Brighton & Hove specific savings

EagerLearner

PS: ALso be careful about eating eggs every day - I think the recommendation is no mroe than 3 per week due to cholestrol levels? Do check it out...

newlywed

Thanks - but it's actually very debatable

This research provides further evidence to support the now established scientific understanding that saturated fat in the diet (most often found in pastry, processed meats, biscuits and cakes) is more responsible for raising blood cholesterol than cholesterol-rich foods, such as eggs.

http://www.physorg.com/news139156140.html

Also:
http://www.the-coop.org/wwwboard/discus/messages/2/5364.html
http://stronglifts.com/the-truth-on-high-cholesterol-levels-egg-consumption/

Researchers from the Department of Human Nutrition at Kansas State University have identified a substance in eggs that appears to prevent cholesterol from being absorbed through the intestines and into the blood stream. This substance, phosphatidylcholine, may partly explain why eggs do not contribute significantly to blood-cholesterol levels as once believed, according to the researchers’ study published in the Journal of Nutrition.
To back this up, the Framingham Study, the largest ongoing medical study, found no relationship between cholesterol consumption and blood levels in 16,000 participants tracked over the course of six years.

http://hardscrabbletimes.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/eggs-from-my-own-hens/
http://www.britegg.co.uk/nutrition05/nutrition2.html


The rest of his diet is low carb and low in saturated fat which they say are the main factors to reduce cholesterol

Still waiting for the other effect of eating eggs every day but haven't noticed him being windy so far

Waspeze

Just saw this thread and saying hi

Live off the upper lewes road near the old vic (shut now!).

Am a bit lazy when it comes to shopping and tend just to go to sainsburys on lewes road but will definitely keep an eye here for any deals that you have kindly posted and if I see anything of interest on those rare occasions I go further afield i'll post it here as well:)

afterglow_2

hi there, great thread much needed in this expensive city of ours,
im just up the road from the open market, the thai shop in there is great for cheap exotic ingredients to liven up any meal, and the veg stalls are far cheaper than the local supermarkets.
My great eating out for cheap tip is Pompoko the traditional japanese restaurant on church st, £4-5 for a great one bowl meal, and good for birthdays as you can take your own wine and pay only £1 corkage!!!

Brighton_belle

evening brightonites:D . Thaks very much for various tips. I notice asda are selling skimmed UHT at 41p per lt now, for those who make HM yogurt:j .
Could anyone recommend the cheapest place to buy lentils?

EagerLearner

Welcome Waspeze and afterglow!

Good to have you on board as well and fab suggestion re Pompoko - trying to work out where that is... my geography is terrible - is that Church st in Hove?

Waspeze I am off Lewes road too and use that Sainsburys too. Plus there is a good Turkish deli on Lewes road also just past the Co-Op, I mostly just get spices from them though as they are just £0.99p per bag. Hummus is also good, keep meaning to make my own but he does big tubs, which I then separate into smaller tubs and freeze...

Brighton Belle - I pay around £0.80p per 500g so £1.60 per kg for red lentils. Great to know if anyone finds any better deals! Also wish ASDA was closer to me... got 4 packs of semi-skimmed milk last time I went on the £2 for 4 deal. I suppose it would make sense to get the skimmed maybe for yoghurt...

Brighton_belle

EagerLearner wrote: »

Brighton Belle - I pay around £0.80p per 500g so £1.60 per kg for red lentils. Great to know if anyone finds any better deals! Also wish ASDA was closer to me... got 4 packs of semi-skimmed milk last time I went on the £2 for 4 deal. I suppose it would make sense to get the skimmed maybe for yoghurt...

Hi EL - I've just found some a little cheaper today: Taj (corner of St James St/Old St & near Nofolk sq )sell 2kg bags of lentils for £2.99 which is 74.75p per 500g.
Re the skimmed milk - we always make our yog with that as we cut back for weight loss reasons wher possible:D WE use 1lt skimmed UHT (41p) 4 tablespoons skimmed dried milk 10p and use from the previous batch to start the new one. Every so many batches we get fresh culture - asda are selling 2 x 500g low fat probiotic yog for £1 at the mo & I'd use 3 tblsp (45ml). So at that price our litre of yog costs 55.5p.
As for asda being closer - sounds like you don't have a car? I bought myself a shopping trolley this summer and it is brilliant:j . Just been by bus to the portland rd veg man and filled it up. You could do that with asda for the bargains, perhaps on a day when you had a £3.50 bus saver ticket anyway, so wasn't costing you more?
Just off to price compare Taj nuts with asda...(I went round Taj writning down lots of prices)

EagerLearner

Thanks for that BB must check Taj out then! I have only been in once or twice, if you have any other snippets of info do let us know :T

I noticed today that Somerfield on London road seem to have salmon fillets for £2.29 for 2 fillets as a deal in their window. I am interested to see what that works out per Kg as I am sure that Sid in the fish stall at the open market does salmon for £8.50 per kg, so who is cheaper? Either way I would buy a few fillets then freeze the salmon to use another time.

Yesterday got tomatoes from veggie man on Portland (we'll have to come up with a name for him!) - big box full for £1. I am not sure about freezing aubergines - maybe if you griddled them a little first? They also have garlic x 4 for £1 and lots and lots of ginger for £1. I wonder if ginger can be frozen? Around 15 big green and red chillies for £1 too.

I have no car so ADSA trips are def on the bus I don't mind going out there as I have a yearly bus pass, it just takes more time than I would like...

I want the ALDI to open up on London road - anyone have any news when that might be? And any news on when they are re-doing the open market? I heard it would all be moved to the old Co-Op store which is empty right now. Then when the open market is refurbished (and would be under cover sheltered from rain), they would move all the stores back there?

brightonman123

no specifics, just a hi to all the brihtoners!

EagerLearner

Hi brightonman123 - drop a message if you see anything going on or any savings we can make!