It is tough NOW. So how are we coping

mardatha

My dad was born /brought up on a farm and he used to rave about kale. He used to say they had a "kale yard". I now know why my mother totally ignored him....

oystercatcher

Kale was one of the reasons I stopped the veggie box, they used to put loads in, different varieties. I would eat it reluctantly, everyone else wouldn't touch the stuff. Seemed daft to be paying for stuff to go in the compost bin. I don't think stir frying etc would have helped. It was like eating leather !

Oystercatcher

sunflower76

I can't bring myself to eat kale after cleaning it thoroughly, boiling it up and still finding a huge caterpillar in the pan, luckily before eating it!

chevalier

dubgirl wrote: »

I know i am going to have to go back to my budget and tweak it again. I do all the usual things of cooking from scratch etc. Are we going to reach the stage of some folks not being able to afford even the basics![/QUOTE]

Yes, but it will only be that MORE of us will be having this problem. People on low incomes, or who can't budget have been doing this for years.

And this is also how the majority of the world still lives. Food or heat, heat or roof over you head. Feed the children not yourselves etc. We will be hearing all of these this year and next I fear.
chev

chevalier

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I wish it were that simple for me. I have an 18 year old who earns about £600 net a month. She refuses to pay me anything for keep and I still pay her mobile phone bill can be up to £50 each month. She also comes in at all hours of the night in a taxi for which she has no money to pay and I have to pay for it - last week she did it four times at £7 a time. She lives half the time at the bf's and so raids the fridge and cupboards daily for food to take to his student house, and if I say no she rants and raves at me. I was made redundant over a year ago and have no income at all other than a little child tax credit and incapacity benefit (I am waiting for a heart operation) - I am using my redundancy money to stretch that out to pay the mortgage and so on - it is do-able at the moment but I don't know what I will do when the redundancy money eventually runs out. I struggle to assert myself with her because she is very "in your face" and agressive but I wish I knew how to tackle it. I have made cutbacks and only have the heating and hot water on for a couple of hours a day, plus I did the downshifting grocery thing about a year ago and now buy alot of basics stuff and also shop in Lidl and Aldi (although I am not convinced they are that cheap any more). I am seriously considering getting rid of my car (it's on a lease thing with a balloon payment due in June) as someone I know is selling a Ford Focus which they have had from new and that would save me £127 a month in payments for a £750 one-off cost.

I enjoy reading your posts and have "lurked" up to now, so hope you don't mind me joining in.

So let me get this right, she knows you have a heart condition, yet behaves like a selfish brat. Sorry but it is down to one simple sentance, pay your way, or find another place to stay. There is NO WAY I would allow her to treat me like that. And it is NOT FAIR on your other children to treat her differently. So she pays £200 a month or she is out. Give her a standing order form to sign in front of the other family members.

Her behaviour is INEXCUSABLE IF YOU ARE THIS ILL. Sorry but :mad::mad::mad: All you are teaching her is that being a mean little b!tch gets her what she wants. And you know that is not the way for her to go.

It is called tough love.

Really angry on your behalf
chev

chevalier

mama67 wrote: »

BUTTER SCOTCH TART

8" Pastry Case baked Blind allow to cool

4oz block marg
4oz demerara sugar
1oz plain flour
2 floz milk

Mix sugar & flour
Melt marg and milk, bring to boil.
add in flour & sugaer mix, stir until thickens
Cool slightly, then pour into cooled pastry case.
Leave to set

Serve with either custard or whipped cream

I love the sound of this, but don't know what you mean about the pastry case baked blind. Could you please give the recipe for this too

chev

kidcat

chevalier wrote: »

I love the sound of this, but don't know what you mean about the pastry case baked blind. Could you please give the recipe for this too

chev

A pastry case baked blind is simply a shortcrust pastry base, which has been cooked once on low (usually with grease proof paper and baking beans or rice on top).

I make pastry with 4oz plain flour to 2 oz fat (either butter or marg or lard) and a very small amount of water to bind, leave it to sit for 30 min in fridge then fit into the tin you are using, trim then sit in fridge again for another 30 min to prevent shrinking when you cook it. Cook at about 160 for 10-15 mins with the beans or rice, then without the beans or rice for another 5-10 mins, Then fill with the filling and cook as normal.

pagangirl

Chevalier - love your signature, it's brilliant !

[Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says...
"Oh C**P.......she's awake!! "]

Beccatje

chevalier wrote: »

So let me get this right, she knows you have a heart condition, yet behaves like a selfish brat. Sorry but it is down to one simple sentance, pay your way, or find another place to stay. There is NO WAY I would allow her to treat me like that. And it is NOT FAIR on your other children to treat her differently. So she pays £200 a month or she is out. Give her a standing order form to sign in front of the other family members.

Her behaviour is INEXCUSABLE IF YOU ARE THIS ILL. Sorry but :mad::mad::mad: All you are teaching her is that being a mean little b!tch gets her what she wants. And you know that is not the way for her to go.

It is called tough love.

Really angry on your behalf
chev

I agree.
Don't let her treat you like that! So she'll rant and rave but that'll be her problem. It'll be only once, and then it'll be over and done with and she'll either pay her way, or move out.
Stop paying for the phone bill STAT!!!!

good luck hun.

Becca

Frugalista

Hmmm! :think: And where have I seen your signature before pagangirl?