What To Eat When There Is Nothing To Eat?

[Deleted member 28403]

@illusionist
Croatia is sorta an open to poorness country generally. The problem was the few days when I really didn't have the strength to get any food.

Otherwise, I can always go to the market, and help with loading/unloading in exchange for food. Or play instruments on the streets, one of my cousins earns well from just that. There are options :)

:hug: Thank you for caring, you are an amazing person. Just cannot accept money for free :P

 

[illusionist]

I am not offering money.....I am offering food. I did forget to mention that it did come with a condition, so not free. My condition would be that you never let your stomach run on empty.

I will leave it now, but my offer stands as long as I am on this site, take or leave.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Sorry to hear you're struggling with this :( As a student with massive debt, I do have some ideas though.

- (green) beans are cheap and stay fresh a long time. In my country they're even cheaper when they're in little boxes from the freezer.
- Noodles are the best if you want some quick carbs
- actually, I've made the combination of green beans, noodles and some soy sauce quite often. It tastes pretty good.
- Potatoes. Boil them, bake them, etc. Potatoes with the skins still on are great from the oven. Just add some salt and maybe some herbs like rosemary if you have them.
- Oats: boil with milk or water and add some sugar or honey to taste. They have a lot of fiber so they help you feel full.
- Vitamin supplements: I don't know if they're affordable to you, but they can help you compensate for the nutrients your diet is missing.
- Chicken or vegetable stock can be a great basis for some soup with noodles or rice and some veggies
- Tomato puree or passata, for example as a pasta sauce.

Hope this is helpful. Good luck!

 

[Changing4Best]

I was homeless for 2-3 years back in 2002 in our country after the World Trade Center Tragedy on Sept. 11th 2001. I had owned a motel and after the bombing, no one was travelling by plane. I lost my motel, had to hand it back to the bank and ended up homeless because no one would hire someone who had no work experience except of owning a motel that had "died."

I survived by begging in the streets and I was not ashamed to accept money from folks. If I had had an instrument to pay, I would have played it! I didn't have a piano, so could not do that option. Oh well. None the less, I stood at the corner of 2 highways and held a sign that said

Homeless
+
Disabled

And a lot of folks gave me money. I got about $75 per day, enough to rent a cheap motel room, buy some food and a few cloths (I had lost everything I owned, of course).

I eventually got help from the government, a thing that they have for homeless folks. I am OK now. I live in a small apartment and have a good life.

I am telling you this because I wanted you to think about the fact that things turned out OK for me, even though I did accept charity. @Saelben.

 

[Ronin]

@Saelben, check the trees around and forests and the like. It's summer coming, one can live quite a bit of time on fruits & it's a good source of hydration & sugars at least. So spending time outside and/or on the move might play your hand.

& Check the pavements carefully. People often lose coins / small change without noticing it or caring for it, & collected up coins can be used to buy small foods or drinks.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

There is like a fountain where people often dump coins in the city

 

[blackemerald1]

Yeah @Saelben, might sound great... But, why do they do this, 1) tourists? Don't get caught. 2) Culture by locals? Don't get caught.
Bail could be more expensive? So play your music next to fountain? Win = Win? Chose lyrics carefully though?

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Uhm, I'm actually not sure. Like, randomly. Not really a big part of culture or something, and not many people do it. Also, haven't seen a law aganist picking up coins yet

 

[Ronin]

So play your music next to fountain? Win = Win?

Grab the coins, /then/ play the music for cover while not many are looking, then take off before you get charged with playing music without a license on a public property or something stupid like that.

 

[blackemerald1]

@Saelben I meant out of the 'fountain' in the City?

Random coin throwing in a fountain is not 'random'.

Use your local knowledge.

Picking up coins inadvertently dropped on the footpath is entirely different from raiding a particular place people deliberately throw in coins.

Why do they throw them in that fountain?

Local knowledge? You know what I meant.
@Cashew whose going to not notice @Saelben jumping in & out of the fountain? lol...

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Hahahaha, sometimes people bathe in those fountains though. SO I could also like, bathe in it and stuff my pockets :p though that would be crazy

 

[illusionist]

Sounds like a magnet would be a good idea.