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

weezl74

mary43 wrote: »

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:

great stuff, I look forward to hearing from Mr Mary if he decides to take the plunge!

mary43

I bet he will................knowing full well I hate the thought ........think thats why he didn't tell me had one till I mentioned what you were doing...........lol Apparently we've got a pheasant in the freezer as well :eek: complete with feathers...............!!

shaz_mum_of__2

I imagine its not thrown in the bin i always imagine its used for sausages and big processors probably use it for pet foods

Shaz

THIRZAH

My grandfather used to have a pig farm. He would sometimes have a pig killed and share it with us. We always got the head and trotters as my father was the only one in the family who would eat them.I'd come home from school and find my mother cutting up half a pig on the kitchen table.

She made bath chaps from the cheeks and brawn from the rest of the head. We always had the pigs fry on the first day.

I'm pretty certain that the abbatoir removed the teeth and shaved off the bristles.

Claero

Wow, seems like you had a lot of fun this afternoon. I'm glad the whole pigsperience was on the whole good (couldn't resist the pun - I never can ) and well done for doing it! I had a look at the pics and I'm not sure I could. At the moment a friend is telling me about a recipe for head cheese and I'm wondering if I'm quite sheltered!

As it is, I think I'll try and find Weezl's gnocchi recipe. I love it, and love the idea of making my own.

mama67

weezl74 wrote: »

Penny Penguin :rotfl: first prize for mouldy jam! Even then you were a creative thinking OSer!

been pondering the 5 a day again....


Asda cauliflower is 3.84p per serving (one of your 5 a day) and their carrot and swede julienne is also good at 4.7p per serving (another of the 5 a day). Both are frozen.

I know the lack of freshness can bother us, but the government's 5 a day website likes frozen foods more because of retention of nutrition over the distance!

Just another couple of stats, helping us to get all our fruit and veg portions for the best value :j hopefully!

Not normally known for saying this, I know, but I've been getting bored with my lunchtime sarnie. Took 80g rice cooked, 100g sweetcorn and a jollop of mayo in my sandwich box today. A 10p lunch. Not so good as the sarnies, but great for variety! When my salad has come on a bit more, I'm thinking of making tortilla and having them wrapped with salads.

The 19p pasta quills for 500g feel like they could be the basis of some cheap and cheerful lunches too....

Other ideas for lunches under 10p gratefully recieved! Wondered about a potato salady thing....

Mr Weezl now on 2 sarnies and 2 cup cakes for lunch, and double puds in the evening. But his workmates keep saying he's lost weight. Hmmmmmn need to get my thinking cap on again!

Love Weezl x

I do
100g value pasta 3.8p
1 tin value tuna in brine 37p
3 tbsp value mayo 4.2p

total cost 45p

mix all together divides easily into 4 for DS2/my lunches add in some fresh salad from garden and lunch for 10p.

Obviously DS2 has a few extras in his packup box like yogurt and cake and fruit.

In_Search_Of_Me

evening all! Glad you all enjoyed the exploits! Suggestions for next exploits will be considered!!
Just popped in to get soap recipe (left mine at weezls I think doh!!) and PP's yog recipe!

Bunny200

weezl74 wrote: »

only click here if you want to see what I've been up to this afternoon! You can then click on the images to enlarge them.

Just working out how to do captions!

There are some foods which shouldn't be beautifully shot in the M&S food !!!!!! manner!
Never in a million years!
But enjoying the ride....

weezl74

Bunny200 wrote: »

There are some foods which shouldn't be beautifully shot in the M&S food !!!!!! manner!
Never in a million years!
But enjoying the ride....

:rotfl:

breathy voice:

these aren't just pig's brains, these are hand-rolled, crispy, pan-fried in creamy butter pig's brain escallops........

Bunny200

weezl74 wrote: »

:rotfl:

breathy voice:

these aren't just pig's brains, these are hand-rolled, crispy, pan-fried in creamy butter pig's brain escallops........

I feel sick!! _pale_
Still, could lose weight this week!