Fish and chips.

How long do Ruffles hang out in the bag before consumption? Prolly a month or two. Mmm-mmm! Mass produced, preservative laden potatos! And the non biodegradable packaging! YAY! Try this.

 Grab some Idaho ground nuggets. 

Try to get them as thin as you can (with out cutting yourself). Potato peeler works great for thin chips

We used canola oil to fry the chips in.

Helpful tip, wash the potatoes pretty well even after slicing. That froth is starchy moisture.

Once they have cooked a little while in the oil fish them out and lay them out on a paper towel to dry and viola! Home made potato chips. 

For the tuna melts, mix your tuna how you would like to eat it as a regular tuna sandwich.

Preheat the oven to 350 while you do your prep. 

Slice up some tomatoes and place them on the tuna and bread. 

Finish off with a good cheese that melts nice in the oven. Our favorite is provolone. 

Once the cheese is melted take them out of the oven and consume. 

I had an avocado to use, so I sliced up some pieces for our melts and used the other half to make guacamole for the chips. 

Not bad at all for just throwing something together. 

Classy As Fuggh.  

Le Bistro

The other weekend we decided to make spaghetti and invite some friends over. Kyle's spaghetti is some of the best I've ever had.

Spaghetti was amazing, of couse, but friends had things that came up that prevented them from joining us. Which is alright because Kyle decided that we were eating outside on the porch for a romantic meal together. He is brilliant. We now have a bistro!

Pretty classy, right?

We know it is. 

Classy As Fuugh.

Mood Lighting

A recent discovery made in our place is one of our kitchen lights will switch on and off every 25 minutes. We don't go into a rolling blackout type of darkness, just enough to notice half of our fluorescent bulbs are now off.

Most tenants would call the property managers and bitch about it. Not us.
See, a typical dinner for two takes about 15- 20 minutes to prepare. So within a few minutes of sitting down to eat something out of a bread bowl and wash it down with a well paired red, lights!

 We don't have an electrical issue on our hands, we have an automatic mood lighting setup, and people are willing to pay handsomely for automatic lights. Building inspectors see a fire hazard, we see a classy illumination upgrade.

Classy As Fuggh

Red Red Wine

As far as a budget friendly alcoholic beverage of choice, red wine wins. Hands down.

What's classier? Courvoisier? Cristal? Please.. we are not rappers.

Given that we are living in Utah, and they water down their beer to a 3.2% by volume (criminal right!?), wine has an average of 8.9% alcohol by volume or greater. Second, it tastes great and its good for you. How can you argue against an alcoholic beverage that is actually doctor recommended everyday! Even if you don't love the taste of red wine at first it does grow on you. I mean, how many of us instantly fell in love with the beer's taste upon our first sampling? Thirdly, its pretty cheap.Why do you think homeless folks are known as winos, not beeros or whiskeyos. Cause wine is inexpensive! You can find a decent bottle of wine ranging from $5 to $10 and when you're mainly just drinking to feel that warm fuzzy feeling of liquid comfort, that is a BARGAIN!
You don't need to know the differences between a Merlot and a Shiraz. All you need to know is red wine is CLASSY AS FUGGH! And a good sized bottle will get two people drunk.

Try These.
Foxhorn wine (Big ass bottle [1.5L] for $9) and I'd grab the Merlot
Barefoot wines (5-9 dollars a bottle) and the Pinot Noir is one of their bests.
Ravenswood wines (7-10 bucks a bottle) and again with the Merlot.
Yellow Tail wines ($5-$10 a bottle) and the Merlot and the Cabernet Sauvignon are among the best.
DO NOT get anything that comes in a box. That's Trashy as Fuggh.
Also avoid wines that you have seen ads for or heard radio commercials about. e.g. Arbor Mist, Corbett Canyon.

There ya go, some nice cheap bottles to play around with and get a classy drunk on!


*Classy as Fuggh does endorse red wines. Merlots may lead to excellent cooking ideas. Cabernet Sauvignon may lead to pillow forts.

Soup

Soup is a delicious and cheap meal. One way to class up soup is with bread bowl. You can get them in regular white bread or sourdough. The bakery in your chain grocery store should have them.
One of our personal favorites; Clam chowder* + bread bowl. Amazing.

Here is a recipe.

1. Heat soup.
2. Hollow bread into bowl shape.
3. Pour step 1 into step 2
4. Consume.

*Chowders are preferred for eating a slow pace. If you try this with say.. chicken noodle soup, you will very quickly look like you are dining on a water balloon.

  Classy as Fuggh