It's GREAT when you're broke and you don't think you have anything

[janx]

to eat, but then you discover that through creativity, you can get some good food going! Sitness: an old chicken breast in the freezer and some cheap potatoes I bought at WalMart!

[busybl]

1. It is

it's akin to finding 5 dollars in a pocket in the closet.

[emilyg]

2. Yes! Been there.

[LostInAnomie]

3. Cream of mushroom, tuna, and seasoned salt.

If you have rice, it makes it all the better.

[grasswire]

4. bless your heart, friend

We'll get through this. I wish I could feed everyone on DU that's hungry or food insecure tonight. It hurts my heart to think about the misery in the land.

[K8-EEE]

5. Yes! Me last week! I found some not quite past-it goat cheese

mixed it with a can of stewed tomatoes & pasta & frozen broccoli, I was such a happy camper. This week we finally got a lot of long-awaited paychecks in and feel like living large, even picked up some Thai takeout! But often i am where you were tonight and it is really nice to find forgotten food (or forgotten money -- the $5 in the pants pocket!)

[Broken_Hero]

6. I can understand that feeling...

One of the most memorable broke moments I had was in late 99...I was broke as all hell, all ready drove a few of my best friends to the edge of them lending me money...I hadn't eaten for 2 days, no cigs, nothing...

I was going through my cd collection getting ready to start pawning stuff off big time, and I find a 50$ bill behind one of my cds....the feeling I had then was so, enormous, I cannot begin to explain how happy I was.

I had some good McD's and got me some cheap cigs, and got some food for the next 10 days....

I had another very bad broke moment in very late 99 where I lived off a 50lb back of Krusteaz pancake batter, and eventually I got so desperate I couldn't afford butter/syrup and I was using every condiment I had, ketchup/mustad/relish/ranch on my pancakes...and after that experience I cannot stand pancakes anymore...I ate them for months.

[Cleobulus]

7. I've become an expert on budget cooking through being completely broke myself.

It does fuel the creativity, doesn't it?