Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

MrsE_2

Ishtar wrote: »

Thanks for that - had a serious case of mummy brain when I typed my original post....the baby is teething at the mo so sleep is in short supply!

I'll give it a try...

D.

I'm doing half, but 1.25 kg of steak is still quite a lot isn't it.
I had to get a whole bottle of red wine too, I wonder how long the other half will keep?

Penelope_Penguin

Flipped27 wrote: »

Me and DH sat down to watch this last night thinking "Oh good, this will help us cut our food bills down and make good food for less.."

I'll add this to the exisitng thread to keep comments together.

Penny. x

Moniker

I watched last week's programme after transmission as I was out and have deliberately kept off this thread until after I had seen it. I still don't know how they managed to spend so much!

Is it me or are these chefs obsessed with chilli and garlic? It seemed like every recipe (even one of the puddings!) had chilli in! What is it with all this spicy food - what's wrong with plain and simple ? Apart from the brownies I don't think I could have eaten anything else they cooked!

However, I do think that getting the family to reduce their budget by a third was an achievement- we all have to start somewhere! Can't wait to see the next episode - but will have to watch this later in the week too as have APs visiting and will be taking them to the theatre for a treat.

Off to catch up with the rest of the comments.

Moniker

rosieben

SparciaM wrote: »

wax paper and greaseproof paper are the same - according to wikipedia etc

waxed paper and greaseproof aren't the same; waxed paper tends to be heavier generally, and one side is waxed; greaseproof is a thinner 'dry' paper - think tracing paper - well its what I used as tracing paper when I was at school!

Chell

Moniker wrote: »

I watched last week's programme after transmission as I was out and have deliberately kept off this thread until after I had seen it. I still don't know how they managed to spend so much!

Is it me or are these chefs obsessed with chilli and garlic? It seemed like every recipe (even one of the puddings!) had chilli in! What is it with all this spicy food - what's wrong with plain and simple ? Apart from the brownies I don't think I could have eaten anything else they cooked!

However, I do think that getting the family to reduce their budget by a third was an achievement- we all have to start somewhere! Can't wait to see the next episode - but will have to watch this later in the week too as have APs visiting and will be taking them to the theatre for a treat.

Off to catch up with the rest of the comments.

Moniker

In the first programme they were converting people who were used to ordering quite a few takeaways each week, they probably wouldn't have been impressed if everything was plain and simple.

mrs_moneyspinner

I think with the cheese at room temperature thing, it only worked fine in the good old days when we had a larder and no central heating. I keep mine in foil in the fridge and take it out before I need to use it, also keep tomatos and fruit in fridge until needed as otherwise they go soft so quickly and eggs too as don't like to think of them sitting in a warm room with their porous shells.

hotcookie101

I use of of these in the fridge, and cheese keeps really well without going hard or dry. I agree with poster above-most homes now will be too warm for cheese unless you have a traditional larder type thing, REALLY scrummy stinky cheeses that are a massive treat as they get bought so infrequently are wrapped in the wax paper they come in (from proper cheese shop) and usually eaten in one sitting!! Otherwise I keep them in the butter shelf and take out for about an hour before eating
I do tend to keep apples and oranges in the fridge, but have to be at room temp before I eat. Tomatoes stay out of the fridge-I find the loss in flavour is not worth the increased shelf life-we go through them very quickly anyway (although may be about to experience a glut if the number on the plants are anything to go by!

thriftlady_2

Moniker wrote: »

Is it me or are these chefs obsessed with chilli and garlic? It seemed like every recipe (even one of the puddings!) had chilli in! What is it with all this spicy food - what's wrong with plain and simple ? Apart from the brownies I don't think I could have eaten anything else they cooked!

You could leave out the chilli and garlic. Recipes are not written in stone, they are guidelines.

misskool

MrsE wrote: »

Its disgusting isn't it. They should give it to homeless charities.

unfortunately, due to health and safety reasons, supermarkets can no longer legitimately give away food in case someone sues them after getting ill from eating food given away to them.

I'm sure they have other reasons but this is what I was told once.

Gigervamp

And yet in America, probably the most litigious country, shops give lots of out of date food to charities. It's mad. If they can do it, why can't we?