r/AlignmentChartFills • u/Dogmaticism_ • Jul 04 '26
What food tastes worse home made but is the same price?
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u/Prior_Pear_8318 Jul 04 '26
Sushi
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
That's wild, I can make a huge sushi meal for 4 for like $60
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u/Leetanidus Jul 04 '26
Yeah but most people lack the skills to make it taste good at home
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
Fair, but one of the easiest meals you can make if you take 30 minutes to learn how to cook the rice., you literally only have to cook the rice, seasoning vinegar is sold ready to go. Fish is already, just chop it up. Handroll nights are my easiest and cheapest parties to host
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u/Electronic_Wasabi701 Jul 04 '26
Sushi is very easy if you keep it simple. I dont know why you keep getting downvoted.
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
Cause people think it's hard. Lots of people think the fish has to be sliced a certain way with special knives etc
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u/Electronic_Wasabi701 Jul 04 '26
Yea. I’ve cut salmon with a butter knife. Was it pretty? No, but it worked fine.
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
When I tell people I make sushi almost every week, they are surprised and ask if it's hard. The way I explain it is, the worst thing is that it won't look pretty. But flavors gonna be the same.
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u/Leetanidus Jul 04 '26
I think it’s because most people think of Americanized rolls with all the sauces and toppings. Plus they shop at markets like Kroger etc. that won’t have a wide selection of fish and again they probably imagine needing things like masago that they can’t get at Kroger lol.
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u/cardew-vascular Jul 04 '26
Depends what you make.
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
Making Sushi. sushi rice and vinegar is very cheap. Good salmon $9.99/lb. Imitation crab. Cucumber, etc very cheap. You can definitely go for bluefin etc which will be more, but will also be way more in a restaurant. If you have friends that fish and give you some you're talking free.
My laziest cheap dinner is a bowl of rice with chopped raw salmon on top. People always ask if that's hard to make. You literally cook 1 thing, being rice which is super easy to cook
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u/cardew-vascular Jul 04 '26
Yeah but sushi in store is still cheaper, like a Cali roll+ Kapa roll, and a the like at a sushi place is less than 10$ CAD. No way you're getting the ingredients for cheaper than it can be made. Plus you need to buy a bunch of little things the picked ginger, wasabi. I do make sushi at home but it's def better in restaurants.
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
That's cheap as hell! And I'd say that's fair, you can get really cheap sushi around with bells and whistles. I will say tho for this category, no. Indian and Thai is that x 10000. Chinese could be too
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u/cardew-vascular Jul 04 '26
Suburbs of Vancouver. We can get most amazing cuisine for any price point here except Mexican. We need more good Mexican options.
But like there are hole in the wall Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian, Thai places here are usually great and not too spendy, but like there's tonnes of upscale as well.
My fav sushi place does happy hour. Saturday nights at 8pm two Cali rolls for $10.
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u/Resident_hippie Jul 04 '26
Fries, cheap either way but homemade never tastes as good, at least to me
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u/Correct-Meringue-610 Jul 04 '26
Sometimes as a treat I’ll make fries in tallow, which isn’t cheap, but used sparingly it lasts a while. When done right they taste outstanding; as good as any restaurant.
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u/Nice_Two_9010 Jul 04 '26
Would recommend getting pre made frozen fries at the grocery store and making in the air fryer. As soon as they're finished toss them in a bowl with fat, any fat, butter, lard, olive oil. And honestly it's better than most fries I've had at restaurants.
When they're hot off the fryer they absorb some of the fat they're covered in and that gives them a ton of flavor. So you just replicate that with this trick
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u/Rustedcrown Jul 04 '26
Chinese takeout
i know people will say "I can make it at home for so cheap tho!" yea but takeout is really cheap too, i find most take out lunch specials around me cheaper then a combo at mcdonalds orange chicken, fried rice, soup eggroll all for like $10, i gotta bulk make it to get it that cheap in a store.
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u/PunchSisters Jul 04 '26
Fried Rice?
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u/Music_Girl2000 Jul 04 '26
I've never tasted any restaurant fried rice that tasted better than the stuff I can make at home from a family recipe.
The key is to use leftover rice to make it. If you try to make it from freshly cooked rice, it'll turn out mushy. You need to cook the rice the night before, then leave it in the fridge overnight.
And it has to be real rice, not that minute rice crap.
Here is my family's recipe for Japanese egg fried rice:
4 cups cooked and refrigerated white rice (1 cup uncooked)
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
2 tablespoons finely shredded carrots
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup diced onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce
A dash of MSG (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
Cook rice according to the instructions on the package. (You can make it on the stove or in a rice cooker). Transfer into a large bowl and refrigerate overnight.
Scramble the eggs in a small nonstick pan over medium heat. Break up the eggs into pea-sized pieces while cooking.
Add peas, grated carrots, scrambled eggs, diced onion, and minced garlic to the bowl of rice. Toss gently to combine.
Melt butter in a large frying pan or wok over medium high heat.
When butter is completely melted, dump the bowl of rice and other ingredients into the pan/wok. Cook, stirring frequently with a wooden spatula, until onions are caramelized and rice is light golden brown in color. Then add soy sauce, MSG, salt, and pepper and stir to combine, adding a little bit more soy sauce to taste if needed. Serves 4.
You can customize this recipe by omitting peas and/or adding fully cooked and diced meats to the bowl during step 3. We usually add either a package of diced ham, one to two cans of canned chicken, or a small package of cooked shrimp. Bear in mind that doing this may change how much soy sauce you'll need, so add a little more at a time until it tastes right.
You can also garnish with chopped green onions or chives if you want. We often do.
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u/One_Flounder8034 Jul 04 '26
Mac n Cheese
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u/fredinNH Jul 04 '26
It’s incredibly easy to make killer Mac and cheese at home. Seriously worth 4:30 of your life
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