# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 330
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6591 "2023-02-24T15:32:15Z")
Would they want to? I remember as a child some fruits and vegetables only being seasonably available or very expensive. One of the benefits of modern civilization in developed nations is supposed to be the availability of a standard of living beyond mere subsistence. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6592 "2023-02-24T16:11:44Z")
For whatever it’s worth, our good friend @Mangetout has done some excellent YouTube videos where he tries to make a meal for a single pound. This American is absolutely aghast at how affordable produce is in the UK. Does your government subsidize fresh produce or something? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6593 "2023-02-24T16:25:39Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > For whatever it’s worth, our good friend @Mangetout has done some excellent YouTube videos where he tries to make a meal for a single pound. This American is absolutely aghast at how affordable produce is in the UK. Does your government subsidize fresh produce or something? - It’s a _whole day_ for a single pound. Which is even wilder. Though I remember on at least some, he allows himself some foraging in the great outdoors. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6594 "2023-02-24T16:31:40Z")
Is that to feed a single person? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6595 "2023-02-24T16:35:46Z")
Yes. – ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6596 "2023-02-24T16:54:16Z")
Yeah, his foraging is a thing to behold. His knowledge about the wild mushrooms and plants of the UK is encyclopedic. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6597 "2023-02-24T16:58:11Z")
The soup he made from stinging nettles was so beautiful, I could almost experience the velvety mouthfeel. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6598 "2023-02-24T17:17:10Z")
Stinging Nettle soup? That sounds…horrific. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6599 "2023-02-24T17:18:09Z")
I know - it sounds like that guy will eat anything! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6600 "2023-02-24T17:28:52Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Stinging Nettle soup? No, it’s a delicacy. Lots of work to prepare. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6601 "2023-02-24T17:30:36Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LIp_Euqb4l8/maxresdefault.jpg "Stinging Nettle Soup - Delicious! - Foraging Tips And Recipe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIp_Euqb4l8) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6602 "2023-02-24T17:32:20Z")
Talk about timely. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PmNPaqAxznk/maxresdefault.jpg "How Easy is This in 2023? - Budget Challenge: One Pound\*, One day, 3 Meals, No Foraging") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmNPaqAxznk) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6603 "2023-02-24T17:40:48Z")
Must explain why he isn’t here to comment on his name being brought up – he’s been uploading his YouTube video. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6604 "2023-02-24T17:53:19Z")
[This](https://youtu.be/PmNPaqAxznk?t=1395) is both hilarious and somewhat dismaying. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6605 "2023-02-24T18:09:07Z")
So one pound is $1.20, according to Google. Three meals for $1.20? Well, I guess it’s ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner… and that leaves me with $0.45 savings for the next day! Or so I thought, but I just checked prices on packets of ramen… apparently I have $0.03 leftover. Well, at least I _like_ cheap ramen. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6606 "2023-02-24T18:20:28Z")
The prices where @Mangetout is are quite a bit cheaper that in the US. Random: 6 eggs @ 79p(.94 US) works out to 9.40 for 5 dozen. 5 dozen eggs cost 15 US at Costco. Regular grocery stores are running 18-22. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6607 "2023-02-24T19:13:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I know - it sounds like that guy will eat anything! Just quoting because it’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6608 "2023-02-24T20:05:40Z")
He’s not Mangepastout, after all ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6609 "2023-02-24T20:10:13Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Stinging Nettle soup? I live in an area where we have nettles and I’ve been stung by them. They are painful. The idea of a soup made from them sounds insane. But I had the opportunity to try some many years ago during a St. Patrick’s Day potluck at an old job of mine, when someone brought it in. I tried it because other people were eating it and not dying. It was pretty darn good. You have to boil the nettles, then empty the water, and squeeze the moisture out of the boiled leaves and stems. Then add them to a soup (or tea, that’s a thing too). That gets all of the poison out and what you’re left with is pretty tasty vegetable. It’s sort of like eating spinach but with more of a peppery note, sort of like arugula. I now order it almost every time I find it being served somewhere (which isn’t often). (I just realized we keep hijacking Pit threads with food talk, are people taking the “BBQ” part too seriously?) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6610 "2023-02-24T20:36:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I tried it because other people were eating it and not dying. Trying to wrap my head around this… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=329) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=331)