Comment Re:And hippies will protest it (Score 1) 396
Indeed. I once prepared a rich bean soup with tomatoes, carrots + other vegetables + meatballs for 100 people on a budget of 100 Euros. You need to know how to "trick" the recipe to get the most out of it. Canned tomatoes are much cheaper than fresh tomatoes, but for a soup they are even better. If you overcook it a bit and add a little extra olive oil you go from a thin broth to a thick soup. I prepared the meatball mix with rehydrated dried bread at a 50% v/v ratio to the minced meat that not only doubled the amount of meatballs, it made them fluffier, too.
That meal sure filled you up waaaay better at 1 Euro/portion than the 1 Euro hamburgers at McDonald's.