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Dustin1280 posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

$72 weekly for 6 meals?

https://www.xmremeals.com/xmre-1000xt

$106 for 12 meals.

Doesn't require buying an oven

You can thank me later

Actually curious about this >_>.

I bought their 1300 calorie version w/heaters which is a bit more expensive, but they've been pretty good.

The thing I like the most about them is you can just leave them out in the pantry or something they require no refrigeration, and they come with flameless heaters so all you need to warm up the main course is water. That's it. Just water. No need for a pot or anything it boils itself. After a while the chemicals wear out and it stops boiling so you can basically just start heating it up, forget about it for a few minutes, come back, and your food is nice and warm.

Lots of side dishes as well. various crackers, dried fruit, peanut butter, cookies, etc.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Why the fuck would someone release this product during a boom of "foodie culture"?

Hey yeah, home cooking is more popular than ever, people are starting to care more about where their food comes from . . . let's reinvent the fucking TV dinner but make it less convenient and more expensive!

lol @ thinking that hipsters and organic fucks won't eat this shit up
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"$36 a week for three meals for one person"

lol
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So basically this meal-machine is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5EqHfJqFDw
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I'd use it
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...

CountessRolab posted...

I love how you all cant get over the fact it is $12 per meal. It is called paying for convenience. Sorry to break it to you, but not everyone is poor.

Not everyone is a lazy idiot incapable of browning some meat and cooking some veggies either.

This is literally a less convenient TV dinner with its own oven and like 4 times the cost.

Slightly less convenient but far healthier. Seriously this is aimed at people who have money, don't want to/can't cook, and want to eat healthy.
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Angry poor people ITT
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Howl posted...

MrDrMan posted...

Unless you're actively looking for cheap meals it's hard to fill a grown mans appetite with 10 bucks. At least when going out to eat.

Dude I weigh 250 lbs. and I don't spend 10 dollars for every meal at all even when I go out to eat.

Go to any random restaurant and try to get full for less than 10 bucks. Highly doubt you will. Assuming you tip properly as well.
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MrDrMan posted...

Howl posted...

MrDrMan posted...

Unless you're actively looking for cheap meals it's hard to fill a grown mans appetite with 10 bucks. At least when going out to eat.

Dude I weigh 250 lbs. and I don't spend 10 dollars for every meal at all even when I go out to eat.

Go to any random restaurant and try to get full for less than 10 bucks. Highly doubt you will. Assuming you tip properly as well.

It can be done. Food's probably bad for you though. I mean you can get something to fill you up at a place like Chipotle for under $10. But that's not exactly good for you either.
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CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

I cook better food for cheaper tho
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Hell yea!

A day closer to a Food replicator operated by siri, cortana, or alexa
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CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

If you're rich there is a literal world of better food options, most of which include food even fresher than this 'fresh' food. There's no real consumer base for this bad boy.
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I get three hello fresh meals a week they are great.

IT saves me a stop to the store and the quality is excellent.

https://www.hellofresh.com/tasty/
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Yaridovich posted...

CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

If you're rich there is a literal world of better food options, most of which include food even fresher than this 'fresh' food. There's no real consumer base for this bad boy.

After spending 12 hours working, I dont exactly feel like going and having a 2 hour fine-dining meal or cooking. Workaholics are the target market.
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CountessRolab posted...

Yaridovich posted...

CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

If you're rich there is a literal world of better food options, most of which include food even fresher than this 'fresh' food. There's no real consumer base for this bad boy.

After spending 12 hours working, I dont exactly feel like going and having a 2 hour fine-dining meal or cooking. Workaholics are the target market.

Have you ever cooked a meal before in your life? Don't answer that, clearly you haven't with those inflated numbers.
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CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

ITP smart = poor
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CountessRolab posted...

Yaridovich posted...

CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

If you're rich there is a literal world of better food options, most of which include food even fresher than this 'fresh' food. There's no real consumer base for this bad boy.

After spending 12 hours working, I dont exactly feel like going and having a 2 hour fine-dining meal or cooking. Workaholics are the target market.

I mean I put pork medallions in the oven, set it for about 20 minutes, then play video games for 20 minutes.

I'm not sure why you think cooking takes 2 hours on a regular basis.

On Iron Chef you got people literally cooking a top-notch 4 course meal in an hour.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

CountessRolab posted...

Yaridovich posted...

CountessRolab posted...

Angry poor people ITT

If you're rich there is a literal world of better food options, most of which include food even fresher than this 'fresh' food. There's no real consumer base for this bad boy.

After spending 12 hours working, I dont exactly feel like going and having a 2 hour fine-dining meal or cooking. Workaholics are the target market.

I mean I put pork medallions in the oven, set it for about 20 minutes, then play video games for 20 minutes.

I'm not sure why you think cooking takes 2 hours on a regular basis.

On Iron Chef you got people literally cooking a top-notch 4 course meal in an hour.

Drive to market
Shopping
Checking out
Load car
drive home
unload car
probably good for a week if you are a skilled list maker other wise plan on making another stop or two during the week easy
Prep food
begin cooking
clean prep
finish cooking
clean up
put away any left overs if applicable

I mean this is not as quick as you want it to be.

Hello fresh sends me three gourmet meals a week to my door for two people. At $10 a meal it's a no brainer.

Mix in a night our here or there and some simple meals it just makes life a lot easier.
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My groceries last me at least three weeks (often more) and cost me about $50. That's far better than $10 a meal. At $10 a meal, I might as well eat out.
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1337toothbrush posted...

My groceries last me at least three weeks (often more) and cost me about $50. That's far better than $10 a meal. At $10 a meal, I might as well eat out.

the fuck do you eat? noodles and sauce \ ramen \ PB&J every other meal?
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HypnoCoosh posted...

I mean this is not as quick as you want it to be.

oh. that's strange. my routine looks something like this.

thaw food from freezer
put in oven for 20 minutes
serve on paper plate
eat food
dump oil
dry pan
throw away plate

or sometimes I like to make pasta, in which case it looks like this.

boil pasta
strain
put in pot
mix with sauce from store
serve in bowl
rinse pot and bowl
put both back into cupboard

now granted, making the sauce from fresh tomatoes does take long enough that I usually don't bother with it.

The whole thing takes about 30 minutes.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

My groceries last me at least three weeks (often more) and cost me about $50. That's far better than $10 a meal. At $10 a meal, I might as well eat out.

the fuck do you eat? noodles and sauce \ ramen \ PB&J every other meal?

Eggs, grains, beans, milk with store brand cereal, fruits and vegetables, and meat from time to time. Sometimes I'll have a peanut butter sandwich (no jelly) and sometimes I'll have noodles (usually stirfry).
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ChromaticAngel posted...

HypnoCoosh posted...

I mean this is not as quick as you want it to be.

oh. that's strange. my routine looks something like this.

thaw food from freezer
put in oven for 20 minutes
serve on paper plate
eat food
dump oil
dry pan
throw away plate

or sometimes I like to make pasta, in which case it looks like this.

boil pasta
strain
put in pot
mix with sauce from store
serve in bowl
rinse pot and bowl
put both back into cupboard

now granted, making the sauce from fresh tomatoes does take long enough that I usually don't bother with it.

The whole thing takes about 30 minutes.

Completely bypassing shopping all together.

Also produce don't last honey so unless your diet consists of 100% non produce you're going to the store every 4-5 days.

Also I can cook short meals too, this is why I love grilling it's quick, healthy and easy clean-up. But let's be realistic cooking and baking more often than not takes more than 20 minutes from beginning to end.

And paper plates are for children or college students. Why on earth would I use a paper plate on a gourmet meal?
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1337toothbrush posted...

My groceries last me at least three weeks (often more) and cost me about $50

1337toothbrush posted...

fruits and vegetables, and meat

Not possible.
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That salmon looked a little over done tbh.

HypnoCoosh posted...

Completely bypassing shopping all together.

Also produce don't last honey so unless your diet consists of 100% non produce you're going to the store every 4-5 days.

Also I can cook short meals too, this is why I love grilling it's quick, healthy and easy clean-up. But let's be realistic cooking and baking more often than not takes more than 20 minutes from beginning to end.

And paper plates are for children or college students. Why on earth would I use a paper plate on a gourmet meal?

I leave the house every day to go to work and once every two weeks I also stop to gas up the car. Generally speaking, on some of those days, I get groceries on the way back from home.

Predominantly I've been buying a lot of dry beans (I soak them overnight) and large bags of rice which stay for a really long time, last a really long time, and don't much to cook.

For the beans, after soaking, I will put them in a crock pot and let them cook while I'm at work as they require no real oversight. Rice can just be boiled on the spot for about 20 minutes and it's super easy to clean up.

I've got bags of dry beans and lentils that just sit there for weeks and are generally still good and cheap.

I'm not going to land a job at a 5 star hotel anytime soon, but it tastes good enough for me and saves money.

And there is nothing wrong with paper plates. I use them all the time unless it's something I have to cut like a steak.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

My groceries last me at least three weeks (often more) and cost me about $50

1337toothbrush posted...

fruits and vegetables, and meat

Not possible.

You need to shop at better places, then. Even at chain markets, asparagus is like a dollar per pound. Chicken is like $1-2 per pound. A can of tuna is $1 or less.
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Ic3Bullet posted...

That salmon looked a little over done tbh.

That wasn't Salmon
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1337toothbrush posted...

HypnoCoosh posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

My groceries last me at least three weeks (often more) and cost me about $50

1337toothbrush posted...

fruits and vegetables, and meat

Not possible.

You need to shop at better places, then. Even at chain markets, asparagus is like a dollar per pound. Chicken is like $1-2 per pound. A can of tuna is $1 or less.

Where do you live?
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You must live in New York or California if those prices seem impossible.
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1337toothbrush posted...

You must live in New York or California if those prices seem impossible.

A can of tuna is not $1.

It's not something you cook, either.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

You must live in New York or California if those prices seem impossible.

A can of tuna is not $1.

It's not something you cook, either.

Dollar stores around here carry them for $1.

The point is food you can eat, cooking is not a requirement. Are you trying to set up some stupidly arbitrary conditions in order for this service to not look pointless?
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Well sure you could eat for free out of a garbage can but that doesn't mean it's good.

Sorry man but good food costs $$$
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1337toothbrush posted...

Dollar stores around here carry them for $1.

Never seen tuna nearly that cheap and even the cheapest shit I do see is gross as light tuna. Decent white tuna costs 3 times that at least.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

Well sure you could eat for free out of a garbage can but that doesn't mean it's good.

Sorry man but good food costs $$$

"Eggs, grains, beans, milk with store brand cereal, fruits and vegetables, and meat from time to time" from a store = eating from a garbage can

A fool and his money are soon parted.
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it just seems like a regular oven

ChromaticAngel posted...

And there is nothing wrong with paper plates.

Not if you overlook the fact it's lazy wasteful bad for the environment and so far from classy or tasteful that it forces one to question a persons self respect.

But I'm not sure why you'd overlook all that.
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1337toothbrush posted...

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hey man more power to ya.

I just like more that beans and rice in my diet lol

And let's be honest your "fruits and vegetables" are not substantial in anyway for $16 a week or whatever you claim your spending.

But good on you for your frugalness I've been there and ate a pretty boring diet before because that's all I could afford.
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CountessRolab posted...

Awakened_Link posted...

That's expensive as hell.

It is Blue Apron for lazy people

It's Easybake Oven for lazy people with money.

The fact that the "timer" is a smartphone app pretty much confirms that.

CanuckCowboy posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

And there is nothing wrong with paper plates.

Not if you overlook the fact it's lazy wasteful bad for the environment and so far from classy or tasteful that it forces one to question a persons self respect.

But I'm not sure why you'd overlook all that.

paper plates is lazy but cooking food in disposable tins using a QR code is not?

oh, but hold on, now we're talking about bad for the environment, so anything other than vegan is bad as well.

and I'm comfortable enough in my own skin that I'm not concerned about people thinking I'm not "classy"

btw, short list of other things bad for the environment:
Recycling plastic
Recycling glass
internal combustion engines
books
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ChromaticAngel posted...

btw, short list of other things bad for the environment:
Recycling plastic
Recycling glass
internal combustion engines
books

Plus also indoor plumbing.

Shit in the river is natural. Dumping everyone's shit in the river all at once is not.

HypnoCoosh posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hey man more power to ya.

I just like more that beans and rice in my diet lol

And let's be honest your "fruits and vegetables" are not substantial in anyway for $16 a week or whatever you claim your spending.

But good on you for your frugalness I've been there and ate a pretty boring diet before because that's all I could afford.

$50 is way too high for just beans and rice. Learn how to be a smart shopper.
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I feel like I need to discuss my food budget a bit more.

1. I get free bananas, oranges, and apples at work. We're allowed to take them home on Fridays otherwise they tend to go bad over the weekend.
2. Also get free milk if I wanted it for some reason (not usually, but I do grab some sometimes for cereal)
3. I buy a great deal of generic "fill up bag" shit at my local supermarket. I pay less than $2 per pound of dry pinto beans. one cup of dry pinto beans expands to the size of a whole dinner when soaked/cooked.
4. I also get free biscuits and pretzels at work although these tend to be super dry and I only rarely eat them. Sometimes I will eat the biscuits for breakfast but they're not very good in general.
5. I eat a lot of sandwiches. A main staple of my diet is rye bread + some kind of filling, typically hummus, or some kind of pork or chicken/turkey. A loaf of bread is good for a little over a week unless I go extra on Sandwiches and costs about $4. A pound of expensive lunchmeat is about $10 and is good for approximately a week. I'll get cheese, it also costs $10 but I use much less of it and lasts for 2 weeks on average.
6. I rarely buy fresh produce, most of the vegetables I buy are frozen. Varies based on size/contents of bag, but $15 for a huge bag is not uncommon.
7. I keep an eye on various meat prices. I've seen catfish around here go down to $4 per pound and it tastes great. I check the beef and pork packages for "about to expire" shit as those are massively discounted. Also for some reason, some things are cheap as fuck for reasons I don't understand. Like I saw these pork chops that were pre-seasoned and cost like $2 less than the raw pork chops right next to them that were also smaller. I assume these are loss leaders.
8. Every two weeks (approximately) I spend about $10 on yogurt.

$50 for three weeks is solid into starvation territoriy for me unless I ate instant ramen every day, but I can easily use it to buy a lot more than 6 meals.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

paper plates is lazy but cooking food in disposable tins using a QR code is not?

Who said it wasn't?

And why's that relevant?
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ChromaticAngel posted...

oh, but hold on, now we're talking about bad for the environment, so anything other than vegan is bad as well.

And that makes less sense than your other "counter point".
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how isnt this just an oven tho

FrenchCrunch posted...

how isnt this just an oven tho

Must have a QR code reader.
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Hey guess what everyone, I have bought myself $200 meals on more than one occasion. You may now proceed to shit your pants.
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