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$50, two
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One
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part two:
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Lunch for two –
Bean and cheese burritos [2
flour tortillas, ½ can spicy refried beans, grated cheddar cheese]
Sometimes there’s nothing more
satisfying than a good, basic, bean and cheese burrito. It’s cheap, it’s
easy (we always used canned beans), and boy does it ever fill you up. I
try not to think about the fact that the reason it tastes so good is
because both the tortillas and the beans are chock full of lard (mmmmm,
100% pure animal fat!) … but we’ve tried the vegetarian versions,
and they’re indisputably inferior in flavor and texture.
Dinner for one (boyfriend
eats free food at school) –
Leftover veggie stew
Tonight it’s just me eating dinner all by my lonesome; my
boyfriend has some seminar or discussion group or guest speaker at
school and free food is apparently provided. There’s just enough
veggie stew left for me to have a big bowl’s worth. I settle down in
front of the TV and watch Friends re-runs while I enjoy my meal.
DAY 4
Breakfast
– Granola bars
It’s the weekend, which for us,
means jumping out of bed to feed our addiction: foraging at estate
sales. Because we’re, well, obsessed, we don’t waste time by
stopping to eat breakfast first. We do, however, have the good sense to
bring along some granola bars, since we know from experience that we’ll
get hungry while we’re out and about.
Lunch for two –
Bean and cheese burritos again
We’ve got the other half of the refried beans, so it’s burritos
again today.
Dinner for two –
Steamed scallion chicken with steamed white rice [2
thighs, 2 breasts, 2 wings, 4 stalks scallions, 2 cloves garlic, 1½
cups rice]
*also made chicken stock with the
remnants from the whole split chicken
Tonight it’s time to make use
of my split chicken. I’ve unwrapped the bisected bird and am realizing
that I’m not quite certain what to do with it, now that I’ve got it
in my kitchen. Generally, I take the easy route and buy boneless,
skinless breasts and thighs, but my mother says that I’ll need both
bone and skin intact to make her scallion chicken dish. And anyway, this
was a lot cheaper. Somehow, I manage to chop it up into approximately
2" chunks. I’m only using the breasts, wings and thighs for
tonight’s dish; the drumsticks and the remaining bits (there’s quite
a bit; hack butcher that I am, I’ve chopped rather inefficiently) I’ll
use to make chicken stock.
c'mon
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