@@SordoBjorn I had 2 hospital stays last month, before the first one I hadn't eaten in 2 days, had a surgery and didn't eat that day or the one after, after 4 days without eating the crappy eggs they finally served me tasted amazing.
I started watching boris since I was in High school, back then, I used to watch these budget concerned videos just for fun, learned some things but never really used em, now that I am in college, these make a lot of sense now and believe me as I say this, I watch these videos from start to finish like a fucking lecture/tutorial, and this actually helped me a lot. So, thanks boris
@@v_salat if anybody knows how to "boil soup on a nail" it's the people from the former Communist countries; they always had a lack of everything. I only cook from basic ingredients: milk, potatoes, butter etc. Your food is your medicine.
My home economics teacher once said to me that I should using some fancy onion cutting machine ’cause I weren’t cutting thin enough. I told her that in my kitchen we’re cutting onions like slav.
It’s true, I forgot about this channel and haven’t watched him in like 5 years (or whenever he was at his peak of popularity), and I’m amazed to see it’s the exact same it was back then. Honestly admirable.
The one suggestion I'd add is cabbages. You can boil them, fry them, eat them as coleslaw, and they are often dirt cheap. Flour is also versatile for making cheap bread.
Carrots are also really cheap (at least where I live, idk if it differs between countries). When I live alone I will probably live largely off just carrots, onions and potatoes
I make a big okonomiyaki (basicaly a cabbage savoury pancake)when i need to cook for friends but can't really spend a lot. Pork belly is a good cut and relatively cheap to add to it
@@maverickwildwolf3871 I like pork shoulder. It's one of the cheapest cuts. It's quite tough, but ideal if you have a slow cooker. If you are cutting costs you can chop off the fat and add it to foods where you would normally use butter or oil.
The algoritm is getting more and more sophisticated. I am tight on budget, so last week I rewatched the 50 Euro video and now this lands? This is some gopnik magic.
idk if anyone’s thanked you for this before- but thanks for putting so much effort into captions. i have auditory processing issues and being able to have CC that’s actually functional because it’s in the video itself is such a godsend. thanks c:
One of his friends is deaf, that's why he started it in the first place :) It's a godsend for people still learning to parse english, too, especially with the accent :D
I like that the meals are actually affordable and relatively filling, as well as being better than just having instant noodles every day and what not (actually cheaper than instant noodles). And that's me, a Brazilian teling you that. Plus, I have to say that I tried some of these recipes and THEY HELPED ME A LOT WHILE I WAS SHARING A HOUSE WITH OTHER COLLEGE STUDENTS. Thanks, Boris. Something to add, idk how expensive garlic can get, but when you fry a little bit of garlic on some oil/butter and ad it to any kind of pasta, it gets the flavor to a whole new level, I would highly recommend adding a LITTLE BIT of grated garlic on stuff from time to time :)
"Brands are not loyal to you, they just want your money" is the truest wisdom. Almost everything I eat is generic brands and half the time they taste the same and have less crap in them.
@@voevodineu Food that's left in fridge for whole week will get stale and you'll be bored of it very quick (unless it's your favorite dish). That's my experience in cooking during highschool and university. I once thought its a good idea to cook a big pot of chow or something similar so I don't have to cook during weekdays. Boy how wrong I was.
Here's a tip: shop at farmer's markets or open air markets just before close. You can usually get good deals on stuff the farmers would rather not take home.
In eastern Europe you go directly to the farmer's house and buy milk , eggs , cheese and anything you might find !!! You can find it even at 5 km from the city , even inside the city sometimes !!!
I worked in farmer's markets for 14 years and this is exactly the kind of customers that we hate. Getting there too early does not allow us to set up. We're busy and you're in our way!! Begging for produce at the end of the day, really?? Everyone would arrive in the last half hour, and people didn't slave in the fields for months to give away their produce to stingy hagglers . That's disrespecting the farmer's hard work! Pay full price, buy less, or eat what you can afford. Period!
@@chuckn4851 That's true. All I do for a basic recipe in a skillet is this: 2 vegetables (chopped, 2 kinds: (onions & carrots/potatoes)) 1 meat (chopped or ground) 1 grain (rice, beans, oatmeat, etc (yes, I know beans are legumes not grains, but serve the same purpose in this)) 1 sauce packet (homemade is the best (starch/flour + spices), but store bought for us average folk) Don't forget to start with butter.
As someone that stopped eating bread and reduced how much sugar I eat, I can say that I would change the bread with canned tuna. Believe me, that stuff with a bit of mayonnaise and a bit of mustard is godly for a quick lunch or dinner. And if you have pickles and green olives, put them in the tuna too.
In glorious capitalist USA, 1 can of tuna = lunch for 4-5 people. Or 1 can tuna + cheap macaroni and fake cheese-effect sauce = dinner for those people.
As someone who just started watching my calorie intake, I rediscovered a tuna salad. One can of tuna 250g of grated carrot 200g of chopped (or grated, if you're lazy. I am) cabbage 100-150g of chopped onion A generous portion of майонез. Salt, pepper This makes a large bowl of salad, fills you up for hours (you can also break it down into two or even three servings), and only contains like 650-700 calories.
Ah, my favourite recipe as a poor kid having to cook for his brother and homies when his parents weren't around: lubricated pan with random crap and heat. Being broke really, *really* teaches you how to extract flavour from whatever you're cooking. I might be cookin' with what amounts to low-grade dog food, but by god, its going to at least taste good.
Dude when I was 23 got lost on a desert with a bunch of friends on our bikes, 3 days without eating, found an old small chapel with dry flowers on the door, and inside there was flour and grains of rice, seems like the last thing that chapel saw was a marriage. Gathered the dirty flour and using water from the toilet made some tasteless bread, rice was inedible but we manage to eat it with a nice cup of dry flowers te. Today I can eat stones if that's all I have, that was a valuable lesson that I treasure every day, once you know hunger you never forget.
@@stevejones1488 Sounds pretty good, man. It's also easy to make chilli beans: chilli flakes, garlic, smoked paprika, and a bit of dark chocolate. (not at end of week, unless you're an oligarch.) Maybe some sour cream on top, maybe not, but it's goood.
In these times i feel like we are gunna be re-living the great depression. Im training myself to eat out of my comfort zone and it would be wise to follow suit.
@@stevejones1488 Sure, sure. Luckily for me, I don't think olives are about to become my main food source. People can live on baked beans, I'm sure of it. Protein, fats, sugars, fibre... Vitamins might be an issue, but it could be a lot worse.
Unironically started feeling better after eating one fruit per day. It is a simple thing thing that everyone knows, but not everyone does, so thank you for the reminder!
Dear Boris, my husband is Polish, I am American lady and we love your videos! Your recipes hit a soft spot with my husband and your fashion sense with mine! We want to know what foods are hardest to come by there? I am totally getting your yellow track suit jacket because it looks amazeballs, and I have learned to squat the proper way to wear it. 💛
Building off of this, buy meat that is bone in; not only is it cheaper than boneless, you can use the bones to make your own broth, which you can then use to cook the rice. Just be sure to either skim the scum or strain it through cheesecloth/paper towels, or it won't taste as good. I usually buy chicken quarters, break them down, cook the bones in water on low heat for at least 12 hours, and freeze the meat.
Even more tip, buy meat with fat on it. Cut off the fat and use its a substitute for oil. The same with chicken. Use the skin's oil to lubricate the pan.
Seriously, finally someone said it. I struggled so hard to learn the "right way of cutting onions". Books, ergonomic hand knife dance, standing under a mountain waterfall to meditate about it. Cousin Boris, thank you so much for releasing me from this nightmare journey. 👌🏻
When a massive meal in the university is 2.3€, you won't starve and you can be lazy. Water is expensive, so I come to school with an empty 20 liter container. The uni also offers a shower, but you have to wait a bit to get there.
As I watch this video while eating canned sardines, cheap bread, cheap cheese, and wine that comes from a gallon bottle, I realize that I've essentially always eaten like a broke college student, even when I'm not broke lol
I just did a month with almost no money. I got extremely creative with all the stuff in pantry and freezer. I feel terrible for people who find themselves on a super tight budget without a padding of pasta and condiments and spreads and grains and oils and stuff. I ended up eating a lot of rice and lentil curry. Thankfully I got another job and the money's rolling in, but I learned a lesson about Slavic frugality that I'll never lose.
I've got a deadline in December that is pretty much going to decide the outcome of the rest of my life, so budget videos like this are quite seriously going to save my life. You're doing God's work Boris.
These are all good tips, and good work! My partner and I survived several years like this. We still try to keep it cheap, even though we are doing better now. One thing to add - never ever turn down free food, not just apples, take what they give you and learn to make something with it. Beets, turnips, squash, kale...get it and eat it!
Pro tip: If both sweet tooth and wallet call for extra atention and rice pudding not cutting it anymore I suggest making dulce de leche which is basically Spanish caramilized condesed milk its good on loafs and just about any other basic bread or pastry
It was invented in my country, Argentina, and I can say that is for sure the greatest thing this land has produced. Or, uh, ever will produce, if the economy keeps going the way it is.
It's slower than just doing it in regular way. It's simplier, yeah, but slow and u will be need to wash it after use If u like washing stuff - go ahead In other case just practice a little bit more with knife and u will spend around 30 seconds on 1 onion
A fun fact, you can grate anything you would've chopped instead. Chopped tomatoes? Grated tomatoes. Chopped apple? Grated apple. Maybe lettuce or whatever will end up as a soggy mess but was lettuce really meant to be eaten by humankind?
Take health and home ec. This is very poor nutrition you will not be healthy. You can learn more on youtube than in school yes but this video? Perhaps its a good start. Why am i responding seriously? Bc im sleep deprived and its 3 am
This is honestly really helpful and will save you a lot of money, buy what food you actually need and live off of it for the week while using the rest of your money for needs like your bills or if you have a car, basic maintenance, i will try some of these recipes now
@@Taudlitz Depends on the beans, most broad beans were native to asia (Stuff like fava and soybeans). During the middle ages and when the silk road was around, the rest of europe would have gained access to these legumes. Pan fried beans might have had a completely different shape from the one we know here in this video. Alternatively, it could have simply evolved into a staple after the discovery of the new world, it's just something they eat a lot now. In scandinavia, specifically Norway, Lutefisk (A gelatined fish) isn't commonly eaten, but for norwegians in the US its a holiday food, and for some a staple. Staples change, cultures change, and the foods they eat also change, what wasn't a staple a hundred years ago might be a staple now, or vise versa.
I can confirm: shoelace soup, poor man porridge, boiled corn and sardines that taste like old socks will get you through the last 2 weeks in college at a very low price
@@peanut9560 is a type of dried long noodle made just from flour, salt, and water. usually found in buy in bulk stores, in 5 kilograms bags. to make the soup put to boil a large pot of water, throw in some salt, pepper, bay leaf, 1-2 onions, and some seasoning packets if you have; at the end add some noodles. a soup with nothing much in it, that looks like it has yellow-ish shoelaces in it and tastes the same, but it can get you past the end of the month.
@@KMUnetworkWhere I am from, butter and milk are expensive asf, but luckily cocoa isn't. Results? Really great when a small amount of milk is added, but is fine without it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the instant noodles available in Asian countries offer more variation and higher quality than most other places around the world.
What kind of wooky wacky land do you guys live in that instant noodles are expensive? are you buying the good quality one? cause yes those can be expensive.
Ah another guide for "Penghuni Kosan" like me, thanks Boris :) P. S. And to adjust it depending on the current living place and nearby available market
12 dollars can get you a lot for a week, here. Let's see.. Rice, 2 kilos, about Rp 24k, more or less, Chicken, breast fillet, last time I bought it, it was 25k, half a kilo, Eggs, 26k a kilo, Salt, pepper, oil, you've bought it at the beginning of month already, if not last month You still have half of the allocated budget to buy veggies, fruits, spices...
i'm rewatching old boris videos and, recently, my most beloved cousin passed away. boris calling himself cousin boris made it a little easier to go on without her for a little while. thank you cousin boris, from one slav king to another
My king, the fact that I've been watching your videos on budget living for almost 3 years it's clear economics have not improved here. I'm grateful I can always come back to them to fight hunger ❤
I'm not even poor and could budget around a much higher amount but love these videos regardless because I'm a simple soul who craves simple things, fuck spending two hours on dinner when Boris shows a cheap but completely fine option that can be made in minutes, blyat
This guy is giving me flashbacks to my first few years living alone. Lately I had a lot of disposable income, but that's going to end sharpish so getting myself back into old frugal habits, I stumbled across this.
oooh, eating on a budget / end of month cooking and general advice. Some old school Boris content, takes me back to when this channel was exploding with views
Boris' budget grew so much from 10$ a month to 10$ a week, plus respect for the patreons that make his meals richer
oh, man, i'm already see the future when Boris will spent 10$ on every day.... I swear, that will be KINGSIZE packs of semechkee and mayoniez!
It has already increased enough for him to buy a collinder
This is called luxury life-style here!
It wasn't €10 a month it actually was €12.50 a week
Its inflation. If he makes it now with Europe's prices 10$ will last him a couple of days.
"Brands are not loyal to you, they just want your money" Boris be dropping hard facts on Sunday morning
He said they make money from advertisement and added sugar . . .
@@jaykay9836 you need money to make money. if you do not advertise, no one will know to buy your stuff and you will make no money.
I had a massive Markiplier and Del Monte flashback when he said that..
@@BoomyGordo Fun fact Rolls Royce does not advertise.
@@jaykay9836 This is sarcasm right?😂
"Apples - eat one every day so you, not die"
That's definitely more compelling than just keeping the doctor away
How to live forever 101
But... I'm allergic to apples, I'll choke to death if I eat them
So I'm dead either way
@@TimpanKanava You see, if you eat apple, you not die, you just choke.
Apple a day keeps end of month away -Boris
"If you don't have cinnamon, just imagine!" Ah now I truly understand Slavic Cuisine!
In my country we have a saying (translated): Hunger is the best spice (anyone who's ever gone at leas a few days without food can confirm)
@@SordoBjorn yep
Life is rough in Soviet communist country, comrade!
@@CaptBackwards The embargos will end eventually or the world will die from climate change... whichever is faster.
@@SordoBjorn I had 2 hospital stays last month, before the first one I hadn't eaten in 2 days, had a surgery and didn't eat that day or the one after, after 4 days without eating the crappy eggs they finally served me tasted amazing.
I started watching boris since I was in High school, back then, I used to watch these budget concerned videos just for fun, learned some things but never really used em, now that I am in college, these make a lot of sense now and believe me as I say this, I watch these videos from start to finish like a fucking lecture/tutorial, and this actually helped me a lot. So, thanks boris
Same. When i was in high. It was a comedy video for me. NOW is fucking gospel from god.
are you guys actually using his recipes?
They are real
I use Boris to laugh :), I love his accent! He forgot the best recipe: to drink water from the tap.
@@v_salat if anybody knows how to "boil soup on a nail" it's the people from the former Communist countries; they always had a lack of everything. I only cook from basic ingredients: milk, potatoes, butter etc. Your food is your medicine.
"The correct way to cut onions is NOBODY CARES!"
Can confirm, this IS the correct way to cut onions.
And then he grated them
Actually its much nicer when your onions are fully cooked and they cook faster when you cut them really small just saying
As long as you cut them fast enough, so they won't burn your eyes!!!
My home economics teacher once said to me that I should using some fancy onion cutting machine ’cause I weren’t cutting thin enough. I told her that in my kitchen we’re cutting onions like slav.
@@joetsg1188 words of true wisdom you said this day!
"...But no bay leaf this time!"
A greater tragedy man has never known.
The nay-leaf makes me weep.
I would put some in the rice! And why not in the PASTA, couldn't go wrong with the bay leaf1
but why?
why no bay leaf?
and then he STILL uses the bay leaf, the absolute madman
"Brands are not loyal to you. They just want your money!" - What a wise gopnik!
Not all hehe :P
Capitalism: "I'm in this video and I don't like it"
Y'all, I was joking, no need to take it so serious.
Doesnt boris sell slav gear?
Ahhh... A Blyatiful words of wisdom! Spasibo comrade Boris! And IDI NAHUI CAPITALIST BLYAT!
Winiary mayo is pretty epic though.
I love how Boris hasn’t changed over the years, like it’s mostly just the same thing but it’s just so entertaining.
Literally, I just came back to this channel after not having watched a video in 3 years and he's still the same good ol' Boris
It’s true, I forgot about this channel and haven’t watched him in like 5 years (or whenever he was at his peak of popularity), and I’m amazed to see it’s the exact same it was back then. Honestly admirable.
@@audellaroque4730 In Russia, this is called stability, or "stabilnost."
"Bought a gaming laptop so you can take notes in class" is fucking hilarious
Yeah 😂
- said Lengyel Martin calmly
Hit a little to close to home
Honestly, why do people do that?
@@michaeltagor4238 bcs more tecnology you have, more advance you are if it implies starving to death
Boris really showing me how to save money. Will be useful when I get kicked out of house by parents.
no wonder why hes like to dislike ratio is (atleast now) almost 1000:1
just keep mowing that lawn/ taking out trash/ help clean/ whatever, just be useful and they won't ever kick you out.
@@Danny_Boel yeah no if u dont pay then they'll kick u out
@@trollinape2697 I'm quite sure he'll be safe for the next 2 decades at least.
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The one suggestion I'd add is cabbages. You can boil them, fry them, eat them as coleslaw, and they are often dirt cheap.
Flour is also versatile for making cheap bread.
Carrots are also really cheap (at least where I live, idk if it differs between countries). When I live alone I will probably live largely off just carrots, onions and potatoes
I make a big okonomiyaki (basicaly a cabbage savoury pancake)when i need to cook for friends but can't really spend a lot. Pork belly is a good cut and relatively cheap to add to it
@@maverickwildwolf3871 I like pork shoulder. It's one of the cheapest cuts. It's quite tough, but ideal if you have a slow cooker.
If you are cutting costs you can chop off the fat and add it to foods where you would normally use butter or oil.
@@maverickwildwolf3871 I make okonomiyaki tomorrow. Got cabbage, carrots and other stuff to enjoy it. :)
@@maverickwildwolf3871 my go to food if I'm sick of instant noodles 🤣🤣
The algoritm is getting more and more sophisticated. I am tight on budget, so last week I rewatched the 50 Euro video and now this lands? This is some gopnik magic.
Good luck my friend. Do not worry, everybody ends with vodka someday.
Boris's cheap cooking legitimately helped me through some serious "tight budget" times. Mad respect
idk if anyone’s thanked you for this before- but thanks for putting so much effort into captions. i have auditory processing issues and being able to have CC that’s actually functional because it’s in the video itself is such a godsend. thanks c:
One of his friends is deaf, that's why he started it in the first place :) It's a godsend for people still learning to parse english, too, especially with the accent :D
@@alexnoman1498 OH GODS BLESS THIS MAN THATS WONDERFUL
i have auditory processing issues
translation: I can't listen for shit
@@B3Band translation translation: i’m autistic
@@B3Band wow making fun of a disability so funny. Each day brings me closer to thinking thanos was right
_"Apples: Eat one everyday so you not die"_
What a great PSA for healthy eating
End of month is every day when you drink much beer! Thanks Boris! 🤣🤙
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Beer?? Kvazz! 😂🥂
"Brands are not loyal to you; they just want your money!"
Truer words have never been spoken.
Yes indeed
1:58 "brands make money from advertising and added sugar"
Who said I was loyal to them?
I mean...it's common sense. No need Boris to tell you that.
@@flowerofash4439 It's funny because it's true
"Mix in a horrible amount of butter."
Heston Blumenthal has nothing on Boris food science.
With the amount of butter and lard that Boris uses, Julia Child aint got shit on him either.
But butter get expensive in Germany 😭
This is the healthy amount of butter!!!
@@DerFoerderator Same here, but you arent't supposed to eat 1 brick a day :D :D Or maybe you are?!
@@TheSlavChef yeah problem live with 6 other Slavs in one household. Butter brick max for 3 days.
I like that the meals are actually affordable and relatively filling, as well as being better than just having instant noodles every day and what not (actually cheaper than instant noodles). And that's me, a Brazilian teling you that. Plus, I have to say that I tried some of these recipes and THEY HELPED ME A LOT WHILE I WAS SHARING A HOUSE WITH OTHER COLLEGE STUDENTS. Thanks, Boris.
Something to add, idk how expensive garlic can get, but when you fry a little bit of garlic on some oil/butter and ad it to any kind of pasta, it gets the flavor to a whole new level, I would highly recommend adding a LITTLE BIT of grated garlic on stuff from time to time :)
"Brands are not loyal to you, they just want your money" is the truest wisdom. Almost everything I eat is generic brands and half the time they taste the same and have less crap in them.
Yeah i remember the first time i had some freeway cola it was definitely like coca cola, jeez guys in some cases it can be true but in most doesn't.
Let's just appreciate that Boris spent his budget week in one day for us
He still got the food for a hole week
@@voevodineu Food that's left in fridge for whole week will get stale and you'll be bored of it very quick (unless it's your favorite dish). That's my experience in cooking during highschool and university.
I once thought its a good idea to cook a big pot of chow or something similar so I don't have to cook during weekdays. Boy how wrong I was.
He probably flim it seperate times
@@naim2729 not likely, the ingredients remained the same and still out throughout the video
@@theotv5522 Put it back int eh pot after cold. Heat again, eat out of potl ike man.
Here's a tip: shop at farmer's markets or open air markets just before close. You can usually get good deals on stuff the farmers would rather not take home.
Especially fish vendors. Used to to stay til 12 midnight to get a good deal.
In eastern Europe you go directly to the farmer's house and buy milk , eggs , cheese and anything you might find !!! You can find it even at 5 km from the city , even inside the city sometimes !!!
I worked in farmer's markets for 14 years and this is exactly the kind of customers that we hate. Getting there too early does not allow us to set up. We're busy and you're in our way!! Begging for produce at the end of the day, really?? Everyone would arrive in the last half hour, and people didn't slave in the fields for months to give away their produce to stingy hagglers . That's disrespecting the farmer's hard work! Pay full price, buy less, or eat what you can afford. Period!
@@marinadelrey5512 How bout I come late and buy for cheap anyway?
@@dingmoth1837 Go late to Whole Foods and see if you can get a discount.
Forget those big chefs - Boris teaches us cooking stuff that the average man and woman actually needs!
Like what
@@nobodythenobody9779 Like… everyday food?
@@Eddieteddy965 big chefs cook everyday food all the time it’s a huge trend
@@nobodythenobody9779 Yeah and they complicate things needlessly
@@chuckn4851 That's true. All I do for a basic recipe in a skillet is this:
2 vegetables (chopped, 2 kinds: (onions & carrots/potatoes))
1 meat (chopped or ground)
1 grain (rice, beans, oatmeat, etc (yes, I know beans are legumes not grains, but serve the same purpose in this))
1 sauce packet (homemade is the best (starch/flour + spices), but store bought for us average folk)
Don't forget to start with butter.
Other channels : "Hi guys welcome to my channel"
Boris : "Bread"
Instant hook.
As someone that stopped eating bread and reduced how much sugar I eat, I can say that I would change the bread with canned tuna.
Believe me, that stuff with a bit of mayonnaise and a bit of mustard is godly for a quick lunch or dinner.
And if you have pickles and green olives, put them in the tuna too.
In glorious capitalist USA, 1 can of tuna = lunch for 4-5 people. Or 1 can tuna + cheap macaroni and fake cheese-effect sauce = dinner for those people.
As someone who just started watching my calorie intake, I rediscovered a tuna salad.
One can of tuna
250g of grated carrot
200g of chopped (or grated, if you're lazy. I am) cabbage
100-150g of chopped onion
A generous portion of майонез.
Salt, pepper
This makes a large bowl of salad, fills you up for hours (you can also break it down into two or even three servings), and only contains like 650-700 calories.
Every vegetable: need a specific area and conditions to grow
POTATOES: "Give me dirt and I'll do my job"
Mildew: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"
*laughs in blight*
Laugh in bean sprout.
@Riley Dwyer beans
until the potatoes start growing in the fridge (its funny to see when it happens)
Ah, my favourite recipe as a poor kid having to cook for his brother and homies when his parents weren't around: lubricated pan with random crap and heat. Being broke really, *really* teaches you how to extract flavour from whatever you're cooking. I might be cookin' with what amounts to low-grade dog food, but by god, its going to at least taste good.
An empty stomach and an empty wallet teach you how to make the best out of food.
Dude when I was 23 got lost on a desert with a bunch of friends on our bikes, 3 days without eating, found an old small chapel with dry flowers on the door, and inside there was flour and grains of rice, seems like the last thing that chapel saw was a marriage.
Gathered the dirty flour and using water from the toilet made some tasteless bread, rice was inedible but we manage to eat it with a nice cup of dry flowers te. Today I can eat stones if that's all I have, that was a valuable lesson that I treasure every day, once you know hunger you never forget.
Bulk spices and dried herbs are your friend very cheap and add lots of flavor.
If anyone in your life complains about the smell of baked beans, ask yourself if they're really that important to you. The person, not the beans.
I have adapted to eat them, garlic powder and BBQ sauce makes it better, if you are cashed up add ham or salami, blin it is good
Baked beans and bean soup = LIFE!
@@stevejones1488 Sounds pretty good, man. It's also easy to make chilli beans: chilli flakes, garlic, smoked paprika, and a bit of dark chocolate. (not at end of week, unless you're an oligarch.) Maybe some sour cream on top, maybe not, but it's goood.
In these times i feel like we are gunna be re-living the great depression. Im training myself to eat out of my comfort zone and it would be wise to follow suit.
@@stevejones1488 Sure, sure. Luckily for me, I don't think olives are about to become my main food source. People can live on baked beans, I'm sure of it. Protein, fats, sugars, fibre... Vitamins might be an issue, but it could be a lot worse.
Unironically started feeling better after eating one fruit per day. It is a simple thing thing that everyone knows, but not everyone does, so thank you for the reminder!
Dear Boris, my husband is Polish, I am American lady and we love your videos! Your recipes hit a soft spot with my husband and your fashion sense with mine!
We want to know what foods are hardest to come by there? I am totally getting your yellow track suit jacket because it looks amazeballs, and I have learned to squat the proper way to wear it. 💛
Tip: Cook your rice in chicken or beef stock for extra flavor. It seriously makes a difference and is cheap
Building off of this, buy meat that is bone in; not only is it cheaper than boneless, you can use the bones to make your own broth, which you can then use to cook the rice. Just be sure to either skim the scum or strain it through cheesecloth/paper towels, or it won't taste as good.
I usually buy chicken quarters, break them down, cook the bones in water on low heat for at least 12 hours, and freeze the meat.
Even more tip, buy meat with fat on it. Cut off the fat and use its a substitute for oil.
The same with chicken. Use the skin's oil to lubricate the pan.
"brands make money fron advertisement and added sugar"
straight fax
@Miloš Đošić ?
@Miloš Đošić k
Seriously, finally someone said it. I struggled so hard to learn the "right way of cutting onions". Books, ergonomic hand knife dance, standing under a mountain waterfall to meditate about it.
Cousin Boris, thank you so much for releasing me from this nightmare journey. 👌🏻
Boris, you have taught me almost everything I know about budget cooking, and I truly love it
"Professionals": you must do this and this and this and this
Boris: do this and you're gonna survive
👍 Plus it tastes better
"brands are not loyal to you"
that truth hits hard
It's always a good day when Boris uploads.
Good to see these more often now!
This will help a lot now that I’m in college.
Comrade, forget eating ealthy in this hell!
In Germany I still can eat well :3
When a massive meal in the university is 2.3€, you won't starve and you can be lazy.
Water is expensive, so I come to school with an empty 20 liter container. The uni also offers a shower, but you have to wait a bit to get there.
Good luck and Godspeed, Comrade
@@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja holy shit. My uni doesn't even have power in half of the rooms. But they do have a fire ass bar
Borris. This is what we love about you. Cooking. It doesn't have to be a cheap meal. We just love to see you cook
this is one of those rare channels that don't go downhill after 2 years
Thank you comrade
As I watch this video while eating canned sardines, cheap bread, cheap cheese, and wine that comes from a gallon bottle, I realize that I've essentially always eaten like a broke college student, even when I'm not broke lol
some food in life you have to spend a little for quality, but for many other foods its really in the simplicity of it all
That was quite the reveal. We got to see whole arm of Boris today.
"Your body runs on food, what a scam blin"
- Boris 🤣
This video came out exactly when I needed it. Rough times are upon me and this is going to help me as I need to go full college mode with my food
Me literally sitting in my college dorm watching this video with mouth watering. Your recipes are amazing for a poor like me.
Boris the Badass has posted once again to brighten our days!
I just did a month with almost no money. I got extremely creative with all the stuff in pantry and freezer. I feel terrible for people who find themselves on a super tight budget without a padding of pasta and condiments and spreads and grains and oils and stuff. I ended up eating a lot of rice and lentil curry. Thankfully I got another job and the money's rolling in, but I learned a lesson about Slavic frugality that I'll never lose.
If you asked me, the most important parts of this would definitely be the bread and the processed
C O W J U I C E
THE PROCESSED COW JUICE IS HOLY!
I miss eggs. But I prefer only eggs from happy chicken and happy chicken demand some money for a nicer lifestyle.
This is my first year of uni, been using the budget videos. Thanks boris
I've got a deadline in December that is pretty much going to decide the outcome of the rest of my life, so budget videos like this are quite seriously going to save my life.
You're doing God's work Boris.
Well, how did it go?
How did it go????
How did it go big man???
How did that go?
Budget videos are some of my favorites. You helped me get by when I was trying to start a company and failing miserably.
Because remember: every month has a end of month...
And sometimes the whole month is end of month.
I've been at the end of month for years
These are all good tips, and good work! My partner and I survived several years like this. We still try to keep it cheap, even though we are doing better now. One thing to add - never ever turn down free food, not just apples, take what they give you and learn to make something with it. Beets, turnips, squash, kale...get it and eat it!
I wasn’t expecting the first recipe to literally be BAKED BEANS AND HASH BROWNS
you know what? the macaroni/corn/meat combo looks amazing. i will try that tomorrow. if i can. thank you for the tips boris
"Hunger far, but always near. End of month we never fear!"
*Balalaika Solo intensifies*
Been waiting for this video since college is about to start,you are saving thousands of lifes from hunger
Pro tip: If both sweet tooth and wallet call for extra atention and rice pudding not cutting it anymore I suggest making dulce de leche which is basically Spanish caramilized condesed milk its good on loafs and just about any other basic bread or pastry
It was invented in my country, Argentina, and I can say that is for sure the greatest thing this land has produced. Or, uh, ever will produce, if the economy keeps going the way it is.
Or you just put butter and sugar in a pan and make caramel :P
I love how I’m in culinary school and I’m still taking advice from Boris
I just stumbled across this video randomly, the humour style you use is amazing haha
Dude I'm gonna use the cheese grater to cut onions now I can't believe i never thought of that, it saves so much time and pain
Herecy is what that is youngling
It's slower than just doing it in regular way. It's simplier, yeah, but slow and u will be need to wash it after use
If u like washing stuff - go ahead
In other case just practice a little bit more with knife and u will spend around 30 seconds on 1 onion
Just FYI if you don't have contacts please wear goggles if you use a grater. You will wish you didn't have eyes by the end if you don't
A fun fact, you can grate anything you would've chopped instead. Chopped tomatoes? Grated tomatoes. Chopped apple? Grated apple. Maybe lettuce or whatever will end up as a soggy mess but was lettuce really meant to be eaten by humankind?
Oh god
When a random Russian TH-camr teaches you more life skills than school ever could
1000%
Not random, It's Boris
@@arkan_23.
*HardBass intensity*
Take health and home ec. This is very poor nutrition you will not be healthy. You can learn more on youtube than in school yes but this video? Perhaps its a good start. Why am i responding seriously? Bc im sleep deprived and its 3 am
@@Smoko-9 Yea , ngl you do have a point
"Your school cafeteria will run out of business" 😂
This is honestly really helpful and will save you a lot of money, buy what food you actually need and live off of it for the week while using the rest of your money for needs like your bills or if you have a car, basic maintenance, i will try some of these recipes now
Boris teaches with the wisdom of someone who’s gone through a lot of ends of month.
First recipe is highly appreciated
Hashed potato and pan fried beans is a Celtic staple
highly doubt that as beans come from America and there was not much Celts around by the time they got to Europe
@@Taudlitz Depends on the beans, most broad beans were native to asia (Stuff like fava and soybeans). During the middle ages and when the silk road was around, the rest of europe would have gained access to these legumes.
Pan fried beans might have had a completely different shape from the one we know here in this video.
Alternatively, it could have simply evolved into a staple after the discovery of the new world, it's just something they eat a lot now.
In scandinavia, specifically Norway, Lutefisk (A gelatined fish) isn't commonly eaten, but for norwegians in the US its a holiday food, and for some a staple.
Staples change, cultures change, and the foods they eat also change, what wasn't a staple a hundred years ago might be a staple now, or vise versa.
Awesome pfp!
3:37 When you discover the British breakfast without ever going to Britain.
I can confirm: shoelace soup, poor man porridge, boiled corn and sardines that taste like old socks will get you through the last 2 weeks in college at a very low price
The fuck is shoelace soup
@@peanut9560 is a type of dried long noodle made just from flour, salt, and water. usually found in buy in bulk stores, in 5 kilograms bags. to make the soup put to boil a large pot of water, throw in some salt, pepper, bay leaf, 1-2 onions, and some seasoning packets if you have; at the end add some noodles. a soup with nothing much in it, that looks like it has yellow-ish shoelaces in it and tastes the same, but it can get you past the end of the month.
@@mihaigeorge1149 oh,thanks, I was very confused there until now
poor man porridge is a very good desert in fact when made with milk, didn't tried butter
@@KMUnetworkWhere I am from, butter and milk are expensive asf, but luckily cocoa isn't. Results? Really great when a small amount of milk is added, but is fine without it.
Thanh you Boris for amazing budget cooking videos. My sister has just started studying abroad (england) and said your recipes helped her alot
You are prepared for the sanctions like a pro
I love to see these tight budget cooking, perfect for when life's hard... which is almost everyday, blin
"If you don't have cinnamon, imagine it."~ -Wise words from Slav King
ДА НАКОНЕЦ НОВОЕ ВИДЕО. молодец товарищ Борис
"Brands are not loyal to you, they just want your money"
-San Tzu, The Art Of Truth
Honestly these budget videos are fantastic
Boris knows his demographics very well. Thank you for saving this Gopnik who feels the start of month is end of month.
This man is the new Einstein! I have tried some of your recipes and they are actually great! Even Mama approves!!!
Oh, it is finally time for another one of these, it’s lit!
>"Everybody get sick of instant noodle after a month"
You Borris sir underestimated us poor asian folks~
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the instant noodles available in Asian countries offer more variation and higher quality than most other places around the world.
instant noodles are expensive as hell
Instant noodles are much expensive than this tho
What kind of wooky wacky land do you guys live in that instant noodles are expensive? are you buying the good quality one? cause yes those can be expensive.
Trusty rice~
Boris actually helped me get trought university life. Me and my gf started calling one of his recipe the "Boris´s pan" :D
Ah another guide for "Penghuni Kosan" like me, thanks Boris :)
P. S. And to adjust it depending on the current living place and nearby available market
12 dollars can get you a lot for a week, here.
Let's see..
Rice, 2 kilos, about Rp 24k, more or less,
Chicken, breast fillet, last time I bought it, it was 25k, half a kilo,
Eggs, 26k a kilo,
Salt, pepper, oil, you've bought it at the beginning of month already, if not last month
You still have half of the allocated budget to buy veggies, fruits, spices...
Use masako, as the main spices... And we are done....
I love how every video is more and more consice, and well paced, well done Boris
Your Estonian/ St Petersburg prices are better than my Dutch prices :(
all prices are better than Dutch prices, apart from most Scandinavia, probably.
Or my Danish prices!
I love my dutch neighbours, but your shit is way to expensive! Greetings from Germany
nah man - you can replicate this easily here
Jup, hier is dat lijstje €20 of hoger
i'm rewatching old boris videos and, recently, my most beloved cousin passed away. boris calling himself cousin boris made it a little easier to go on without her for a little while. thank you cousin boris, from one slav king to another
My king, the fact that I've been watching your videos on budget living for almost 3 years it's clear economics have not improved here.
I'm grateful I can always come back to them to fight hunger ❤
“Nobody can ever care about everyone equally”
Boris: Hold my vodka!
"Bread."
Bread: "What you call me?"
"DENY IT, I DARE YOU"
"I DOOBLE DARE YOU !!"
Boris: 10€ a week
My family in the weekly "adventure" in shopping: 100€
I mean, I'm on that amount, and I'm only with two people lol. That said, I KNOW how to cook and eat cheap, I choose not to.
Now I can understand how Russian soldiers in Ukraine can survive on rations expired in 2015
You can add potatoes, beans, yam or some minced meat to rice soup for flavor and filling, salt, pepper, chilli. And there you have rice soup for days
So happy to see Boris cooking again!
I'm not even poor and could budget around a much higher amount but love these videos regardless because I'm a simple soul who craves simple things, fuck spending two hours on dinner when Boris shows a cheap but completely fine option that can be made in minutes, blyat
Some people enjoy spending hours on dinner. Maybe I'm just weird.
@@ChaosTherum it's fine! I love cooking too- embrace your passion and enjoy it :D
I want to like your comment, but it‘s on 69 likes
This guy is giving me flashbacks to my first few years living alone. Lately I had a lot of disposable income, but that's going to end sharpish so getting myself back into old frugal habits, I stumbled across this.
Grating onions. Holy crap how did nobody think of this before. This is genuis
It's like cutting 20 onions at once, there's a reason almost nobody does it...
Boris' attitude towards margarine is the right attitude.
Use it if you want, but come on. It's a substitute.
Margarin will never taste as good as real butter.
Also it is 1 molecule away from being silicone.....
@@HayTatsuko True. But butter is 10 times more expensive where I live.
comrade boris you saved my life with this video. i have a really tight budget and didnt know what to buy.
thank you.
Thank you so much for this Boris, I've been waiting for this since you did your Survival Round video
In Malaysia we eat rice porridge with anchovies and sambal, never have i ever seen rice porridge with jam. Definitely a must try !!
oooh, eating on a budget / end of month cooking and general advice. Some old school Boris content, takes me back to when this channel was exploding with views
to see that he cooks just like me makes my heart warm