*Erratum* - the lard used in making the two sausage rolls I *didn't* eat for dinner this day is still included in the meal and day totals. Doesn't impact the achievement of the target. Meal total 1360 calories. Day total 2300 calories.
Mate you got a bug on ye table near the end. Also, is this really something you had to tell people or is it just for clearity for the sake of clearity.
@@AtomicShrimp Love it! Everything you do - the creative yet solid cooking on an extremely humble budget, the foraging knowledge you have to pass on, and now you even admit your mistakes and correct them where possible. You, sir, are a beacon of light in this most torrid and turbulent of morally suspect times.
I basically have to make do like this 365 days a year, but that just makes me appreciate your efforts even more. You also have great integrity and don't just make these kind of videos because they're popular, but because you want to. If I had a chance to vote what channel represents the best of TH-cam, Atomic Shrimp is my choice.
Hearing about the history, or even just seeing what that old railway line has left behind would definitely be interesting, as I think others have pointed out it's always fascinating to see urban environments reclaimed by nature over time.
This takes up your full day and is only feasible for pensioners, people with money (who would never want to) and those who have no jobs and are just scraping by from benefits or students (who should be getting a little more indeed). Anyone who could do actual work would be far better off getting their X amount per hour and then doing what normal people do, spend it wisely, albeit on higher quality food with a larger variety. He's just showing it's still possible here in the west to eat for pennies, it's just that nobody needs or wants to. Not even the panhandlers have this little money. You'd have to move to a third world country. Personally I'd cry if I had to wake up to microwaved rice with apple and apricot, but hey, that's just me. These vids are still great and very creative. Just feels a bit over the top considering the options we have in western nations. This is a personal choice if you'd ever try it.
@@ruben9912 Are you talking about how people with full-time jobs tend to get mostly takeaway? :) It literally took him as much time as cooking meals with a full range of ingredients. Except the dinner, which was throwing together leftovers, so was even quicker. Considering the vast amount of food waste that we have, challenging ourselves to restrict our food budgets is a worthwhile exercise. I do agree, that if this was my all the time existence, it would get kind of depressing. I also would really miss cheese.
I don't think Mike has an agenda or is trying to suggest people should be able to survive on less money if they want to. It's a challenge and Mike acknowledged at the beginning that he would most likely miss out on nutrition from having to make cuts to his shopping list. The main takeaway is that he has found ways to creatively make meals and minimise waste. It's more than possible to try a lot of these techniques yourself, for example using peels for stock.
I love these challenges. They’re so much more engaging than regular “oh look! We lived on a shoe string budget and pretended to be poor! It’s so hard all we ate was beans and rice!”. You actually actively challenge yourself to create meals with interesting methods and substitution. I always cook with the same goal and enjoy employing some thinking about how to stretch things, so it’s a very soothing process to see others attempt the crazy wackiness of it! Keep it up as always
I think the wackiness of some of the meals are what make this experiment so great. When people think of meals they think of very traditional things, a lot of people I know wouldn't ever dream of putting lettuce with rice for example, but when you're on a budget and surviving anything can become a meal if you put it on the plate.
@@TankManHeavy I sometimes get to situations where i put traditionally "western" vegetables on my rice, and that includes lettuce. Im from indonesia and sometimes for a quick breakfast my family just brings out random leftovers, including the vegetables, and thats how sometimes I got lettuce and rice. Its pretty good actually, fluffy rice and crunchy lettuce is nice
As somebody who's lived most of their life in big cities, these videos call forth a bit of melancholy when I see you wander through the somewhat untamed forest and live in symbiosis with nature through foraging. I really do enjoy these videos, keep up the good work.
Just an idea for the undressed salad: Try scrunching it up with some salt. The salt will help draw out more of the moisture from the vegetables so you get more "dressing". Also, the salt will probably give the dressing some good flavor! (sidenote on the lard as a salad dressing: We made a lardo vinaigrette at one restaurant I worked at for a tomato salad we had on during the summer. It was incredible! You can also use bacon fat. Just mix it with some sherry or other dark vinegar to taste. Not for this challenge obviously, but just thought of it since we're on the topic of unconventional salad dressing.)
Thats what I do for potato pancakes. Grate the potatoes, throw a bunch of salt on it. Then mix it and wait. After an hour or so squeeze out the water and it's ready to go. For more flavour and for binding an egg and maybe some flour helps. Great with some apple puree or sugar and cinnamon.
about apricot kernels: sweet ones are safe to eat, bitter ones will kill you. detoxified apricot kernels are a raw material for persipan, a marzipan substitute. don't mess with them unless you know what you're doing.
Often (traditionally?) used in Stollen. It makes some sense I suppose that they contain cyanide (smells like almonds), when you remember that marzipan is almond flavoured, and persipan is a cheaper substitute for it.
@@swanningabout Many people see it as a form of art but to each their own, theres more than 1 way to view the world and i cant judge people for being different
Better than instant ramen, right? Never forget the wide range of stuff that can be made with ptatoes and flour. Add some legumes and you basically have the filling part of the meal done.
The sausage rolls was an ingenious idea. I love watching these challenges, because whilst I am not in the poor side of life, I do like to stretch myself, and challenge myself like this from time to time, and it's good to get ideas :)
I think it would be really interesting to see an exploration of that old railway line! It's always wonderful to see urban environments nature has reclaimed. A great video. These budget challenges always getting me thinking of challenges I could set myself.
My Dad grew up in Botley so I'd find a walk along the line interesting. Did it close with the Beecham(?) closures? I'm sure you'll have some interesting comments on that; I grew up on the Isle of Wight, and although before my time, those closures ruined a wonderful network on the Island. Thank you for this series; you're a mine of interesting information. God bless you.
Definitely interested in hearing about history in your Landscape. The summer before last I went on a bicycle tour in France and rode for two days on a cycle path they put on an old railway course. Cyclists and trains have similar desires: avoid inclines.
Hi Mike! I hope you don't mind but I plugged in the ingredients as listed in the video to have a look at the nutrients it does/doesn't reach. Targets are for a 5'11 male in their 50s about 180-200lbs since I had to enter something. These meals meet the requirements for fiber, iron, vitamin a/c, folate and potassium, but do fall a little bit short on calcium (72%) and seem to be a bit lacking in B12 (though that could be present in the sausages in the meal but not in the generic ones I plugged in). The only other micronutrients that stand out (so under 75% reached) are vitamins D(10%) and E(25%). Zinc is at 58%, and omega 3/6 are just under 50%. We could also use a little more lysine. Everything else hits over 75%, and of course variation in meals will make up for any small shortcomings. Overall this feels quite nutritionally balanced in terms of micronutrients, too! Soy and nuts tend to contain lysine, with nuts having vitamin E and zinc too. vitamin D tends to be found in mushrooms - had this been a foraging challenge and had a couple nuts, I think that would have met virtually all the micronutrients. Thanks again for these videos - I really enjoy them and the mental exercise of seeing your ideas and thinking what I would do!
@@serenakoleno9338 Good points! I eat neither fish nor meat so that's not something I'd advocate for in my own personal comments. I hope the daily walks get some vitamin D in! Generally though, most UK residents could use more vitamin D, especially in these short days. Can't hurt if it might make us feel better! Mr Shrimp does seem more active than most of us - I would be too if I had an adorable Eva! ;)
I used to bake tastes without pricking/putting a cut in them. One day, just before work, I took my baked tates out of the oven, went to check them by pushing a knife into them, and one exploded on contact all over my kitchen. It made a right mess, by the time I'd cleaned it up I had no time to eat the other potato before having to leave. Ever since then, I always put a cut in tates before baking them.
It might have been a bit overkill for breakfast, but I would have roasted the fruit in the oven for a bit before adding the rice, and then roasting them together. I think it would have helped in releasing the sugars and juice from the fruit and made the dish more appealing
Always impressed with how you can just throw ingredients together and make delicious looking meals. I've started trying to do that myself and break my dependence on premade recipes. I've gotten some good results so far, and some not so good ones, but it's been enjoyable nonetheless! It sounds cheesy, but you have inspired me. :)
I definitely agree. I’m eating out way too much (almost every day) and the beauty of throwing some potatoes, onions, carrots, sausage, and a little water and flour into a pan and making a stew is becoming more and more romanticized in my mind.
Breakfast looked good. I wonder if giving the apples and apricots a little bit of a stew for 10-15 minutes would've helped promote some sweetness, or at least neutralised a little of the sharpness. Baking or frying them in a little lard might also help there, too. Looking forward to the next part.
The older I get the more I abhor food waste. Its great to see a kindred spirit! And your veg peeling stock box idea was very inspiring, I intend to start my own!
I can't recommend it enough!! personally i use a very large ziplock bag that I keep in the freezer and fill with cutoffs until full. makes a lot of amazing stock about every other month (we eat tons of veg)!
I can't in good conscience ask for a £365 for 365 days challenge but it might be interesting to consider it as a sort of thought experiment. Go around to any bulk stores you might have access to and calculate what your shopping list would be if you were to actually participate in such a challenge. As a single person living in a standard 1 bedroom apartment, that sort of bulk buying just doesn't fit into my lifestyle. It's more a question of storage space and potential food wastage than price for me. Though I will say the bulk 4 pound boxes of grapes present absolutely 0 challenge for me to eat before they go bad! Less so for other things. Costco over here in the States sells amazing 4 packs of giant muffins, commonly with a buy one get one free deal. When I was still trying to bulk buy I would often pick them up as one muffin could easily serve as two breakfasts for me... however that meant unless I had the foresight to freeze half of them, they would start to get moldy before I could eat them all. And even if I did, they took up a significant portion of my freezer. It was nice because I would often buy the corn muffins as my second ("free") box and then reserve them for when I made chili, but it was never really a good fit for my kitchen which is very lacking in storage. I don't even have a proper pantry, just a couple of cabinets. Anyway, sorry for the rambling! If you ever do consider the thought experiment I proposed, I'd be really interested to see what you might pick.
On the subject of muffins…have you seen the Jiffy mixes for muffins and cornbread? Small batches, quick to make, much cheaper than the other bag mixes or readymade muffins.
I'd love to see an exploration of the railway track. Coming from the other side of the world (Australia), it's fascinating to see such a different environment and I really enjoy your nature rambles.
Those sausage rolls are genius. Perhaps they would have been an opportunity to use the marmite inside the pastry. But they look amazing - love a sausage roll!
The "signal post" you encountered is actually an old piece of bullhead rail. Old rail got used for all sorts of things once it had reached the end of its useful life as rail, although I'm not sure if it ever got turned into signal posts. Fences or barriers, however, were always popular choices for putting it to good use.
When I was struggling on little money with 3 Children and a Husband, along with a Mortgage at the all time high rates, this is exactly how I lived. Nothing wasted and a lot of imagination involved. Often the leftovers from previous day were chopped and curried….even Sunday dinner with stuffing makes lovely curry
As a person whom lived up with rice as my staple food- never I thought to have rice with apricots. I thought that is sacrilegious but then I remembered that we do eat rice with other sort of fruits actually... so I guess it is a common thing. It just that the fruit we're eating with rice isn't something that Europeans may enjoy. - Durian. 😌 Also the simplest dish that we may serve with rice is probably with soy sauce or salt only. That's the way I live as a student. 😂
Guessing you're Chinese, but the Japanese almost never mix rice with anything apart from a few modern or imported dishes, including soy sauce. As you say, it's considered sacrilegious.
@@capitalb5889 Good guess- but I'm neither of Chinese or Japanese (despite my name there in Japanese - I'm just fond of kanji), but also I do live in a community with them. Hello from Malaysia. ✋🏼
How come I am just finding you?! This is basically how I cook.. living alone I try to cook once & eat twice lol..plus foraging. I'm enjoying having a binge on this channel.. thank u so much for all ur hard work
I just realised that you got another 100k subscribers! Glad to see you growing. You always bring me good vibes. You talk about all the topics that I find interesting. Your simple, stright forward and kind way of living really motivates me... especially while struggling with depression. Thank you a lot for all your content!
These are great inspiration for hard times when we may just have to make do with what we have on hand and forage, looking forward to the rest of the week
You rub the apricot stone on a piece of concrete, until you get a small hole, like 2mm in diameter, repeat on the other side. Through the holes, you remove the kernel and you end up with a whistle.
My initial reaction to the fruity rice is I'm not a big fan of fruit in savoury meals, but I have eaten rice pudding so I can see this breakfast working.
A common meal from my childhood that may have been a poverty meal was white rice with milk and sugar, with options on canned fruit. I think, I was always partially aware that it was basically the same concept as porridge, or any other cooked grain for breakfast, but in my house it was always more of a Sunday evening meal (note, Sunday did not have religious significance, since my family are Saturday worship Christians, so was just that End-of-the-weekend meal).
@@TheMimiSard My brother and I would sometimes eat a slice of white bread, with margarine and sugar. Today, the thought makes me cringe...no wonder, I was borderline overweight as a preteen already. But it sure was delicious. I don't envy people, who have to eat on a strict budget out of necessity, I can tell you that. Because while it's (to some degree) possible...it takes a lot of planning and self discipline. Nutrient devoid carbs are just a very cheap(and unfortunately very tasty) option, where ever you go.
I'd love to see the old railway exploration. It's crazy (and so cool) to me, with how densely populated Britain is, that there are areas that nature has reclaimed so thoroughly.
Hi from Pennsylvania! I love your channel! I lived in the UK for about 6 months and wished I could return! I miss it so much. So clean, and beautiful, and the people are so welcoming!
It's a lot of fun to see all the foraging opportunities there since here in Finland everything is buried under heavy layers of snow and the temperatures are freezing.
So not only do you show how to eat on a very limited budget WITHOUT foraging - you also show what we COULD have foraged? I am so glad that I stumbled across this video.
Wish this had been a TV programme in 1988! (Along with Internet and YT)! My 18yr old son is a final year professional chef student and your videos have been a source of great conversation with him! I am grateful just for that! However the content of your uploads are clear, grounded, no frills, informative and a breath of fresh air! Thank you for you!
Interesting to see that you could have foraged Wood ear fungi. They are delicious and in high demand for Chinese New Year reunion dinner soups! Looking forward to seeing the exploration of that old railway line.
I appreciate the way you help people learn to cook elegant and tasty food on a minimal budget. Having little money doesn't have to mean less than amazing flavor.
Great videos. I think the most valuable thing I've learned from them is how valuable what most would consider 'waste' is. You take the scraps and use them in something else, showing that most of us probably waste a good percentage of the ingredients we purchase. Keep it up.
There's something so wonderfully calming about your energy, I was having a bad few days and I often feel comforted coming and rewatching these challenge videos. Thank you Shrimp.
Watching these makes me more confident about my cooking. It's amazing what you can do with basic ingredients and utensils, as long as you know what to do with them.
Nobody told me that the bitter crab apple tree on my farm as a kid would be really sweet if I waited till spring... I cannot believe my parents betrayed me like this 😂
love your creativity. I hate wasting food, so I often times just take out of the fridge what ever won't be good for much longer and scrounge together a meal from that. So I love this kind of video.
Really impressive stuff, especially considering past challenges have also been impressive, but I think this one is exceeding past challenges, showing the economies of scale you mentioned in the first video. Nice work, Mr. Shrimp!
Yes I would be interested in knowing more about that former railway line. Love your challenges. I first started watching over lock down. Keep up the good work
I still have to watch the video but I just wanted to pop in to say that this is my first time seeing these type of challenges and I am loving them. I’ll definitely go back and watch the rest because this are surprisingly fun to watch. Keep up the good work!
I would definitely like to see more of this area with the old rail system! Because of the sour apricots in the breakfast rice: maybe it would have been possible to puree the apple and apricots in the evening and let them oxidize overnight? I think that would have developed some of the natural sweetness of the fruit and would have given the rice more moisture, like a fruit sauce. Or do I have a misconception somewhere?
I always love these kind of challenges!! The amount of potatous, carrots and onions that you had made me think of a dutch dish called "hutspot" or "stampot". Its mashed potatoes with boulion, carrot, glazer onions and saugage or bacon. Its cheap, delisaus and easy to make 😊
I'd honestly love to see a video following the tracks. I'm a sucker for destroyed old overgrown infrastructure, like creepy old buildings or old random broken vehicles in a forest.
Greetings Mr Shrimp. I've just moved from Portsmouth (yep, we're almost neighbours) to Jersey and day 1 here I went to get some supplies, and cheese-Loiuse, the groceries are WAY more expensive here, so I sat down to scoff my first meal here whilst watching this episode as I knew that I'd need more input from your good self. LOVE what you do with flour and pastry on your vids. Opened up a whole new world for me. A big God-bless you and heartfelt thanks from me.
My mum was the master of making dinner for four out of nothing, and she taught me well. But, honestly, I couldn't do this with the same style and nutrition you ensure are in your meals. I think alot of people would learn from watching these videos.
Love the videos :) I'll be fascinated to see how your sourdough goes. At the bakery I work in we're very careful to avoid accidently introducing commercial yeasts into the sourdough starters because they may outcompete the existing yeasts and change the bacterial culture. I suspect this, along with the short time period and potential for additives or bleaching in the flour, might prevent you from developing a 'traditional' sourdough culture. But I will be very interested to see none the less!
Those sausage rolls looked really tasty! It's a smart use of your flour, and I suspect that the lard will serve you really well for the remaining days. It seemed very difficult in your previous challenges to cook without a source of fat handy. Also, congrats on hitting your calorie goal for today! Those sausage rolls came in clutch to push you over the edge!
It's amazing how diverse and healthy your meals are. Which is proof that you don't have to spend a lot of money to get enough nutrition. You just have to be willing to eat outside of the box! ETA: "And here's what you couldn't forage because that's called rustling." 🤣 I legit laughed out loud.
You know, it doesn't matter if it is $1/day, $5/day, whatever, one great thing you show is how to maximize the utilization of the items that you do buy. As in, nearly 0 waste.
If I recall, Apricot Kernals are one the higher Amygdalin containing plant bits. Was bit of a wreck over health food shops selling them not too long ago.
@@ghostladydarkling3250 I don't know I ought mention the amount that can be fatal. It is though surprisingly small a sum. But whilst a few may be helpful somehow, sure. But one the primary reason they were oft known, particularly for a time, is erm, dubious. Albeit Taxine (Yew tree) does have some proven benefits of such. (as a tid bit. Mistletoe extract is proving to be incredibly good at the same. I'll leave y'all to Google if interested). Not advocating either, mind. Both poisonous. The pseudo science of the modern herbal new age gets a bit wonky. Not that I'd deny a small dose of cyanogenic compounds here and there can have its own therapeutic spectrum. The health food store is not it.
@@pixie706 one is fine. I'm not to be quoted, study as you like. But may even have some benefit in the right amount/span of time. But yep, tastes awful and I'd rather not. Much its benefits I can attribute to other plants and Botanical alkaloids that are way higher efficacy and much safer.
oh man how i love crabapples, me and my dad would pick wild ones when i was a kid, and eat them raw, just sliced them into pieces and sprinkle them with salt. id eat them till i was sick, (literally). ive always wanted to try and make some kind of pie or cobbler with them, maybe with a salted caramel sauce, the sweet sour, and salty combo would be amazing...maybe even add some heat to it, maybe habenero, but maybe that might be a bit much....i mean, you never know till you try.
sounds like a great idea! i love crabapples too. they are not commonly eaten where I live and usually the trees have only decorative purposes - making me doubly interested in figuring out how to use them other than snacking 1-2 raw when passing by some crabapple tree.
@@AliceHasenkohl another thing ive wanted to do, is make some jelly out ofthem, but im thinking they are too acidic fir that....FRUIT LEATHER! youd get that gell consistancy, but without gelitin it kind of doesnt matter how sour it is!
Love the limited food challenges! Would definitely love to see more of the old railway station. I love visiting abandoned structures and learning the history! Excited for day 3!!
I'd love to see an exploration of the railway line! It seems all my favourite creators end up exploring old lines- Geoff Marshall, Tim Traveller, The Whitewicks, and now AtomicShrimp...
*Erratum* - the lard used in making the two sausage rolls I *didn't* eat for dinner this day is still included in the meal and day totals. Doesn't impact the achievement of the target. Meal total 1360 calories. Day total 2300 calories.
Good! Edit: Fantastic!
Mate you got a bug on ye table near the end.
Also, is this really something you had to tell people or is it just for clearity for the sake of clearity.
@@zaferoph yes, it's necessary to correct errors
@@AtomicShrimp fair enough. Always respectable.
@@AtomicShrimp Love it! Everything you do - the creative yet solid cooking on an extremely humble budget, the foraging knowledge you have to pass on, and now you even admit your mistakes and correct them where possible. You, sir, are a beacon of light in this most torrid and turbulent of morally suspect times.
Wow. I've been living off £4 a day for a decade thinking I was being frugal, but now I see I've been living like a king.
You totally been frugal 😮
I hope you'll get a little looser bugdet soon 😅
@@pohjanvanamoprobably gets a lot of bulk shelf safe stuff
Why? Insane
@@GigaBoostmaybe because of lack of money?
I was living on the same per day (disability pension) until maybe 15 years ago when I was able to increase it by 50%.
I basically have to make do like this 365 days a year, but that just makes me appreciate your efforts even more. You also have great integrity and don't just make these kind of videos because they're popular, but because you want to. If I had a chance to vote what channel represents the best of TH-cam, Atomic Shrimp is my choice.
Hey dude do you need some help? I can help you if you have PayPal
@@diegoindia2294 If he did not answer, I would glady take you up on that offer. I always need more food.
@@diegoindia2294 ❤ God bless you!
@@diegoindia2294 Diego india is a good guy, be like him
Where do you live and what are your circumstances
These five, back-to-back, are such a treat, thank you!!
Right!!!!
Yes 2+ hrs of Shrimp on a cold sunday evening with a cuppa and bickies is a nice relaxing treat !!
Hearing about the history, or even just seeing what that old railway line has left behind would definitely be interesting, as I think others have pointed out it's always fascinating to see urban environments reclaimed by nature over time.
+1
Be nice to see a reclaimed Birmingham.
Would love to see you explore the old railway line
You may like Paul and Rebecca Whitewick's videos, they look for that of thing
I’d also really like to know more about the old railroad station. 😁
This takes a lot of discipline and dedication
I just did one for $1 per meal for 5 days here, $15 for 5 days. $1 a day isn't possible here.
This takes up your full day and is only feasible for pensioners, people with money (who would never want to) and those who have no jobs and are just scraping by from benefits or students (who should be getting a little more indeed).
Anyone who could do actual work would be far better off getting their X amount per hour and then doing what normal people do, spend it wisely, albeit on higher quality food with a larger variety. He's just showing it's still possible here in the west to eat for pennies, it's just that nobody needs or wants to. Not even the panhandlers have this little money.
You'd have to move to a third world country.
Personally I'd cry if I had to wake up to microwaved rice with apple and apricot, but hey, that's just me. These vids are still great and very creative. Just feels a bit over the top considering the options we have in western nations. This is a personal choice if you'd ever try it.
@@ruben9912 Are you talking about how people with full-time jobs tend to get mostly takeaway? :)
It literally took him as much time as cooking meals with a full range of ingredients. Except the dinner, which was throwing together leftovers, so was even quicker.
Considering the vast amount of food waste that we have, challenging ourselves to restrict our food budgets is a worthwhile exercise.
I do agree, that if this was my all the time existence, it would get kind of depressing. I also would really miss cheese.
I don't think Mike has an agenda or is trying to suggest people should be able to survive on less money if they want to. It's a challenge and Mike acknowledged at the beginning that he would most likely miss out on nutrition from having to make cuts to his shopping list. The main takeaway is that he has found ways to creatively make meals and minimise waste. It's more than possible to try a lot of these techniques yourself, for example using peels for stock.
@@philbrook5655 Oh yeah im not calling him out on it just food is very very expensive where I am
"Here's what you couldn't have foraged, because we call that rustling.". For some reason the timing on that was gold and gave me a good laugh.
I laughed so hard at this line I'm not sure why
I think he meant to say scrumping, but maybe it was a deliberate joke on his part.
@@simonh6371 rustling is stealing cows, which is what he was looking at
@@simonh6371 I have not even watched the video and I understood the joke; you need to work on your joke-understanding skills.
@@LeatherCladVegan calm down, it’s not that deep. no need to come on so hard mate
I love these challenges. They’re so much more engaging than regular “oh look! We lived on a shoe string budget and pretended to be poor! It’s so hard all we ate was beans and rice!”. You actually actively challenge yourself to create meals with interesting methods and substitution. I always cook with the same goal and enjoy employing some thinking about how to stretch things, so it’s a very soothing process to see others attempt the crazy wackiness of it! Keep it up as always
Indeed. The meals aren't just budget food, but also really interesting and varied.
I think the wackiness of some of the meals are what make this experiment so great. When people think of meals they think of very traditional things, a lot of people I know wouldn't ever dream of putting lettuce with rice for example, but when you're on a budget and surviving anything can become a meal if you put it on the plate.
I've watched these videos over and over. I'm thinking of having a version of the fruit rice bowl. Since I have left over rice, for my dinner tonight.
@@TankManHeavy I sometimes get to situations where i put traditionally "western" vegetables on my rice, and that includes lettuce. Im from indonesia and sometimes for a quick breakfast my family just brings out random leftovers, including the vegetables, and thats how sometimes I got lettuce and rice. Its pretty good actually, fluffy rice and crunchy lettuce is nice
As somebody who's lived most of their life in big cities, these videos call forth a bit of melancholy when I see you wander through the somewhat untamed forest and live in symbiosis with nature through foraging.
I really do enjoy these videos, keep up the good work.
Get to know any place that has a natural setting. Small natural pond or maybe a neighbor with garden space. Grow veggies on a window sill.
Weird comment
Just an idea for the undressed salad: Try scrunching it up with some salt. The salt will help draw out more of the moisture from the vegetables so you get more "dressing". Also, the salt will probably give the dressing some good flavor!
(sidenote on the lard as a salad dressing: We made a lardo vinaigrette at one restaurant I worked at for a tomato salad we had on during the summer. It was incredible! You can also use bacon fat. Just mix it with some sherry or other dark vinegar to taste. Not for this challenge obviously, but just thought of it since we're on the topic of unconventional salad dressing.)
Maybe some apple peels and those cores could be simmered for dressing with lard.
leaving the apricot stones in some water would probably also add some good acidity
The original salad dressing was just salt (or salty water); that’s what gave salad its name!
Thats what I do for potato pancakes. Grate the potatoes, throw a bunch of salt on it. Then mix it and wait. After an hour or so squeeze out the water and it's ready to go. For more flavour and for binding an egg and maybe some flour helps.
Great with some apple puree or sugar and cinnamon.
I love how rice is a jack of all trades, it fits perfectly with virtually every type of food, truly a gift
Thank you
That's true with pretty much any grain.
about apricot kernels:
sweet ones are safe to eat, bitter ones will kill you.
detoxified apricot kernels are a raw material for persipan, a marzipan substitute.
don't mess with them unless you know what you're doing.
Ooh, good to know!
How do you know if they'll be sweet or bitter? Do you just have to try it or is there a way to distinguish them visually?
Persipan is more commonly used in commercial bakeries here in aus, it's also why people don't like marzipan as it has a low-quality taste to it
Well I don't think anyone would want to find out if it is bitter or sweet
Often (traditionally?) used in Stollen. It makes some sense I suppose that they contain cyanide (smells like almonds), when you remember that marzipan is almond flavoured, and persipan is a cheaper substitute for it.
When people make comments like yours they are often exaggerating to sound cool
I like how unlike other youtubers who just buy a pack of ramen and call it a day, you experiment with new recipies and try new things. Awesome stuff.
I dont get how he is so creative, fair play mate
It's more do do with discipline.
@@swanningabout I guess so, but there is still a creative aspect to it
@@henchest A basic idea of flavours yes but most cooking (in general) is chucking stuff together
@@swanningabout Many people see it as a form of art but to each their own, theres more than 1 way to view the world and i cant judge people for being different
@@henchest Art or not , at it's core - cooking is just bunging stuff together
as a uni student this is a lifesaver you're really doing godswork even if I can't do the foraging
Better than instant ramen, right? Never forget the wide range of stuff that can be made with ptatoes and flour. Add some legumes and you basically have the filling part of the meal done.
yoo right when i just got finishing the first part, these budget challenges have been one of my favorites from what youve uploaded! good stuff man
SAME!!!!
The sausage rolls was an ingenious idea. I love watching these challenges, because whilst I am not in the poor side of life, I do like to stretch myself, and challenge myself like this from time to time, and it's good to get ideas :)
I think it would be really interesting to see an exploration of that old railway line! It's always wonderful to see urban environments nature has reclaimed.
A great video. These budget challenges always getting me thinking of challenges I could set myself.
I find all of your content very interesting Mike and have no doubt that covering the railway line/station would not disappoint, thank you.
I'm a train nerd, so I wholeheartedly agree.
Agree, plus you could forage on the way :-)
My Dad grew up in Botley so I'd find a walk along the line interesting. Did it close with the Beecham(?) closures? I'm sure you'll have some interesting comments on that; I grew up on the Isle of Wight, and although before my time, those closures ruined a wonderful network on the Island.
Thank you for this series; you're a mine of interesting information. God bless you.
Definitely interested in hearing about history in your Landscape. The summer before last I went on a bicycle tour in France and rode for two days on a cycle path they put on an old railway course. Cyclists and trains have similar desires: avoid inclines.
Atomic should get Geoff Marshall explore the abandoned station.
Hi Mike!
I hope you don't mind but I plugged in the ingredients as listed in the video to have a look at the nutrients it does/doesn't reach. Targets are for a 5'11 male in their 50s about 180-200lbs since I had to enter something.
These meals meet the requirements for fiber, iron, vitamin a/c, folate and potassium, but do fall a little bit short on calcium (72%) and seem to be a bit lacking in B12 (though that could be present in the sausages in the meal but not in the generic ones I plugged in).
The only other micronutrients that stand out (so under 75% reached) are vitamins D(10%) and E(25%). Zinc is at 58%, and omega 3/6 are just under 50%. We could also use a little more lysine.
Everything else hits over 75%, and of course variation in meals will make up for any small shortcomings. Overall this feels quite nutritionally balanced in terms of micronutrients, too!
Soy and nuts tend to contain lysine, with nuts having vitamin E and zinc too. vitamin D tends to be found in mushrooms - had this been a foraging challenge and had a couple nuts, I think that would have met virtually all the micronutrients.
Thanks again for these videos - I really enjoy them and the mental exercise of seeing your ideas and thinking what I would do!
Fish has vitamin D, too. And his daily walks should provide some even in January, I hope.
@@serenakoleno9338 Good points! I eat neither fish nor meat so that's not something I'd advocate for in my own personal comments. I hope the daily walks get some vitamin D in! Generally though, most UK residents could use more vitamin D, especially in these short days. Can't hurt if it might make us feel better! Mr Shrimp does seem more active than most of us - I would be too if I had an adorable Eva! ;)
Damm well done good on you fro working it all out
Really? You can do better look forward to your efforts
I used to bake tastes without pricking/putting a cut in them. One day, just before work, I took my baked tates out of the oven, went to check them by pushing a knife into them, and one exploded on contact all over my kitchen. It made a right mess, by the time I'd cleaned it up I had no time to eat the other potato before having to leave.
Ever since then, I always put a cut in tates before baking them.
Taters :)
One of mine exploded in the oven. I opened the oven and what a mess!
@@lovecats6856 Are you sure it wasn't a hand grenade, they can be similar in size?
@@ellem2293 Po-Ta-Toes! Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew!
@@ellem2293 what's taters, precious?
It might have been a bit overkill for breakfast, but I would have roasted the fruit in the oven for a bit before adding the rice, and then roasting them together. I think it would have helped in releasing the sugars and juice from the fruit and made the dish more appealing
You really are one of the most creative cooks I’ve ever seen online. It’s fascinating to see what you come up with.
Always impressed with how you can just throw ingredients together and make delicious looking meals. I've started trying to do that myself and break my dependence on premade recipes. I've gotten some good results so far, and some not so good ones, but it's been enjoyable nonetheless! It sounds cheesy, but you have inspired me. :)
I definitely agree. I’m eating out way too much (almost every day) and the beauty of throwing some potatoes, onions, carrots, sausage, and a little water and flour into a pan and making a stew is becoming more and more romanticized in my mind.
Breakfast looked good.
I wonder if giving the apples and apricots a little bit of a stew for 10-15 minutes would've helped promote some sweetness, or at least neutralised a little of the sharpness. Baking or frying them in a little lard might also help there, too.
Looking forward to the next part.
Good idea 😊
I have dried apricots most mornings as part of my breakfast - good for the digestion. But they were probably riper to start with.
Definitely
Roasting things a bit definitely brings out their flavour.
i used to bake shredded apple for a few minutes to dry them then add them to oats. it helped take out acidity
The older I get the more I abhor food waste. Its great to see a kindred spirit! And your veg peeling stock box idea was very inspiring, I intend to start my own!
I can't recommend it enough!! personally i use a very large ziplock bag that I keep in the freezer and fill with cutoffs until full. makes a lot of amazing stock about every other month (we eat tons of veg)!
I can't in good conscience ask for a £365 for 365 days challenge but it might be interesting to consider it as a sort of thought experiment. Go around to any bulk stores you might have access to and calculate what your shopping list would be if you were to actually participate in such a challenge.
As a single person living in a standard 1 bedroom apartment, that sort of bulk buying just doesn't fit into my lifestyle. It's more a question of storage space and potential food wastage than price for me. Though I will say the bulk 4 pound boxes of grapes present absolutely 0 challenge for me to eat before they go bad!
Less so for other things. Costco over here in the States sells amazing 4 packs of giant muffins, commonly with a buy one get one free deal. When I was still trying to bulk buy I would often pick them up as one muffin could easily serve as two breakfasts for me... however that meant unless I had the foresight to freeze half of them, they would start to get moldy before I could eat them all. And even if I did, they took up a significant portion of my freezer. It was nice because I would often buy the corn muffins as my second ("free") box and then reserve them for when I made chili, but it was never really a good fit for my kitchen which is very lacking in storage. I don't even have a proper pantry, just a couple of cabinets.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling! If you ever do consider the thought experiment I proposed, I'd be really interested to see what you might pick.
On the subject of muffins…have you seen the Jiffy mixes for muffins and cornbread? Small batches, quick to make, much cheaper than the other bag mixes or readymade muffins.
This channel gets me through a lot of tough times. I find your videos reduce my levels of anxiety so much. Thank you.
Ditto
I have recurring depressive episodes and his videos help me, a lot.
I'd love to see an exploration of the railway track. Coming from the other side of the world (Australia), it's fascinating to see such a different environment and I really enjoy your nature rambles.
What she said.
Same here. One more vote for.
Same
Same!
I'd like it too 👍
Those sausage rolls are genius. Perhaps they would have been an opportunity to use the marmite inside the pastry. But they look amazing - love a sausage roll!
You're a silly sausage!
The "signal post" you encountered is actually an old piece of bullhead rail. Old rail got used for all sorts of things once it had reached the end of its useful life as rail, although I'm not sure if it ever got turned into signal posts. Fences or barriers, however, were always popular choices for putting it to good use.
We always stand the root end of lettuce in a small nutella glass with a bit of water to keep it lively
When I was struggling on little money with 3 Children and a Husband, along with a Mortgage at the all time high rates, this is exactly how I lived. Nothing wasted and a lot of imagination involved. Often the leftovers from previous day were chopped and curried….even Sunday dinner with stuffing makes lovely curry
Really looking forward to this one. Love your Budget Challenges.
As a person whom lived up with rice as my staple food- never I thought to have rice with apricots. I thought that is sacrilegious but then I remembered that we do eat rice with other sort of fruits actually... so I guess it is a common thing. It just that the fruit we're eating with rice isn't something that Europeans may enjoy. - Durian. 😌
Also the simplest dish that we may serve with rice is probably with soy sauce or salt only. That's the way I live as a student. 😂
Guessing you're Chinese, but the Japanese almost never mix rice with anything apart from a few modern or imported dishes, including soy sauce. As you say, it's considered sacrilegious.
Durian is delicious, never thought of mixing it with rice.
See pilaf recipes!
Rice is very plain so it goes well with sweet things too. Rice pudding for example
@@capitalb5889 Good guess- but I'm neither of Chinese or Japanese (despite my name there in Japanese - I'm just fond of kanji), but also I do live in a community with them.
Hello from Malaysia. ✋🏼
How come I am just finding you?! This is basically how I cook.. living alone I try to cook once & eat twice lol..plus foraging. I'm enjoying having a binge on this channel.. thank u so much for all ur hard work
I love your Slow TV stuff or nature walks. More in that series would be fun.
I just realised that you got another 100k subscribers! Glad to see you growing. You always bring me good vibes. You talk about all the topics that I find interesting. Your simple, stright forward and kind way of living really motivates me... especially while struggling with depression. Thank you a lot for all your content!
These are great inspiration for hard times when we may just have to make do with what we have on hand and forage, looking forward to the rest of the week
You rub the apricot stone on a piece of concrete, until you get a small hole, like 2mm in diameter, repeat on the other side. Through the holes, you remove the kernel and you end up with a whistle.
Simply the best TH-cam channel ever! My favorite relaxation is watching these videos!
My initial reaction to the fruity rice is I'm not a big fan of fruit in savoury meals, but I have eaten rice pudding so I can see this breakfast working.
You can basically use rice like oats for a hot breakfast.
Without milk or sugar, it must have tasted very plain, though.
A common meal from my childhood that may have been a poverty meal was white rice with milk and sugar, with options on canned fruit. I think, I was always partially aware that it was basically the same concept as porridge, or any other cooked grain for breakfast, but in my house it was always more of a Sunday evening meal (note, Sunday did not have religious significance, since my family are Saturday worship Christians, so was just that End-of-the-weekend meal).
@@TheMimiSard We would have rice sugar and milk as a dessert quite often. :) With brown sugar.
@@TheMimiSard
My brother and I would sometimes eat a slice of white bread, with margarine and sugar. Today, the thought makes me cringe...no wonder, I was borderline overweight as a preteen already. But it sure was delicious.
I don't envy people, who have to eat on a strict budget out of necessity, I can tell you that. Because while it's (to some degree) possible...it takes a lot of planning and self discipline.
Nutrient devoid carbs are just a very cheap(and unfortunately very tasty) option, where ever you go.
@@raraavis7782 Honestly that sounds a lot like fairy bread, just less colourful.
I'm so happy this channel exists. No matter how bad my day is, I can always count on Atomic Shrimp
I'd love to see the old railway exploration. It's crazy (and so cool) to me, with how densely populated Britain is, that there are areas that nature has reclaimed so thoroughly.
Hi from Pennsylvania! I love your channel! I lived in the UK for about 6 months and wished I could return! I miss it so much. So clean, and beautiful, and the people are so welcoming!
It's a lot of fun to see all the foraging opportunities there since here in Finland everything is buried under heavy layers of snow and the temperatures are freezing.
Free frozen food then ?
So not only do you show how to eat on a very limited budget WITHOUT foraging - you also show what we COULD have foraged? I am so glad that I stumbled across this video.
Loved the "what you could have foraged" and yes to exploring that area
Oh my gosh I've just watched your first day budget challenge not too long ago, lol. This is a treat!!!
single most wholesome show on YT, from the kitch flatware to eva doing such a good job
Wish this had been a TV programme in 1988! (Along with Internet and YT)! My 18yr old son is a final year professional chef student and your videos have been a source of great conversation with him! I am grateful just for that! However the content of your uploads are clear, grounded, no frills, informative and a breath of fresh air! Thank you for you!
I'm so glad this is now your job Mike. Your videos are amazing.
I'd love to see the old railway track!
The world needs you now more than ever
Interesting to see that you could have foraged Wood ear fungi. They are delicious and in high demand for Chinese New Year reunion dinner soups! Looking forward to seeing the exploration of that old railway line.
I appreciate the way you help people learn to cook elegant and tasty food on a minimal budget. Having little money doesn't have to mean less than amazing flavor.
This is easily my favorite series you've made, can't wait for the next three days! These meals really show creativity!
I love how you use everything and leave nothing to waste. Even the salt left over from baking the potatoes. Your videos are gold
I love the improvisation of this. I'm hooked on these challenges now. Good job :)
Great videos. I think the most valuable thing I've learned from them is how valuable what most would consider 'waste' is. You take the scraps and use them in something else, showing that most of us probably waste a good percentage of the ingredients we purchase. Keep it up.
Definitely want to see the old train line. Keep up the good work fella and stay safe!
There's something so wonderfully calming about your energy, I was having a bad few days and I often feel comforted coming and rewatching these challenge videos. Thank you Shrimp.
This is very inspirational, tbh. Mostly what these videos inspire me to do is to figure out a use for everything and minimize waste. Thanks!
Watching these makes me more confident about my cooking.
It's amazing what you can do with basic ingredients and utensils, as long as you know what to do with them.
Nobody told me that the bitter crab apple tree on my farm as a kid would be really sweet if I waited till spring... I cannot believe my parents betrayed me like this 😂
love your creativity. I hate wasting food, so I often times just take out of the fridge what ever won't be good for much longer and scrounge together a meal from that. So I love this kind of video.
Really impressive stuff, especially considering past challenges have also been impressive, but I think this one is exceeding past challenges, showing the economies of scale you mentioned in the first video. Nice work, Mr. Shrimp!
These limited budget challenges are just my favorite videos of yours. Love seeing you experiment in the kitchen!
I never knew you could open a potato like that. I think you just changed my life.
It has the advantage of not only looking a bit fancy, but it also breaks up the potato inside and fluffs the texture a little
Please never stop these limited food challenges they are some of my favorite videos on TH-cam
I just finished the episode one perfect timing mr Shrimp
You have grown so much. Atomic Shrimp. I have been here since 500k. Keep it up.
Yes I would be interested in knowing more about that former railway line. Love your challenges. I first started watching over lock down. Keep up the good work
This guy's actually making me appreciate British cuisine
I still have to watch the video but I just wanted to pop in to say that this is my first time seeing these type of challenges and I am loving them. I’ll definitely go back and watch the rest because this are surprisingly fun to watch. Keep up the good work!
Wow, your knowledge of forgeable food items never ceases to amaze me.
I would definitely like to see more of this area with the old rail system!
Because of the sour apricots in the breakfast rice: maybe it would have been possible to puree the apple and apricots in the evening and let them oxidize overnight? I think that would have developed some of the natural sweetness of the fruit and would have given the rice more moisture, like a fruit sauce.
Or do I have a misconception somewhere?
you have taught me a new and stylish way to split baked potatoes and for that, I am thankful.
Onions are such a useful herb, I imagine they must have been a godsend in a challenge like this
I always love these kind of challenges!!
The amount of potatous, carrots and onions that you had made me think of a dutch dish called "hutspot" or "stampot".
Its mashed potatoes with boulion, carrot, glazer onions and saugage or bacon.
Its cheap, delisaus and easy to make 😊
I'd honestly love to see a video following the tracks. I'm a sucker for destroyed old overgrown infrastructure, like creepy old buildings or old random broken vehicles in a forest.
Greetings Mr Shrimp. I've just moved from Portsmouth (yep, we're almost neighbours) to Jersey and day 1 here I went to get some supplies, and cheese-Loiuse, the groceries are WAY more expensive here, so I sat down to scoff my first meal here whilst watching this episode as I knew that I'd need more input from your good self. LOVE what you do with flour and pastry on your vids. Opened up a whole new world for me. A big God-bless you and heartfelt thanks from me.
The split pea concoction looked good. It gave me ideas to try it but take it down a Boston bean route. I'll let everyone know 👍.
My mum was the master of making dinner for four out of nothing, and she taught me well. But, honestly, I couldn't do this with the same style and nutrition you ensure are in your meals. I think alot of people would learn from watching these videos.
Love the videos :)
I'll be fascinated to see how your sourdough goes. At the bakery I work in we're very careful to avoid accidently introducing commercial yeasts into the sourdough starters because they may outcompete the existing yeasts and change the bacterial culture.
I suspect this, along with the short time period and potential for additives or bleaching in the flour, might prevent you from developing a 'traditional' sourdough culture. But I will be very interested to see none the less!
These are my favorite kind of videos that you do!! So happy to see this new series!
Those sausage rolls looked really tasty! It's a smart use of your flour, and I suspect that the lard will serve you really well for the remaining days. It seemed very difficult in your previous challenges to cook without a source of fat handy. Also, congrats on hitting your calorie goal for today! Those sausage rolls came in clutch to push you over the edge!
Could make a pastry for apple dumpling. 🍎
It's always so impressive how creative you get on these challenges.
It's amazing how diverse and healthy your meals are. Which is proof that you don't have to spend a lot of money to get enough nutrition. You just have to be willing to eat outside of the box!
ETA: "And here's what you couldn't forage because that's called rustling." 🤣 I legit laughed out loud.
You know, it doesn't matter if it is $1/day, $5/day, whatever, one great thing you show is how to maximize the utilization of the items that you do buy. As in, nearly 0 waste.
If I recall, Apricot Kernals are one the higher Amygdalin containing plant bits. Was bit of a wreck over health food shops selling them not too long ago.
I experimentally ate one a while ago. It was bitter and nasty but i didn't know it was toxic. !
Never know what we can learn from here
@@ghostladydarkling3250 I don't know I ought mention the amount that can be fatal. It is though surprisingly small a sum. But whilst a few may be helpful somehow, sure. But one the primary reason they were oft known, particularly for a time, is erm, dubious. Albeit Taxine (Yew tree) does have some proven benefits of such. (as a tid bit. Mistletoe extract is proving to be incredibly good at the same. I'll leave y'all to Google if interested). Not advocating either, mind. Both poisonous. The pseudo science of the modern herbal new age gets a bit wonky. Not that I'd deny a small dose of cyanogenic compounds here and there can have its own therapeutic spectrum. The health food store is not it.
@@pixie706 one is fine. I'm not to be quoted, study as you like. But may even have some benefit in the right amount/span of time. But yep, tastes awful and I'd rather not. Much its benefits I can attribute to other plants and Botanical alkaloids that are way higher efficacy and much safer.
That vegetable juice glaze is genius. I don't know if it added any flavour, but it certainly made them nice and golden.
"can you see the thing that could have been foraged"
Me: *wondering how much protein and calories we could get from the lady walking down the path*
Lol younger generations 😂
JUst grab her handbag and leg it !🤣
Wow you are so fast! Couldn't be happier, I'm loving this stuff
oh man how i love crabapples, me and my dad would pick wild ones when i was a kid, and eat them raw, just sliced them into pieces and sprinkle them with salt. id eat them till i was sick, (literally).
ive always wanted to try and make some kind of pie or cobbler with them, maybe with a salted caramel sauce, the sweet sour, and salty combo would be amazing...maybe even add some heat to it, maybe habenero, but maybe that might be a bit much....i mean, you never know till you try.
sounds like a great idea! i love crabapples too. they are not commonly eaten where I live and usually the trees have only decorative purposes - making me doubly interested in figuring out how to use them other than snacking 1-2 raw when passing by some crabapple tree.
@@AliceHasenkohl another thing ive wanted to do, is make some jelly out ofthem, but im thinking they are too acidic fir that....FRUIT LEATHER! youd get that gell consistancy, but without gelitin it kind of doesnt matter how sour it is!
Love the limited food challenges! Would definitely love to see more of the old railway station. I love visiting abandoned structures and learning the history! Excited for day 3!!
Would love to see and hear more about the rail lines and train history. The food looked great as always.
Yes please for the railway exploration, a fantastic mix of history and urbex with the added bonus of train related content? Golden!
I'd love to see an exploration of the railway line! It seems all my favourite creators end up exploring old lines- Geoff Marshall, Tim Traveller, The Whitewicks, and now AtomicShrimp...
Paul and Rebecca Whitewick aren't all that far away in the big scheme of things (Andover)
I'd also recommend Beau Miles! He ran along his old railway line
Amazing as always. Your videos are by far the best anywhere on the internet right now. Thank you!