Budget childhood meal. Parsley from the garden, clams from a can. All out of linguine but sauce holding Fusilli was available.
Cost per person: $3.33 It, um,used to be cheaper. But canned protein costs have grown faster than inflation over the last 4 decades.
My wife had multiple physical reactions while I ate this. I made her, per request, hummus with honey hot. I had her finish hers before I started mine because I knew goo in that she wasn’t going to like any aspect of this at all.
Cured ham or guanchala is definitely a legit option here. But no butter or olive oil. Just rendered pork fat. Maybe some pecorino paste instead of the clam juice.