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Hey folks - I am about to take part in an ActForPeace ration challenge. That means roughly eating as much (on average) a typical middle eastern refugee in a determent camp is eating. Trouble is - I'm not a particularly good cook / foodie, and was trying to think of some recipes or scalp some off you guys if there are any creative ideas that you make up with this particular ration challenge. If you'd like to sign up, go for it - we can share tips on eating sardines and stuff together. The ration pack deets The whole box contains this for the whole week to eat. https://actforpeace.rationchallenge.org.au/the-challenge/the-rations-explained/  Rice – 420g Lentils – 170g Dried chickpeas – 85g Tinned sardines – 125g Tinned kidney beans – 400g Vegetable oil – 300ml As far as I understand it's a pretty transparent charity that takes the money from the donations for the "challenge box", and puts that money to refugee centres in Syria, and Jordan. Tip: If you are vegetarian or vegan, or have a food allergy, you can substitute any items you can’t eat for an alternative ingredient (use the same weight) e.g. swap sardines for tofu. It goes from 17th - 21nd June. Here's the link if you folks are feeling super supportive to me/wanting to virtue signal as hard as I am https://school.rationchallenge.org.au/normburke?fbclid=IwAR1JS55EBtaAeuvTndzu4MC6Y-wqRRkvBJ8fg3XbQGuvMcfBPF7LSEi6XUc
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Jun 4, 2019 07:58
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I don't think a refugee would have any spices to make it more palatable? e: what would be the middle eastern equivalent of this guy? 
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Jun 4, 2019 15:15
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Zhug or Arissah (chilli pepper pastes). Unfortunately both of those require refrigeration, so people will have to make do with powdered spices and whatever fresh peppers they may get and consume quickly.
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Jun 4, 2019 15:33
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Yeah I don't think you're really getting the point of the "challenge".
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Jun 4, 2019 16:20
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I don't understand what you're asking. Do you want to know how to cook those ingredients? Heat up some oil, saute the rice a bit, then add water, bring to boil, then lower heat to as low as possible, cover, and steam until done. Meanwhile, boil the lentils until done. Mix and eat, or serve separate.
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Jun 4, 2019 17:13
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Croatoan posted:Yeah I don't think you're really getting the point of the "challenge". Ya, though I suppose if you would like some authentic additional seasoning for this culinary adventure of yours, you could just pinch yourself real hard and weep into the pot.
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Jun 6, 2019 00:40
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Blood is umami and ur fulla the stuff. Just sayin'.
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Jun 6, 2019 00:49
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You have to earn seasoning. It's in the rules.
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Jun 6, 2019 01:57
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You can make tortillas with flour fairly easy Rice can be fried with the vegetable oil You can make onigiri. Rice porridge If you want to get creative you could probably make flatbread pizza or crackers But yeah it sucks that is the point.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:17
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Cheers Guys! I know it's not really in the spirit to ask for suggestions, but I literally have no idea where to start Thanks for the vegetable oil / rice suggestions (might mix in the sardines here too) and I didn't even think of making onigiri's or congee, I just straight up panicked, lol I don't think I'll get to using seasoning, as I haven't gotten to that point yet - but I'm not too fussed about that anyway I'll let you know about how the suggestions go when I start next week. Anyone else going for it?
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Jun 7, 2019 12:51
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Having actually lived off of almost precisely that when I was younger, cooking all the stuff to the perfect level of doneness is imperative to it not completely sucking. Assuming you're going for maximum masochistic accuracy to the poverty/refugee experience, add in the condition that you have to eat everything you cook no matter how bad because nothing says poverty like burned, under-cooked rice and lentils Personally, I'd cook the rice, lentils, and chickpeas separately until roughly al dente, then I'd grind them together with the anchovies and the flour. Take that resulting stuff and make it into balls or small patties and fry it in the oil. Grats, now you're eating poor man's falafel for the next week
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Jun 7, 2019 14:38
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Asshawk posted:Anyone else going for it? No way. I've been rice and beans for a month poor a few times in my life, I don't have any desire to do it again recreationally. Donate to your local food bank instead. Especially now, if you're in the US, because kids are out of school and need fed, and their big donation time is around Thanksgiving so it's a little tight.
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Jun 7, 2019 20:53
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Liquid Communism posted:No way. I've been rice and beans for a month poor a few times in my life, I don't have any desire to do it again recreationally. Also, donate cash, not canned goods. They can buy food orders of magnitude cheaper than you can. It's amazing how many people don't realize this.
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Jun 7, 2019 21:02
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Shooting Blanks posted:Also, donate cash, not canned goods. They can buy food orders of magnitude cheaper than you can. It's amazing how many people don't realize this. Yup. My local food bank figures they can do 4 meals per dollar donated, as opposed to a 75 cent can of beans, since they have agreements to buy staples dirt cheap in vast bulk.
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Jun 7, 2019 21:12
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Liquid Communism posted:Yup. My local food bank figures they can do 4 meals per dollar donated, as opposed to a 75 cent can of beans, since they have agreements to buy staples dirt cheap in vast bulk. I get really irritated when I see grocery stores offering a paper bag of canned goods at full retail to drop in the donation bin. They're profiting off of peoples' generosity, and at the end of each quarter/year/campaign they get to say "We contributed $X food to the local food bank this time!" Assholes.
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Jun 7, 2019 21:17
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So, if I drop off this bag of like, five cans of food I overbought and didn't like along with a tenner, i'm good? Because Progresso minestrone is gross Edit: op do you want this can of soup that haunts me
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Jun 7, 2019 23:35
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Suspect Bucket posted:So, if I drop off this bag of like, five cans of food I overbought and didn't like along with a tenner, i'm good? It's certainly better to drop it off than throw it away. But buying strictly to give it away is just fattening the bank account of whatever grocery conglomerate you buy from.
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Jun 8, 2019 04:02
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Shooting Blanks posted:It's certainly better to drop it off than throw it away. But buying strictly to give it away is just fattening the bank account of whatever grocery conglomerate you buy from. on the bright side, the food bank will be overjoyed to get some goods that aren't already expired
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Jun 8, 2019 15:41
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We can feed the latchkey kids the cursèd soup it's fine
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Jun 8, 2019 21:37
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the only tip i'd give is that if you dont want to be hungry you'll want to actually consume all of the oil in the bottle and in the sardine tin. There are only like 2200 calories in the rice + lentils. EDIT: the instructions say to also buy another 1.5kg of rice and 400g of flour so never mind.
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