Pro Chef Reacts to Futurecanoe Testing Subscribers Struggle Meal Recipes!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Which one is worst or best for you? :)

[@heather2493]

Do you really understand the suffering in America? So many ppl are starving. Or are you just worried about your damn channel

[@macMcQueen-qn3gl]

Thanks Chef. I Think we'll skip Sunday dinner now. 😂

[@melinawright5350]

​@@heather2493 I know some people don't have pets or legs, but I'm definitely going to take a walk with my dog today.

[@melinawright5350]

The kimchi corn quesadilla looked edible. If my friend ordered that at a restaurant I'd ask for a bite, but I wouldn't order it.

[@15oClock]

The orange juice and Goldfish cereal is something I could never try. Because I don’t like orange juice.

[@StrikerEureka85]

as someone who grew up poor, my mom used to make those flour tortilla "pizzas" with tomato sauce, cheese, and deli meats. not gonna lie, i loved those. this brings memories.

[@Memofuma]

I had those for lunch today.

[@BadgerMonkey]

I taught my kid how to make those when he was in college, he still makes them now with my granddaughter.

[@CCUnderhill1007]

@@StrikerEureka85 when I was a kid they had this stuff called Pizza Quick in a jar you could put on bread or toast and top with cheese and pepperoni

[@SilvaDreams]

Use to make them as a teenager back in the 90's because it was easy to make them fast and it's not like we kept pizza dough around.

[@Rimpelmans]

Was just watching FutureCanoe videos and then this dropped. Great timing Chef James!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Haha 😄 nice!

[@flora5090]

Same hahaha

[@nukasnook1561]

Milo, although sold in Canada, is actually an Australian product. The recipe is tweaked to suit each region it's sold in. Ie: When sold in Indonesia, it has less sugar. So if you don't like Milo in one region, try another, or just add sugar. Like everything else.

[@ozmartian2]

Thank you, was about to post this as a proud Aussie 😎 EDIT: Milo on ice cream is amazing!

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

I've been to Australia three times (my mother's side of the family lives there while I live in England with my dad's side) and never seen it, but one Fairbairn Films sketch later and I'm constantly referencing Milo as something civil wars have been fought over lol

[@dzlifetruth]

Indeed and as a Canadian i was sorely offended. Lol We are normal over here and just make good cocoa. Lol

[@nukasnook1561]

@dzlifetruth well, to be fair, Milo isn't really a chocolate drink, it's a malt drink. Many expect it to be more chocolatey.

[@C0urne]

Moldy bit on cheese? Cut ot off. Moldy bit on a bread in a plastic bag? Toss the whole bag.

[@RobertHamilton-j6h]

Depends on the cheese. Some of them the mold penetrates pretty far and you can't see it. may get lucky, may not.

[@zenmanokfine]

Cover it all in chilli sauce, problem fixed :D

[@ashishdash6453]

6:47 its called seviyaan (vermicelli milk pudding) in india we make this on festivals and vermicelli is a very thin pasta made with semolina

[@eushabinsultan4463]

thats Bangladeshi shemai right??? that can't be a family recipe . he is completely overturning a large chunk of bengaly culture and cuisine into simple family struggle meal. thats horrible.

[@susear5939]

​@@eushabinsultan4463 all of South Asia makes this. Vermicelli, rice noodles or just rice is used. Most common additions for flavour is cardamom. Saffron and dry fruits & nuts for fancy versions. The type of sugar used adds unique taste to the dish. Calling it a family recipe or struggle meal is just wrong.

[@soumyadarshansahooxa9094]

U will not believe but I was watching Uncle Wang (Egg Fried Rice) and searching for the next Futurecanoe reaction video and you dropped this, made my day!😁

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Really?? Hahaha 🤣

[@soumyadarshansahooxa9094]

@@ChefJamesMakinson Yes 😂

[@holgerschulz4104]

As a German, I´m mostly impressed by your pronounciation of "Wüsthof". 😉

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Danke!

[@pradeepmalar327]

Futurecanoe is one of the very few youtubers that I don't speed up to watch. A lot of videos, I'll go upto 1.5x or even 2x a lot of times, but his videos are worth watching in the real speed. His voice, especially.

[@DO4M]

When I was a kid, I used to have something that was called "fancy rice" It was white rice with garlic, italian seasoning, fried spam cubes, and Velveeta sauce. It was "fancy" because of the garlic, herbs, Spam, and Velveeta.

[@stevenarmstrong6622]

"Gefüllte Pizzabrötchen" are very common in germany, pretty much every pizzashop got them. (I guess thats what you would call pizzaballs). Its Pizzadough filled with cheese and tomatosauce, but you can also get them with extra salami/sucuk, thuna, onions or whatever you want to choose.

[@themountain59]

Well...that's what they call a "Stromboli" in Italy

[@ExaltedDuck]

That sounds good. I'm imagining something like Totino's Pizza Rolls but worth eating. When I think of Strombolis, I think of something more like a pizza pasty or Hot Pocket. Pizza Rolls are usually a one-bite thing.

[@anna9072]

7:43 it’s kind of like a fork ladle. I might bend one of my forks and see how it works. It wouldn’t be great for eating, but as a cooking implement it kind of makes sense.

[@nirobodhi]

talking about the milk noodle thing, we eat a similar thing in Bangladesh called shemai, but it's cooked with crushed green cardamom pods for a better aroma, and it tastes really good when served hot, it's a dessert here.

[@rampage3337]

yup same in Estern Europe. in Estonia we make it with dough lumps. like we make a kind of pasta dough and then just throw small chunks in boiling water to boil them in to shape and to cook them a little. then we just throw it all in pot with milk heat it up. maby pinch of salt but usualy we don't season it much because everyone can just put on as much as they themselves want in their own bowls. google piima klimbisoup and it's those ones that are in milk. real tasty actually

[@ErebosGR]

It reminded me of Aletria, a Portuguese dessert, made with vermicelli noodles, milk, sugar, lemon zest, egg yolks and butter.

[@aq5426]

I watched the FC video when it first came out. It was absolutely WILD seeing struggle meals from all over the world.

[@Koyomi112]

I can say with conviction that bengali pudding isnt weird, it is a special dish we have on special occassions...there are lots of types of bengali porridges, called payesh and that ISNT A BENGALI PORRIDGE!!!!!! That is truly diabolical and i am ngl, i NEVER had that thing tbh...you can look up payesh recipes online and it will give you lots of actually good tasting recipes and I am sorry to everybody who decided to watch this video and thought bengali porridge looks like that, i can guarantee it doesnt. i can give you a recipe if you want, its really simple to do

[@ScarletGhost53]

I won't call Payesh a porridge, rather a dessert. And believe it or not, a lot of cultures have it, including German (Milchreis) and it tastes almost similar (to the white one, not the jhola gur one). Even if microwaving isn't recommended, this guy straight up used Milo for this!

[@Koyomi112]

@ScarletGhost53 Agreed but thts also what textbooks over here in west bengal have described it in english so its very firmly a sweet porridge for me hahah but i agree

[@Koyomi112]

@@ScarletGhost53 Forgot to say but, that egg recipe from whosoever it was, was diabolical

[@MarcIverson]

My struggle meals were rice with half a can of peas and a sauce of butter, soy sauce, garlic powder, and black pepper, as well as spaghetti and tomato sauce with no meat, but sometimes with tofu or chickpeas. I couldn't eat spaghetti for ten years after college.

[@andreasekelund8648]

In sweden we have a dish called stuvade makaroner (stewed maccaroni) to make it you boil maccaroni in Milk but you use white peppar, salt and nutmeg in the milk instead of suger

[@gatovillano7009]

at 14:54, in Montreal, there is a fancy-schmancy chocolat store that sells chilli chocolat. They are not too spicy, but there is some heat to it. Taki in nutella follows the same logic.

[@Churahm]

Since you asked, yes, I'd like to see you eat that goldfish orange juice thing. I assume you can find it in spain 🙂

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

maybe haha

[@necrobeast6666]

I'm starting to watch ,and already know that it will be good 😁 .Cheers Chef.

[@thunderkrux7745]

My struggle meal is toast with jelly and a fried egg on it. If i'm really struggling, I go to bed for dinner.

[@Jessejrt1]

For hard cheeses I always wrap them in parchment paper and put in a freezer zip lock baggie if I don't plan to use them right away and toss them in the deep freeze. I bought a quarter of a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano a year ago and it's still perfect when I need some.

[@Jessejrt1]

And NO! please don't do anything similar to this. Gross.

[@robotdude2206]

My struggle meal is basically low-effort tuna salad. 1 can of tuna, a handful of crumbled saltine crackers, a dallop of mayonnaise, and whatever condiments and spices I feel like adding to taste (mustard, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper). Nothing special, but simple and tasty, and goes well on a sandwich.

[@Zeelian]

Similar here, but with a bowl of cooked quick elbow macaroni (3min cooktime), some finely diced onion, maybe some diced cucumber, tomatoes or canned sweetcorn. Can be made with bacon instead of canned tuna as well.

[@Horvi83]

Egg, sugar, milk and cocoa powder over fire stirred until getting creamy make an excellent pudding with the good ratios.

[@hexane398]

Great video chef James! Keep up the good work! I am going to continue badgering you with Afghani Chicken requests now!! 😂😂

[@sharendonnelly7770]

Chef James, perhaps you might try some of bizarre food combinations? Would love to see your reactions. 😁

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Great idea!

[@michaelblair7141]

I really like when you share some of your favorite dishes. The reactions are always great and insightful, but your step-by-step guides (similar to your lasagna) I really enjoy.

[@jrm48220]

My struggle meal is something I cal "Cheesy Taco Rice." Make some rice but season the water with taco seasoning (I also add salt and black pepper). Then add shredded cheese (I use mild cheddar) and a little bit of ketchup for sweetnes and stir until all the cheese is melted and everything is homogenous.

[@hmistry]

The Plain Pizza was the BEST!. Awesome review, Thanks James!

[@electronsauce]

I think I'm more offended by him pouring the orange juice first THEN the cheezits. Psychopath behavior

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣🤣

[@ChioGaru]

Years ago, the most struggle of struggle meals I ever had to resort to was tossing a bunch of spices into boiling water with some dollar store pasta. It wasn't great, but it was hot and edible enough to chew and swallow without any of it fighting its way back up. It was also literally the only thing we had in the cupboard/pantry (the fridge was empty) and kept us going long enough to reach the next paycheck. You start appreciating food a whole lot more once you're forced to skip several meals just to be able to afford your bus fare. I haven't had to resort to a true struggle meal for many years but I never really forgot the experience and almost obsessively keep our pantry well stocked (just in case).

[@skyguyflyinghigh]

my favorite struggle meal is just the humble sweet potato, quick wash and scrub so you can eat the skin too, stab a few holes in it with a knife, microwave for like 5 minutes and sit down with your phone whilst it does, then just take it out, slice it open, add butter, pinch of salt and/or msg then whatever the hell you like, potato like rice is very versatile so just chuck whatever you can be bothered with on depending on what ingredients you have in and the level of how much you care, you can just wash, stab and mike it just have it plain and its still great. you can make it if you're broke, depressed, drunk or whatever, the ultimate struggle meals are the simplest, its cheap, easy and versatile. sweet potatos have got me through a lot of times where i was too broke, drunk, or depressed to do better.

[@ErebosGR]

Roasted sweet potatoes are a common winter street food in East Asia (Japan, China, Korea), both the pale-fleshed and the purple-fleshed kind.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Honestly just sounds like how you make a baked/jacket potato but with a sweet potato instead. Are they cheaper than regular ones where you are or do you just like the flavour more? I should probably try cuz I love both sweet potatoes and baked potatoes

[@skyguyflyinghigh]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN i mean it basically is but in my opinion sweet potato's just have a lot more flavor without being unhealthy or anything so they're a lot easier to just have plain without adding anything if you don't want to

[@Vynjira-chan]

If you did struggle meals, it might be a nice twist to see if there was anyway you could improve them without much effort, or offer an alternative with said ingredients (thus keeping in line with the idea that it's a struggle meal)

[@Authorvivianvandam]

You totally need to do this. My struggle meal I had when I lived on my own was peanut butter pickle sandwiches.

[@royblack27]

Important note @3:15 - ONLY SALVAGE HARD, AGED CHEESES. If anything like ricotta, creamcheese, or the brie James mentioned starts going bad, it's ALL bad. Don't even try, just throw it out.

[@ProboyOP5779]

I Was Just Watching Future Canoe QNA When Your Video Notification Popped Up 😂

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

No way! Haha

[@TrenosBah]

I'm not sure why but the way you talk combined with the sound of your voice is really soothing to me, would love if one day you decided to voice an audiobook.

[@tsusec]

My grandma did make the milk "soup" where she would grate fresh dough in it. It was a sweet and quick meal when we didnt have much in the fridge. In my country there are some recepies where milk is a base for the slup usually for beans and potatos.

[@mjb7015]

I've been in some stress before, but never quite this bad. Mind you, one of my favourite foods as a child was white rice with currants. The currants help disguise all the flies that get stuck in the rice, so you don't notice them.

[@karnzter]

As a Filipino, Milo/Ovaltine over rice is an acquired taste. Though what I did was mix the powder in hot water before pouring it on the rice. Used to eat it during breakfast with fried hot dogs, corned beef and/or eggs when we had cousins over one summer who taught us how to make it.

[@mjrussell89]

@@karnzter like a poor man's champorado I guess

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE YOUR CONTENT CHEF JAMES❤❤❤❤❤

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thank you!

[@NickDunner]

Great video, for his last category he should have found one of jacks more popular videos

[@keithdavies52]

Long time ago, in the army, I'd take the MRE packets and experiment. One that was outstanding was peanut butter, cocoa powder, cherry drink powder, instant coffee, sugar, creamer and salt, and a little water. Mix the dry ingredients with the water, then stir in the peanut butter. Oh, and crumble the cracker packet in. When it's gone in 3 minutes, pour in water, scrub around with your hand, and chug it. Wipe clean with your bandana. Good for the day.

[@Tharir]

When I was a kid I had a friend who lived with his single dad, they weren't poor but his father wasn't great and cooking and had a job that kept him from home most of the time, so their meals were always very simple when I visited. One that I remember, and have used myself, was a dish of white rice, served with pan-fried minced meat, seasoned with salt and black pepper and ketchup or any other bottle sauce that was available in the fridge. While the dish is rather boring and bland, it was a perfect struggle meal that helped me a lot during my late teens when I lived alone at my own apartment as a student with low income. It's cheap to make and due to it being bland, using ketchup, soy sauce or whatever else is at hand makes it diverse in quality and flavor. It's not something I would cook as a first choice today, but every once in a while if I need something quick and easy, it is still a handy dish to make.

[@MsShadoeRunner]

I would love to see a struggle meal episode, based on substitutions. Part of struggle meals is making do on less and cheap. And like you said in Spain you can’t get everything. So it would be nice to get a point of view on substituting expensive ingredients with cheaper. Or if you can’t find this ingredient what can use to recreate it.

[@Darkshizumaru]

Ghetto cake, ghetto pizza, trailor park soup. If you know, you know

[@eyeofthasky]

7:40 my mom sometimes made for us pastina aka noodle soup (with soup noodles, aka small ones like stellina/tempestina/etc) with milk instead of broth, but still a bit of salt and not really sugar.

[@quexalcoatl]

3:58 "Kimchi and corn" then look at James in top corner making the same face I am and lmao. The universal WTF yuck face look of mutual agreement.

[@MartinAndersonSatanSon]

Not a single person watching "struggle meal vids" will be buying any cheese knife ever lol.

[@TheZues03]

Working as a chef I have learnt to upgrade the food I made as a kid. It's a blessing that I have come to where I am today. The food still tastes as good as it did back then.😅

[@lordgenerias]

There's a brand over here called "Jack's" (not Mr. Salmonella), that makes a decent frozen pizza. It's basically a tortilla replacing the crust of a pizza, and it has kind of a sweet sauce in it, a decent amount of cheese, but they skimp on the toppings. You need to add more halfway through, or you get about 6 slices of "pepperoni". For being a frozen pizza, I'd give it a 7.6/10. Pretty good if you just don't have the willpower to make anything homemade, or if you're not feeling too good.

[@Vollification]

This will be fun :) My go 2 struggle/budget meal on lean days is something I call "bark rice" or just "bark" 1.5 dl basmati rice (cooked in chicken bullion) Some spoons of canned peas (heated in the rice) 5 spicy pickled friggitello (normally called feferoni in sweden and used in kebabs) Half or whole onion depending on size Half of bell pepper (if possible depending on price) Little ox-fond (concentrate) Water (maybe a dl) Curry masala (the good, cheap and spicy kind from international food market, not the expensive bland stuff from the supermarket that is mostly just "yellow powder") Ca 50 gram of sausage (depending on wallet either chorizo/other spicy kind or falu-sausage (swedish version of doctor's sausage) Soy sauce 1. Heat oil and cook the curry powder quickly in pan 2. Add onions and sausage and coat them, cook for six minutes 3. Add bell pepper and friggitello, let cook for another six minutes 4. Add water and fond, let cook for a few minutes 5. Add rice and peas 6. Add soy sauce (hence the name, it becomes a bowl of blackish brown rice) 7. Let absorb and cook for 3-4 minutes, stir at minute intervals to prevent burning Nothing fancy but atleast it tastes good and fills your stomach and is quite cheap :)

[@christopherdonald9001]

Great way to start my Sunday! Thanks James!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

My pleasure!

[@I-Am-Nemo-i-was-lost-help]

7:37 in South aisa there a something like That made out of wheat . You boil it with milk and Sugar . Sometimes dry fruit . It's awesome . It's call savi . It like noodles

[@666aron]

This was a nice reaction video. Back in my college days, my struggle meals would incorporate pizza with lots of cheese bacon and some pickled green tomatoes or pasta with some peanut butter sauce. Thankfully I rarely needed these.

[@Smogget]

My struggle meal is instant grits with a little bit of chicken bouillon (like 1/4 tsp), mix in some frozen spinach, stick a fried egg on top and drizzle with sesame oil and seeds. I add bacon too if I have it.

[@Sylinnilys]

I once did something with fruit juice/crunchy cereal and liked it for a few bites then didn't like it so much, I decided to make my own, and better.. So here is the problem. Quantity of acidity/rate which the cereal turns to mush. The level of acidity makes it bad fairly quick. I once had the idea to use agar with fresh pomegranate juice (also did a watermelon separately) Serving a shallow bowl of soft jelly->crunchy cereal->more jelly-more cereal-little bit of jelly and cream. Now, this was rather nice. But way too much work for a simple breakfast or fast meal. I love pomegranate juice, and watermelon juice when it is made properly. (don't damage the watermelon seeds, don't let the pomegranate bruise/get contaminated with pith). In retrospect? Drink the fresh juice on the side, with toast or something. much easier for most of the enjoyment. (Juice is usually always better fresh. jelling agents, especially those like agar tend to slightly dull the flavors). James, If you consider this closer to a breakfast dessert, a little cream/whipped cream, fresh and sweet juice/jello, and some form of crunchy carb... topped with pomegranate pearls... It sounds a lot better than some orange juice and crackers, doesn't it?

[@ninjalectualx]

Please review more FutureCanoe videos! His laziness plus your insight is a wonderful combo

[@TheAnanthvarma]

the milk with vermicelli one actually works. if you want to try it, my recommendation would be to firstly use vermicelli and not noodles and secondly, add some crushed cardamom while boiling and finish with a dash of rose water. adding some condensed milk while boiling makes it even tastier :)

[@rampage3337]

7:37 that's actually a extreamly popular dish in the eastern europe. but usualy you make dough chuncks that you boil so they become firm and then throw milk and those dough lumps in a pot and just heat it up so it becomes warm. you can add either sugar or salt. kids usualy eat it with alot of sugar so it becomes a tasty sweet meal. while the adults are trying to pretend like they hate sweet taste and eat it with salt instead. google piima klimbisupp and that's the dish. the dough looks nasty shaped but it really is just pasta dough you thrown in a pot and boiled like that. you can use regular pasta to

[@xkiri7484]

I would love to see you try making a Tonkotsu ramen from scratch. Too many people call those stupid noodle packets as "ramen", and it hurts my brain.

[@KeithPhillips]

At furst i thought the second one said TOILET pizza 😂 ...and that wouldn't have surprised me Lol

[@xineohpinakc264]

I could shoot you a few easy recipes as my family went up and down in budget and many times we had to eat some packaged food which we dressed up with other things to make it palatable. I already told you before about my allergy to processed tomato products. I can eat fresh tomato or my father's homemade canned tomato with zero issues. We did silly things like take a thawed frozen pizza, scrape off the sauce, use the processed mozzarella and mix with real chedder and bake into bread sticks. We take the pizza crust and use my dad's mushroom sauce, more bagged mozzarella (budget and availability) and mix in some real Parmesan (not dry cheese dust), put the toppings back on add some additional toppings and spices whichever we had available that would work with whatever type the original toppings were.

[@ibouniyamine4968]

10:50 I was eating chefffff!!!!!!

[@martinajunkers4315]

Sweet pasta can actually be very tasty. I grew up with and still enjoy thicker pasta mixed with ground poppy seeds or ground walnuts, melted butter and sugar. Delicious! Also fake risotto. You can either use leftover rice and cooked meat (chicken, turkey, pork) or start with raw. If raw, seal the meat first. Then saute an onion, add garlic, crushed caraway seeds, add the rice and then the meat, lots of paprika, salt and pepper, add water and let it cook till rice is almost tender, then add a can of carrots and peas. Very easy and fast meal and filling too. As for the noodles, one of my favourite dishes was cook thicker noodles, mix with butter and jam (plum jam is ideal but use raspberry jam or anything that's not way too sweet and ground walnuts). Put into a buttered dish, sprinkle leftover ground walnuts all over the top, pour over it a mixture of milk, vanilla sugar and two egg yolks and few thin slices of butter and bake in the oven till the top is nice and golden. It's not haute cuisine but it's a great sweet dish. In fact, I think I'm going to do it again, miss it.

[@ericwiesel89]

Pizza grinder aka in a made in a bowl like a pizza puff had a baby with deep dish then served by flipping the bowl upside down is actually the source of a popular restaurant here in Chicago called Chicago pizza oven grinders. It's a cash only restaurant and still regularly has lines that reach outside and it's a decent sized placed inside!

[@KindredEmotions]

Good to see ol' Canoe catching the attention of professional chefs.

[@EatCarbs]

I'd be interested in seeing some struggle meals. Future Canoe makes me really funny videos. Thanks for the video

[@JoannaHammond]

A classic cheap Uni food in the UK is close to one of them, chunky scrambled eggs as above but add baked beans instead... Eggy beans.

[@chiefbosnmate]

Any Bruce Cambell zinger is a win!

[@shaggysunshine7441]

Long story short. A GORGEOUS Puerto Rican who spoke 0 English started working where I was at. Well I learned Spanish to flirt with her. But in exchange id teach her English. Well my learning Spanish got a total of 3 Latinas who spoke no English to learn. So it was a win-win-win lol. I learned, I flurted, they assimilated. Which honestly is what I want.

[@deminybs]

yayy time to binge watch videos today since it's a blizzard outside and no one is going anywhere 😂

[@Samriddha_Chatterjee]

I've never seen that clip where Jamie gets called a filthy pervert and now i can't stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣

[@DarkDreamsAndMoonlitNights]

Happy new year, Chef!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Happy new year!

[@I-Am-Nemo-i-was-lost-help]

Make my Buldak Noodles . Pick level 2 or 3 . Add 5-7 Big garlic clove , 5 Green chile , one Small Purple onion Finely chopped all . Cook in butter . Add water , Salt , Crush Black pepper , soya sauce two Tea spoon . And you Nods and Both flavor packet from inside . And MSG If you want .

[@Vollification]

Buldak soup is great. I add sausage. The broth is awesome for dipping bread in :)

[@Vollification]

The only thing I don't really like is that the noodles have a hint of sweetness to them, it seems to be common among the brands noodles. Is it just me?

[@anna9072]

My favorite struggle meal is just ramen and eggs. Start your noodles boiling, and cook just until they’re starting to soften and separate. Add your eggs - I usually do two per ramen packet. Cook for two -three minutes. You want the eggs to be slightly underdone. Drain, and quickly stir the eggs into the noodles. The eggs coat the noodles as they finish cooking from the residual heat. A little bit of butter or a sprinkle of Parmesan is good, but not essential.

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

I do Ramen and tuna

[@gunproduction9995]

Struggle meals mentioned and I have never seen Future Canoe this lively.

[@sickmit3481]

The best struggle meal for me was always fried penne pasta, fried rice or even fried potatos with scrambled egg and hot sauce or spicy ketchup. It has protein and carbs aswell as fats so you definetly survive on it while it costs very little money.

[@Serpent042G]

Another way to do the struggle pizza is instead of using a tortilla, use a slice of bread or a pita bread, top it with some pizza toppings and throw it in a toaster oven.

[@bobinator17]

Tasty Budget meals, currated by yourself... would be an awesome video... These struggle meals are just Nuts! lol

[@dramonmaster222]

I really like it when your accent comes out. And Betty Crocker actually sells mug desserts. Quite tasty 😋

[@Seallussus]

Hell yeah. Would love to see you do struggle meals

[@UnbornHeretic]

Butter bread, but cinammon and sugar on it, pop it in the oven under a high broiler until toasted.

[@DuxLindy]

I would do microwaved scrambled eggs in a mug with a lot of butter then just spread that on toast when I was younger. also grilled cheese with oven roasted turkey cold cuts chopped up and mixed in with the cheese.

[@kjworrell2952]

Weirdest thing I ever saw done in real life with ramen noodles was when I worked for a small tech firm. On my first day, I wondered why there were cases of cheap ramen in the break room along with the expected industrial size coffee supplies. I was quickly introduced to what the guys called their 'power breakfast' Brew a pot of the strongest coffee you can make, remove the seasoning packet from the ramen and place the noodles in a bowl pouring that strong coffee over them. Wait for the noodles to absorb the coffee and eat. You now have slow-release caffeine as the noodles keep you caffeinated over the next several hours. While it didn't sound totally disqusting, I was never up for trying it, but then I wasn't the one working overnight coding for clients. I asked the guys to save me the unused seasoning packets and would have myself a nice cup of broth in the break room when I wanted something different than coffee. I'm open to alternative uses for ramen noodles but only if some thought and seasoning is put into the recipe

[@nightshade7240]

That's not how you use milo. If you want a depression meal that is really simple but I sometimes live on it. Brown off mince and onion. Add in a packet of chicken noodle soup (the low salt kind), stir, add water, boil to reduce the water content. Add in frozen corn, continue simmering until corn is cooked. Eat with corn chips. Also you can do a no struggle risotto in a slow cooker, it will take about two hours but it's so low effort that it's a god send.

[@C.W-d4k]

Mug pizza just needed a little tamato and oregano 😂. Definitely my favorite

[@devandestudios128]

YES we want you to do this! Cool Vid.

[@jacquespoulemer]

Hi Chef James, way back in the pre-Cambrian era, 1990s I made a quesadilla for us and our Oaxacan friends and to save time I put one tortilla on the boddom and melted cheese etc on top then topped with another and flipped it over to fry on the other side. Our Doctor friend asked sarcastically "Que Madres es esa!" and I answered "Precisamente esa una Madriola" and from that time on we've named that concoction a Madriola....hahaha. Jacques Mexico

[@jacquespoulemer]

Pasta with a milk product and sugar is veering towards eastern Europe....Viva Catalunya! Eviva! y Vive los Makinsons Eviva! Cheerrio my friend

[@watchersmith806]

With bad food-Yes, the other way can hurt more😮🤣

[@dominika3762]

Milk soup is what we got in schools and at camp in Poland, but wheat noodles or white rice

[@randomdave69]

I make tortilla pizza even without financial struggles. I don't prebake the tortillas, just build the pizza and pop it in the oven till the cheese is melted (350 for about 10 minutes) it's a pretty tasty quick meal.

[@banninghamma]

This is like a scientific experiment. Love it when weird combinations that actually are much better than it sounds are discovered. Of course, there will be a lot of vomit-inducing products along the way.

[@diethylmalonate]

If Milo (or Ovaltine) and rice are the only food available, just eat the rice plain (maybe with a little sesame oil), then make the chocolate malt drink normally. You get to enjoy both without having them ruin each other 🤣 Another way is to put the water in rice too, somehow I really like that texture (not porridge, literally cooked rice with water)

[@EridanuS86]

These experiments remind me of my college life, where sometimes It was necessary to create cheap lunch or dinner from various leftover ingredients due to financial reasons. 😅

[@isotope3234]

Good morning from Portland, Oregon. I can't believe he actually tried all of these things. Half of them looked so bad they made me sick just looking at them.

[@ryuichiro.sakuraba]

Grew up in the Philippines, and had Milo on rice (our Milo here is sweetened a bit more compared to overseas Milo - I prefer Ovaltine more as it is more sweet than Milo lol), and we also had coffee with creamer (piping hot) poured over rice as well. Or just plain unfiltered fish sauce drizzled over hot rice which is something I still eat to this day. :D

[@timothy4664]

Happy New Year James.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Happy new year!

[@GrotesqueSmurf]

Cereals with juice instead of milk is a prettty common thing in many countries James. Altho the mainstream eats them with milk. With the right type of cereals or oats (I like oats with nuts and berries and chocolate flakes) it's actually decent. But I still prefer milk or yoghurt with my cereal.

[@erickellar5867]

id love to see you do many videos similar to the one future canoe did here