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IndgoViolet t1_itvxadt wrote

Can't beat dried beans, hominy, and rice. Cheap, filling, pantry stable, and nutritious. And if you're scavenging/scrounging parm cheese, seasoning, and condiment packages from friends' take-outs as you say in the comments, you can make them pretty tasty.

Edit: google says a lb of pintos is $1.70USD which will make 6 servings, cooked = .28 cents per, Rice is $1.35USD for a 1lb bag totaling 7.5 servings = .18 cents per, and Great Value Hominy is $3.98USD for 110.4oz /24 servings = .63 cents per serving for a complete protein meal. You will have to refrigerate the left over hominy after opening though.

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DivvySUCKS OP t1_itvxolm wrote

What's a hominy?

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IndgoViolet t1_itw4xby wrote

Corn treated with lye to make the protein in it bio-available. It's what they make corn tortillas and corn chips from. A powerhouse traditional Mexican/Native American food. You often see it in soups as well as the afore mentioned tortillas, chips, tamales, etc..

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DivvySUCKS OP t1_itw5k2z wrote

Lye sounds artificial. I'd be uncomfortable putting that in my body.

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IndgoViolet t1_itw5s8y wrote

Nope, traditionally made by soaking corn in water with fireplace ash - as all natural as you can get - then rinsed clean and cooked, canned, and sold at Walmart

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DivvySUCKS OP t1_itw6c3e wrote

Unfortunately Walmart is know for selling GMO food so I can't shop there

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