Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

Penelope_Penguin

robpw2 wrote: »

what annoyed me is they showed the same atletics on both bbc2 and bbc hd

Not everyone has HD, though - I don't :rolleyes: I'm loving the fact that when this programme was on, people moaned that it they knew everything it showed, so was pointless, and now it's not on, there's still complaining that it's not on I can't comment yet, as I was on hols when the first episodes were shown.

Penny. x

atrebor

thriftlady wrote: »

I am genuinely interested in why people think changing something will make a recipe not OK or cause it to fail in some way? How do you know that your modification might not be even better than the original recipe, or at least better to your taste? Why rely on someone else's idea of what will taste good?

I'm not saying there is no place for recipe books -far from it, I love 'em:D but I love using them for inspiration rather than as a set of instructions.

Obviously you can't substitute a tin of sardines for strawberries, or marmite for chocolate:rotfl: And you do have to be careful with cake recipes, but even those are open to adaptation -adding nuts, different kinds of dried fruit, frash fruit etc, just don't tinker with the basic batter mixture. Use your common sense and improvise -it is much more economical;)

for the last year I have succsessfully halved the amount of sugar in all cakes, bakes, biscuits. Yesterday I made Hugh FW choc brownies with 1/3 the sugar in the recipe. I have never had a failure and noone has ever noticed, infact my baking is always commented on, i guess they might not keep as long, but to be honest they never hang around that long! I would encourage anyone to stray from the recipe - just try and write it down as the one time you don't you will make the most divine creation never to be recreated.......!

thriftlady_2

geordie_joe wrote: »

And that is what annoys people, they watch something faithfully each week then they are cast aside for people who normally don't watch, just so the TV company can say it brought in a few more viewers. To the regular viewers it seems like the TV company has thought "We can make a quick buck from some new viewers, so to h*ll with those who were here watching last week and the week before, they'll come crawling back next week".

Economy Gastronomy has only been on for two weeks for heaven's sake:rolleyes: Get a grip it is just telly.

thriftlady_2

Churchmouse wrote: »

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See this is how exciting it gets, thriftlady has got her won and one mixed up :rotfl: Almost unheard of ( sorry thrifty, not getting at you, but it was a very useful illustration )

Oh the shame:o:D See I was concentrating on getting Idowu's name and event right

Hey, it's the last test match today! I shall be listening to that on the radio all day, and watching the highlights on 5 later:j:j

avinabacca

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I'm loving the fact that when this programme was on, people moaned that it they knew everything it showed, so was pointless, and now it's not on, there's still complaining that it's not on

Exactly.

Don't worry, people! You'll get your chance to shout at the telly and then come on here and moan that "I could do that for four quid all in, not four quid a head - so what they're doing's nothing special, is it?" next week.

In fact, missing a week means that the scheduling will go on a little longer, so the schadenfreude is extended for you! What could be better?

BigMummaF

avinabacca wrote: »

I actually want to watch the athletics, while the event's taking place.

I, for one, am glad that our national broadcaster has taken the opportunity to show world-class athletics in prime-time - it's got to be a better example for the kids, health-wise, than that awful hot-dog and cabbage mush, anyway.

It's only a week - why don't you give the athletics a try? You never know - you might like it

Sorry, but I think watching half dozen or so ultra-fit people running around a circle is quite boring. I much prefer field events but even then the gap between the competitors actually doing something is off-putting & would rather watch the editted high-lights. Same goes for motor sport or anything 'endurance'..if I wanted to watch folk stretch or walk around looking for inspiration, I'd glance round my living room!
I feel for people who only have terrestrial tv because their choices are severely limited when sports seasons strike & probably why I agree with those on here who bemoan regular programmes being moved for the sake of it.

avinabacca

BigMummaF wrote: »

Sorry, but I think watching half dozen or so ultra-fit people running around a circle is quite boring. I much prefer field events but even then the gap between the competitors actually doing something is off-putting & would rather watch the editted high-lights. Same goes for motor sport or anything 'endurance'..if I wanted to watch folk stretch or walk around looking for inspiration, I'd glance round my living room!
I feel for people who only have terrestrial tv because their choices are severely limited when sports seasons strike & probably why I agree with those on here who bemoan regular programmes being moved for the sake of it.

You've nothing to apologise about - I prefer to watch throwing events too, and feel there's a real deficit of coverage of anything which doesn't involve a track.

As for "choice" on terrestrial TV, that's a whole other issue - but suffice to say, the offering on the five channels at the best of times is, in my opinion, often a question of what is the least-worst thing to watch.

The regular programme's not being moved purely to wind people up - it's for the unique chance to show a world championship sports event in prime-time, and I don't get what the issue is. I mean, it's not as if it's replacing programming of any life-essential content, is it?

Look at it like this:
Tonight, BBC2 shows the athletics World Championship from six until eight (linky).
Next Thursday, in the same timeslot, BBC2 shows a repeated episode of Eggheads, generic antiques-hunt-show Trust Me, I'm A Dealer, and a repeat of the documentary Coast (linky).

My - haven't we missed a lot by scheduling the sport on in this timeslot.....:think:

Penelope_Penguin

BigMummaF wrote: »

I feel for people who only have terrestrial tv because their choices are severely limited when sports seasons strike

There's always books to read, cakes to bake, and people to see. Those poor people could always log into MSE

attentionseeker1

atrebor wrote: »

for the last year I have succsessfully halved the amount of sugar in all cakes, bakes, biscuits. Yesterday I made Hugh FW choc brownies with 1/3 the sugar in the recipe. I have never had a failure and noone has ever noticed, infact my baking is always commented on, i guess they might not keep as long, but to be honest they never hang around that long! I would encourage anyone to stray from the recipe - just try and write it down as the one time you don't you will make the most divine creation never to be recreated.......!

Does that affect the 'texture' of the batter mix? I would be worried that my mixture would be the wrong consistency if I halved an ingredient and not work??

atrebor

not so far, Give it a go with cheap recipe go on, go on, go on. You'll find it liberating! and if your scared try cutting the sugar down by a quarter and then next time a little more...... is so much better for you and a little cheaper....