Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

valk_scot

purpleivy wrote: »

It's all very well having a bedrock recipe, but they don't allow for the unforseen...the kids and their friends demolished a large amount of 'left over local leg lamb ' while I went out to the post office earlier. There wasn't even enough for me to have a sandwich. I suppose I should be grateful that they didn't bin the bones, although one of them had been chewed and was in the bin.

I was going to do shepherd's pie. Their excuse was that I didn't tell them we were going to have it tonight. Lunch in this house is normally something along the bread and cheese/eggs on toast line.

I'm still seething with rage about it. I got it from a farmer friend. I always have to wait ages before it's my turn for a lamb, it's expensive, a luxury and I save it for special occasions. I would reckon on it doing more than twice as well.

If we didn't have a visitor they'd be getting bread and jam for tea. DD was away the last couple of nights so didn't get any.

Crikey. I'd be docking the cash for a replacement out their pocket money tbh. They would think twice about what they nicked out the fridge next time! Even my Hubby wouldn't do that in this house. Here we have "grazing food" ie bread, cereal, milk, fruit, peanut butter etc and everything else is off limits unless you ask. Especially treat foods such as cakes and biscuits...these are for sharing, not for one person to scoff the lot

valk_scot

MrsE wrote: »

Brilliant thank you:j

Plus I think 0.8 kg will be enough for 3 people anyway & I get another dinner out of it:money:

The recommended portion size for red meat is a piece the size of a pack of cards, remember. About 3-4oz, or 100g. So your 800g of trimmed and prepared meat will serve 8 people.

dizzybee

does anyone have the bedrock recipe from the first series i think it was mince i cant find it any where.
thanks

Chell

thriftlady wrote: »

I didn't see it Lesley, and from your description I'm glad I didn't. That sort of telly just makes my stomach turn I'm afraid. I don't really like anything with 'reality' in it lol! Even this Economy Gastronomy is too much for me. I'd much rather have someone standing behind a table telling me how to do something -like Delia back in the days when cookery programmes came under the category of education not entertainment. It seems like we can't have simple any more, every programme has to have a gimmick.

I am a grumpy old woman I'm afraid:D

I'm a nosy cow, I love watching how other people live.

MrsE_2

valk_scot wrote: »

The recommended portion size for red meat is a piece the size of a pack of cards, remember. About 3-4oz, or 100g. So your 800g of trimmed and prepared meat will serve 8 people.

Really :o:o:o:o:o:o:o

We got 3 large portions & 1 small portion left over, piggies:o:o:o:o:o

It was nice, but not great. Certainly not a patch on the Maderia Chicken I did last night, I posted a link to it.

valk_scot

MrsE wrote: »

Really :o:o:o:o:o:o:o

We got 3 large portions & 1 small portion left over, piggies:o:o:o:o:o

It was nice, but not great. Certainly not a patch on the Maderia Chicken I did last night, I posted a link to it.

I did say recommended portion size. It's a fact that we all...myself included...eat far too much red meat and have rather lost sight of what normal portion sizes are.

BigMummaF

I was talking to me muvva about the programme using 'skirt' beef yesterday & how we would love to have a butcher around here who could provide such delicacies. Unfortunately we have the ones who sell trays of chicken breast, s&k etc for a tenner type who--like shoe shops when you ask for a size 3 [mum & big sis have diddly feet ] or to buy slippers during June--say "there's no demand" for 'proper' cuts of meat Our closest farm shop should have a bank manager on site to arrange credit & the PYO in the opposite direction is somewhat a false economy when you factor in the petrol used to get there vs. how long the stuff keeps between visits to make it viable
As to the suggestions of reading a book or browsing the net if tv has nothing to offer, not everyone has those options either. Of course I'm talking in part of me muvva, who has had one cattarct done & awaits further surgery, but she never has been a 'reader' & in any case, likes having the 'company' of someone sitting in the corner of the room. All three offspring are dyslexic to some degree & surfing the net is difficult for two in particular.
Whilst I agree that moving a programme here & there is no great shake in the whole scheme of things, is there really any need to show every match regardless of whether the national teams are playing, or have sport on half the channels at the same time?

If anything, this particular thread with all its twists & turns, supports just WHY we need shows like EG. We each have our own life experiences & have learned them through various methods; imagine how boring Life would be if we all had the same knowledge at the same time--& what need would there be to experiment?

MrsE_2

BigMummaF wrote: »

I was talking to me muvva about the programme using 'skirt' beef yesterday & how we would love to have a butcher around here who could provide such delicacies. Unfortunately we have the ones who sell trays of chicken breast, s&k etc for a tenner type who--like shoe shops when you ask for a size 3 [mum & big sis have diddly feet ] or to buy slippers during June--say "there's no demand" for 'proper' cuts of meat Our closest farm shop should have a bank manager on site to arrange credit & the PYO in the opposite direction is somewhat a false economy when you factor in the petrol used to get there vs. how long the stuff keeps between visits to make it viable

We have a "proper" butchers, he even sells game, wood pigeon & pheasant I've seen. He makes his own sausages & his own pies too & free range eggs.
He sells locally (farmhouse) produced chutneys & jams - they are not cheap mind.

helyg

BigMummaF wrote: »

I was talking to me muvva about the programme using 'skirt' beef yesterday & how we would love to have a butcher around here who could provide such delicacies. Unfortunately we have the ones who sell trays of chicken breast, s&k etc for a tenner type who--like shoe shops when you ask for a size 3 [mum & big sis have diddly feet ] or to buy slippers during June--say "there's no demand" for 'proper' cuts of meat Our closest farm shop should have a bank manager on site to arrange credit & the PYO in the opposite direction is somewhat a false economy when you factor in the petrol used to get there vs. how long the stuff keeps between visits to make it viable

Come and live with me...

We have 2 "proper" butchers in town, one of them also has his own farm and slaughterhouse so you really know what you are getting. Town is about 5 miles away, but there is also a butcher in the next village to us (about 2 miles away) who supplies our village shop with basic stuff like mince, chicken, sausages, ham, homemade pies etc. If you want anything else you can order it in. There is also a proper fishmonger in town, a couple of proper greengrocers and a few proper bakers. One of the bakers also supplies the village shop. That's before you get onto the farmers market, which is quite well priced, and the ordinary market. Ooh and the local organic company who will deliver boxes of meat and veg etc.

We don't have: Tesco or Asda.

Nuff said

rosemary54

valk_scot wrote: »

Well I got the book and had a go at the spiced chicken thigh recipe and the emergency biryani rice. Both were great and got scoffed up, so I'll do them again. However...500g of rice is a LOT for four and I've got nearly half of it left. Oh well...I looked in the freezer and there's some prawns, and the allotment has produced a real glut of courgettes. So I'll make a prawn and courgette curry (from my old Madhur Jaffrey cookery book) tomorrow from what I found in the fridge and freezer, to go with the leftover rice. Is that acceptable Economy Gastronomy?

yeah I thought 500g of rice was an incredible amount when I saw the programme!