I'm sure someone has already said, but DON'T BUY CONFECTIONERS SUGAR, it is 2-3x the cost of plain white sugar. DIY by grinding white sugar in coffee grinder/food processor. Another tip I learned early; keep flours & pasta in fridge or freezer to reduce risk of cereal moths.
I like the fact that you are honest about the reality that it can cost a hundred bucks to stock a pantry with "essentials" that then allow you to make meals out of the groceries you buy week to week. Sometimes, people like to try to show how clever they are by living for a week on "what a family gets in food stamps" or "a dollar a day" or whatever limit catches their attention, but then they don't count "pantry staples" in that budget, so they may actually be spending double their supposed limit. "Staples" don't just magically appear in your pantry, even if you are very poor. One way or another, you have to buy them.
Dude thank you for making these videos. I am a full blown noob when it comes to cooking and knowing what to buy at the super market. This is exactly what I was looking for to start getting a good diet and healthy routine going. Thanks again.
I subbed to you guys last week... had seen a couple of your videos. First impression was "gamer wake and bake's", but after watching this "suggested video" I'm thoroughly impressed on your culinary smarts. Just because you show how to make cheap simple things doesn't mean you don't know how to cook... Very well done video guys... proud of you on this installment, looking forward to more.
thank you so much for these how to shop series! i appreciate it so much. its so useful, and its so hard to know how to shop when you're on your own so this is really helpful
Love this vid! Very informative and great for someone who wants to know the basics on cooking. Can't wait for next week! Say, is this going to be a regular thing? I haven't made my beef jerky yet, just so you know.... :)
dude i actually like this. im the cook in our marriage, my wife was raised on restaurants. so im always in kind of experimental mode... a lot of times ill get stuff for a specific idea i have and then find in comes in handy later, like bisquick for making firmer mashed potato balls for frying... anyways, i need to build a proper pantry... youre vinegar intro has intrigued me. I have zero idea how to use vinegar in cooking. i guarantee im not drunk and hungry as i watch this video. also, my guarantees are not subject to guarantee.
expiration dates are a scam its more of a final sales date after wich they can not guarantee food safety and such. the actual time it takes to expire might be far longer. example sugar or better yet salt can be kept indefinitely. yet they still have a expiration date .. hmm In the country where i live they made it so super markets can not use the term expiration date any more for exactly this reason , in stead we use the term ( translated ofc) final sales date
You have 2 types of date's. In our country we have 'eat until' and 'keep until'. There are food where the expiration date is the final sales date, that's the 'keep until'. There are food where the expiration date is the date after which they can not guarantee the food safety, the 'eat until'. Chicken for instance, if you eat it a day after the 'eat until'-date you have a 90% chance that it's good food and if you are young and healthy the 10% might make you a little bit sick but it won't be dangerous. If you aren't healthy, you should stick to the 'eat until'-date.
One exception are most dry spices: depending on the spice they can get pretty stale after 6 months to a year.. but even there I have found just up the amount and you're good... also, why are you keeping spices you are not using dummy?
Olive oil is better for you than most frying oils (canola, sunflower), but the price difference and cooking versatility means if I can afford one type I'll go for sunflower oil...
My mom is Trinidadian and she uses Chickpeas to make a "Doubles" Knock-off...she curries it...sometimes with pumpkin and serves it in a roti skin....its delicious
well.....it has caused the American people to become extremely apathetic towards food waste. We waste so much food every year, we could feed every single hungry person on earth and keep them fed. There's a good and a bad side to everything. America isn't as bright and shiny as it seems.
+iamiknowall493 just because I don't dive dumpsters doesn't mean I don't do my part. You don't know me, but you sure as hell seem to believe you do. I never said anything about dirty foreigners nor would I ever. Fuck off.
Raw honey is definatly an essential! I made a paste of that mixed with equal parts cinnamon and rubbed it on my toothache and it works better than the gel pain reliever.
Masa, my bestest friend in the whole world! You panned by it early in flour part of the segment. It's corn flour made from nixtamalized corn, made the traditional Native American way. Cheap, nutritious, and versatile, it can be used to make tacos, tamales, flatbreads, dough balls to put in soups, to thicken soups, stews, and gravy. Even the early American colonials used it in making cornbreads, pancakes, and more. I never buy bread or corn and flour tacos because making them fresh is easy and tastes better, and I prefer flatbreads made with "hipster" flours over wheat.
totally agree with your list :) but for me, i also always have rice at home, plus peanut butter, which makes a great sauce combined with some cream and srirachasauce. Good work guys, you have the best munchies!
with all the dried and canned food variety to keep it well rotated. for split pea I just buy the bags of them, bacon ends and pieces are cheaper for it if u do get bacon, I like to use cheaper deli meats fried in place of bacon for sammiches too. tomato soup? get jars of tomato paste and goes farther
It is great to see 'real' basics in a video. I am almost 50 and have cooked many years you guys are great! I wish when I was a learning someone like you had been around (and the internet!). I learned from cooking with family and from books. One of the 1st books I had was 'Laurel's Kitchen' it was a 1970's vegetarian cookbook, things really took off when I got 'The James Beard Cookbook' and 'The Joy of Cooking' (check on ebay) Any books you recommend for new or seasoned cooks? you making a book?
I don't know if you guys have tried it yet but Valentina extra hot sauce is amazing. I find it to be the perfect amount of hotness and it's quite flavorful. It's even better when you put lime juice on top of the hot sauce. It's the best hot sauce of mexican foods. I even put it in my homemade mayonnaise.
Love You Guys You "The Best" Love that you give Details about other areas Besides your Local Grocer. If ppl Knew How Much the Save in other Foreign Grocers Asian, Indian, Spanish The Produce Is Super Cheap Fresh And In Season
Honestly, you all should get an instant pot. You can then save even MORE money by cooking your own beans. It is a great all around cooker. (saute, slow , pressure cooker etc.. ).. HIGHLY recommend it. You can also make yogurt!
Oat's is another other essential that I would I add to this list. Also, rice as well as dried beans is a must to have in pantry. A 20 pound bag of rice can last at least 3 months. Futhermore, the reason I would opted for dried bean is because you can get a considerably higher amount of bean's compared to a can. While there is nothing wrong with canned beans due to there being no prep work prior to cooking, you can still get much more bean's when you put some work in to prepare the died beans. If you have an Instant Pot however, this process could take a dozen minutes compare to the traditional method which can take up an entire day. Essential kitchen tool's would be another video that I would like to see in the future. Having the right kitchen tool's and appliances can lead to you saving a large amount of money!
You should encourage people to use olive oil, it is healthier than canola, but it does have a lower smoke point so keep that in mind when stir frying. Canola is okay to use when cooking at high temperatures though, just try to use olive oil when possible, even if it is a little more expensive, because with the amount of oil being used, it's better to get the "healthiest" one. I would also encourage the use of sesame oil! You don't use much of it, and it adds a TON of flavor when used correctly! :)
Thanks for this. I’m trying to set a young woman I know up with her essentials and it’s been so long since I did it that I couldn’t remember what I started with. Yes I’m really that old.
OMG i have no idea there's a canned sambal in US! FYI, oelek /o͞olek/ (commonly spelled ulek in Indonesia) means to grind food with stones called ulekan, which is basically what i do everyday since i loveeee spicy food! i would love to get my hands on Sambal Oelek to give it a try. still super fancy though. i doubt we have those in Indonesia since sambal ulek is really easy to make. as always, great video!
Thanks! That sounds reasonable. I was just asking because here I'm only used to rapeseed oil. It's very interesting to see how the same product is labeled differently in different countries. Good to know it's the same :D
interesting. thx. music not bad, but it was distracting even though it was low. Not hating, it's just that I couldn't focus completely on what you were saying. But I like these kinds of vids at the supermarket. :)
nice tips guys! btw, in my local supermarket, paprika powder it's cost me 6 dollar for a little bottle, its kinda expensive. And i always use vegetable oil to fried, thats cheaper than canola. Waiting for the next video :3 :3
Brothers Green Eats No. Easier from computer, and I will be 74 in October, so no lifting, or having to defend myself against evil demons. Love your show, and thanks for replying.
One thing to watch out for with canned goods is the salt content. A lot of the beans you can find without salt added but the tomatoes can really kill you with the salt... so be aware that you don't need to add extra salt (and if you are on a salt restricted diet these can be strait poisonous) And for my money I would always rather add my own kosher salt rather than have it come with it so I can control the salt content.
I just subbed u now. This is going to be a great channel. This was so helpful! Thanks so much. U use reg. mustard in that vinegar honey and mustard dressing? I get my bread at a bakery. Its cheaper and healthier. I also say get your herbs in the "ethnic" aisle...far cheaper!... Thanks for describing the differences in products!
Flash forward 7 years and we now know that the better choice of oil would have been "avocado" or "coconut" oils for a high heating index type cooking oil. This is an interesting timepiece though. We've come a long way.
i once had a fit on dinner, because the salad had apple cider vinegar. i always say that i hate it in salads, but mom doesn't care! My family still makes fun of me till this day. i just wanna know one thing do chefs put apple cider vinegar in salads? cz it tastes horrible.
Is there really a difference between canola oil and normal rapeseed oil? Or is it just they way you Americans call it? Just asking because here in Europe we only have rapeseed oil and I've never found canola (which is a subcategory of rapeseeds I guess).
