with just it.

  • @AFancyHippo
    @AFancyHippo 4 года назад +1982

    This makes me realize how much I waste and that don’t really respect how lucky I am to have easy access to food. Well done.

  • @silenthunter6004
    @silenthunter6004 4 года назад +562

    I just watched 40 minutes of a man cook and eat meals, and I am not bored. Amazing.

    • @featherpuke
      @featherpuke 4 года назад +5

      It was so informative !

    • @ishane
      @ishane 4 года назад +8

      dude i watched 30 minutes into it and finally realised that the video was 40 minutes

    • @zuke3438
      @zuke3438 4 года назад +6

      Wait this video isn’t- *oh, it is.*

    • @xJuno
      @xJuno 4 года назад +2

      jesus christ i didn't even realise it was 40minutes long

    • @Ekin.K.A.
      @Ekin.K.A. 4 года назад +3

      I just noticed that i watched for 40 mins 😅

  • @ZuziQ6395
    @ZuziQ6395 4 года назад +501

    And I thought I could squeeze a buck.... Honestly, this is the first time in a long time that I have been truly impressed by a youtuber talking about how to eat creatively and healthfully (more or less) on a very limited income. I've worked my entire life trying to help the economically disadvantaged find ways to eat healthy on a budget. You, sir, blew my mind. Excellent video.

    • @damienomen68
      @damienomen68 4 года назад +4

      Thank you for your effort.

    • @zoe0187
      @zoe0187 4 года назад +9

      The sad truth is when you are so desperate you are not always in a good place to think up ideas. It is when things are better all of the sudden you have ideas. Oh! I could have done that! Yeah! Thanks idea for coming to me when I don't need it anymore but yeah!

    • @zoe0187
      @zoe0187 4 года назад +2

      @Harry Beaver yes it will all of it. The apple, the oignon, the carrot, the mushroom, the tomato, the bread, the peas. All of it, not one of this can be called or considered healthy. 🙄

    • @deci7444
      @deci7444 4 года назад

      Harry Beaver what mold lol

    • @zoe0187
      @zoe0187 4 года назад +5

      @Harry Beaver because when you have one euro to eat, what can you do? Go to your organic market and buy fresh and trendy products. Or not eat at all if you can't afford it.
      I think you are delusional as to what it is to not have money.

  • @bekiadam108
    @bekiadam108 17 дней назад +1

    This is one of the kindest and most intelligently practical and no doubt helpful videos I could image. Filmed and narrated with the perfect
    mix of charm, interest and talent. Thank you

  • @inkysquidd9585
    @inkysquidd9585 4 года назад +1320

    "so thank you, littering idiots, youve bought my coffee this morning" iconic line yes. get that coffee boy

    • @mymom69420
      @mymom69420 4 года назад +6

      Wow

    • @AntVaz7
      @AntVaz7 4 года назад +5

      Is it okay to litter those tickets by putting them in a table or something and then leave a note saying, “Here’s free coffee!”?

    • @inkysquidd9585
      @inkysquidd9585 4 года назад +4

      @@AntVaz7 i would assume thats fine as long as you keep it on the table, just dont leave your trash on the table/ground

    • @massivelegend5209
      @massivelegend5209 3 года назад +9

      I mean seriously the bin was less than 7 fucking feet away from the trash! And judging from the fact that the bin was closer to the mcdonalds than the trash that means those people were deliberatly being stupid

  • @damasrion9192
    @damasrion9192 4 года назад +659

    When he got his dog to smell the plant making sure another hasn't peed on it just blew my mind. I was like wow...I really don't think about these things, but this guy just opened my world.

    • @Fernando-sd6xt
      @Fernando-sd6xt 4 года назад +29

      Nevertheless, you should always wash fresh vegetables very thoroughly, even the stuff from your own garden you never know what's been on it.

    • @damasrion9192
      @damasrion9192 4 года назад +5

      @@Fernando-sd6xt well yea, I just meant about the wild plant and knowing if it was peed on

    • @Fernando-sd6xt
      @Fernando-sd6xt 4 года назад +4

      @@damasrion9192 Yeah, that was a pretty neat trick.

    • @dominiclloyd1716
      @dominiclloyd1716 4 года назад +8

      Like dog piss is odorless to humans lool

    • @big_bad_paul
      @big_bad_paul 4 года назад

      lol same bro

  • @SpicyAgent
    @SpicyAgent 4 года назад +725

    I can assure you that this man will never starve no matter what are the circumstances.

    • @ghostofuchiha3807
      @ghostofuchiha3807 4 года назад +2

      Nuclear fallout? Ice Age? Rare mutation of his stomach in which he cant process food?

    • @afrahrasheed2752
      @afrahrasheed2752 4 года назад +2

      Salem Baron You bet

    • @gaearadan3379
      @gaearadan3379 4 года назад +2

      The challenge stands on the prerequisite that consumerism functions at full speed, bringing dirt cheap products to the supermarket, as well as throwing away loads of waste (the free condiments). He may be capable in hunting/foraging but this challenge does not prove that.

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 4 года назад +2

      Or inflation, making even a single mushroom cost £1.01.

  • @user-cf5hs1ov3m
    @user-cf5hs1ov3m 25 дней назад +7

    Watching this challenge made me feel bad about the food I have wasted and how much I take my blessings for granted. I’m sure for some people isn’t a challenge but a lifestyle. I have a really short attention span but I managed to watch the whole video without skipping. I enjoy your content and I’m sure it could’ve helped people

  • @aboyne
    @aboyne 4 года назад +5483

    never trust a man who pays more than 3p for a mushroom

    • @crikeycrikeys9699
      @crikeycrikeys9699 4 года назад +131

      You can get one from the road side for free! Same with the onion but mushrooms are usually better from the woods and the onions are too strong to really enjoy.

    • @abfabfabab8356
      @abfabfabab8356 4 года назад +78

      @@crikeycrikeys9699 they might have poison...

    • @Elelicksa
      @Elelicksa 4 года назад +276

      @@crikeycrikeys9699 never collect mushrooms without training.

    • @lillieadams7847
      @lillieadams7847 4 года назад +47

      @@crikeycrikeys9699 not everyone has a woods outside there house you know

    • @crikeycrikeys9699
      @crikeycrikeys9699 4 года назад +94

      @Evelyn Z. Luckily I know my shrooms! It takes a lot of slowly acquired knowledge... not suggesting a random person just go pick whatever they find growing on the road side!

  • @IinesySankka
    @IinesySankka 4 года назад +1354

    Things I learned from this?
    - How to take advantage of litterers
    - Apples can stay edible frozen over winter
    - You can make a dog smell plants for ya to check if they've been peed on
    - Mayo and ketchup go well together
    - New veggie slicing techniques
    - Bananas melt
    - Squeezing onions for flavor
    - How mushy beans are made
    This was a good video. Thank you.

    • @amethsys
      @amethsys 4 года назад +7

      :) ^^ I love this comment

    • @theirishninja2070
      @theirishninja2070 4 года назад +64

      And never buy a mushroom for more than 3p

    • @will4389
      @will4389 4 года назад +18

      Mayo and ketchup make up the base of a lot of American sauces. Big Mac sauce, chik-fil-a sauce and many other “secret sauces” are ketchup Mayo relish and sometimes onion

    • @RGNooblez
      @RGNooblez 4 года назад +2

      ITS AT 69 LIKES, NO ONE LIKE IT

    • @Shayla.r
      @Shayla.r 4 года назад +10

      @@RGNooblez why tf does it matter?

  • @juliejunkyardx
    @juliejunkyardx 4 года назад +312

    This video made me really nostalgic, I guess unfortunately. A few years ago I was left homeless after a fire, and suddenly had to provide for myself, my younger sister and our cat with about $50 in my bank and at least a month between checks (and thus, means to find another place to live). Luckily, we were able to couch surf but I still had to find a way to feed us. It was basically just like this, though with more foraging because luckily it was summer. We definitely went without big luxuries, but we also definitely didn't starve.
    I'm glad to be out of that hardship now, but idk. It's nice to remember and be proud of how resilient I was.
    Thank you for the video and congrats on your successin the challenge.

    • @featherpuke
      @featherpuke 4 года назад +31

      Congratulations to YOU for surviving and supporting your sister through that

    • @juliejunkyardx
      @juliejunkyardx 4 года назад +7

      @@featherpuke Thank you, sweetheart! I really appreciate that ❤

    • @skartimus
      @skartimus 4 года назад +6

      That is incredible, glad you got through it. Maybe I should practice just in case hehe

    • @featherpuke
      @featherpuke 4 года назад +3

      @@skartimus it's a fuckin good idea, man ! Absolutely, See what it's like

    • @Brianna58321
      @Brianna58321 4 года назад +4

      Give back me sausage roll because Are you silly? They’ve managed to get themselves out of this situation, so it’s in the past. Also, if couch surfing they’d be likely to access the person’s wifi or have data from a monthly contract. Think first :)

  • @kristittymies6024
    @kristittymies6024 3 месяца назад +12

    Awesome video! However as someone calorie conscious and counting everything daily, I noticed that calories were counted wrong so here is the total breakdown
    Notes : 1. bread loaf is 400g and there are 16 pieces in that loaf. Every slice has 65 calories assuming that white bread is 250 calories per 100g.
    Meal 1
    Milk, looks about 50ml - 20 calories
    Bread, 4 Slices - 260 calories
    Butter, 2x 10g - 134 calories
    Coco powder, 15g - 60 calories
    Coffee with coco powder and milk (Conservative estimate) - 80 calories
    Total for meal 1 : 554 (400 claimed)
    Meal 2 :
    Mayo, 42 grams - 294 calories
    Bread, 4 slices - 260 calories
    Ketchup, greens and salmon paste - Roughly 120
    Total for meal 2 : 674 (420 claimed)
    Meal 3 :
    Greens - Roughly 50 calories
    Ketchup + mayo - 72 calories
    Peas - 216 calories
    Remaining bread (8 Slices) 520
    Total for meal 3 : 868 (800 Claimed, so pretty close)
    Total calories were 2,096 but claimed was 1,645. Not a massive difference (451) but enough of an inaccuracy to cause weight gain of roughly 1.7Kg a month if your maintenance is 1645 a day
    So basically you did a better job than you thought in terms of getting more calories for £1.00

  • @turducken1706
    @turducken1706 4 года назад +10241

    Imagine what he could do with 2 pounds...

    • @jayamilapersson4030
      @jayamilapersson4030 4 года назад +409

      He could have food for days then.

    • @bleedthebeat
      @bleedthebeat 4 года назад +558

      imagine what he does with his yearly income

    • @DJD-zz8bm
      @DJD-zz8bm 4 года назад +65

      Imagine what he could do if he wasn't a sad prick who likes the smell of his own farts.

    • @futureshock382
      @futureshock382 4 года назад +446

      @@DJD-zz8bm Are you ok?

    • @shafiquebrenner2030
      @shafiquebrenner2030 4 года назад +8

      @oliver stoch northern africa

  • @superhooch
    @superhooch 3 года назад +2615

    I just watched a man trying to purchase the lightest possible mushroom. Premium entertainment

    • @donotlike4anonymus594
      @donotlike4anonymus594 3 года назад +28

      And the thing is.... I don't understand his obsession with shrumes.... a fairly low nutritional value relative for the price and weight...
      Yes can often be delicious but there are much better foods
      For example eggs.....
      Not extremely expensive not that cheap but still a high quality source of prominent and a good healthy yolk full of the good types of fat and cholesterol and lots and lots of nutrients...
      Lots of ways to incorporate into food
      And well u get the point....
      Why shrumes....

    • @donotlike4anonymus594
      @donotlike4anonymus594 3 года назад +2

      @DA_BOII_HUNTER not for food nope...
      For other uses I take the 5'th

    • @mikekell920
      @mikekell920 3 года назад +39

      @@donotlike4anonymus594 he probably enjoys mushrooms so much because hes a forager

    • @donotlike4anonymus594
      @donotlike4anonymus594 3 года назад

      @@SebastianDingleswitch i mean... when we're talking about saving some money taste isn't as important as nutritional value...
      Also yeah i know... delicious (well some... it's a bit of a matter of taste... my old man loves pickled russian mushrooms and they disgust me to the degree of puking.... so u know...)

    • @GippyHappy
      @GippyHappy 3 года назад +2

      I laughed too hard at this

  • @kmdewhurst
    @kmdewhurst 4 года назад +5008

    "My hands are not massive, this is a small banana."
    Story of my life bro.

  • @growinglowin
    @growinglowin 3 дня назад

    Can’t lie I’ve made a meal or two out of nothing but your imagination in these meals were unmatched. I’m absolutely hooked. Please do this more

  • @bluedreaming6012
    @bluedreaming6012 4 года назад +591

    Thanks for the clarification on cannibalism. I assumed it was allowed.

  • @juliusfucik4011
    @juliusfucik4011 4 года назад +530

    I was going to say spending so much time to save tiny amounts of money makes no sense... Then I saw the number of views on this video and concluded it is time very well spent.

    • @AtomicShrimp
      @AtomicShrimp  4 года назад +130

      I honestly didn't expect this video to take off like that (but of course I am delighted it did)
      The effort was sort of the intent of it - this is not so much a money saving attempt as it is an exercise is stretching my creative muscles

    • @magnetic_qt
      @magnetic_qt 4 года назад +43

      Also, what may be a tiny amount of money to you is not tiny for someone else. These videos may actually help someone 😊

    • @blessthiscrazymess
      @blessthiscrazymess 4 года назад +5

      @@magnetic_qt agree.

    • @joebaker4116
      @joebaker4116 4 года назад +3

      @@AtomicShrimp And damn nice creativity too! Once you had piled everything together I was struggling to put anything together. The soup was the closest I could get to your solutions.

    • @Yackielot
      @Yackielot 4 года назад +3

      Times are certainly tough while i might not have a budget of £1 i got lots of ideas :)

  • @Apollyon07
    @Apollyon07 4 года назад +1228

    The prices there are insane. 15p for a can of peas. Thats roughly 19C USD. You can't get a can of anything like that for less than 75 cents here on the West Coast of the USA. For that amount of money he spent you'd be lucky to get half the items. Great video though.

    • @hadriandwyer2191
      @hadriandwyer2191 4 года назад +103

      Portion sizes are absolutely wack here as well. I would probably eat twice his total amount of food in one sitting, and I don't weigh a pound over 210. I've got no idea how I'm not broke.

    • @roancathy
      @roancathy 4 года назад +23

      Where do you shop? Winn Dixie has some pretty cheap stuff on the bottom selves.

    • @Apollyon07
      @Apollyon07 4 года назад +60

      @@roancathy I'm on the west coast. Dont have winn Dixie here. I usually shop at like Walmart or Winco

    • @Sss12698
      @Sss12698 4 года назад +26

      There money is worth more

    • @susanwindley9165
      @susanwindley9165 4 года назад +22

      Tanya Obiedzinski That must be regional. I live in Northern VA and a can of beans is about 45-50 cents (37-41p). That’s the cheapest can I’ve ever seen in the store. Lidl is the same. Those are the least expensive grocery stores in my area.

  • @bossdog1480
    @bossdog1480 2 года назад +56

    Well done. It reminds me of a time I was dead broke and I was living on; Pearl Barley, which is very cheap and goes a LONG way. Chicken frames from the chicken shop and 'Day Old' bread from the Vietnamese bakery. $.50 packet+ $2per bag and $1.50 per largish bag respectively.. That was $4. and would last several days as soup, mainly with the 'usable' bread. It wasn't really 'day' old, most of it was mouldy. The birds got those ones.

    • @rollmops3113
      @rollmops3113 2 года назад +3

      That reminds me of the stuff my mum (single mum at that time) used to cook when I was a toddler in the late seventies. It's actually quite delicious considering!

  • @martinc.940
    @martinc.940 4 года назад +1790

    Can't believe some people think he's treating Eva poorly because he raised his voice. The Man went to play with his dog before making himself breakfast. I say that to my siblings all the time but that shit doesn't mean I hit them or bully them. Sometimes dogs or people get annoying and you gotta let em know

    • @macrolmacrol3954
      @macrolmacrol3954 4 года назад +143

      the people who think hes treating Eva poorly are the ones who don't have dogs

    • @wheresdarice3988
      @wheresdarice3988 4 года назад +26

      @@macrolmacrol3954 they're stupid in my opinion. They only judge one part of the story but doesn't even know the other parts and just straight up assume bull turd

    • @lennyjerry7017
      @lennyjerry7017 4 года назад +39

      It's called *discipline* some people gotta know that

    • @mrn234
      @mrn234 4 года назад +18

      @@macrolmacrol3954 Or have a dog and have no idea how to set bundaries or have trained them proberly (that sadly happens too often)

    • @idonotlikeboats9328
      @idonotlikeboats9328 4 года назад +6

      Cringeyness Expressway K

  • @mizzpellergingersnaps5989
    @mizzpellergingersnaps5989 5 лет назад +4024

    the fast food condiments are urban foraging

    • @Nyctophora
      @Nyctophora 4 года назад +449

      Modern day hunter gathering.

    • @marielcarey4288
      @marielcarey4288 4 года назад +183

      The real life version of getting materials from punching objects.

    • @eyeaguda89
      @eyeaguda89 4 года назад +16

      Its theft.

    • @jeremygregorio7472
      @jeremygregorio7472 4 года назад +18

      In the States in the Manager caught you doing that they'd be pissed. Managers get bonuses based on how much of those condiments are used, sometimes those bonuses are the bulk of their pay.

    • @Anonymouthful
      @Anonymouthful 4 года назад +8

      Its like dumpster diving but you pay for it and the somewhat edible parts are already sorted out for you.

  • @ktmtxt
    @ktmtxt 4 года назад +464

    4:22 3p for half a carrot: "I think we can *STRETCH* to that"
    What a guy

  • @eusociality
    @eusociality 7 месяцев назад +2

    this is one of my favorite videos on your channel, and on the entire website. i remember watching this with my mom and us both marveling over your resourcefulness. thanks for making the pandemic easier to get through, mr. shrimp!

  • @ryanm.191
    @ryanm.191 4 года назад +1279

    I work at Tesco’s and can tell you a couple pointers:
    Stores that aren’t extras won’t get delivery on Wednesdays or sundays, except frozen
    This means on those days there will be more reduced products as well as the following day.
    If you find anything with your current date as the expiry date then you can ask for a final reduction. This will be reduce more than normal.
    Hearty food company pasta is a good option too. One 500g bag for a matter of pence, less than 30p, can last for a few meals over a few days.
    Once every two weeks (normally on a Saturday/Sunday) we get a new merchandising plan so we’ll have reduced to clear items.
    It’s the time after promotions on products with expiry dates that’s good. A lot of it won’t sell and so it’ll be reduced by a lot more than usual. For example we had a promo on salad, hundreds of bag were about to expire and instead of the normal 25% reduction it was reduced by 90%, so one bag cost 2p
    Stockwell, growers harvest and hearty food company are Tesco value products that were renamed. Peanut butter and jam is pretty cheap from the brand, with that bread pb&j sandwiches would be pretty cheap.

    • @choccymilk1233
      @choccymilk1233 4 года назад +66

      Ryan M. Woah, people aren’t respecting this comment enough. All of these are true and these are great ways (especially pasta) to make delicious but also cheap meals

    • @4057hofft
      @4057hofft 4 года назад +14

      I think in the USA it gets tossed in the bin. If its near spoiling

    • @tobyallen9223
      @tobyallen9223 4 года назад +13

      @@4057hofft its a shame really

    • @ishuluturk
      @ishuluturk 4 года назад +3

      Ryan M. You sacked !

    • @4057hofft
      @4057hofft 4 года назад +12

      @@tobyallen9223 agreed. Food should be sold or given away toward the end of its goodness

  • @nothrottle4548
    @nothrottle4548 4 года назад +252

    I literally just watched a 42-minute video of someone buying ingredients, cooking it and eating it - and i enjoyed it.

    • @jaz25883
      @jaz25883 4 года назад +10

      NoThrottle Just feel as a ten minute video

    • @JLuke2oo7
      @JLuke2oo7 4 года назад +7

      I agree! It's been in my recommendations for weeks, even though I've been subscribed for a long time I just never got around to watching it.. Laid in bed at almost 3am... Here I am at 4:20am and I enjoyed every last, sleepless second of it!

    • @mikes878
      @mikes878 4 года назад

      JDoGGYDiZZLE it’s weird how I’m watching the SAME video. At the SAME time of night 😂

    • @frantastic723
      @frantastic723 4 года назад

      Remember the dog

    • @ambi_cc8464
      @ambi_cc8464 4 года назад

      Same

  • @BreakKaydenBreak
    @BreakKaydenBreak 4 года назад +166

    Wow i just realized i watched 40 minutes of an awesome dude making 3 meals.
    His voice is so tranquil and he seems like such a positive gentleman that i would love to meet! Great video keep up the enthusiasm!

    • @longl1
      @longl1 4 года назад +6

      i didn’t even realise i went through 40m but i enjoyed it

    • @ollah4
      @ollah4 4 года назад +2

      Feel ya, it's suddenly nearly 3 in the morning, bc the 40 min. went by so fast °^°

  • @DeFacto94
    @DeFacto94 2 года назад +2

    I really love this video, I look it up every few months... I really like all your content, scambaiting, budget food, things in cans, nature/herbs and all educational stuff... You are really the best thing I found in RUclips, and I always enjoy your content. I wish you all the best, thank you for all!

  • @justinhamilton8647
    @justinhamilton8647 4 года назад +855

    I love this so much, I’m making $300 a month and almost all of it goes to rent, water and electricity, this is truly helpful
    Edit: 1 year later I’m now working as a janitor in a train station (working on saving some € to afford schooling so I can go to university because I skipped out on that) and earning 650€ a month, Greece’s private sector goes brrr

    • @ji9838
      @ji9838 4 года назад +6

      What country?

    • @justinhamilton8647
      @justinhamilton8647 4 года назад +14

      J I Greece

    • @boghead
      @boghead 4 года назад +2

      @@justinhamilton8647 Is that a full time 8hrs a day job?

    • @TheAmanor123
      @TheAmanor123 4 года назад +30

      Holy, is Greece that fucked or is life cheaper i guess? Full time job?

    • @amogusamog2472
      @amogusamog2472 4 года назад +5

      wow , you actually have a job

  • @1chaplain
    @1chaplain 4 года назад +2457

    Welcome to broke college student meals
    On today's menu: _Sleep_
    Cost: _Free_

    • @suzan6254
      @suzan6254 4 года назад +116

      More like
      Sleep
      Cost: Your grades/social life

    • @lorelo.
      @lorelo. 4 года назад +50

      On tomorrow's menu:Instant noodles
      Price:19 cents

    • @lordmmx1303
      @lordmmx1303 4 года назад +57

      tomorrows lunch menu: "Deep breath"

    • @calhackit9806
      @calhackit9806 4 года назад +5

      this is much more story of my life than the small hands comment...

    • @Jakioliberty
      @Jakioliberty 4 года назад +13

      on the short term is gread, but denutrition can damage your brain integrity. pls, find something to eat, or ask for help. Nobody wants you to starve

  • @blahkjboubblah9856
    @blahkjboubblah9856 4 года назад +316

    You are a very ingenious man. I think we would really struggle to do this in Australia. 1 pound is about $1.80. The cheapest loaf of bread is $1.20, a single banana would be approx 50 cents, that's the budget blown. Marked down stuff happens sometimes but it gets snapped up quickly and often isn't marked down very much. One day I might try a similar experiment for $2 and see how I go. And don't listen to the haters, any logical person can see that dog is spoilt, I tell my cat to shutup all the time and she sleeps in between my husband and I LOL

    • @BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver
      @BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver 4 года назад +13

      If $2 doesn't work, $5 may be still good, whilst still maintaining the impressive feat

    • @kateemma22
      @kateemma22 4 года назад +8

      In Sydney start with a fiver even if you stick to Aldi.

    • @RosieNawojka
      @RosieNawojka 4 года назад +11

      Aussie here too. I gave my daughter a food budget challenge and she fed herself for a week on $17. Sardines, lentils, flour and frozen veg. (She's learning this so she will succeed as a poor apprentice despite Canberra's rental prices.)

    • @DevilSurvivorsBiggestGlazer
      @DevilSurvivorsBiggestGlazer 4 года назад +1

      @Adolf Hitler it's actually pretty nice

    • @hugomcgovern4581
      @hugomcgovern4581 4 года назад +1

      Adolf Hitler lmao in Melbourne you never know what your gonna get

  • @noahm3915
    @noahm3915 2 года назад +11

    Content like this gets more and more needed each year since alot of people don't know how to cook and don't realize how much it cost to live on food prepared by another person as their main way to eat. Learning to cookbatbleast is a timeless dkill

  • @Trustyfilms
    @Trustyfilms 4 года назад +325

    This is a great example of how limitations inspire creativity.

    • @AtomicShrimp
      @AtomicShrimp  4 года назад +54

      This person gets it

    • @historyman9436
      @historyman9436 4 года назад +1

      @@AtomicShrimp Why am i so uncreative then

    • @epicminecrafter911
      @epicminecrafter911 4 года назад +4

      @@historyman9436 What ever limits you are putting on yourself are probably unhealthy then. I'm a composer of music and also draw art, sure it's still not great but it's something I enjoy. If you want to get into either just take a stab into it, you're not going to do it ever if you don't even try, sure I'm embarrassed of my first pieces of art but you gotta start somewhere.
      Anyways I wish you luck with what ever you want to be more creative about~

    • @historyman9436
      @historyman9436 4 года назад

      @@epicminecrafter911 i meant more my whole Life but alr

    • @tomk.williams1186
      @tomk.williams1186 3 года назад +1

      necessitiey is the mother of invention

  • @Enysum
    @Enysum 3 года назад +536

    I know a "budget challenge" can come across as hurtful in certain contexts, this ain't a hurtful context. Sometimes celebrities or wealthier people will film budget challenges, but the differences are stark - Here, there's no shaming of "the poors" he's shopping at the same place with, there's no gawking over the things in the store, there's no weird fetishy treatment of the process at all. This has a lot of creativity of ingredients and the foraging sections were lovely. Good emphasis on seasonal ingredients, safety of ingredients (mold, lookalikes that are toxic, unclean water, dog pee) and all around very helpful. These are the kind of tips that can be really helpful to see in action. Having a razor-thin budget at any stage of life can feel very dismal, and it's easy to treat affordable food as "punishment" for not being able to make ends meet. This kind of video shows how microscopic food budgets can still be filling, healthy, and enjoyable. I wish I had been watching this kind of thing before I moved out. Thanks for the vids.

    • @Enysum
      @Enysum 3 года назад +8

      @@slevinchannel7589 ?

    • @Galactipod
      @Galactipod 3 года назад +8

      @@slevinchannel7589 I don't see how this is related in any way.

    • @HAIRHOLIC_1
      @HAIRHOLIC_1 3 года назад +17

      Exactly!! I I agree 100%. When I’ve lost my job as a pharmacist in London and My dole money wouldn’t start till the next month I had to survive with the little I’ve had. Luckily I had my freezer, fridge and cupboards full of food so I didn’t have to shop for food for weeks, but when the food and the money started running out I had to stretch what I’ve had. At one point I was eating porridge with water for days on end. it’s funny because I was eating healthier, cooking all my meals from scrap and not buying nor eating any junk foods. I have learned some simple but great recipes that I still cook and enjoy today. It has indeed taught me a lesson in life. First of all to always have some savings in case of emergencies, and secondly to not take anything for granted, we are all one paycheck away from becoming homeless. Nowadays I help everyone in need because I know first hand how hard it can be, stressfully and draining mentally, unfortunately a lot of people aren’t as frugal as I was so videos like this are really helpful for people who might be in these same situations.

    • @Enysum
      @Enysum 3 года назад +4

      @Bare Knuckle howdy. I think I already covered this in the original comment, but I'll try to elaborate. Budget challenges are a combination of two things, education and entertainment. Any tutorial can be made entertaining and even funny, and there can be a lot of humor from the host trying something new and perhaps ending up with unusual methods and results. At the time this video was published, there were a lot of budget challenges on YT and there was a lot of comments on this video discussing if this video's context was hurtful or not. Some budget challenges by other people were vastly unfunny. They would knowingly go shop somewhere people with tight budgets shop and then gawk at how "gross" the shoppers or food was, how unhealthy the food was, how "lazy" the people buying the food must be. I don't think these are topics off the table for comedy, but in a video where the point is ostensibly to empathize with others, mocking someone for needing to buy easily prepped, cheap, but regrettably unhealthy food seems counterintuitive and rude. It would be similar to, to make an example up, a 24 hour Crutches challenge, where instead of being an entertainer who focuses on their own learning process and how that can be funny, made mocking caricatures of someone who needs crutches and paint them as lazy or useless or disgusting, etcetera. Hope that clarifies what I mean and what the context of me saying it was in the first place. But, if you only read the first sentence of that first comment before coming to that conclusion, well, I guess clarifying in another comment doesn't do much. Cheers

    • @Enysum
      @Enysum 3 года назад +1

      @Bare Knuckle I agree wholeheartedly. It was a pretty dishonest trend as far as the naming goes and frankly, I imagine the dishonest labeling was part of the reason it was trending at all - RUclips algorithm tends to value things like comments and like/dislike engagement, at least at the time, regardless of if the engagement was discussion or just mass correction or anger. Hope your night is lovely. Cheers 🥂

  • @sarahphobic3896
    @sarahphobic3896 4 года назад +469

    i usually don’t like long videos like this but i actually found this very interesting and entertaining i didn’t even realize i’d been watching for 30 minutes already until i checked the clock. thanks for the nice content 👍

    • @Jaakko_Ruotsalainen
      @Jaakko_Ruotsalainen 4 года назад +15

      Wait. I realized it was a 42 minute video only after reading this comment...

    • @nuggv2180
      @nuggv2180 4 года назад +4

      Me too

    • @deniskhakimov
      @deniskhakimov 4 года назад +1

      His salmon pate toasts look very delicious 👍

    • @alex6027
      @alex6027 4 года назад +4

      Woah, I got completely caught up in this video and didn't realise I had watched 40 minutes of video. I just got caught up in the video

    • @jacobwhite9961
      @jacobwhite9961 4 года назад

      I only saw this was about 40 mins long after looking at this comment

  • @hayleymayvans8842
    @hayleymayvans8842 27 дней назад +1

    Thankyou for doing this video youve saved alot of people from starving by showing them that there is no shame in spending £1 to have a meal. God bless you

  • @saiwan_G
    @saiwan_G 4 года назад +1010

    I love how he’s like “look at this nice fresh plant... deadly poisonous.”

    • @4nastas1ya
      @4nastas1ya 4 года назад +24

      He really tricked me into thinking he was going to eat that later 😔

    • @treygreen5015
      @treygreen5015 4 года назад +9

      ShutUpZach

    • @user-fr2io9hj2d
      @user-fr2io9hj2d 4 года назад +6

      Yeah ShutUpZach

    • @clestisfarrell966
      @clestisfarrell966 4 года назад +1

      and sHutuPzAcH

    • @Shortgamemonkey
      @Shortgamemonkey 4 года назад +3

      Bro, a can of beans is what 15 pence? That’s like, 16 US cents, broooooooo dollar store doesn’t even have all things $1.

  • @ericacousins9786
    @ericacousins9786 4 года назад +1463

    I know he shouted at the dog but if you own a dog you can't say you've never told it to shut up. Anyway, the dogs behaviour around him was *not* that of a dog who was abused. Please stop.

    • @tooyoungtobeold8756
      @tooyoungtobeold8756 4 года назад +92

      That's wasn't his dog, but his wife.

    • @danielevans2164
      @danielevans2164 4 года назад +54

      Agreed I have 2 dogs and one is a bit of a pain and she will randomly start barking. We all just tell her to shut up then she looks at us looks away and barks again

    • @sasy1533
      @sasy1533 4 года назад +38

      I told my dog to shut up just yesterday. She has a bad habit of barking at whoever enters the house, seems to not fully recognice us until she has smelled us. Problem is, if its late it echoes and really disturbs the neighbors. A couple tiny growls is ok, but if she flat out barks i tell her to shut up. Right that second she knows is me, and starts wagging her tail and celebrating.

    • @HB-hs8xt
      @HB-hs8xt 4 года назад +2

      Yeah. Shut it all of you other fricken idiots

    • @VladTepes666
      @VladTepes666 4 года назад +1

      What minute?

  • @SecretFoxfire
    @SecretFoxfire 5 лет назад +634

    "The people who take too much sauce are also the people who don't bother to clear away their trays." Love it.

    • @jasonyoung6420
      @jasonyoung6420 5 лет назад +66

      I was also a fan of "Thank you littering idiots, you bought my coffee this morning".

    • @khmerkandal121
      @khmerkandal121 5 лет назад +4

      @@jasonyoung6420 i laughed so hard, i threw my phone from my table

    • @classicgamer7247
      @classicgamer7247 4 года назад +1

      @@jasonyoung6420 lol yeah

    • @MRvideogamesGamingAndMore
      @MRvideogamesGamingAndMore 4 года назад +5

      @@khmerkandal121 dude that means you littered with your phone

  • @ritageorge2348
    @ritageorge2348 2 года назад +68

    I am blown away by the prices in the UK. Here in Australia 🇦🇺 that little lot would cost at least FIVE dollars.

    • @vara202
      @vara202 2 года назад +16

      5 dollars? The bread alone would cost $2.50 in the US. I'm amazed at how other countries can live.

    • @seebasschipman293
      @seebasschipman293 2 года назад +13

      @@vara202 that’s really not true about the bread. You could find bread at or below $1 in most US grocery stores, definitely someplace like Walmart

    • @seanymc982
      @seanymc982 2 года назад +12

      But the Aussie dollar is more inflated and worth less then the pound, so aye it’s expensive still but not as much as you think

    • @epic8923
      @epic8923 Год назад +3

      keep in mind this video is like from 3 years ago. Most things in this video are no wear near as cheap as they used to be.

    • @tbgng
      @tbgng Год назад

      @@epic8923 if you go up to asda or aldi you could probably find some good offers still

  • @iWormify
    @iWormify 4 года назад +298

    I was trying to look around the comment section for people who said shouting "Shut up" at the dog is abuse but I couldn't find anything even as I continued to scroll down, the positivity here is great!

    • @AtomicShrimp
      @AtomicShrimp  4 года назад +76

      Yeah, the comments here are pretty lovely in general. I imagine the bad examples get downvoted way down the rankings pretty fast, so nobody else really sees them after that

    • @davidj3841
      @davidj3841 4 года назад +19

      How is that even sog abuse in the first place? It's not like the dog understands what you're saying.

    • @napoleoncorneliusscipio5141
      @napoleoncorneliusscipio5141 4 года назад +1

      Dogs gotta do what dogs gotta do.

    • @Dial8Transmition
      @Dial8Transmition 4 года назад +7

      I tell my dog to shut up all the time

  • @theclashingcrafter5354
    @theclashingcrafter5354 4 года назад +619

    This man feels like an average next door neighbor, your favourite teacher, your dad's best friend and your dad simultaneously

    • @yeboi1887
      @yeboi1887 4 года назад +21

      i don’t see how he can’t be all of them at the same time

    • @Shulstar
      @Shulstar 4 года назад +27

      Ah you must mean that average neighbour who taught at your school and decided to marry your homosexual single father after becoming besties with him.

    • @komomori6144
      @komomori6144 4 года назад +11

      @@Shulstar This is an incredibly wholesome timeline that I enjoy thank you

    • @marcowulliampopirers2216
      @marcowulliampopirers2216 4 года назад +7

      Shuler Xu that was so oddly specific

    • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
      @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 4 года назад +1

      My dad beats me.

  • @nopt1118
    @nopt1118 4 года назад +129

    Thank you for your video; my husband and I found our 10-year old daughter watching it, somehow, we had to rewind and sat through it amused by your ingenuity and presentation, a well-spoken if not posh manner of speech. 👍
    You just inspired me to eat everything in our overflowing freezer, clear the fridge - a clean slate and then start planning for every single meal and buying just what’s required. No more waste.
    Good day and love to your canine companion.

    • @simon7719
      @simon7719 4 года назад +3

      Nothing wrong with having a stash, just make sure everything passes your digestive tract and not thrown away. Disaster readiness means a stash is necessary.

    • @grandmasmagic3858
      @grandmasmagic3858 4 года назад

      with being in lock down here in Oz I'm finally making use of all those left-over meals in the freezer, thus making room for mass cooking of meals from my slow cooker and using up frozen meat and veg so when l shop I'm shopping less..

  • @frogsandboneslover
    @frogsandboneslover Год назад +4

    absolutely love these types of videos! The foraging is really interesting, the food is good, and its very relaxing to watch.

  • @mrgreatauk
    @mrgreatauk 4 года назад +523

    The suspense was killing me waiting to see whether the second mushroom would come in under 3 pence!

  • @cameronolive4809
    @cameronolive4809 4 года назад +165

    Man I just love his positive attitude towards this. I wouldn't normally sit through a video this long, but he makes it so easy. It was definitely interesting to watch him complete this challenge.

    • @dannyhussain5489
      @dannyhussain5489 4 года назад

      So true, didn't even realize it was so long

    • @rowlandSTK
      @rowlandSTK 4 года назад

      Same, I read your comment and guessed I’d watched for around 12 minutes and I was 23 minutes deep. Good video.

  • @jw9567
    @jw9567 4 года назад +2403

    Inspired by this I went to Tesco to try it for myself. Ended up blowing my whole budget on the trolley

    • @imadeyoureadthis1
      @imadeyoureadthis1 4 года назад +67

      Good one 👍

    • @olitesla5891
      @olitesla5891 4 года назад +16

      @@imadeyoureadthis1 Good One 👍

    • @MsStack42
      @MsStack42 4 года назад +83

      Hahahahahaha Mind you, there's a lot of metal in those trolleys. Couldn't you have flogged it at the local scrap yard ?

    • @olitesla5891
      @olitesla5891 4 года назад +17

      @@MsStack42 thanks for breaking the cycle bro

    • @MsStack42
      @MsStack42 4 года назад +22

      @@olitesla5891 Sorry, were you just getting into your stride ? Could have gone on ad nauseam !

  • @tinachin9607
    @tinachin9607 2 года назад +22

    Apple compote from those 2 foraged apples and sugar packets could have been spread on the remainder of that sliced bread. Also, vegetable stands or green grocers often have produce culls which are sold at reduced price or even discarded.

  • @shannonmccarthy4000
    @shannonmccarthy4000 4 года назад +174

    You are clearly a fabulous chef, showing your passion for food as you talk and cook three tasty meals out of £1, alongside shots of your lovable friend Eva. I know half of the comment section has gone mad because people like to take things to extremes and spin stories out of nothing, but I'd like to tell you the moment of telling her to shut up was so perfectly timed and perfectly shouted, it was comedy gold, had me in stitches.
    On a personal note, today's a bit of a shit day for me as it's the day my dad died five years ago. I didn't want to get out of bed, but you've given me inspiration and helped me fall back in love with my kitchen, so I'm truly grateful and I hope you have a lovely evening. Usually, of course, I don't spill my guts to strangers, but I want you to know that you've really helped someone today and I hope you feel good about it.
    Take care, from a fellow Brit.

    • @AtomicShrimp
      @AtomicShrimp  4 года назад +37

      I'm glad you understood the bit with Eva - I left it in intentionally, as a sort of comedy blooper, but some people are idiots.
      Sorry to hear about your dad. I guess it's something that will always cast a shadow on this day for you (and maybe that's not wrong). I am overjoyed to know that my content lifted your spirits.

    • @shannonmccarthy4000
      @shannonmccarthy4000 4 года назад +8

      Yes, it kind of reminded me of that bit in Father Ted when there's a long silence before Ted shouts "Oh, shut up Dougal".
      This day every year might be more difficult than other days, but if I'm able to bring joy to someone by letting them know of something good they've done, then it's a good day to me.
      And yes, your content is so fabulous you've got yourself a new subscriber. Good luck with cooking and your channel! Every day gives the opportunity to make something tasty and to write a song that migh calm many.

    • @honorsilverthorne7227
      @honorsilverthorne7227 4 года назад +4

      Aw; my condolences. 💞

  • @UltraNyan
    @UltraNyan 4 года назад +778

    Finally a no bullshit experiment without "oh my grandma gave me this jar of jam and a bag of potatoes last week" or "i gonna eat dinner at my friends place".

    • @elernation5519
      @elernation5519 4 года назад +2

      Ultra Nyan I don’t think people do that during these videos?

    • @gurgy3
      @gurgy3 4 года назад +25

      Elernation oh yeah they do. Oh my friend treated me for lunch today blah blah blah

    • @Miranda-vj8yy
      @Miranda-vj8yy 4 года назад +8

      Or the i'm a famous youtuber so people give me free food

    • @brasssentry2091
      @brasssentry2091 4 года назад +13

      I assume you're referring to Boris. I also assume that you're not from northern Europe, because here grandmas giving their kids preserved food is incredibly common. Like I have a bag of apples, like three jars of jam and probably two or three boxes of berries in the freezer. I get it sounds cheap and a bit dumb, but in reality it's pretty reasonable.

    • @Sigfreð
      @Sigfreð 4 года назад

      @@brasssentry2091 2 Weeks ago my grandma gave me enough pre-prepared food for a week. It's insane. And yes, it did last a week.

  • @davidlynch9049
    @davidlynch9049 3 года назад +679

    What this makes me realize is that I spend way too much on groceries, and waste a sizeable portion of them because I buy too much and they go off. Thanks for helping us keep our feet grounded.

    • @average_coverage
      @average_coverage 3 года назад +12

      Similarly, it makes me realise I'm really not doing much with the money I spend.

    • @allesindwillkommen
      @allesindwillkommen 3 года назад +34

      The problem is a lot of food items are sold in large packages. So if you live alone and try to not waste food, it's almost impossible, because you can't just eat a whole pack of spinach, for example, unless you're ready to eat the spinach for a couple of days straight before it goes bad.

    • @Maria_Erias
      @Maria_Erias 3 года назад +18

      Learning how to adult is what led me to do most of my shopping at Dollar Tree here in the US. Everything in the store is literally a dollar, so it's incredibly easy to stock up on things like beef and chicken broth, rice, dried beans, (actual name-brand) ketchup and mustard, vinegar, olive oil, and other essentials. $40 at Dollar Tree covers all of the basics for a household of three, with a quick shop at a grocery store for fresh veg, meats, and luxury items. $150 for three people for two weeks (plus two cats and two dogs) is easily do-able, even accounting for stuff like sodas, "convenience" items like frozen pizzas, frozen chimichangas (a personal favorite), Gorton's beer-battered fish fillets (a 12-pack means 4-6 lunches for the two of us at home every day, easy), things of that nature. Cutting out all the extra stuff still means it's do-able to get by on that $40, but it'd mean some fairly basic and "innovative" meals - which isn't that much of a stretch when summer is here and the garden is producing.

    • @gmarod6099
      @gmarod6099 3 года назад +3

      I needed this

    • @carolroberts4614
      @carolroberts4614 3 года назад +3

      Really you could get better deals if you spent seven pounds over a week, you could get better deals on special offers or bigger packs

  • @emilylopez2
    @emilylopez2 2 года назад +11

    This was so fun to watch!!!! I live in the US, and there's a lot of excess and overindulgence everywhere you go, so it's amazing to see quite the opposite and the challenge to make it work. It's quite beautiful really to show how you can do so much with so little. ❤️

  • @BrynHarding
    @BrynHarding 3 года назад +623

    I can't remember the last time I sat and gave 45 minutes of my undivided attention to something without straying.
    Thoroughly enjoyed this!

    • @brassholio
      @brassholio 3 года назад +10

      I know right. I was about to go to bed but then I watched the whole thing.

    • @Geniusv3
      @Geniusv3 3 года назад +7

      Jesus, I had no idea. Came over this comment after 7 minutes! Thank you, I have to wake up early😂

    • @bcostin
      @bcostin 3 года назад +6

      Wow, I had to go back and look at the length. I didn't even realize it was 45 minutes.

    • @cheeseplease389
      @cheeseplease389 3 года назад +4

      Oh wow, I was at 40 minutes but it felt like 10-15

    • @CleoVD
      @CleoVD 3 года назад +2

      I swear I thought this video was around 12 minutes until I read this comment and had to do a double take. That was a quick 42 mins. It goes to show how entertaining he is

  • @wolfeyes9679
    @wolfeyes9679 4 года назад +174

    It would be really interesting if you could do a “foraging for all 3 meals” video, maybe in the summer?
    Love the calm video style!

  • @silasberkenveld1382
    @silasberkenveld1382 4 года назад +1856

    Listen, i understand i’m broke, but being recommended this is a little too far man

    • @God-jd9kz
      @God-jd9kz 4 года назад +11

      Lol

    • @BastetFurry
      @BastetFurry 4 года назад +39

      You should check out Life of Boris for some "survival round" reciepes then.

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 4 года назад +31

      The less you spend the less broke you'll be.

    • @PINKFL0YD-s2h
      @PINKFL0YD-s2h 4 года назад +4

      Damn right rubbing our nose in it

    • @PINKFL0YD-s2h
      @PINKFL0YD-s2h 4 года назад +15

      @@runed0s86 some people don't get money or only 40 a week to get food and bills and your broke before you spend any money

  • @starrynight1329
    @starrynight1329 5 дней назад +1

    I was extremely impressed with your choice and use of foods. I wouldn't have thought of turning mushy peas into soup, adding the remaining fish paste, the BBQ sauce, the chocolate powder, looking for a free coffee voucher, collecting condiments etc from the various locations. Genius 😎.

  • @kyotoai
    @kyotoai 4 года назад +402

    Just a few thoughts while watching this.
    1. You could never purchase all that for so little in the states.
    2. I've never made milk toast but will do so at earliest opportunity.
    3. My daughter and i laughed hard when you barked at Eva.
    4. No this does not indicate abuse.
    5. That soup is a perfectly fine pea soup colour.
    6. You did amazingly well with your one pound.
    7. I'm hungry now. Might go try that milk toast.

    • @SaturnStatic
      @SaturnStatic 4 года назад +9

      You probably couldnt get the bread,but you could probably get the other stuff.
      You can make a little bit of money go a longgggggg way if you're careful.

    • @johnmadden52
      @johnmadden52 4 года назад +2

      You could get that in the u.s though

    • @breadspy5974
      @breadspy5974 4 года назад

      a pound is about $1-$2 so i think you could

    • @EdoVro
      @EdoVro 4 года назад +16

      Supamegacat yes but they don’t sell things for that cheap here

    • @zipperjackets4524
      @zipperjackets4524 4 года назад +1

      Because of taxes you wouldnt be able to do much

  • @AminKsibi
    @AminKsibi 4 года назад +445

    I actually feel super bad for all the people who actually have to struggle like this. This really makes me realize how fortunate I am.

    • @kikker4394
      @kikker4394 4 года назад +12

      No one does this!, what he did was a challenge, in real life there are things called welfare and food stamps...

    • @ruben3937
      @ruben3937 4 года назад +51

      @@kikker4394 but if you were rejected by those sources, then this would be your only option. My mum had to do this as a teen.

    • @itsmenelson3010
      @itsmenelson3010 4 года назад +19

      @@kikker4394 you are so naive

    • @danielgilbert3899
      @danielgilbert3899 4 года назад +13

      Lord Skeletor hope things get better for you mate

    • @kikker4394
      @kikker4394 4 года назад +10

      @@ruben3937 Ok, I am getting a lot of hate now, first thing first I don't know where you live, here in Italy ANYONE (even illegal immigrants) can get a FREE HOUSE, NO BILLS TO PAY, FREE HEALTHCARE, FREE SCHOOL, FREE FOOD, and a 500 EUR/MONTH credit,
      my uncle also used to be in a bad financial situation but it was in the 70s, It is no more like the 70s now.
      @Lord Skeletor, so you cant afford food but you have a phone/pc and internet connection... ok...

  • @no_sleep_animation3707
    @no_sleep_animation3707 4 года назад +1075

    He just sticks a bunch of seemingly random ingredients together and makes a really nice meal

    • @hellypalli
      @hellypalli 4 года назад +6

      Geez, you must have low standards....

    • @no_sleep_animation3707
      @no_sleep_animation3707 4 года назад +67

      si money why do I have lo standards all I’m saying is that it great how he can make something to eat with just a few random ingredients

    • @theorangeheadedfella
      @theorangeheadedfella 4 года назад +41

      @@hellypalli that's a bit rude

    • @jamesfranxx6151
      @jamesfranxx6151 4 года назад +7

      yes that is cooking

    • @dwagincon4841
      @dwagincon4841 4 года назад

      That's what cooking at home is all about