Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

MrsBartolozzi

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

hmmm will look at the recipes later,

who wants to join me in watching the show then coming in here and [STRIKE]b*tching[/STRIKE] discussing it afterwards?

ioiwe x

Put me down for this .

kat79

hehe. my freeview guide says "The England family attempt to follow the Economy Gastronomy principles for a wee."

Juvenile I know but it tickled me!:rotfl:

Scarlett25

It tickled me too kat79 :rotfl:

I love the way the little girl tastes the food and says "it's good" in the trailer....she sounds really surprised!

Don't forget, the show's on tonight (Wed) at 8pm!

missychrissy

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

hmmm will look at the recipes later,

who wants to join me in watching the show then coming in here and [STRIKE]b*tching[/STRIKE] discussing it afterwards?

ioiwe x

me too! I'm looking forward to the programme - might learn something

ifonlyitwaseasier

okies, i might even take notes during the show (yes i am that sad!!!) for discussion topics (LMFAO!!!)

ioiwe x

competitionscafe

beckstrous wrote: »

The food is not fancy - it is wholesome, rugged and tasty. The Leon cookbook is fantastic - half of it is all about ingredients, with really good info on different types of food, and half of it is recipes, good simple things you can easily do at home.

I have that too and agree - it's excellent. Allegra seems very down to earth - she also does the monthly online cookalong things, only been able to 'cookalong' once way back in February but the veg curry was delicious (different recipe from the one in the Leon cookbook) http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/feb/18/curry Don't know how much it cost but the recipe made loads (more like 6 large portions rather than the 4 it says!) and the ingredients are fairly inexpensive. I try and eat red meat no more than twice a week, then chicken, fish and veggy meals for the rest so it's always good to have some tasty veggy recipes /ideas and that curry is now one of my favourites, especially the green 'chutney' that goes with it -yum. I use cauliflower instead of broccolli though. Allegra's pic below - mine never looks like as nice as that but it always tastes good.



There is also an article about the series here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/aug/05/allegra-mcevedy-economy-gastronomy-television

"The first family in the series are also the most hard-up, struggling on very little money and time and disillusioned with cooking from scratch. The McEvedy-Merrett approach is simple. "Add up what you're actually spending on food – a lot of people don't know, and it's a real shock to them when they tot it up - set yourself a budget, never go shopping without a list, plan what you're going to eat for the week, and only buy what's on the list. Nothing goes in the bin. Nothing gets wasted. They're such basic things, but they're things that people have stepped away from.""

"The satisfaction of a job well done is justification for McEvedy's decision to wait for what she felt was the right TV project. "I've turned down lots of studio-based stuff because that's not interesting. I feel really proud to have been able to do this series, and it's got such a good message. The tone isn't 'you're doing it wrong and we're going to sift through your poo.' Paul and I are not saying, 'we're middle class, we're from London and we can't believe you're feeding your children chicken nuggets.' Everyone I know feeds their kids chicken nuggets. Is it good for them? No. Does it happen sometimes? Yes. But there's also times when you can make them food and they will eat it.""
From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/aug/05/allegra-mcevedy-economy-gastronomy-television

RightyTightyLeftyLoosey

Bump....its ON!

LilacPixie

starting now

RightyTightyLeftyLoosey

My Mum's cooking? I've never really tasted it.......

lol

freakyogre

Hmm, no time so does ready meals. So that's what, approximately 3-4 minutes per meal per person? I'm sure she could whip up a nice meal in less time.