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What are your "poor person" money life hacks? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Let's get a list going. Like with a Target debit card you can get $40 cash back and it takes 1 to 2 days to be withdraw from your checking.

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[-] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Way healthier and cheaper to make your own roast beef. The recipe is simple as it gets.

Leave meat out until 60 degrees to the core. Rub with light virgin olive oil, then heavy on the salt and pepper until it's coated with it. Bake uncovered 375°F, 20 minutes a pound.

Cover for 20 minutes when you first pull it out so all the juices settle in. Aluminum foil and a bath towel works well for this.

Cool off to room temperature before putting in the fridge.

You will have the best RB for sandwiches you ever had.

Only buy roasts when they are on sale.

I just bought a 10 pound roast for $3.99 pound, saving me $14 a pound over deli roast beef that has added water and nitrates.

I froze half of it already sliced in vacuum sealed bags so I have some when Roast Beef is not on sale.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

You left out that you need a $70 -$150 meat slicer.

[-] Fantomas@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I once sliced a piece of meat so thin you couldn't even see it! 🫨

[-] I_LOVE_VEKOMA_SLC@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

So thin it only had one side!

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