I’d probably buy hummus, buy a bunch of new stuff I’ve never tried, maybe buy some red meat a bit more often than once a month or so.
I also usually don’t buy orange juice for cost reasons so probably that too.
Hummus is pretty cheap if you make it yourself.
Chickpeas, oil, tahini or peanut butter, garlic, lemon juice and some sort of hot pepper powder if you like it spicy.
You know, I never actually considered making it myself, I figured I’d need some device or masher etc. To make it, but I’ll look into it!
I don’t know where in the world you are but the Publix near my house always has hummus tubs BOGO and that makes it extremely affordable. I just have to be careful not to look at much else cuz everything else is way too expensive for my blood.
I live in a pretty HCOL area and buy food pretty conservatively. I can look into the BOGO tubs of it though! Mostly I feel its a snack type food and that’s where I pinch on foods. The snack, desserts etc.
If I could find it cheap I could probably look into what meals I could have with hummus
I would definitely like to have duck more often. I only rarely get it for myself as a treat but god damn is it the best bird going.
Man, I really wanted to like duck, but I’ve never had duck and enjoyed it. I’ve had it both Chinese and French style, and hated it every time.
The French style was confit du canard from Le Petit Saint-Benoit in Paris, and they’re supposedly famous for it, and I still hated it.
Something to go on your bucket list is definitely the restaurant Bebek Bengil in Ubud, on Bali. I’m not a big fan of duck myself, but they made it sooo fucking delicious, and the views are stunning as well. The crispy duck is something I’ve never had anywhere else like that.
The site is down for me, but here’s their site: https://www.bebekbengil.co.id/
I’ve been there!
- Real pizza
- Vege burgers
- Aloe Vera juice
Depending on your location you can grow aloe very easily. It will grow from any cut bit put in soil
Ones prepared by my personal shopper and chef, because I want to eat healthy but have more time for creative and outdoor activities.
Lobster
Expensive liquor. Gin, Whiskey, Rum. I would try all the premium stuff.
Also, high quality organic meat only.
Sushi would be nice. I have pretty cheap/basic taste otherwise lol. Maybe Korean fried chicken.
All the most interesting cheeses
Editables from the cannabis dispensary. Just feels wrong paying so much for a few pieces of candy.
Nice restaurant food, but I guess that doesn’t count.
Lychees. The funny thing is that I can afford lychees, but I always think “Why buy them when these perfectly good grapes cost three times less?”
Lychees are fine, but rambutan are the GOAT. I’m not sure where you live, but they’re super hard to find in the US in good quality.
Rambutan have a fishy taste to me. But longan might give the lychee a run for their money 😋
That’s fascinating. I never got that taste from rambutan. We actually had a tree in our yard, along with papaya, and I would just go pick them fresh before school.
You ever had snake fruit? Now that’s an acquired taste!
(…also, mangosteen is the GOAT) 🐐
Hmmmm mangosteen is fine, but not quite as good to me.
They also taste fishy to me, but much more acidic 😆
And I haven’t yet mastered getting into them; it’s not unusual for me to injure myself when I try🫣
I file them under “not worth the effort” 😮💨
Wines, cheeses, cold cuts, mutton, salmon, porcino. I’d be also experimenting different stuff here and there (casu marzu, maple syrup, etc.)
High quality chocolate. Most of the stuff in the local grocery stores is cheap, waxy and awful. There’s a place within reasonable distance with the good stuff, but it’s hella expensive.
Aldi and Lidl have good German and Belgian chocolates pretty cheaply. Like $2 for a big bar.
Thanks! That is good to know. We have some of those around. Not on our usual rotation (a little out of the way) but this could change that. I know they have pretty good produce in there, because I have used them for that on occasion.
A whole case or ten of Port to cellar. A couple barrels of whiskey to cellar. Really just I’d get into cellaring things myself in general.
If you like ports, make sure you try ice wine sometime. I usually drink dry wines, so when I go sweet, I want to go sweeeet! 😆
One of my good friends loves ice wine and just got engaged. I’ve never tried it but I picked up a bottle I’m gonna share with him on his birthday in a few months for a dual celebration.
I often joke I don’t have a sweet tooth, I have a whole set of them. (Though I’m totally down for a nice dry too).
Nice! I hope you enjoy it.
I learned about it at a small winery near Penn State. I saw it was “exclusive” since it was only made with the grapes from the first frost and I had to try it.
More horse meat. So damn good. I’d love to try some steaks, only had the deli slices.
Avocado, nuts, fish, kombucha
