Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

Raspberry_Swirl

I'm looking forward to seeing the students next week. More of a lower starting budget I would imagine and I'm a sucker for pasta which I'm sure will feature on a student special

Chell

debtmuncher wrote: »

not tried clotted cream! will have to buy some today to see if its like you say it is!! will get my ma to treat me lol:p

Make sure you make or buy some scones and strawberry jam to go with it.

Essex-girl_2

debtmuncher wrote: »

not tried clotted cream! will have to buy some today to see if its like you say it is!! will get my ma to treat me lol:p

I looove clotted cream - but it is very rich and we just have it occasionly - def not a weekly thing.

freyasmum

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

oh dear students!!!!

Lol, damned if they do, damned if they don't.

People were asking for smaller families/single people before :rotfl:

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Economy Gastronomy? £45 for a salmon :eek:

It's economy because a single portion costs around £2.50, buying a whole salmon is much cheaper (think they said it would've been 89p/per person/portion).

Gastronomy - well, that's self explanatory


As allegra says as the beginning - it's not about buying cheap stuff, it's about buying good ingredients and making them go further/making the best of them.

ahrimaniac wrote: »

Why not shop at ASDA rather than Sainsburys to save money right from the off? Ghastly.

Allegra is a beautiful looking woman, mind.

I don't understand that, nothing wrong with sainsburys - I don't find it any more expensive than asda/tesco and they have a good selection of products. The thing that really annoys me about tesco is that they are constantly discontinuing products - you just get to like something and they do away with it :rolleyes:

Aaaand, maybe sainsburys is their local supermarket

linni wrote: »

We watched all 3 episodes last night and didn't agree with "only buy what's on your list and ignore all the offers". Surely, it would be better to plan your meals around the offers! As long as you don't buy stuff you wouldn't normally use, then it would be cheaper in the long run.

Whatever works for you, but some people who only buy the offers may find that they're spending more than they would on something because "well, it was on offer...". Plus, of course, the offers are usually on the rubbish 'non-food' foods, IYKWIM.

The best thing to do is eat seasonally. Good, fresh produce that tastes like it should is the way to go :T

MrsE wrote: »

I can't spend £400 pw in the supermarket & I buy mostly the premium stuff anyway. How can you spend £400 & be dipping in the basics range thats my point.

Not that people shouldn't buy it, but how can they be buying it.

I'm a bread gourmet (gourmand:o:o:o:o) & I rate Waitrose & Cuisine De France's bread;)

You're not feeding 7 people each week

I think homemade sourdough is my absolute favourite, ciabatta comes a very close second though :drool:

Totally agree with misskool - I love toast made with value bread. Don't know why, but it's the best :rotfl:

Rossy2692 wrote: »

Thats the bit that shocked me, these people know they have problems and still continue, IMO, to spend LUDICROUS amounts on food!

But if they've never been shown, how would they know what to do to reduce it?

It might seem obvious to you, but not everyone was lucky enough to have parents and/or grandparents around to show them how to cook or budget or do anything else that some OSers do.

I do agree though that I was shocked that they wasted so much



Sorry for the mega major post. I get carried away sometimes :rotfl:

debtmuncher

ok girls!!! will let you know how i get on with the tasting session!!:eek::p

cw18

I adore Clotted Cream........ always, always, always treat myself to some when it turns up in the Whoopsie section, even though it means I then have to buy some scones (I always go for the cheapest fruited ones). I normally have some jam in the house, but have even been known to have to get a jar just 'cos I've managed to get the Whoopsie cream :rolleyes2


Would rather have vanilla ice cream with the treacle pie though

debtmuncher

i thought the offer comment made by paul was good, if you are a starter in the life of food budgeting etc then seeing all the "offers" will make you think "wow must buy this" when in actually fact its just a marketing con cos all you save is 10p:rolleyes:!!

two packs of bacon for a fiver...wow! look at receipt tut it was a con!! if you are on a strict weekly budget buy what you need , dont buy the extra packet if you need the pennies for the rest of the shop. i would rather have two pounds sitting in my purse than sitting in the fridge and i find that i need two pounds to get milk in.

sunshinesheli

Oh, and I forgot to say, that Economy Gastronomy is laughable! The budgets they set them a week are higher than what some people on here spend a month!!!!

cw18

freyasmum wrote: »

It's economy because a single portion costs around £2.50, buying a whole salmon is much cheaper (think they said it would've been 89p/per person/portion).

Depends where & when you buy it. I stocked up on the individually wrapped frozen ones from Mr T when the bags of 8 were £5 - so 62.5p each, which is cheaper than using the whole one and no need to have it 3 or 4 times in a week

debtmuncher

cw18 wrote: »

I adore Clotted Cream........ always, always, always treat myself to some when it turns up in the Whoopsie section, even though it means I then have to buy some scones (I always go for the cheapest fruited ones). I normally have some jam in the house, but have even been known to have to get a jar just 'cos I've managed to get the Whoopsie cream :rolleyes2


Would rather have vanilla ice cream with the treacle pie though

getting nervous! its the butter comment thats put me off but i will buy it today in honour of mse posters:p