50p a day til Christmas - healthily?! Weezl's next challenge...

phizzimum · 17 July 2008 at 6:15PM

just checked out the piggy gallery

ever considered as a career as a barber?

Frugaldom · 17 July 2008 at 6:19PM

Weezl, you may be our Grocery challenge hero, but I just couldn't cook a pig's head. You are much, much braver than me - I don't even eat black pudding or burgers. However, I did like the way you pointed out piggy's little teeth in the photos. :rotfl:

munchki · 17 July 2008 at 6:32PM

hmmm piccies....do I or dont I......do I or dont I.......ok just not sure how brave I am and at least tea is over now as well. hmmmmmmm

munchki · 17 July 2008 at 6:35PM

Weezle.....ok for the most part I was pleasantly surprised!! the pics are NOTHING of what I expected lol.....i have no doubt I could not have done the brain thing........but the rest does not look half bad at all!! Well done you!!!

[Deleted User] · 17 July 2008 at 6:57PM

Weezl and ISOM.... I did enjoy the commentry very much!! Was laughing so much!! :rotfl:

I did look at the pics but don't think I could do it, I'm not very good with things like that.

I love this thread :T

shaz_mum_of__2 · 17 July 2008 at 7:00PM

Storecupboard VEGGIE soup ie NO PIG

1 can of onions 51p
1 box country vegetables bought when 14p at mr T's
250g broth mix 25p
4 value veg stock cubes
5 cans water (measured in the onion can)
1/2 pack teco dumpling mix

bung all the ingredients except the dumplings in a pressure cooker on high for 20 mins(or sok the broth mix overnight and cook the next day in a big pan) allow to repressurise naturally make up the dumpling mix roll into 16 small balls drop into the soup and simmer until they are cooked about 10 minutes

I did add a sliced courgette out of the garden and a bit of peas and sweetcorn we had leftover from last nights tea too but other than that it was a storecupboard dinner

yummy and not a bic razor in sight....:rotfl: :rotfl:

Shaz

weezl74 · 17 July 2008 at 7:02PM

yeah nykmedia, the teeth were the bit I really didn't like! Even shaving off his eyebrows was fine!:eek:

Verdict on the dinner. A success, but not an unqualified one. I don't think I roasted him for long enough, so the other half head is still in now on a low heat. This meant he was more like belly pork still with streaks of fat through. Ideally I'd have rendered this down for slightly longer.

The crackling was great, crispy and tasty after the salt sugar chilli and pepper rub.:T

We had him with mash, sweetcorn (odd I know but I didn't want to buy veg in for something we might hate! I will for next time though...) and lovely redwine gravy:j

The snout was nice, I ate it, mr Weezl wouldn't. It tasted exactly like those american hot dog sausages in a can, uncannily so, in fact I think that's what they make them out of. We ate loads of meat, and there's still another half head roasting away.

So many meals and possibilities. I'm going to boil the half head carcass down for stock in my slo-cooker, once the sweet and sour trotters have finished in there.:D

I'm super unimpressed with the amount of tasty usable meat that routinely butchers in the UK throw out.:mad:

I think dinner was 10p each.:money:

RIP piggy, you did well, and we salute you.

Weezl x

weezl74 · 17 July 2008 at 7:05PM

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

yummy and not a bic razor in sight....:rotfl: :rotfl:

Shaz

shaz, you know you've gone to far with the money saving when you have this conversation:

Mr W: (picking up bic off side in kitchen) is this erm...:o

me: yeah, I erm shaved him with it. What do you want to do with it?

Mr W: well I guess we could keep it for future culinary, erm, experiments....

we've binned it now!:D

cw18 · 17 July 2008 at 7:10PM

weezl74 wrote: »

The snout was nice, I ate it, mr Weezl wouldn't. It tasted exactly like those american hot dog sausages in a can, uncannily so, in fact I think that's what they make them out of.

That's one bit I wouldn't eat then -- I can't stand those sausages !!!!

I don't like crackling either, so there'd still be quite a bit go to waste even if I could bring myself to [STRIKE]buy[/STRIKE] scrounge a head from a willing butcher

And I've never used a razor in my life, so don't know how I'd have even managed to start prepping it

But I'm pleased to see it seems to have gone down well -- shall watch out for you posting tomorrow to check you're still around and well

mary43 · 17 July 2008 at 7:21PM

OH just told me there's half a pigs head in our freezer :eek: (the one in the garage where he stores all the meat !)
He might well be asking me to scroll through your recipes weezl :eek:

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