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Cheap Ass Food
This site is for anyone who loves food and doesn’t give a shit about being proper. CheapAssFood.com friends are not your typical four star food tasters, our main goal is to support mom & pop shops. Your neighborhood bagel shop, noodle house, burger joint and street vendors...etc, let people know that good food doesn’t have to be Zagat rated.
- Not just any $.99 store
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- East Coast's Best Korean Tofu Stew - Just across the bridge
So Kong Dong is always packed when we go there. Hands down it has to be one of the best deals in the area when you consider the quality of the food for only $8.00. If you like spicy food and are looking for a place to eat in North Jersey, this would be one of my top recommendations. So Kong Dong Restaurant 130 Main St Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (201) 242 - 0026 - 10 Cheap Parties to Host this Winter
VIA apartmenttherapy.com- Host a small dinner party and use these ideas for setting the table on a budget.
- Throw a cocktail party stocked with inexpensive supplies. Choose one or two signature drinks and hors d'oeudvres to keep the cost of food and liquor low.
- Have a buffet-style potluck and invite your friends to bring their favorite recipes.
- Have some friends over for movie night, and choose the drinks accordingly. Serve martinis (shaken not stirred) and olives at a James Bond party; for a Godfather party, give your guests cannolis and godfather cocktails.
- Throw an all-white party and keep your decorations inexpensive: paper snowflakes, basic white china, white carnations.
- Host a holiday brunch rather than a dinner party. Brunch fare is generally less expensive than a dinner menu, you won't have to spend as much on drinks, and the casual mid-day vibe keeps things low-key.
- We love those old photos of our grandparents decked out in suits and cocktail dresses for their regular card parties. Why not revive an old tradition and have friends over for game night? If you're not a Bridge fan, try Scrabble (you can pair off in teams to accommodate more people), Monopoly, or Trivial Pursuit.
- Host a craft party where everyone makes something together, whether it's cookies, ornaments, or knitted scarves.
- Throw a wine and cheese party. Each guest brings a bottle of wine, you supply a selection of artisanal cheeses, and guests can try pairing them together.
- Swap Parties are a great way to declutter your home, find new things for free, and hang out with friends.
- Just In Case, you run into some Poultry troubles
• USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline
(888) 674-6854 from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Closed weekends and holidays, except Thanksgiving. Special hours of operation on Thanksgiving are 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time. - Recession Red – say what?!
Ok so most of you have heard of “2 buck chuck” other wise know as Charles Shaw, but here comes a new cheap-O wine making its way to NYC. “A California company called The Wine Group is selling a merlot, a cabernet sauvignon and a chardonnay - for just $3.99 a bottle. And New Yorkers love it.” New York Post
At Gotham Wines located on 94th St. it’s the best seller, as people look for more and more deals, $3.99 is unbeatable. With all the varied wines, makes great gifts for the holidays, especially since Wine Group is not a household name (as of yet); you’ll come out looking like a hero with 3 bottles of wine in your hand. - Thrilla from Manila
The first word that comes to mind when I think of Filipino food is lumpias, but besides that I am (or was) in the dark. For those of you who are in the dark like myself, lumpias are similar to spring rolls from Southern China. “The term lumpia derives from lunpia, in the Hokkien language. The recipe, both fried and fresh versions, was brought by the Chinese immigrants from the Fujian province of China to Southeast Asia and became popular where they settled in the Philippines and Indonesia. Mostly made with pork and vegetables, are fried crisply served with a side of sweet sauce, but people let me tell you the schooling I got from my good friend Jen. First we met up at Bayan Café a cute little shop located 212 E 45th St, this places seats about 13 max, but does take out as well. Like I said we started with great lumpias and then let our expert friend ordered the rest for us. Sample of our sampling: + Pancit Bihon- stir fried rice noodles with vegetables, chicken, shrimp and egg. + Chicken Adobo- a tangy, vinegary and tender traditional Filipino dish drenched in soy sauce, garlic, pepper and laurel leaves. Great with rice! + Sinigang Na Baka - beef shortribs in tamarind soup. They don’t skim on the beef here. Each of us got a BIG CHUNK! Never know beef ribs can be cooked this way. Sour, spicy, tart and hot! + Paksiw Na Hechon - fried pork, not just any old fried pork – the best I have ever eaten (and this accounts for any and all fried pork I have eaten, it’s that good) + Daing Na Bangus – Philippines’ national fish- “Bangus” the milkfish, fried and served with sweet tamarind sauce - Cranberry Sauce
If your invited to a Thanksgiving Day dinner, and it happens to be a potluck/you accidentally volunteer to make something/you want to look like you made something without the effort. This works for all of the above! 1 Wash cranberries. In a saucepan bring to a boil water and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes or until cranberries burst. 2 Remove from heat. Cool completely at room temperature and then chill in refrigerator. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools. Yup it's that easy, maybe easier then buying a can of jelly cranberries, opening it up and placing it on a plate. - No Plans for Turkey Day, here are some suggestions
On the Cheap!
Pay $24 and Spitzer's Corner chef de cuisine Sung Park will hand you some turkey breast, stuffing, “the usual fixins & bacon,” maple glazed yams, muscles from Brussels sprouts—with cranberries and walnuts, plus a slice of pumpkin pie. Warm spiced rum punch will hit you when you walk through the door. Walk-ins welcome; reservations recommended. Dinner from 3 p.m. onward