How to eat British during the credit crunch

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Eat British Food that is - not people.

British Food Fortnight started yesterday, thought this was a useful list of 12 tips (although most OS'ers will know them already)

How to eat British during the credit crunch
http://www.britishfoodfortnight.co.uk/media-area/press-statements/how-to-eat-british-during--the-credit-crunch/

FunkyFairy

Thank you for posting. I did not know a few of them.:T

mummysaver

Thanks for that, didn't even know it was British Food Fortnight, and I work for a supermarket!

Off to check out juniper berries and where to look for them now!

thriftlady_2

Good find:T I think I already do all of those things;)

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

Good find:T I think I already do all of those things;)

Me too For anyone who's interested, today's Observer Food Monthly magazine has a Thrifty food special

Penny. x

maman

Thanks for letting us know but I don't notice seasonal foods are all that cheap any more. Where are the cheap aubergines? Still about 97p in Asda. I suppose it's the fuel costs responsible but rip-off & bandwagon come to mind too.

Solwaykid

I never knew what british foods were seasonal but this is a useful website.

http://www.eattheseasons.co.uk/

lightisfading

maman wrote: »

Thanks for letting us know but I don't notice seasonal foods are all that cheap any more. Where are the cheap aubergines? Still about 97p in Asda. I suppose it's the fuel costs responsible but rip-off & bandwagon come to mind too.

The supermarkets are (in my experience) usually more expensive for 'luxury' veg like aubergines, sweet potatoes, that kind of thing - and they also seem to be the same price year round. If you pop to lidl or a market they're much cheaper.

ceridwen

Read that article - someone was being "optimistic" werent they....re the plenty of places to forage...even in cities....not in this one there isnt! There arent many places at all to forage....and other people have usually "got there first" in what places DO exist.

Wouldnt mind so much....but I have a distinct suspicion that they arent following "Ye First Law of Foraging" - which is to "pay" for what you take by only taking a reasonable amount and making sure that you "pay back" by doing a bit of "housekeeping" on the countryside (or - in the case of an urbanite - what teensy bits of green there are in between all the buildings:cool: ). Oh ...whoops....any second now some developer will be thinking "bit of green...what bit of green? I can put another building there and make myself some more profit....":mad: