Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

cw18

karenccs67 wrote: »

I agree, thats alot of money to spend on food, it's possibly more than alot of people earn in a year.

One heck of a lot more....

Someone working 40 hours a week on minimum wage (£5.73) gets a gross salary of £11,918.40
From October (rises to £5.80) they'd be on £12,064

karenccs67

cw18 wrote: »

One heck of a lot more....

Someone working 40 hours a week on minimum wage gets a gross salary of £11,918.40

I think it is a good programme and the food looks great but I think maybe in the current climate they should have families from all walks of life/annual incomes from low to high, at the moment it just seems to be families with large incomes.

Isis_Black

there is not reciepe for the choc fonue, pistachio brittle and the milkshake on thier web page on BBC!

would like to try the choc fondue!

karenccs67

Isis_Black wrote: »

there is not reciepe for the choc fonue, pistachio brittle and the milkshake on thier web page on BBC!

would like to try the choc fondue!

they're probably in the book!

debtmuncher

karenccs67 wrote: »

I've been thinking of making fishcakes (haven't made them since school), I've got some mackerel in the freezer.... will let you know if I try it.

thats fab ta! thinking of haddock? thats only fish i get from the weekly fish van lol fish is the one thing i am :eek: with!!! well apart from liver which noone eats here anyway! have sometimes made it at work. will never forget the time someone cooked liver but it was calfs liver which has a totally horrible smell compared to lambs liver. i opened the kitchen door up and almost collapsed with the smell of it in the slow cooker lol.

karenccs67

debtmuncher wrote: »

thats fab ta! thinking of haddock? thats only fish i get from the weekly fish van lol fish is the one thing i am :eek: with!!! well apart from liver which noone eats here anyway! have sometimes made it at work. will never forget the time someone cooked liver but it was calfs liver which has a totally horrible smell compared to lambs liver. i opened the kitchen door up and almost collapsed with the smell of it in the slow cooker lol.

LOL.... my 11yr old son LOVES liver.

debtmuncher

karenccs67 wrote: »

they're probably in the book!

i am sure someone from here made them in the last week but had a failed attempt? merrett did say its a pudding thats a hit or miss to being sucessful. you wouldnt find out until you were actually eating the pudding how successful you were.

they said they were successful in the programme but i just realised you dont actually see the gooey centres, it was only a little part and it was kind of hidden?

mothsinmywallet_2

The thing that is bugging me is that there is a fishmonger very close to their house and he drove a 15 mile round trip to get the salmon. Bet that bit of petrol put them over budget!

debtmuncher

karenccs67 wrote: »

LOL.... my 11yr old son LOVES liver.

_pale__pale_ hes a brave boy lol:rotfl:

karenccs67

mothsinmywallet wrote: »

The thing that is bugging me is that there is a fishmonger very close to their house and he drove a 15 mile round trip to get the salmon. Bet that bit of petrol put them over budget!

LOL, I missed the beginning of the programme. You're right, what a waste of fuel.