Struggle Meals Around The World | My Subscribers' Recipes

[@FutureCanoe]

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[@Egoist-Edits-14]

Ok

[@Egoist-Edits-14]

Thanks

[@thelagbot]

Glad you got sponsored :D

[@FailingAtEverythingIDo]

Bet

[@skibidisigma69420q]

Bro getting sponsors making me feel old 😭

[@shaqsshackofdoom9575]

"It's not that bad, its like biting into an apple and there's a bunch of worms in it" sounds lovely

[@Wowow704]

Nothing like an apple filled with worms...yum!

[@ogasama6028]

A modern day Shakespeare if I may say so

[@ard1an307]

the guy who sent this recipe is a schizo, we use rice boiled on milk, it taste better and rice is cheaper so you can buy milk

[@simulatedFeelings]

'Whats up with Slavic people putting fruits into pasta?'

[@thomasdickson35]

It's called a "free protein upgrade," and we all know he only gets that on cowboy night.

[@DiZoSoMom]

Dude, hearing your monotone voice get so excited and “noo way! NOOO WAY” at the mock apple pie just made my whole day. I enjoyed this video so very much 🤍

[@Hasnainkhan-nz7cg]

Sybau

[@notsparktion]

mock apple pie is insanely good for no reason

[@martijnbuunk]

Hahaha 😂

[@Aayse]

22:08

[@fxracer1860]

@@Hasnainkhan-nz7cgSybau

[@manaskumar501]

as an Indian, whoever told you NUTELLA over roti is a struggle meal either they aren't from India or have never struggled. my daal Kichidi eater's would know

[@khushisingh-dm4gc]

agreeeeeeeee

[@Riya-js1tc]

agreeeeeee

[@CM_684]

Translating the two replies just removes one 'e'

[@Defektyd]

@@CM_684 for me, it added an e to the second comment

[@CM_684]

@Defektyd that's weird

[@HobbykochKai]

Toast Hawaii was invented fifty years ago by the first German TV Cook, who was no cook at all. Since then it is a beloved struggle meal for German people.

[@dellamaik]

He missed the curyketchup what makes toast hawaii so nice xD

[@Mavomatic]

Well, I am German and everyone I know either knows or even regularly eats toast Hawaii. So yeah, pretty popular I would say.

[@THVHSYR]

Futurecanoe should actually research that story, great stuff ahead for sure

[@ichsagnix4127]

​@@dellamaikbarbaric!

[@SamVimes27]

​@@dellamaik a colleague of mine eats his Toast Hawaii with the good old Bautzen mittelscharf and he swears by it.

[@lexicon1742]

18:35 that slow zoom in as Canoe slowly loses it over the Vegemite not spreading contrasting with his typical deadpan narration just made me howl with laughter 😂

[@etelmo]

You have to butter or margerine the bread first, if you do it spreads very easily (as long as it's room temperature vegemite, you shouldn't store it in the fridge, which is fine because it's like half salt)

[@Parrot5884]

​@etelmo Also, it spreads better when you toast the bread first. The heat softens it, and the bread is less delicate, so it doesn't crumble if you get aggressive with it.

[@wobblysauce]

Can also do it with a warm knife as well.

[@marcelmais6430]

god that was revolting. got so mad about the bread and spread.

[@PIutonium94]

always a classic struggle. half the time when it happens to me instead of actually buttering the damn bread i just start eating it from the bucket ngl

[@sanjibeee]

Nutella on roti is less of a struggle meal and more of a 'I'm too lazy to make anything else.' recipe. I recommend butter roti with salt and black pepper or sugar based on your preference or even both! A warm fresh roti with melted butter is just so comforting and it's down to earth as well.

[@mikegraham7078]

Peanut butter on a flour tortilla rolled up is good, too.

[@sanjibeee]

@mikegraham7078 Sure, but I don't think peanut butter is authentically Indian. It's good though.

[@mikegraham7078]

@@sanjibeee Oh, but Nutella is authentically Indian? :)

[@sanjibeee]

@@mikegraham7078 Not at all. That's why I don't recommend it( If you want to look for an authentic recipe).

[@okaypiggy6437]

+1 on this. Or just plain maggi lol

[@spellwing777]

that banana and egg recipe was probably supposed to be done with a plantain instead, which is more savory and would probably work pretty good with this.

[@IHopeSoM]

I agree. I came to say this also.

[@Dia17ch]

II was thinking the same... A banana is so not it

[@aaronfarner1029]

First thought fr, he don’t try to be accurate

[@Mangosta12jr]

Not at all, the dude is from the Canary Islands, very famous for their bananas (not plantains, bananas). But anyway, that dish is shit we don't do that here in Spain lol

[@aaronfarner1029]

@ just saying, plantains are better fried than a regular banana, glad you know about the dudes origin, creepy type shi

[@Violetsong222]

Thank you, for making the food community on yt a better place. There's been a lot of unrealistic recipes that have such expensive ingredients that the VAST majority of viewers will never be able to try making them. You make recipes the average person will be able to attempt and afford. Thank you canoe, for saying not everyone can cook with wagyu and caviar

[@Violetsong222]

Oh damn I got a buncha likes thanks

[@fatimazee]

Exactly his struggles are so relatable lol

[@waylonoconner9121]

I have the utmost respect for these types of foods, especially the Water Pie and the Ritz Pie. It isn't showing the need to eat but the need to find joy in the midst of hard times.

[@MelancoliaI]

Agreed. One I know is 'soakie' or 'coffee crackers' . Coffee with lots of milk and sugar over crackers.

[@grrrgrl101]

Beautifully put❤

[@patrickliao2343]

As a Taiwanese I have to say that’s the strugglest struggle meal I’ve ever seen

[@patrickliao2343]

Ok the second one is more like it

[@danielwu07]

應該要在配點豬油，就是豬油醬油拌飯了☺️

[@chrisma5181]

要再加紅蔥頭 香

[@gemyellow]

he botched it a bit, but it's close enough

[@hex310]

The " Oh Mah Gawd" Future Canoe lost his monotone had me rolling. So funny. Enjoying your content. Good luck to you in all your endeavors.

[@cubayas]

joseph joestar😂😂

[@PaggleWaggIe]

xD 👍

[@TheMadRooster09]

I lost it when he couldn't hold his excitement. The sheer surprise got all of us I think.

[@charo1554]

im polish and while ive never heard of apple pasta, my mom used to make milk soup which was basically boiling pasta in milk and drinking it with a little bit of sugar later on. wed have it for the last meal as mom claimed warm milk would make us sleepy. kind of a wild recipe looking back on it but it was one of my favorites.

[@easternlights3155]

You guys put sugar in milk soup? I'm czech and my mum always salted it.

[@charo1554]

@easternlights3155 its so much better sweet

[@Lyakusha1]

Still cooking it for my 3yo daughter, but as a breakfast

[@Lyakusha1]

Honey goes really well with it

[@crabofchaos7881]

@@easternlights3155 Us Russians sweeten it as well, it's alright. It might be just me, but thinly sliced hotdogs are also a fine ingredient for this soup.

[@gadeharshithreddy8395]

Congratulations on 3M brother you deserve it

[@Kj_Crunch]

crazy that when I subbed like a year and a half ago he was only at 50k, bro deserves it.

[@michaelberringer8595]

@@Kj_Crunch In ONE year? jesus

[@MelanatedMickey2]

​@@michaelberringer8595 yeah he was at 1 million only a few months ago. I hope the rapid growth doesn't make him feel too much pressure 🙏🏿

[@dominicgalloway4481]

He really does. He's relatable and has a great personality. And his voice is great even though he has monotone voice. It adds to his personality. It keeps you on your toes when he says funny shit. 😂

[@MegaFPVFlyer]

So happy he's in the adhesive manufacturing business now ❤

[@Blaise2211]

Here in Germany, toast Hawaii is really a thing. It's nothing you'll find on a restaurant menu, but I ate it a lot, when I was a student. Nowadays, I usually make it with a mix of grated cheddar and mozzarella cheese.

[@etuanno]

Same with the infamous Riz Casimir here in Switzerland. Nothing you'll ever find in a restaurant or a cook book besides the learning cookbook TipTopf. It doesn't fit into Indian cookbooks and it'll stick out like a sore thumb in Swiss traditional cuisine ones. It's basically an Europeanized curry dish. It's chicken in a curry sauce with rice, fried bananas and hot canned pinapples or other fruits. It's sadly somewhat dying out since you only get it if you make it yourself. But because it's such an easy and scalable recepie it's very popular in the army. :D

[@SF-eo6xf]

You used to find it in a Imbiss but not sure today

[@cheekslappinsaab]

I grew up with strawberry pasta, literally one of my favorite meals, you need to let the pasta get cold, and let it all chill in the fridge. it’s great for a hot day, cools you down and is refreshing and sweet.

[@k6t1e]

bro 😕

[@zzz5960]

@@k6t1e its great you just have to use heavy or sour cream not milk like this dumbass

[@jorisv.h.]

22:40 Call me weird but i let a tear flow down my cheek. I have been not well lately and your KZbin channel is what helps me get trough the day. It gives me the feeling that it is okey to struggle with the basics of life. You are like a warm bowl of pumpkin soup with a slice of freshly baked bread to me. Thanks❤

[@GullibleTarget]

Komt goed, Joris. Take your time.

[@soejrd24978]

Sterkte, t komt goed

[@jenelaina5665]

❤

[@tash4270]

The validation is very nice, this is one oddly friendly group of people in this community which is wild for KZbin!

[@Maj-SHIPWRECKED]

This is cringe AF. Get help lmao

[@crazystupidgamer]

16:55 that lady is struggling wrong. At least, it isn't a common traditional thing, especially considering that Nutella is out of reach for the strugglers. Replace Nutella with sugar and ghee and you've got an excellent Indian meal, but it's still not a struggle meal. For one of those, take some rice flour or millet flour and make a thin paste with water. You can add a little curd for flavor, or make it with buttermilk. Now in a pan, heat up some oil, and once hot, add spoonful each of mustard seeds and cumin seeds, chopped chillies to taste or Chilli powder, curry leaves, and if you can find it, a pinch of asafoetida. After the seeds split amd jump all over the kitchen, add the thin paste/ batter to the pan and stir aggressively to prevent lumps. Once it thickens and steams a bit, take it off the gas, add coriander leaves if you wish, and enjoy a comfort struggle meal from the Indian state of Maharashtra.

[@chickwit2575]

What's this dish called? I'm from Maharashtra and I can't place this dish name

[@leadharsh0616]

ghee shakar, jam, or peanut butter, i have eaten rotis wih all three as a struggle meal, this one is probably more of a nri take

[@djinn666]

Is it really a struggle meal with 6 types of spices?

[@leadharsh0616]

@djinn666 yes because no matter how much you struggle, you can still buy basic spices for a few cents especially in india

[@genocider9782]

prolly lives abroad lmao

[@blaisebaileyfinnegan8202]

My wife makes mock apple pie around the holidays. It's actually a miracle you can perform yourself. The first time I ate it, I reacted the way you did.

[@TryinBin8889]

As an Aussie I'm actually so glad u liked our recipes. I will say I died on the inside as I watched u spread the vegemite like that, but I understand the struggle. And yes, avacado, rice and soy sauce is so yummy. A bit expensive (bc avos r crazy) but defs one of my fave ways to enjoy avo

[@wLiams1]

Same

[@rat-gang-]

still sad he didn't make damper though lol

[@AP01834198]

In Thailand, a common struggle meal is instant noodles. The method is simple: first, crush the noodles while they are still in the packet into bite-sized pieces or smaller. Then, open the packet, take out the seasoning powder and oil, and pour them into the crushed noodles. Shake everything together until well mixed, and it's ready to eat.

[@jeanbeany8462]

As a Korean this is a classic

[@BlueTowel00]

I used to have this for lunch back in school 😂 Australia

[@dinolandra]

that's how they eat noodles in prison in the US

[@honeyh7772]

just wanted to know, what these noodles are made of? Refined flour? Coz noodles in India are made of refined wheat flour which is not good for the stomach and is comparatively difficult to digest than wheat and rice so eating noodles daily let alone raw is not am option here but i would love to know what noodles are made of in thailnd, korea, china , japan coz they eat them soo often

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Most noodles are made from white flour ​@@honeyh7772

[@Sk8Bettty]

This channel is improving my Christmas dread, mental health. Your entire vibe is chill. It’s a perfect counterbalance for anxiety. Ty. I used to cook for 15-20 ppl at holidays, w help of course. I grew up being granny’s helper. I’m alone now. Your videos hellm ty

[@someone_985]

genuinely shocked that u already have 3 million subs watched when u were like in 20k and didnt really see the sub count much great job man.

[@DiZoSoMom]

I was just thinking the same! I stumbled upon him when he had just a handful of vids and thought “mannn, this dry delivery is so good. He’s gonna blow up”, but damn it happened FAST!! Super happy for him. His vids are great and he deserves it

[@TotinosOtherBoy]

He prolly bought them subs with his a.i.-shill money

[@junaidali6425]

Same I subbed when he was like under 28k subs

[@sixxty9]

As an Indian student, nutella is a rich man's food here 😭

[@aswinidas396]

Can relate Bhai.❤

[@sixxty9]

@@aswinidas396 apna ghar ka makkhan on top

[@mangos2888]

It's expensive for struggle meals in the states, too. If you have Nutella, it was donated to a food bank.

[@arkadiakowalczyk4768]

For me struggle meals were also made when the adults cant do adulting but have cash. Mourning, sicknes, just when you want something nice but don't have power do make something proper

[@shaima2.o]

Same here in South Africa 😂

[@nivethaelumalai5569]

Anyone who can afford Nutella in India is a rich poser. Nutella is expensive for a struggle meal; you can buy like 5 other ingredients worth one bottle. It is nationally accepted that our struggle meal is maggie with anything and everything you find in the fridge especially when you're a broke college student.

[@okaypiggy6437]

+1 on this! Maggi with a singular egg got me through college 😭

[@drowninggames]

As someone from the UK, we do struggle meals well.

[@j_mzyy]

we've got ww2 rationing to thank for that

[@EtaCarinaeSC]

everything in the UK is a struggle meal.

[@luisluz-ochoa2992]

@@EtaCarinaeSCi was about to say 😭

[@SMTRodent]

@@EtaCarinaeSC Beef Wellington?

[@yeehaw7896]

​@@SMTRodent beef wellington is just a corndog from a different socioeconomic status

[@sophiac6466]

I actually laughed out loud when you said not bad and spit out the food at 13:15

[@RandomBruv65]

Nothing beats good ol khichdi as an Indian struggle meal, never heard of Nutella as an Indian struggle meal ingredient since it’s imported and always quite expensive

[@Dylan-ds3dc]

Finally, a video that unites *a few* continents and demonstrates the struggles of human life

[@Milena-qe8nb]

A continent was missing 😅

[@Dylan-ds3dc]

@ I know

[@MrCrunch808]

Not quite a struggle meal but what I did as a kid for some reason: Take a roti, spread ghee on it, sprinkle on sugar, and roll it up. Tastes decent. It’s the same concept as Nutella on a roti.

[@sunshineflyer]

As a kid I liked butter, lettuce and sugar sandwiches! Bread, well buttered (margarined in my mom’s house) topped with a few leaves of iceberg lettuce and sprinkled with sugar, folded in half to eat!

[@PIutonium94]

as a child i was partial to salted corn chips dipped in cold forgotten coffee, myself. though other times i'd make essentially a bagel mix with garlic powder, flavoured salt, panko, any type of seeds, and just eat that straight up at like 1 in the morning

[@carmenolle5967]

Backin the 60s we used to put sugar on butter as a substitute for condensed milk

[@sunshineflyer]

@ - so close! It’s the first step in making cookies so no wonder it’s delicious. Also, if you make condensed milk at home using powdered skim the recipes say to add a little butter.

[@sunshineflyer]

@@PIutonium94 - the salt would make the coffee taste sweeter, so that makes sense. And when I make seasoned panko I have to stop myself eating it with a spoon “check it”. Tastes so good with all that toastiness.

[@layanm5536]

Daaamn we are three million already, when I subscribed we were less than a million, Good job FutureCanoe 💋👌🏻

[@CarbonPanther]

I didn't know it was possible to mess up something as simple like Toast Hawaii until today but here I am, watching canoe do it. Impressive.

[@thestitchedcow5726]

same with strawberry pasta....

[@grelopsgops2383]

he didnt butter it😭

[@TF-kn3kf]

I honestly don’t think there’s a way to save that

[@pipedown7969]

@@grelopsgops2383no way you think butter somehow saves that 😅

[@grelopsgops2383]

@@pipedown7969 you are right haha

[@thecommenter9678]

For the water pie i'd have used lemon and lime juice from concentrate instead of vanilla, but if your lucky enough to have access to those two, like if you worked and an orchard at the time, fresh juice and zest woulda been slamming. That said my great grandparents who i was lucky enough to know for the majority of my childhood and early 20s, suffered in the depression and were lucky enough to work at a peach orchard, which i think woulda made this pretty good to. OKAY blathering done!

[@CabbageSandwich]

Calling that a Canadian Poutine is like calling a rickshaw a Chinese Car.

[@arson7677]

LMFAO, the cheese choice really hurt me..

[@AllycatlovesAG]

@arson7677 I understand cheese curds aren't the easiest to find (I'm Canadian and not even sure if i've seen them at the grocery store) but at least do mozarella or another white cheese so it looks more realistic. The american cheese just melted all over the top pains me

[@dearest-tulip]

It does read more like lazy Canadian's poutine

[@CabbageSandwich]

@dearest-tulip why when try to make lazy poutine, it's street food... this is like taking a pepperoni stick, wrapping it in a slice if bread and microwaving it, then putting mayonnaise and fish sauce in it, and calling it a hot dog. It's not just lazy, it's proactively stupid and way harder than just buying one

[@dearest-tulip]

@@CabbageSandwich tbf, it's supposed to be all leftovers that you slop together to make a "poutine", also I'm not Canadian so that's probs why I'm not as upset

[@anenestalkyr]

Strawberry pasta is such a highlight from my childhood, I loveee it, properly done it’s amazing

[@andiepoley]

I'm not Polish, but what he did with the strawberry pasta is a crime

[@mallariasart]

@@andiepoley yup, never heard of strawberry pasta being done this way :| actually the one i know we would make with white cheese

[@triphonics]

@@andiepoley As a Polish person he really did mess it up.

[@Bishop3ga]

He used milk instead of sour cream 🤦‍♂

[@huzaifah567]

I feel so sorry for you

[@babuyadav2336]

Struggle meal from India, boil lentil with turmeric powder, pepper powder and a hefty amount of ghee/butter. In a bowl, microwave leftover rice, add the cooked lentils and throw a heaping spoonful of chili oil as tadka. Mix and eat

[@mosambiseason]

Yo, u should submit this recipe using the google form link. It’s in the video description. Hope he sees it.

[@mahek_art]

I was TOTALLY expecting chili rice (the chili powder which like has other spice condiments in it. It's called kaali mirchi, not to confuse with kaali mirch) or even left over chapati dish, we call it tukde here in Maharashtra. Though, chapati and nutella are very real. We don't even struggle. It's literally just a lazy meal at this point. 9 to 7 is brutal, so I don't even care at this point. Call me lazy, but if you're not gonna pay my bills, you better not judge me. Lol.

[@babuyadav2336]

@mahek_art all valid points. I grew up in Mumbai, we always had lashun/lehsun chutney with coconut in my house. If mom went to work without cooking, my struggle meal used to be rice, ghee and 2 spoons of the chutney. Best Meal ever.

[@babuyadav2336]

@@mosambiseason Thanks. I submitted it.

[@TheUnchartedMystic]

Exactly, roti and nutella is a rich kid snack.

[@khadijahmamacol1776]

22:15 his giggle made heart skip a beat 🫠💘

[@soop5896]

22:10 never seen you with this much emotion before😶 that was scary almost😭

[@Star_boiii1]

Very scary

[@ayyoitzToko]

i might be trippin but i wanna try this

[@ThinkingCrimson]

He showed a lot of emotion on his video when he went to Nashville.

[@soop5896]

@ yeah but that was physical pain. This… this was different

[@Egg___Ilikeeggs]

23:11 this speech is kinda inspiring tbh lol

[@WYTO-t4u]

As an Aussie, a more struggle meal type meal is sometimes just straight SPC beans out of the can, cold

[@skystygian]

He didn't have an African struggle meal, but I have a Moroccan struggle meal from my boyfriend that I actually crave constantly Ingredients: - Msemmen (I don't think his family makes it but idk where it's from, they always have it though) - Moroccan black honey - Turkey bacon (less fat to clean up) Directions: - Cook bacon and toast msemmen - Spread honey on toasted msemmen - Add a layer of bacon - Fold it - Done IT'S SO GOOD

[@fishie_fair]

how is a moroccan struggle meal not an african one? you do know Morocco is in africa? im not trying to come across as rude. i am genuinely puzzled

[@skystygian]

@ I'm saying it cause he didn't include an African struggle meal, so I'm providing one lol. I reworded it now, mb for the confusion

[@zem6152]

msemmen as a struggle meal is crazyy :) :) elite breakfast without taking any further steps.

[@creedolala6918]

That bread looks interesting, maybe like roti? Anyway bacon honey and bread sound guaranteed to be delicious

[@ClassicalSunni]

Turkey bacon not because of fat but because it's halal 😂

[@Rin_The_Pianist]

Toast Hawaii is something a lot of germans (me included) really much like. It's simple, VERY easy to make and you can throw like 10 of them in the oven at once, it's just very convenient

[@domebo2912]

Ich kenn keine Sau die sich jemals ein Toast Hawaii gemacht hat

[@oktapako5733]

@@domebo2912 Toast Hawaii schmeckt allen gut, was ist mit dir?

[@numberzzzzz1]

I haven't come across one single German who eats this

[@regenbogen_sim]

​@@oktapako5733 Nee Ananas ist allein schon krass ekelhaft, aber mit Schinken und Käse? 💀😭

[@KnorkesHolzbrett]

Zusätzlich mais und Zwiebeln und das schmeckt so geil

[@mikegraham7078]

I've got a recipe for you that I 'developed' when I was a starving student and still eat on occasion (for nostalgia) to this day. Bologna Stir-fry. Cut 4 pieces of bologna into dice Fry bologna in a big skillet until crispy Do not drain! You paid for that grease! Dump in cooked rice and stir it in to soak up the grease. Season with a bit of salt and lots of pepper Mix in a goodly amount of ketchup. It's... not healthy, but it's startlingly good.

[@stardustdestruktor]

Hawaii Toast is a thing in germany, but its eaten by max 15% and not that often. But its indeed tasty when did right

[@lokiprime9108]

Hawaii Toast is literally how I found out I'm allergic to pineapple ahaha

[@werewitch9466]

im dutch but my mom always used to make it on weekends when i was a kid lol, so good

[@toonix]

I would also say it's a thing from the past. I remember it from my childhood in the 80s / 90s but nowadays you will rarely see it in the wild.

[@peepew2637]

We eat it all the time

[@padmeamidala4.20]

def more than 15%. A lot of ppl eat it

[@alitigergd9394]

22:50 wholesomecanoe back at it again ✌️🔥🔥🔥

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

This is GREAT, but you forgot to TOAST the outside of it!!! After putting on the ham and cheese and melting the cheese, you put it together as a sandwich and pan fry it on both sides, preferably in butter. Or you can dry fry (a.k.a. «toast») it, I guess, but the best thing is to fry it in butter to toast it that way. THEN, when it is golden brown, you slice it in two and enjoy the goodness!!! YUMMY!!! 🤗

[@Kuba_K]

Since you enjoyed our Strawberry pasta so much here are some other tasty Polish cousines: Kogel mogel - Raw egg mixed with sugar (a lot of sugar) Pasta with cream and sugar Sugar toast (You take a bread, you fry it on a pan, you add sugar) Wet sugar toast (You take a bread put a lot of sugar on it, add some water) The milk soup (I ate half of those at least once guess which ones)

[@adj91]

My childhood !

[@lemmypop1300]

I'm Serbian and recognize pretty much everything from your list :) But I've got to say, we probably beat you in the struggle meal category - let me introduce you to popara, aka boiled bread. It's pretty much as it sounds. Water boiling, few drops of oil in it, chuck diced bread in there, salt optional. If you're feeling really fancy you'll have some crumbly cheese or sour cream with it. It's at the same time both much better and much worse than you'd expect.

[@VCaccount1Celestials]

You're literally just eating sugar💀

[@mallariasart]

zupa szczawiowa 💀

[@riley5992]

i love milk pasta

[@MarcoPolo187]

As a German, yes we eat Hawaii toast. It's a fond German childhood memory of mine I having with my mom. It's something really cheap and tasty we had when we had not much money

[@iloveminiapplepies]

Better struggle meal from Poland is apple rice casserole. Basically you take rice made in milk as a first layer, sprinke some cinnamon and sugar, then apple (I'm using store bought apple pieces from the jar because it's cheap and quick), then another layer of rice and cinnamon, apples and rice again. Bake it till the top is golden and tadaaa. Delicious.

[@airiamagi]

Every Canadian just cried at that being called Poutin.

[@jauneenuaj9226]

Imagine Québec people when they saw that yellow cheese lol

[@gaspump]

I'm second-hand embarrassed that it was a Canadian that told him to make it with garbage KFC and American cheese. I don't know what that is but it sure as hell isn't poutine. It's just sad slop.

[@NickDunner]

Yep, crying

[@stanvanillo9831]

@@NickDunner go cry in a corner, canadians.

[@BR4INR0T_ARC4DE]

an audible response was elicited from me

[@bluebarri]

14:21 my sister and I make this but butter instead of duck fat. We call it poor man’s fried rice. A struggle meal we’d eat as a kid was also spaghetti noodles, butter, and ketchup. I still eat it

[@JohnZombi88]

I hate ketchup on noodles but I make buttered noodles all the time. Garlic powder and salt ups the flavor

[@idjtoal]

spaghetti and ketchup, 👍 Just tell yourself it's Japanese "napolitan" pasta, lol

[@erickcartman8758]

Loved the message at the end, Canoe. You’re 100% correct! Keep making great content.

[@krt40]

I've been following you for a whole now and I really enjoy your content 😊 Since I haven't seen any from my country, here's a struggle meal from Romania: Cumin Soup with Egg Rags In a pan fry in oil a few tablespoons of cumin seeds for a bit. Then add a tablespoon of flour and fry it a bit, until it turns slightly brown. Add water to it, a few cups and bring it to a boil (it shouldn turn into a pudding, if it does, add more water. It should stay a soup). Add salt to taste and let it boil a few minutes. Then strain the soup, to get rid of a cumin seed. Bring the soup to boil again. In a bowl beat some eggs and, when the soup is boiling, drip them in the soup. You can also add whole eggs if you want. Boil for a few minutes more and it done. I like to eat with toasted bread :)

[@fakenails]

Sounds like one of those 'flavored hot water' soups we have in Myanmar. It's whatever 1 spice, 1 leftover veg, and something else tossed into boiling water. It's like a left over ingredient soup and it's actually good. 😊

[@ratongolzache5624]

as someone from Romania, I have literally never seen or heard of this (I'm from Transylvania). But I like anything with egg so it doesn't sound bad at all

[@mirnasabol4051]

Croatia and Slovenia has the same dish.

[@krt40]

@@ratongolzache5624 Supă de chimen cu zdrențe de ou. Așa îi spunem noi (in vestul țării).

[@ratongolzache5624]

@@krt40 Eu pana sa ma mut singur nici nu stiam ce-i aia chimen :))

[@jitxhere]

Roti or chapati is an indian flat bread made from whole wheat flour (not refined) Just mix the dough normally with water (not that wet not that dry) and make it over the pan.

[@imaxinsertnounherex]

When I was broke in college, I would get the 25 cent ramen packs, put a bit of bullion in for a stronger broth, and mix it with Hot Sauce packets from Taco Bell. Ate that for months as my primary meal.

[@Goodocean13]

i love how futurecanoe sounds so calm but sometimes he says something nobody would say with that voice, you're too funny futurecanoe

[@maximalnick7710]

9:45 you could have made a smiley face but you didnt ... I respect you for this

[@suive9]

The ending song 🥺 thank you for being here with us, I truly love your personality and approach 💚

[@fuzulibostan1796]

Im not sure if we understand the same thing from "struggle". People suggest recipes that use ingredients that you can basically use for a standard meal, like ground beef, cold cuts, cheese, pasta; just put together in a weird way. To me the only true struggle meal there was the toast toast x) but maybe our struggles are different :v

[@tunamayocrepe]

The concept of "struggle meal" will be different in various parts of the world depending on what food is the cheapest or most accessibe. I think what people don't quite get is that standard meal is very different in many parts of the world. Like in my country, indomie with rice is considered struggle meal, but that's not what the poorest people eat. Some only eat rice with salt, some only eat boiled cassava or sweet potato if they can forage them

[@Thuazabi]

If you're going to be a snob about it, the only real struggle meal is "sleep". Price differences are a thing everywhere.

[@fuzulibostan1796]

@@tunamayocrepe yes you are right proces of ingredients can be very different but what I meant was that, for example a spaghetti bolognese or beans and rice would could be considered a standard dinner for most people i guess, and you can do that with the ingredients that were used in the recipes here.

[@fuzulibostan1796]

@@Thuazabi Lol i wasnt trying to be a snob i was just saying x)

[@tunamayocrepe]

@fuzulibostan1796 I think rather than ingredients for standard meals, using the most accessible carbohydrate source and whatever the second ingredient is is what makes a struggle meal, since some people can't even afford the standard meal ingredients. Rather than standard meal, I notice struggle meals usually consist of that. A source of most common carbohydrates in the place and another cheapest ingredient of that place mixed together.

[@Violetsong222]

This has brought back all the old chaos of your channel, please keep it

[@TCh-f8f]

In Belgium, there is a struggle meals called "la pêche au thon". Which is made by a mix of canned tuna and mayonaise and put on the hole of the half canned peach. To clarify, it is where the stone was before the processing.

[@braincabbage]

My (German) family always had toast hawaii for Christmas and we added sauce hollandaise to it, which made it much more delicious in my opinion

[@d34adm11ka]

5:07 'YAZZZ SALOOOJIIEEE 😝😝😝😝😝' i love it

[@pepps4390]

1. Australian sushi for the win. 2. I love you, platonically but sincerely. Your videos are pure gold, the only ones I watch at normal speed (2.0x). 3. Thank you!

[@Senti575-snt]

8:28 thought canoe was beating it

[@CheddarCheesyStudios]

AYOO lol

[@M4lici0us]

I was literally LOOKING for this comment lmao😂😂😂

[@doclewis8927]

Thank you. I was having a rough pain day and your video made me smile and forget my pain for a little bit. Much appreciated.

[@margheortiz2182]

proud of being in a good community that makes the best of what we have

[@gt8349]

I cant believe my tongue right now. It always let me and other people down!!😂😅 19:24

[@Niyucuatro]

For the "Arroz a la cubana" i always skip the banana. Thopugh it can be made better by pan frying the rice with a bit of olive oil and a clove of garlick. It's a nice comfort food. It really also get's much better with a home made tomato sauce. Personally i cook the sauce down as much as i can so it's thicker and the flavour more concentrated.

[@carmenolle5967]

Here we eat it without tomato sauce. Tomatoes mix really well with eggs, plantains or bananas also mix really well with eggs, tomatoes don't mix well with bananas/plantains.

[@cloudGremlin]

Sometimes I eat tuna with mayo (and some soy sauce if I have it) and nacho chips. It doesn’t really taste like a tuna melt and it’s disturbingly crunchy, but it’s easy to make and doesn’t require a lot of cleanup

[@arsenic1261]

16:15 As an indian my sruggle meal was MAGGI

[@satvikshri]

i don't think they understood what 'struggle' meal means

[@arsenic1261]

@satvikshri ye like in India instead of Maggi i eat fried rice like really simple [egg, rice and soy sauce ]

[@azadrahulp]

Struggle food is hostel mess food. That's the baseline. Everything above that is luxury.

[@Mrsniperman2]

As a british person, I've never seen a struggle meal even relatively close that, but hey, at least it got a high rating. 4:59

[@Cafeallday222]

lol the British will take the higher food rating 😂 it sounds like a very modern British dish

[@GesarTheWriter]

Had a student cookbook with it in. Good to see it's still about.

[@MazTheMeh16]

Its like an old timey struggle meal

[@abbyyoung9661]

😂 me neither. Beans on toast would have been my guess for a British struggle meal

[@chaseholt3677]

American struggle meals are really like that. Also see just a can of beans orvegetables, the amount of times I've had just peas or corn, or chili or just pinto beans lol.

[@mahk777]

lots of love to you dude! Very stoked for you on the success! Stay healthy and keep it up! Loving it.

[@shivv3rz]

British people are so good at struggle meals because every meal in great britain is a struggle to get through

[@TheLazarusFL]

Rice + Kimchi + Soy Sauce + 2 or 3 extra large fried eggs. Gratz, you just won everything.

[@Mixu.]

I'm surprised to see the Finnish one be actually pretty much authentic. Usually these kinda videos just have people's personal struggle meals that don't reflect the country as a whole, but that's literally the only thing like half of the population seems to know how to cook lol.

[@sean_michael_kenny]

I'm irish. What the feck is a Crubeen, Diana. Could have sent this man a recipe for coddle, instead he's suffering with - Oh wait, I get it. Well played, Diana.

[@lexo632]

Sean, what's the joke I wish to know, Sean

[@thenamelessguy2831]

SEAN WHAT DO YOU MEAN

[@Vostok7789]

I don't get it

[@yggdrasil7776]

Alright, keep your Irish secrets, Sean.

[@funkduck210]

Was watching with horror but then I got it and yeah well played Diana

[@feppya9394]

The fact he is willing to taste all of these recipes says something, I could genuinely Never.

[@ShadowDeus]

i got lots of simple recipes, 1. steam white rice, add butter, & cinnamom & sugar to your liking, toast an english muffin butter the muffin, and add a whopping spoonful of the rice. you can also add fruit jam to it, if i do that i prefer to add it to the muffin then add the rice. any flavour jam/jelly will do. (i prefer apple butter tbh though) 2. an even simpler recipe, i actually have a name for this one, we call it the camper cheese cake. you mainly need 2 ingrediants gramm cracker (doesnt matter what flavour but i personally like the cinnamon sugar ones) and whipped cream cheese. you simply spread the cheese on the cracker. then enjoy. you can also slather some strawberry jam on top and for the hell of it you can add some fresh chopped strawberry's and a light coat of powdered sugar. 3. this one is similar to number 2, but instead of grammcracker you use cheez-its and use the cheese as a dip. its so simple but the perfect little snack food. 4. another good little snack food is; Sea Salt & Dill Triscuits, sliced fennel seed salami, blue cheese and 'optional' green alives (green olives can make this taste too salty for some but i love it) basically take the salami and wrap the blue cheese (and olive) then grab a cracker, and if you can find a way to get it to stick to the cracker great, but i usually just pop it all in my mouth. 5. and my final is a fancey tuna sandwich. must use solid white canned albacore, this is for 1 can, drain and squeeze the tuna dry after opening, add it to a medium mixing bowl. dice a half of a red onion, chop a stalk of green onion, mix all that into the bow, add 2 four finger pinches of shredded colby jack cheese (so prabably about a half cup, i usually just eyeball how much i want), grind up a red, black and white pepper mix about 1 tea spoon worth add it to the mix as well, now add a table spoon and a half of mayo (do not use miracle whip!) if need be add a little more mayo sometimes i end up using a about an extra half table spoon of mayo. next dice a stalk of celary (small chunks) and add that to the tuna salad mixture. now take and dice into small bits half of a giant deskinned red apple and yes add it to the mixture then mix it all up good. Finally, i prefer to use toasted cabatta bread but you can put it between anytype of non sweet bread (rye, sourdough etc.), toastes or not, and for more flavour you can put a leaf of some good crunchy romane lettuce down before plopping a hefty ammount of the tuna salad down. i usually stick to a good angus burger sized dollop. for a different flavour you can swap the apple for a dill pickel, add about a tea spoon of fresh ground rosamery and mix it all up. (it also taste good with out the apple and pickel as well, personally i prefer the apple)

[@giselasilva5415]

3M, congrats canoo, super deserved!! You're like Tig Notaro, someone who needs to be enjoyed slowly to enjoy the deadpan to the fullest 😁😁

[@iyanuyusuf899]

18:42 the build up on the Vegemite got me laughing before he threw the knife😂😭😭

[@jurajbeno2046]

more slavic struggle meal recipes: sweet or salty curd with pasta, scrambled eggs with pasta, poppy seeds and pasta, ground walnuts and pasta... and so on

[@Boomersohn]

You have to do Toast Hawaii the right way: Shove the toast open in an oven and gratinate it. Don't make a Sandwich out of it.

[@vaishnavipimputkar3879]

Congratulations on 3M subs, well deserved! As an Indian, I'm genuinely in awe that you managed to mess up roti w Nutella. It almost feels like you did it intentionally. 😂

[@joshc5613]

i guess i shouldn't be surprised FC managed to mess up something as simple as bread with Nutella 💀

[@jamilatif4869]

No it was not well deserved . the wildest part is that this boy could eat all this and manage to find another boy who would lick his rectum and suck his cock. i need a snack.

[@Howtoeatrocks]

aussie classics include my favourite childhood meal "treasure sketti" which is canned spaghetti dumped up chopped up toast. thats the treasure. also tomato sandwich which is just tomato and mayonaise.

[@Howtoeatrocks]

also a personal one is left over rice reheated in milk with jam dumped ontop

[@djchill7466]

Hey Im Ken/Kenny From Portmore Jamaica , And this is My Quick Recipe for Lamb Curry 😁🤞🏾☯. In a Pan, brown 500g lamb pieces and remove. In the same pan, use 1*sliced onion and cook until soft, and add 17g of Jerk seasoning until fragrant. Add your lamb pieces back in along with 250ml stock of your choice and 1 fresh chopped tomato. Cooked for 40 minutes on pressure or 2 hours on very low heat in the slow cooker Please have Jamaica In your Next Video

[@propergander8374]

With the vegimite toast you really need lots of butter. It mixes together and melows the flavour out nicely.

[@InstinctivelyInquisitive]

if you use proper cheese (not plastic) itll have a similar effect as well

[@propergander8374]

@InstinctivelyInquisitive for sure. Didn't they say to use cheddar in the recipe? That would make a huge difference too. Whenever I hear people talking smack about marmite/vegimite it's usually because they ate a big spoon of it. Its like mustard....a small ammount in the right circumstances and its amazing. Salty savoury deliciousness.

[@InstinctivelyInquisitive]

@@propergander8374 in his defense he never follows the recipe, and american cheddar is way different to ours even if he did

[@becki_booo]

When I was a kid I LOVED beans on buttered toast. I also loved creamed corn on buttered toast. I thought it was a pretty bomb snack. I didn't realize it was cause we was po

[@jinxhead4182]

the ground beef + pasta thing is a fairly normal meal in austria and parts of germany, afaik. we had that regularly when growing up, just with onions and pickles and as spice we usually used marjoram, pepper and lovage and a ladle of soupstock.

[@LeatherAvenger]

Yeah that one was just some finn dude craving for attention and trying to be funny, and it's not known as "nistipata".

[@mikerotch_tx]

@@LeatherAvenger If you call it pääkallopata or makaronimössö instead of nistipata, you're a nisti yourself.

[@ohKani]

@@LeatherAvenger it is tho

[@LeatherAvenger]

If i make sausages and call them donkeydicks that doesn't mean that sausages are known as donkeydicks, just because i call them as such, and also, there is a difference between a struggle meal and a lazy meal. "Nistipata" is not a struggle meal. ​@@ohKani

[@thescollard8764]

I'm not shocked about the water pie at the start being good. The recipe reminds me of a Butter Tart, which is a popular dessert here in Canada. Instead of flour and water though, we just mix brown sugar, butter and eggs together (which is cooked in an open tart and because a nice caramel-like filling). I'm guessing the flour is there to allow the filling to solidify (similar to how flour is used in a bechamel sauce) and so less butter can be used, and the water serves a similar function to the eggs.

[@hoenesjuh2144]

"The swiss quality of life is so high their struggle meal is pretty much my luxury" 😂 oh boy thats so true! 🤣

[@Mikkael]

7:37 In my household, I did it differently. I would blend the strawberries with the heavy cream (but not for too long, so the sauce would be thick and not thin), stir it with cooked pasta, and serve with a sprinkle of sugar on top.

[@jenelaina5665]

Feel like it'd be better with egg noodles too? Just guessing.

[@Mikkael]

@jenelaina5665 nahh, Tagliatelle and Fusilli are the best👌

[@LordDragox412]

Yeah, what he did with it is a food crime. Also it's not a struggle meal but a dessert.

[@tsumichama]

A struggle meal my mom would tell me about is when you can't afford meator just don't have time to cook a proper meal, you cook rice with some leafy greens (and a lot of waterso it's soupy) , and then you season it with msg, and voila. Dinner. She did say she and her siblings liked it

[@AlgyPond]

my struggle meal handbook is Brian David Gilbert's "Midnight Gourmand" KZbin video. Because the same principles he uses to prepare minimal effort but still filling and put together feeling midnight snacks are really helpful to me when I'm feeling depressed.

[@Faraonqa]

Bulgaria here, simplest struggle meal is, macaroni sugar and white brine cheese/feta cheese crumbled on top

[@tamannahossain1214]

Struggle meal in Bangladesh is 'Alu vorta with rice'. Alu vorta is mashed potatoes with some slightly fried onions, green chilli/ chilli flakes, salt & mastard oil ( necessary but its okay if u don't have it). Eat it with some steaming rice with a fried egg or dal. Easy to make, inexpensive & filling & tastes good. (You can make it with different vegetables too..

[@j1407bmoon]

Without mustard oil it's not the same. For me mustard oil is a must.

[@666TheGamingGods666]

A Dutch traditional struggle meal going back decades is broodje schuifkaas. Recipe: take one slice of bread, then slice the thinnest slice of Gouda (with your kaasschaaf, from the block, not pre-sliced), and put it on your bread. Now, with every bite, move the cheese back a little bit, making the cheese last through the whole thing while it covers only about 50% of the bread. A second one during the war was tulip bulbs

[@sebastianbaldeo3209]

His monotone voice have become my comfort place

[@kroomiful]

we germans do eat toast hawaii. there is even a rly funky song by Alexander Marcus about it! (Alexander Marcus - Hawaii Toast Song)

[@spinyhedgie]

One my parents used to do was make grilled cheese but using mozzarella cheese instead of american then when its cooked you cut it into 4 vertical strips for mozzarella sticks. Add a little marinara sauce and youre good to go.