as someone who grew up poor, my mom used to make those flour tortilla "pizzas" with tomato sauce, cheese, and deli meats. not gonna lie, i loved those. this brings memories.
Oh yeah, and by the by, if you buy bread that's inside a plastic bag; either make sure the entirety of the bread will be eaten QUICKLY, I'd say in two days tops, or GET RID of the plastic and store the bread somewhere else. Unless the bread has been dried out like crazy (in which case it will last for a very long time), it will have a certain degree of moisture in it, the plastic traps it, and it gets moldy very fast.
Years ago, the most struggle of struggle meals I ever had to resort to was tossing a bunch of spices into boiling water with some dollar store pasta. It wasn't great, but it was hot and edible enough to chew and swallow without any of it fighting its way back up. It was also literally the only thing we had in the cupboard/pantry (the fridge was empty) and kept us going long enough to reach the next paycheck. You start appreciating food a whole lot more once you're forced to skip several meals just to be able to afford your bus fare. I haven't had to resort to a true struggle meal for many years but I never really forgot the experience and almost obsessively keep our pantry well stocked (just in case).
When cheap top ramen was US 10 cents a pack, I used to split into 4 peices so I could eat all week long! It was a different portion of life indeed!😢😂 Rice was way out of my price range!
One of my favourite struggle meals was packaged Ramen, I would add extra water, make it into a soup and drop an egg into it. If it was a good week I would also add frozen veg or fresh onion depending on what had been on sale
@@ChioGaru you know Muslims have a holiday called Al Adha and all those who can give each other and the poor from the meats they slaughter. Also at the end of Ramadan all those who can give food to the needy. All the year Muslims give food to each other and even to non-Muslims. According to statistics the most charitable people are Muslims
Milo, although sold in Canada, is actually an Australian product. The recipe is tweaked to suit each region it's sold in. Ie: When sold in Indonesia, it has less sugar. So if you don't like Milo in one region, try another, or just add sugar. Like everything else.
I've been to Australia three times (my mother's side of the family lives there while I live in England with my dad's side) and never seen it, but one Fairbairn Films sketch later and I'm constantly referencing Milo as something civil wars have been fought over lol
When I was a kid, I used to have something that was called "fancy rice" It was white rice with garlic, italian seasoning, fried spam cubes, and Velveeta sauce. It was "fancy" because of the garlic, herbs, Spam, and Velveeta.
Futurecanoe is one of the very few youtubers that I don't speed up to watch. A lot of videos, I'll go upto 1.5x or even 2x a lot of times, but his videos are worth watching in the real speed. His voice, especially.
thats Bangladeshi shemai right??? that can't be a family recipe . he is completely overturning a large chunk of bengaly culture and cuisine into simple family struggle meal. thats horrible.
@@eushabinsultan4463 all of South Asia makes this. Vermicelli, rice noodles or just rice is used. Most common additions for flavour is cardamom. Saffron and dry fruits & nuts for fancy versions. The type of sugar used adds unique taste to the dish. Calling it a family recipe or struggle meal is just wrong.
Recipes with pastas and milk are common in eastern europe. It varies from household to household. Some use noodles, others use small pasta like conchiglie, macaroni, penne, fusili etc. Milk is cheap, pasta/noodles are cheap. Put them together and you get a big pot of food. It's nothing about "but... muh culturr". It's just a cheap dessert from crap economy countries
@@g1g3l we have it in russia, my grandma used to make too much macaroni, serve some with chicken or whatever, and serve leftovers with hot milk and sugar. so yeah, pretty much, cheap soviet way to feed a kid
Saffron, nuts, cardamom can be added to this. We also add a bit of ghee. This is a festive dish, not a struggle meal. Who gave him that submission? I blame them
"Gefüllte Pizzabrötchen" are very common in germany, pretty much every pizzashop got them. (I guess thats what you would call pizzaballs). Its Pizzadough filled with cheese and tomatosauce, but you can also get them with extra salami/sucuk, thuna, onions or whatever you want to choose.
That sounds good. I'm imagining something like Totino's Pizza Rolls but worth eating. When I think of Strombolis, I think of something more like a pizza pasty or Hot Pocket. Pizza Rolls are usually a one-bite thing.
U will not believe but I was watching Uncle Wang (Egg Fried Rice) and searching for the next Futurecanoe reaction video and you dropped this, made my day!😁
at 14:54, in Montreal, there is a fancy-schmancy chocolat store that sells chilli chocolat. They are not too spicy, but there is some heat to it. Taki in nutella follows the same logic.
Yeah its actually a good way to upgrade store browny mix. A pinch of salt and a light dusting of chilly flakes (to "taste" might have to experiment to find the right amount for you) It just gives the brownies a bit more depth.
For hard cheeses I always wrap them in parchment paper and put in a freezer zip lock baggie if I don't plan to use them right away and toss them in the deep freeze. I bought a quarter of a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano a year ago and it's still perfect when I need some.
6:45 milk noodle soup is actually a very common/traditional Eastern European dish (called zupa mleczna in my Polish family). It's a basic cheap/peasant food type of dish and the noodles can be swapped for something else like rice. Really good on a cold day or if you're feeling a bit under the weather. And, as you can tell, the sugar makes it sweet but you can also make it more on the savory side if you want. Good way if using up food that needs to be eaten. Also quick to make so you're not slaving over a hot stove for an hour. I give it a 9/10.
It's just a sort of rice porridge without actual grains with pasta of any kind instead of rice. It's cool for quick breakfast if you're not feeling like eating anything since it's so neutral and sweet, and that is also a reason why picky eater kids like it. It's inoffensive. Eastern Euro kid myself. Make it regularly when I get sore throat and clogged nose since it doesn't taste like much besides sugar anyway and it's hot, simple and goes down well.
Thank you for covering this episode! Personally, I wanna hear more about your culinary insights on how those dishes can be improved with minimum costs. May be you can even share your struggle meal if you have any!
In sweden we have a dish called stuvade makaroner (stewed maccaroni) to make it you boil maccaroni in Milk but you use white peppar, salt and nutmeg in the milk instead of suger
7:43 it’s kind of like a fork ladle. I might bend one of my forks and see how it works. It wouldn’t be great for eating, but as a cooking implement it kind of makes sense.
I can say with conviction that bengali pudding isnt weird, it is a special dish we have on special occassions...there are lots of types of bengali porridges, called payesh and that ISNT A BENGALI PORRIDGE!!!!!! That is truly diabolical and i am ngl, i NEVER had that thing tbh...you can look up payesh recipes online and it will give you lots of actually good tasting recipes and I am sorry to everybody who decided to watch this video and thought bengali porridge looks like that, i can guarantee it doesnt. i can give you a recipe if you want, its really simple to do
I won't call Payesh a porridge, rather a dessert. And believe it or not, a lot of cultures have it, including German (Milchreis) and it tastes almost similar (to the white one, not the jhola gur one). Even if microwaving isn't recommended, this guy straight up used Milo for this!
@ScarletGhost53 Agreed but thts also what textbooks over here in west bengal have described it in english so its very firmly a sweet porridge for me hahah but i agree
"You don't have to make something bad to get mean comments. You can make something perfectly fine. You still get mean comments." Haha. Ain't that the truth.
What bothers me the most is it's supposed to be a "struggle meal" and then he pours one of the most expensive big brand orange juices out there. You could eat real struggle meals for half a week for the price of that juice.alone.
@@pultsari9036 Feels like a lot of these weren't cheap meals. Struggle can mean different things and this video shows it. A cheap meal is probably based in some sort of rice or other grain. A meal you don't need to cook is also considered a struggle meal and that is what the cheezits and juice were. When you can't go buy cereal.
13:48 Milo is chocolate malt powder like Ovaltine. And honestly, if you just used regular milk there, you'd more or less have a scrambled egg. It was the Milo that doomed it.
I really like when you share some of your favorite dishes. The reactions are always great and insightful, but your step-by-step guides (similar to your lasagna) I really enjoy.
My struggle meal is basically low-effort tuna salad. 1 can of tuna, a handful of crumbled saltine crackers, a dallop of mayonnaise, and whatever condiments and spices I feel like adding to taste (mustard, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper). Nothing special, but simple and tasty, and goes well on a sandwich.
Similar here, but with a bowl of cooked quick elbow macaroni (3min cooktime), some finely diced onion, maybe some diced cucumber, tomatoes or canned sweetcorn. Can be made with bacon instead of canned tuna as well.
My struggle meals were rice with half a can of peas and a sauce of butter, soy sauce, garlic powder, and black pepper, as well as spaghetti and tomato sauce with no meat, but sometimes with tofu or chickpeas. I couldn't eat spaghetti for ten years after college.
In the early 70s my parents couldn't afford potatoes. We ate rice and kidneys, liver and other vomit inducing meats. Both parents worked, they were immigrants. We only had a decent meal on Sunday. ... Sandwiches and a canned corn beef or spam.
When i was a kid my mother does Sometimes"milch nudeln" (milk noodles) for dinner it is basicly juste "penne" noodles get cooked normaly and then put in heaten milk with sugar me and my brother loved it
talking about the milk noodle thing, we eat a similar thing in Bangladesh called shemai, but it's cooked with crushed green cardamom pods for a better aroma, and it tastes really good when served hot, it's a dessert here.
yup same in Estern Europe. in Estonia we make it with dough lumps. like we make a kind of pasta dough and then just throw small chunks in boiling water to boil them in to shape and to cook them a little. then we just throw it all in pot with milk heat it up. maby pinch of salt but usualy we don't season it much because everyone can just put on as much as they themselves want in their own bowls. google piima klimbisoup and it's those ones that are in milk. real tasty actually
We have a similar dish in germany too, called "milch-nudeln". The preparation is basically the same as rice pudding. But instead of rice you take noodles (mostly egg noodles). It's usually served with sugar and cinnamon, or with hot cherry compote.
Important note @3:15 - ONLY SALVAGE HARD, AGED CHEESES. If anything like ricotta, creamcheese, or the brie James mentioned starts going bad, it's ALL bad. Don't even try, just throw it out.
As a Filipino, Milo/Ovaltine over rice is an acquired taste. Though what I did was mix the powder in hot water before pouring it on the rice. Used to eat it during breakfast with fried hot dogs, corned beef and/or eggs when we had cousins over one summer who taught us how to make it.
That's it, I need you to try the OJ and cheese it's. Also I've got some struggle meals growing up in a trailer park my now husband and his rich family loves I'd love you to try.
not gonna lie, this is the best, most classiest culinary channel. youre a very inspiring chef the way youre so calm nd collected. quite intriguing G-d bless chef!!!
13:25 the milo and rice is really bringing my childhoods' memories... I guess it's not for everybody but many of us Filipinos grew up eating this. Until now, if I don't feel eating heavy this is our ( me and my siblings) go to food.
If you did struggle meals, it might be a nice twist to see if there was anyway you could improve them without much effort, or offer an alternative with said ingredients (thus keeping in line with the idea that it's a struggle meal)
My struggle meal is something I cal "Cheesy Taco Rice." Make some rice but season the water with taco seasoning (I also add salt and black pepper). Then add shredded cheese (I use mild cheddar) and a little bit of ketchup for sweetnes and stir until all the cheese is melted and everything is homogenous.
I'm not sure why but the way you talk combined with the sound of your voice is really soothing to me, would love if one day you decided to voice an audiobook.
my favorite struggle meal is just the humble sweet potato, quick wash and scrub so you can eat the skin too, stab a few holes in it with a knife, microwave for like 5 minutes and sit down with your phone whilst it does, then just take it out, slice it open, add butter, pinch of salt and/or msg then whatever the hell you like, potato like rice is very versatile so just chuck whatever you can be bothered with on depending on what ingredients you have in and the level of how much you care, you can just wash, stab and mike it just have it plain and its still great. you can make it if you're broke, depressed, drunk or whatever, the ultimate struggle meals are the simplest, its cheap, easy and versatile. sweet potatos have got me through a lot of times where i was too broke, drunk, or depressed to do better.
Honestly just sounds like how you make a baked/jacket potato but with a sweet potato instead. Are they cheaper than regular ones where you are or do you just like the flavour more? I should probably try cuz I love both sweet potatoes and baked potatoes
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN i mean it basically is but in my opinion sweet potato's just have a lot more flavor without being unhealthy or anything so they're a lot easier to just have plain without adding anything if you don't want to
I've been making tortilla pizzas for years. Not even as a struggle meal, just to eat. I don't bake the tortilla before hand, but I also used a toaster oven to cook them. Put them in for 5-7 minutes and they're good to go, without being overly crunchy or too soft.
Chef James, the most popular struggle meals when I was in university many years ago were either with common instant ramen (check out After Prison Show for some interesting ramen dishes) and the blue box Mac and Cheese. What about a video giving your favorite enhancements to these comfort foods? Thank you. I love your channel.
James, I only just discovered your channel a few days ago and I just want to say that you really bring joy to my heart (and my kitchen). Do you work in a restaurant in Spain? I'd love to taste one of your dishes sometime!
This was a nice reaction video. Back in my college days, my struggle meals would incorporate pizza with lots of cheese bacon and some pickled green tomatoes or pasta with some peanut butter sauce. Thankfully I rarely needed these.
When I was a kid I had a friend who lived with his single dad, they weren't poor but his father wasn't great and cooking and had a job that kept him from home most of the time, so their meals were always very simple when I visited. One that I remember, and have used myself, was a dish of white rice, served with pan-fried minced meat, seasoned with salt and black pepper and ketchup or any other bottle sauce that was available in the fridge. While the dish is rather boring and bland, it was a perfect struggle meal that helped me a lot during my late teens when I lived alone at my own apartment as a student with low income. It's cheap to make and due to it being bland, using ketchup, soy sauce or whatever else is at hand makes it diverse in quality and flavor. It's not something I would cook as a first choice today, but every once in a while if I need something quick and easy, it is still a handy dish to make.
Some of those are "struggle dishes" not in sense of financial struggle, but metal struggle... The milo rice reminds me of something I did when I was student- usually leftover bowl of rice or pasta, mix it with several spoons of jam. Usually called it death bowl, since pasta with strawberry jam made it look certain way ;-). Milo rice seems way worse since it is dry. And uses milo. For mould on cheese I think the rule is something like that- hard cheese- cut around, soft or wet cheese throw it out. Generally anything that it wet or soft, you need to throw it out.
I've been in some stress before, but never quite this bad. Mind you, one of my favourite foods as a child was white rice with currants. The currants help disguise all the flies that get stuck in the rice, so you don't notice them.
Vermicelli is a white thin noodle made from rice and usually used for making Pho, while common yellow noodles are usually made from wheat. Not to be mistaken with another thin noodle called glass noodle that is made from veggie starch and usually used for making Japchae.
the #2, we do something similar in NZ, you can use either a bun cut in half or just some bread, I usually do it to get rid of some buns going a little stale. Put tinned spaghetti in tomato sauce on the bottom, add sliced onion, meat, cheese and put in the grill until the cheese is melting, you can pre toast the bread slightly first. It's not a struggle meal, but it is fun to do with the kids and it clears out some left overs in the fridge
Long time ago, in the army, I'd take the MRE packets and experiment. One that was outstanding was peanut butter, cocoa powder, cherry drink powder, instant coffee, sugar, creamer and salt, and a little water. Mix the dry ingredients with the water, then stir in the peanut butter. Oh, and crumble the cracker packet in. When it's gone in 3 minutes, pour in water, scrub around with your hand, and chug it. Wipe clean with your bandana. Good for the day.
Milk soup is great, and if you're REALLY struggling then you can even dilute it with water and not use any specific kind of noodles (or to be more specific you actually boil any regular noodles first in water until they're almost done, then add milk and sugar). Ideally you want to use vermicelli cause it takes them only 2-3 minutes of boiling to get ready and because of how small and thin each piece is they easily get boiled in milk alone instead of having to be boiled in water first like regular noodles. I also prefer to add just a little bit of salt instead of only adding sugar. You can also partially replace sugar with honey, imo the favor is better that way. Its also nice to add just a bit pf butter into the boiling milk (dont add salt if youre using salted butter) it addes even more nuance to the flavor and helps to keep the vermicelli separate from eachother instead of clumping up together.
My favorite struggle meal is just ramen and eggs. Start your noodles boiling, and cook just until they’re starting to soften and separate. Add your eggs - I usually do two per ramen packet. Cook for two -three minutes. You want the eggs to be slightly underdone. Drain, and quickly stir the eggs into the noodles. The eggs coat the noodles as they finish cooking from the residual heat. A little bit of butter or a sprinkle of Parmesan is good, but not essential.
My go to struggle meals include cooked white rice with cheddar cheese melted in the microwave then topped off with salsa. Also naan/pita pizza which is pasta sauce and cheese on naan or a pita bread. And garlic brown butter popcorn. Thee cloves of garlic finely minced, add to some browned butter and stir until they're crispy, then pour over popcorn and sprinkle with salt. Or a cup of ramen with a handful of frozen peas thrown in topped with a couple fried eggs.
the milk with vermicelli one actually works. if you want to try it, my recommendation would be to firstly use vermicelli and not noodles and secondly, add some crushed cardamom while boiling and finish with a dash of rose water. adding some condensed milk while boiling makes it even tastier :)
the milk and noodles is a childhood piece of mine. grew up with the stuff. a nice treat actually, and works with any sort of noodle, but those flat short ones are best.
My friend's struggle meal is just a can of I'm pretty sure red kidney beans, with hot sauce, eaten directly from the can. I'm a big fan of "toaster pizza", which is a slice of toast with pepperoni and cheese on top, then microwaved to melt the cheese.
Okay so, not a struggle meal, but a comfort meal, mince up some garlic, green chillies, ginger together. take some curd or yoghurt, add some turmeric powder, salt, mix it well so that it is fully even, add some water, turn on gas, add ghee/oil/butter, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, holy basil leaves, the chillies mixture, once it seems done, add the yughurt paste, mix it well, keep stirring continuously, might take three minutes or more, garnish with coriander leaves.
I *finally* bought a replacement for my lost Wüsthof santoku! Classic Ikon Craftsman has been awesome so far, and I really only bought it because I thought it looked neat. Keep shilling Wüsthof, chef, I'll be doing the same!
Hi Chef James, way back in the pre-Cambrian era, 1990s I made a quesadilla for us and our Oaxacan friends and to save time I put one tortilla on the boddom and melted cheese etc on top then topped with another and flipped it over to fry on the other side. Our Doctor friend asked sarcastically "Que Madres es esa!" and I answered "Precisamente esa una Madriola" and from that time on we've named that concoction a Madriola....hahaha. Jacques Mexico
Thing with mold is that what you see is not the full moldy part. It has penetrated way deeper than most people think. In case of black mold you need to be really careful. Some molds can be lethal to eat (as they produce mycotoxins). Generally green mold safer side, it will alter the taste (earthy taste). Black mold however is nearly always dangerous. Also there can be different colors like red or yellow etc. Some molds are perfectly fine, especially if they have been cultivated for that reason. But if if it's not suppose to be moldy and you are not starving, consider it waste. And if you are starving, just removing the visible part will not remove the mold. It has spread into larger area that is invisible to eye - even before you see the spot on the surface. Also I guess say that the white "mold" on top of older cheese might not be mold at all. It likely is minerals that have surfaced. It likely is more things like calsium and salts. Those are perfectly fine to eat. If it's powder like, that is still totally fine. It scrapes off but it also totally edible as it's suppose to be inside the cheese anyway. If it however is furry - then it is mold.
The best struggle meal for me was always fried penne pasta, fried rice or even fried potatos with scrambled egg and hot sauce or spicy ketchup. It has protein and carbs aswell as fats so you definetly survive on it while it costs very little money.
7:37 that's actually a extreamly popular dish in the eastern europe. but usualy you make dough chuncks that you boil so they become firm and then throw milk and those dough lumps in a pot and just heat it up so it becomes warm. you can add either sugar or salt. kids usualy eat it with alot of sugar so it becomes a tasty sweet meal. while the adults are trying to pretend like they hate sweet taste and eat it with salt instead. google piima klimbisupp and that's the dish. the dough looks nasty shaped but it really is just pasta dough you thrown in a pot and boiled like that. you can use regular pasta to
Make my Buldak Noodles . Pick level 2 or 3 . Add 5-7 Big garlic clove , 5 Green chile , one Small Purple onion Finely chopped all . Cook in butter . Add water , Salt , Crush Black pepper , soya sauce two Tea spoon . And you Nods and Both flavor packet from inside . And MSG If you want .
The only thing I don't really like is that the noodles have a hint of sweetness to them, it seems to be common among the brands noodles. Is it just me?
my struggle meal is literally just plain white rice w/ scrambled eggs mixed into it. takes like literally five minutes (minus rice cooking time, ty rice cooker), all i have to do is soft scramble some eggs. it may sound sad, but i'm disabled and at the end of a long day when i don't want something like instant ramen or anything like that i can make this, it's warm and filling and nutritious and easy on my body, i highly recommend this to anyone else with disabilities that make cooking a challenge
The fact i am watching this, while eating a struggle meal of ramen, cooked in left over beef stew gravy, says a lot about the little spy device in my phone.
Im doing struggle meals this month. Rice and canned tomatoes are excellent and filling. Add cheese soup to a can of tomatoes to make a sort of queso which can be a dip or over pinto beans and made into a burrito.
Working as a chef I have learnt to upgrade the food I made as a kid. It's a blessing that I have come to where I am today. The food still tastes as good as it did back then.😅
Which one is worst or best for you? :)
Do you really understand the suffering in America? So many ppl are starving. Or are you just worried about your damn channel
Thanks Chef. I Think we'll skip Sunday dinner now. 😂
@@heather2493 I know some people don't have pets or legs, but I'm definitely going to take a walk with my dog today.
The kimchi corn quesadilla looked edible. If my friend ordered that at a restaurant I'd ask for a bite, but I wouldn't order it.
The orange juice and Goldfish cereal is something I could never try. Because I don’t like orange juice.
as someone who grew up poor, my mom used to make those flour tortilla "pizzas" with tomato sauce, cheese, and deli meats. not gonna lie, i loved those. this brings memories.
I had those for lunch today.
I taught my kid how to make those when he was in college, he still makes them now with my granddaughter.
@@StrikerEureka85 when I was a kid they had this stuff called Pizza Quick in a jar you could put on bread or toast and top with cheese and pepperoni
Use to make them as a teenager back in the 90's because it was easy to make them fast and it's not like we kept pizza dough around.
i acctually make them frequently in my 20s as its just an easy meal and not gonna lie they are banging
Moldy bit on cheese? Cut ot off. Moldy bit on a bread in a plastic bag? Toss the whole bag.
Depends on the cheese. Some of them the mold penetrates pretty far and you can't see it. may get lucky, may not.
Cover it all in chilli sauce, problem fixed :D
Oh yeah, and by the by, if you buy bread that's inside a plastic bag; either make sure the entirety of the bread will be eaten QUICKLY, I'd say in two days tops, or GET RID of the plastic and store the bread somewhere else. Unless the bread has been dried out like crazy (in which case it will last for a very long time), it will have a certain degree of moisture in it, the plastic traps it, and it gets moldy very fast.
Nah I don't take risks
@@MarkKatz2772-jg3tc These days bread in a plastic bag will last for two months and not mold. I'm not sure it's really bread.
Years ago, the most struggle of struggle meals I ever had to resort to was tossing a bunch of spices into boiling water with some dollar store pasta. It wasn't great, but it was hot and edible enough to chew and swallow without any of it fighting its way back up. It was also literally the only thing we had in the cupboard/pantry (the fridge was empty) and kept us going long enough to reach the next paycheck.
You start appreciating food a whole lot more once you're forced to skip several meals just to be able to afford your bus fare. I haven't had to resort to a true struggle meal for many years but I never really forgot the experience and almost obsessively keep our pantry well stocked (just in case).
When cheap top ramen was US 10 cents a pack, I used to split into 4 peices so I could eat all week long! It was a different portion of life indeed!😢😂 Rice was way out of my price range!
Oh, i could catch it for 5 cents a pack when on sale! 😢
One of my favourite struggle meals was packaged Ramen, I would add extra water, make it into a soup and drop an egg into it. If it was a good week I would also add frozen veg or fresh onion depending on what had been on sale
@@ChioGaru you know Muslims have a holiday called Al Adha and all those who can give each other and the poor from the meats they slaughter. Also at the end of Ramadan all those who can give food to the needy. All the year Muslims give food to each other and even to non-Muslims. According to statistics the most charitable people are Muslims
Milo, although sold in Canada, is actually an Australian product. The recipe is tweaked to suit each region it's sold in. Ie: When sold in Indonesia, it has less sugar. So if you don't like Milo in one region, try another, or just add sugar. Like everything else.
Thank you, was about to post this as a proud Aussie 😎
EDIT: Milo on ice cream is amazing!
I've been to Australia three times (my mother's side of the family lives there while I live in England with my dad's side) and never seen it, but one Fairbairn Films sketch later and I'm constantly referencing Milo as something civil wars have been fought over lol
Indeed and as a Canadian i was sorely offended. Lol We are normal over here and just make good cocoa. Lol
@dzlifetruth well, to be fair, Milo isn't really a chocolate drink, it's a malt drink. Many expect it to be more chocolatey.
he is baiting you. I'm sure he knows that. classic ragebait.
When I was a kid, I used to have something that was called "fancy rice" It was white rice with garlic, italian seasoning, fried spam cubes, and Velveeta sauce. It was "fancy" because of the garlic, herbs, Spam, and Velveeta.
If you added an egg, this recipe would become a permutation of Loco Moco, a signature dish of Hawai'i.
@falsnamae3511 Thanks for the tip. Will try it out soon. "Fancy Rice" is going to get fancier!
Was just watching FutureCanoe videos and then this dropped. Great timing Chef James!
Haha 😄 nice!
Same hahaha
Futurecanoe is one of the very few youtubers that I don't speed up to watch. A lot of videos, I'll go upto 1.5x or even 2x a lot of times, but his videos are worth watching in the real speed. His voice, especially.
Same. Sometimes I skip through stuff. I find him funny and I like his voice (even though he used to be insecure about it)
"struggle meals"
"go buy an expensive, very specialized, cheese knife"
"also fry the burrito so you can waste a giant amount of oil"
6:47 its called seviyaan (vermicelli milk pudding) in india we make this on festivals and vermicelli is a very thin pasta made with semolina
thats Bangladeshi shemai right??? that can't be a family recipe . he is completely overturning a large chunk of bengaly culture and cuisine into simple family struggle meal. thats horrible.
@@eushabinsultan4463 all of South Asia makes this. Vermicelli, rice noodles or just rice is used. Most common additions for flavour is cardamom. Saffron and dry fruits & nuts for fancy versions. The type of sugar used adds unique taste to the dish.
Calling it a family recipe or struggle meal is just wrong.
Recipes with pastas and milk are common in eastern europe. It varies from household to household. Some use noodles, others use small pasta like conchiglie, macaroni, penne, fusili etc.
Milk is cheap, pasta/noodles are cheap. Put them together and you get a big pot of food.
It's nothing about "but... muh culturr". It's just a cheap dessert from crap economy countries
@@g1g3l we have it in russia, my grandma used to make too much macaroni, serve some with chicken or whatever, and serve leftovers with hot milk and sugar. so yeah, pretty much, cheap soviet way to feed a kid
Saffron, nuts, cardamom can be added to this. We also add a bit of ghee.
This is a festive dish, not a struggle meal. Who gave him that submission? I blame them
As a German, I´m mostly impressed by your pronounciation of "Wüsthof". 😉
Danke!
If you could make "struggle recipes", but change them to be appetizing and not disgusting, that would be great!
I watched the FC video when it first came out. It was absolutely WILD seeing struggle meals from all over the world.
"Gefüllte Pizzabrötchen" are very common in germany, pretty much every pizzashop got them. (I guess thats what you would call pizzaballs).
Its Pizzadough filled with cheese and tomatosauce, but you can also get them with extra salami/sucuk, thuna, onions or whatever you want to choose.
Well...that's what they call a "Stromboli" in Italy
That sounds good. I'm imagining something like Totino's Pizza Rolls but worth eating. When I think of Strombolis, I think of something more like a pizza pasty or Hot Pocket. Pizza Rolls are usually a one-bite thing.
U will not believe but I was watching Uncle Wang (Egg Fried Rice) and searching for the next Futurecanoe reaction video and you dropped this, made my day!😁
Really?? Hahaha 🤣
@@ChefJamesMakinson Yes 😂
at 14:54, in Montreal, there is a fancy-schmancy chocolat store that sells chilli chocolat. They are not too spicy, but there is some heat to it. Taki in nutella follows the same logic.
Yeah its actually a good way to upgrade store browny mix.
A pinch of salt and a light dusting of chilly flakes (to "taste" might have to experiment to find the right amount for you)
It just gives the brownies a bit more depth.
For hard cheeses I always wrap them in parchment paper and put in a freezer zip lock baggie if I don't plan to use them right away and toss them in the deep freeze. I bought a quarter of a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano a year ago and it's still perfect when I need some.
And NO! please don't do anything similar to this. Gross.
6:45 milk noodle soup is actually a very common/traditional Eastern European dish (called zupa mleczna in my Polish family). It's a basic cheap/peasant food type of dish and the noodles can be swapped for something else like rice. Really good on a cold day or if you're feeling a bit under the weather. And, as you can tell, the sugar makes it sweet but you can also make it more on the savory side if you want.
Good way if using up food that needs to be eaten. Also quick to make so you're not slaving over a hot stove for an hour.
I give it a 9/10.
It's just a sort of rice porridge without actual grains with pasta of any kind instead of rice. It's cool for quick breakfast if you're not feeling like eating anything since it's so neutral and sweet, and that is also a reason why picky eater kids like it. It's inoffensive.
Eastern Euro kid myself. Make it regularly when I get sore throat and clogged nose since it doesn't taste like much besides sugar anyway and it's hot, simple and goes down well.
Thank you for covering this episode! Personally, I wanna hear more about your culinary insights on how those dishes can be improved with minimum costs. May be you can even share your struggle meal if you have any!
In sweden we have a dish called stuvade makaroner (stewed maccaroni) to make it you boil maccaroni in Milk but you use white peppar, salt and nutmeg in the milk instead of suger
7:43 it’s kind of like a fork ladle. I might bend one of my forks and see how it works. It wouldn’t be great for eating, but as a cooking implement it kind of makes sense.
At furst i thought the second one said TOILET pizza 😂
...and that wouldn't have surprised me
Lol
I get my penicillin from the doctor not the cheese in my fridge.
I can say with conviction that bengali pudding isnt weird, it is a special dish we have on special occassions...there are lots of types of bengali porridges, called payesh and that ISNT A BENGALI PORRIDGE!!!!!! That is truly diabolical and i am ngl, i NEVER had that thing tbh...you can look up payesh recipes online and it will give you lots of actually good tasting recipes and I am sorry to everybody who decided to watch this video and thought bengali porridge looks like that, i can guarantee it doesnt. i can give you a recipe if you want, its really simple to do
I won't call Payesh a porridge, rather a dessert. And believe it or not, a lot of cultures have it, including German (Milchreis) and it tastes almost similar (to the white one, not the jhola gur one). Even if microwaving isn't recommended, this guy straight up used Milo for this!
@ScarletGhost53 Agreed but thts also what textbooks over here in west bengal have described it in english so its very firmly a sweet porridge for me hahah but i agree
@@ScarletGhost53 Forgot to say but, that egg recipe from whosoever it was, was diabolical
Great video chef James! Keep up the good work! I am going to continue badgering you with Afghani Chicken requests now!! 😂😂
I'm starting to watch ,and already know that it will be good 😁 .Cheers Chef.
"You don't have to make something bad to get mean comments. You can make something perfectly fine. You still get mean comments." Haha. Ain't that the truth.
yeah haha
I think I'm more offended by him pouring the orange juice first THEN the cheezits. Psychopath behavior
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The flavor combination makes sense but the order matters. Agreed!
What bothers me the most is it's supposed to be a "struggle meal" and then he pours one of the most expensive big brand orange juices out there. You could eat real struggle meals for half a week for the price of that juice.alone.
@@pultsari9036 Feels like a lot of these weren't cheap meals. Struggle can mean different things and this video shows it. A cheap meal is probably based in some sort of rice or other grain. A meal you don't need to cook is also considered a struggle meal and that is what the cheezits and juice were. When you can't go buy cereal.
13:48 Milo is chocolate malt powder like Ovaltine. And honestly, if you just used regular milk there, you'd more or less have a scrambled egg. It was the Milo that doomed it.
I really like when you share some of your favorite dishes. The reactions are always great and insightful, but your step-by-step guides (similar to your lasagna) I really enjoy.
My struggle meal is basically low-effort tuna salad. 1 can of tuna, a handful of crumbled saltine crackers, a dallop of mayonnaise, and whatever condiments and spices I feel like adding to taste (mustard, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper). Nothing special, but simple and tasty, and goes well on a sandwich.
Similar here, but with a bowl of cooked quick elbow macaroni (3min cooktime), some finely diced onion, maybe some diced cucumber, tomatoes or canned sweetcorn.
Can be made with bacon instead of canned tuna as well.
My struggle meals were rice with half a can of peas and a sauce of butter, soy sauce, garlic powder, and black pepper, as well as spaghetti and tomato sauce with no meat, but sometimes with tofu or chickpeas. I couldn't eat spaghetti for ten years after college.
In the early 70s my parents couldn't afford potatoes. We ate rice and kidneys, liver and other vomit inducing meats. Both parents worked, they were immigrants. We only had a decent meal on Sunday. ... Sandwiches and a canned corn beef or spam.
My struggle meal is toast with jelly and a fried egg on it. If i'm really struggling, I go to bed for dinner.
When i was a kid my mother does Sometimes"milch nudeln" (milk noodles) for dinner it is basicly juste "penne" noodles get cooked normaly and then put in heaten milk with sugar
me and my brother loved it
talking about the milk noodle thing, we eat a similar thing in Bangladesh called shemai, but it's cooked with crushed green cardamom pods for a better aroma, and it tastes really good when served hot, it's a dessert here.
yup same in Estern Europe. in Estonia we make it with dough lumps. like we make a kind of pasta dough and then just throw small chunks in boiling water to boil them in to shape and to cook them a little. then we just throw it all in pot with milk heat it up. maby pinch of salt but usualy we don't season it much because everyone can just put on as much as they themselves want in their own bowls. google piima klimbisoup and it's those ones that are in milk. real tasty actually
It reminded me of Aletria, a Portuguese dessert, made with vermicelli noodles, milk, sugar, lemon zest, egg yolks and butter.
We have a similar dish in germany too, called "milch-nudeln".
The preparation is basically the same as rice pudding. But instead of rice you take noodles (mostly egg noodles).
It's usually served with sugar and cinnamon, or with hot cherry compote.
I Was Just Watching Future Canoe QNA When Your Video Notification Popped Up 😂
No way! Haha
Great video, for his last category he should have found one of jacks more popular videos
The "meecrowarve" will never not be funny
This channel deserves like few mlns subs already. Informative and funny content
Important note @3:15 - ONLY SALVAGE HARD, AGED CHEESES. If anything like ricotta, creamcheese, or the brie James mentioned starts going bad, it's ALL bad. Don't even try, just throw it out.
James, can you please make a video about how to improve the instant noodles in a good fancy way?
maybe
@@AlexShutyuk make urself some chilli oil, there should be around a billion videos explaining how to
As a Filipino, Milo/Ovaltine over rice is an acquired taste. Though what I did was mix the powder in hot water before pouring it on the rice. Used to eat it during breakfast with fried hot dogs, corned beef and/or eggs when we had cousins over one summer who taught us how to make it.
@@karnzter like a poor man's champorado I guess
That's it, I need you to try the OJ and cheese it's. Also I've got some struggle meals growing up in a trailer park my now husband and his rich family loves I'd love you to try.
not gonna lie, this is the best, most classiest culinary channel. youre a very inspiring chef the way youre so calm nd collected. quite intriguing G-d bless chef!!!
Does your "O" key not work?
Thank you so much 😀
@@devcrom3 nah man I jus don't see myself worthy of spelling out His name, in any sense of the word lol
@@aks.bressler Well, you're still capitalizing so I have to assume you're brainwashed.
10:50 I was eating chefffff!!!!!!
The genuine disgust in his face
8:00 "the sure u did" u said itso perfectly 😂😂😂😂 100% convinced
13:25 the milo and rice is really bringing my childhoods' memories... I guess it's not for everybody but many of us Filipinos grew up eating this. Until now, if I don't feel eating heavy this is our ( me and my siblings) go to food.
If you did struggle meals, it might be a nice twist to see if there was anyway you could improve them without much effort, or offer an alternative with said ingredients (thus keeping in line with the idea that it's a struggle meal)
My struggle meal is something I cal "Cheesy Taco Rice." Make some rice but season the water with taco seasoning (I also add salt and black pepper). Then add shredded cheese (I use mild cheddar) and a little bit of ketchup for sweetnes and stir until all the cheese is melted and everything is homogenous.
Since you asked, yes, I'd like to see you eat that goldfish orange juice thing. I assume you can find it in spain 🙂
maybe haha
3:58 "Kimchi and corn" then look at James in top corner making the same face I am and lmao. The universal WTF yuck face look of mutual agreement.
I'm not sure why but the way you talk combined with the sound of your voice is really soothing to me, would love if one day you decided to voice an audiobook.
LOVE YOUR CONTENT CHEF JAMES❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
Here's one for you James:
Freshly cooked jasmine rice
Add dark soy sauce, 2 whole eggs, MSG, black pepper, mix and enjoy.
Honestly, Canoe has amazing videos and deserves every view.
2:45 i make these for my kids for their lunch box. Just fold it before baking so there's no mess when they eat it. And they get pepperoni on there :]
Saying you can't get everything in Spain is a great way to excuse yourself from having to try some recipes 😂
hahaha its the truth
my favorite struggle meal is just the humble sweet potato, quick wash and scrub so you can eat the skin too, stab a few holes in it with a knife, microwave for like 5 minutes and sit down with your phone whilst it does, then just take it out, slice it open, add butter, pinch of salt and/or msg then whatever the hell you like, potato like rice is very versatile so just chuck whatever you can be bothered with on depending on what ingredients you have in and the level of how much you care, you can just wash, stab and mike it just have it plain and its still great.
you can make it if you're broke, depressed, drunk or whatever, the ultimate struggle meals are the simplest, its cheap, easy and versatile. sweet potatos have got me through a lot of times where i was too broke, drunk, or depressed to do better.
Roasted sweet potatoes are a common winter street food in East Asia (Japan, China, Korea), both the pale-fleshed and the purple-fleshed kind.
Honestly just sounds like how you make a baked/jacket potato but with a sweet potato instead. Are they cheaper than regular ones where you are or do you just like the flavour more? I should probably try cuz I love both sweet potatoes and baked potatoes
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN i mean it basically is but in my opinion sweet potato's just have a lot more flavor without being unhealthy or anything so they're a lot easier to just have plain without adding anything if you don't want to
Egg, sugar, milk and cocoa powder over fire stirred until getting creamy make an excellent pudding with the good ratios.
I've been making tortilla pizzas for years. Not even as a struggle meal, just to eat. I don't bake the tortilla before hand, but I also used a toaster oven to cook them. Put them in for 5-7 minutes and they're good to go, without being overly crunchy or too soft.
Chef James, the most popular struggle meals when I was in university many years ago were either with common instant ramen (check out After Prison Show for some interesting ramen dishes) and the blue box Mac and Cheese. What about a video giving your favorite enhancements to these comfort foods? Thank you. I love your channel.
The Plain Pizza was the BEST!. Awesome review, Thanks James!
My pleasure!
Great way to start my Sunday! Thanks James!
My pleasure!
James, I only just discovered your channel a few days ago and I just want to say that you really bring joy to my heart (and my kitchen). Do you work in a restaurant in Spain? I'd love to taste one of your dishes sometime!
Thank you! not currently I'm editing full time now
yayy time to binge watch videos today since it's a blizzard outside and no one is going anywhere 😂
This was a nice reaction video.
Back in my college days, my struggle meals would incorporate pizza with lots of cheese bacon and some pickled green tomatoes or pasta with some peanut butter sauce. Thankfully I rarely needed these.
When I was a kid I had a friend who lived with his single dad, they weren't poor but his father wasn't great and cooking and had a job that kept him from home most of the time, so their meals were always very simple when I visited. One that I remember, and have used myself, was a dish of white rice, served with pan-fried minced meat, seasoned with salt and black pepper and ketchup or any other bottle sauce that was available in the fridge. While the dish is rather boring and bland, it was a perfect struggle meal that helped me a lot during my late teens when I lived alone at my own apartment as a student with low income. It's cheap to make and due to it being bland, using ketchup, soy sauce or whatever else is at hand makes it diverse in quality and flavor.
It's not something I would cook as a first choice today, but every once in a while if I need something quick and easy, it is still a handy dish to make.
I'd be interested in seeing some struggle meals. Future Canoe makes me really funny videos.
Thanks for the video
Some of those are "struggle dishes" not in sense of financial struggle, but metal struggle...
The milo rice reminds me of something I did when I was student- usually leftover bowl of rice or pasta, mix it with several spoons of jam. Usually called it death bowl, since pasta with strawberry jam made it look certain way ;-). Milo rice seems way worse since it is dry. And uses milo.
For mould on cheese I think the rule is something like that- hard cheese- cut around, soft or wet cheese throw it out. Generally anything that it wet or soft, you need to throw it out.
I've been in some stress before, but never quite this bad. Mind you, one of my favourite foods as a child was white rice with currants. The currants help disguise all the flies that get stuck in the rice, so you don't notice them.
Vermicelli is a white thin noodle made from rice and usually used for making Pho, while common yellow noodles are usually made from wheat. Not to be mistaken with another thin noodle called glass noodle that is made from veggie starch and usually used for making Japchae.
the #2, we do something similar in NZ, you can use either a bun cut in half or just some bread, I usually do it to get rid of some buns going a little stale. Put tinned spaghetti in tomato sauce on the bottom, add sliced onion, meat, cheese and put in the grill until the cheese is melting, you can pre toast the bread slightly first. It's not a struggle meal, but it is fun to do with the kids and it clears out some left overs in the fridge
Long time ago, in the army, I'd take the MRE packets and experiment. One that was outstanding was peanut butter, cocoa powder, cherry drink powder, instant coffee, sugar, creamer and salt, and a little water. Mix the dry ingredients with the water, then stir in the peanut butter. Oh, and crumble the cracker packet in. When it's gone in 3 minutes, pour in water, scrub around with your hand, and chug it. Wipe clean with your bandana. Good for the day.
You totally need to do this. My struggle meal I had when I lived on my own was peanut butter pickle sandwiches.
Milk soup is great, and if you're REALLY struggling then you can even dilute it with water and not use any specific kind of noodles (or to be more specific you actually boil any regular noodles first in water until they're almost done, then add milk and sugar). Ideally you want to use vermicelli cause it takes them only 2-3 minutes of boiling to get ready and because of how small and thin each piece is they easily get boiled in milk alone instead of having to be boiled in water first like regular noodles. I also prefer to add just a little bit of salt instead of only adding sugar. You can also partially replace sugar with honey, imo the favor is better that way. Its also nice to add just a bit pf butter into the boiling milk (dont add salt if youre using salted butter) it addes even more nuance to the flavor and helps to keep the vermicelli separate from eachother instead of clumping up together.
My favorite struggle meal is just ramen and eggs. Start your noodles boiling, and cook just until they’re starting to soften and separate. Add your eggs - I usually do two per ramen packet. Cook for two -three minutes. You want the eggs to be slightly underdone. Drain, and quickly stir the eggs into the noodles. The eggs coat the noodles as they finish cooking from the residual heat. A little bit of butter or a sprinkle of Parmesan is good, but not essential.
I do Ramen and tuna
Please review more FutureCanoe videos! His laziness plus your insight is a wonderful combo
My go to struggle meals include cooked white rice with cheddar cheese melted in the microwave then topped off with salsa. Also naan/pita pizza which is pasta sauce and cheese on naan or a pita bread. And garlic brown butter popcorn. Thee cloves of garlic finely minced, add to some browned butter and stir until they're crispy, then pour over popcorn and sprinkle with salt. Or a cup of ramen with a handful of frozen peas thrown in topped with a couple fried eggs.
I really like it when your accent comes out.
And Betty Crocker actually sells mug desserts. Quite tasty 😋
Happy new year, Chef!
Happy new year!
the milk with vermicelli one actually works. if you want to try it, my recommendation would be to firstly use vermicelli and not noodles and secondly, add some crushed cardamom while boiling and finish with a dash of rose water. adding some condensed milk while boiling makes it even tastier :)
Not a single person watching "struggle meal vids" will be buying any cheese knife ever lol.
It's not Delivery it's De-struggle. It still looked better than Jamie Oliver's food.
A lot of things are better than Jamie Oliver's food, it's not really an indicative of anything
the milk and noodles is a childhood piece of mine. grew up with the stuff. a nice treat actually, and works with any sort of noodle, but those flat short ones are best.
My friend's struggle meal is just a can of I'm pretty sure red kidney beans, with hot sauce, eaten directly from the can. I'm a big fan of "toaster pizza", which is a slice of toast with pepperoni and cheese on top, then microwaved to melt the cheese.
Okay so, not a struggle meal, but a comfort meal, mince up some garlic, green chillies, ginger together. take some curd or yoghurt, add some turmeric powder, salt, mix it well so that it is fully even, add some water, turn on gas, add ghee/oil/butter, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, holy basil leaves, the chillies mixture, once it seems done, add the yughurt paste, mix it well, keep stirring continuously, might take three minutes or more, garnish with coriander leaves.
I *finally* bought a replacement for my lost Wüsthof santoku! Classic Ikon Craftsman has been awesome so far, and I really only bought it because I thought it looked neat. Keep shilling Wüsthof, chef, I'll be doing the same!
Hi Chef James, way back in the pre-Cambrian era, 1990s I made a quesadilla for us and our Oaxacan friends and to save time I put one tortilla on the boddom and melted cheese etc on top then topped with another and flipped it over to fry on the other side. Our Doctor friend asked sarcastically "Que Madres es esa!" and I answered "Precisamente esa una Madriola" and from that time on we've named that concoction a Madriola....hahaha. Jacques Mexico
Pasta with a milk product and sugar is veering towards eastern Europe....Viva Catalunya! Eviva! y Vive los Makinsons Eviva! Cheerrio my friend
Thing with mold is that what you see is not the full moldy part. It has penetrated way deeper than most people think. In case of black mold you need to be really careful. Some molds can be lethal to eat (as they produce mycotoxins). Generally green mold safer side, it will alter the taste (earthy taste). Black mold however is nearly always dangerous. Also there can be different colors like red or yellow etc. Some molds are perfectly fine, especially if they have been cultivated for that reason. But if if it's not suppose to be moldy and you are not starving, consider it waste. And if you are starving, just removing the visible part will not remove the mold. It has spread into larger area that is invisible to eye - even before you see the spot on the surface.
Also I guess say that the white "mold" on top of older cheese might not be mold at all. It likely is minerals that have surfaced. It likely is more things like calsium and salts. Those are perfectly fine to eat. If it's powder like, that is still totally fine. It scrapes off but it also totally edible as it's suppose to be inside the cheese anyway. If it however is furry - then it is mold.
The best struggle meal for me was always fried penne pasta, fried rice or even fried potatos with scrambled egg and hot sauce or spicy ketchup. It has protein and carbs aswell as fats so you definetly survive on it while it costs very little money.
Good to see ol' Canoe catching the attention of professional chefs.
7:37 that's actually a extreamly popular dish in the eastern europe. but usualy you make dough chuncks that you boil so they become firm and then throw milk and those dough lumps in a pot and just heat it up so it becomes warm. you can add either sugar or salt. kids usualy eat it with alot of sugar so it becomes a tasty sweet meal. while the adults are trying to pretend like they hate sweet taste and eat it with salt instead. google piima klimbisupp and that's the dish. the dough looks nasty shaped but it really is just pasta dough you thrown in a pot and boiled like that. you can use regular pasta to
Make my Buldak Noodles . Pick level 2 or 3 .
Add 5-7 Big garlic clove , 5 Green chile , one Small Purple onion Finely chopped all .
Cook in butter . Add water , Salt , Crush Black pepper , soya sauce two Tea spoon . And you Nods and Both flavor packet from inside .
And MSG If you want .
Buldak soup is great. I add sausage.
The broth is awesome for dipping bread in :)
The only thing I don't really like is that the noodles have a hint of sweetness to them, it seems to be common among the brands noodles. Is it just me?
my struggle meal is literally just plain white rice w/ scrambled eggs mixed into it. takes like literally five minutes (minus rice cooking time, ty rice cooker), all i have to do is soft scramble some eggs. it may sound sad, but i'm disabled and at the end of a long day when i don't want something like instant ramen or anything like that i can make this, it's warm and filling and nutritious and easy on my body, i highly recommend this to anyone else with disabilities that make cooking a challenge
The fact i am watching this, while eating a struggle meal of ramen, cooked in left over beef stew gravy, says a lot about the little spy device in my phone.
Ghetto cake, ghetto pizza, trailor park soup. If you know, you know
1 egg, left over chicken scraps lemon juice (dash), sweetcorn, chicken stock cube, corn flour... home made chicken and sweetcorn soup
Im doing struggle meals this month. Rice and canned tomatoes are excellent and filling. Add cheese soup to a can of tomatoes to make a sort of queso which can be a dip or over pinto beans and made into a burrito.
Working as a chef I have learnt to upgrade the food I made as a kid. It's a blessing that I have come to where I am today. The food still tastes as good as it did back then.😅
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