Why buy?

Quasar

Lots and lots and lots. For example, ready made meals, but most especially READY CUT GREEN SALAD! :eek: Paying extra for doing a job we can do in under one minute! Ditto for ready cut vegetables.

stefejb

I confess to .... yorkshire puddings - can't make them for love nor money, ready made pastry and tinned new potatoes - i love them fried

I despair more of the non nutritious rubbish that people load their trolleys with - i am banned mostly from shopping with dd who goes out without a list and fills the trolley with carp that doesn't really make sense as meals - unfreezable perishables that she won't eat in time and ingredients that she can't identify. I stand behind her in the checkout saying things like - what ecaxtly is anticaking agent and why are you feeding it to my dgs?

When we do go shopping together my trolley is mostly brown and green and hers is all colours of the rainbow

Mags_cat

chocolateteddy wrote: »

So could you Please Please share the Brian Turner very easy recipe and I will save more of my GC challenge money:D for other things.

I *think* this is the Brian T method - I saw it on Ready Steady Cook years and years ago - and it works every single time.

No weighing - do everything by volume.

Work out how many eggs you want to use and break them into a container. Then measure the same volume of flour and then the same volume of milk. Beat the eggs, mix the milk and flour in, add a pinch of salt.

The only other tip is to get the fat/oil really, really hot before you pour the batter in. (Non stick tins or silicon ones will also help).

SUESMITH_2

ive bought ice cubes in the past when we've had parties but ive also blagged some for free from the fishmongers - used to chill drinks not put in tem lol

frozen omlettes i just don't get

shazrobo

whose been looking in my trolley lol
i buy ready prepared veg, as it tastes so much better than canned
i also buy ready prepared salad, i even buy grated mozzarella, after all its cheaper than the non grated
even guilty of buying those pots of jelly for ds, when he goes self catering on school trips overnight, and has to fend for himself, the packet noodles were in my trolley for the same reason

nuttywoman

Ready to cook roast potatoes ??? Why ? its easy to make them yourself and tastier.
Must say though my daughter is married to a us serviceman and in the base shop she was that shocked when she saw ready beaten eggs in a bottle on sale, she shouted out " No Way "

mad_cash_cow

I buy carrot batons, and I'm not disabled. There are very few healthy snacks in the supermarket that don't need washing/peeling etc so if I've got the workday munchies I'd rather have a bag of carrots by the desk than a kitkat. (or at least, I feel better about it!).

Moral question - better to get the cheaper bulky option, knowing that you will waste some of it eg big bag of spuds, or the more costly one that you will finish before it goes off eg prepared mash??

Ches

I don't question what others have in their trollies when its real food ready prepared or not. What I do raise my eyebrows over is when you see a trolly full of fizzy drinks/crisps/cake/chocolate biscuits etc. I always wonder if they belong to the same people who live on take out and then moan that they are broke.


I do have a quiet chuckle when I see another OAP (I'm one too) with a shopping basket containing, for instance, a tin of cat food a small piece of cheese and a bottle of whisky. Good luck I say.

bigmuffins

we buy the pots of jelly!
1. cos its vegetarian jelly and our local sainsburys doesn't do vegetarian jelly in a packet.
2. ready made is handy to have in store cupboard along with trifle sponge/boudoir biscuits and longlife packet ready made custard and frozen raspberries from allotment or PYO farm) for making a trifle quickly for unexpected guests (ie most of my family as they rarely give much notice when popping round and need feeding! Yummmmm
We also buy grated mozzarella or mixed pizza cheese when is cheaper as easier to use on homemade pizza (make dough in breadmaker but have done completely from scratch pre breadmaker days). Mozzarella is hard to grate and the ball in liquid works out quite expensive if making for a crowd as it doesn't stretch very far when I slice it!

We make most things from scratch if have time but have a few long life type things in store cupboard for speed/convenience.

Can't understand how potatoes go off? We keep ours in fridge and they last ages!
Can't stand the ready prepared veg like carrots - tastes horrible to me!

Will buy things like cheese sauce or pasta sauce - chilled tubs if reduced enough and then put in freezer for emergency but my dds like my cheese sauce better ...

Ebany

I sometimes look at my supermarket shop and think it looks terrible, cause its generally mostly crisps, chocolate bars and jaffa cakes, and tins of baked beans - HOWEVER this is because I buy veg from the market and meat from the butcher, and my hubby needs the high energy snacks as he is doing vast amounts of rowing training (planning to try out for the GB squad at some point).

So please rememebr that just casue someone has no veg in their trolley doesn't mean they don't get any at all!