Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

patchwork_cat

MrsE wrote: »

Be great if the council go to 2 weekly rubbish collections to not have food waste in the bins though;)

When they go to 2 weekly they have a food waste collection weekly. it is composted.

patchwork_cat

I have said before that we don't all have to eat value just a programme aimed at 'normal' people. Seriously how many of you have £200 per week to spend on food? That is hardly economising - however this week was a big family, but still to have salmon 4 times a week - I would be sick!

Rossy2692

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I live in the North, not a particularily affluent area, most of my friends are in work. My friends in the South still have huge mortages to pay, so our disposable income isn't so different. I just don't see this North South divide

Penny. x

Hi Penny,

I was just making the point that we all have our own perception of this programme but i do stand by the North South divide it is a fact, wages for a start have been steadily rising over the years in the South and in the North havve not seen such a great difference.

Michaela x

juliettet

patchwork_cat wrote: »

When they go to 2 weekly they have a food waste collection weekly. it is composted.

Not here Patchwork. I am only myself for most of the week and really careful re waste but some of the neighbours with families and perhaps who don't care as much by the look of it. I tried a compost bin and one morning went to deposit some peelings to find a mouse running about. I'm such a wuss it really put me off.

MrsE_2

patchwork_cat wrote: »

No you don't you have been on MSE long enough to know that to throw away that amount of food is criminal!

One thing strikes me about this latest programme apart from the phenomenal amount spent on food (but you know I think that!) is that they were throwing away £7K worth of food a year and the chefs saved them £8K. I can save them 7 - don't throw food away!

I don't want to throw away loads (we are too greedy for that:o:o:o), but its a nice non-smelly hygienic way of dealing with the scrapings off your plate & the little waste we do have.

Gigervamp

cw18 wrote: »

I've been told NOT to put cooked food on the compost - only the 'raw' waste (peelings, cores etc) - and NEVER anything meat as that is what most attracts rodents !!

A green cone allows you to put in cooked food and meat. It uses a different way of breaking down the matter than a compost bin does.

brazilianwax

MrsE wrote: »

I don't want to throw away loads (we are too greedy for that:o:o:o), but its a nice non-smelly hygienic way of dealing with the scrapings off your plate & the little waste we do have.

As an aside, I was told they use the scum off the top of the liquid that comes out of a waste disposal unit to make biofuel. :beer:

We had one when we were growing up, and I had one in London. Now I'm home I'll probably just set up a compost heap when we do the garden.

rosieben

MrsE wrote: »

I want a waste disposal after watching that:D
I thought they were an old fashioned thing that no one installed anymore.
I thought it looked great:D

I used to have a waste disposal years ago but was put off by stories of how the nicely mixed up waste was fattening up rats down in the sewers :eek:

Penelope_Penguin

MrsE wrote: »

So you've still got the waste problem if you go to fortnightly collections

Nope, because the post you quote is factually incorrect Google "green cone" for yourself, and you'll see that food wast can go into them, and how they remain rat-free :T

patchwork_cat wrote: »

I have said before that we don't all have to eat value just a programme aimed at 'normal' people. Seriously how many of you have £200 per week to spend on food? That is hardly economising - however this week was a big family, but still to have salmon 4 times a week - I would be sick!

As I've already said, people who are still in work are able to weather the recession with relative ease, compared to those who lose their jobs. If we chose to, we could spend £200 a week on food. We don't because we grow a lot of our own, have hens for eggs, eat meat-free several times a week, and prioritise our spending/saving elsewhere

It has been commented on before by the better-off posters here, that they are wary about posting what they spend on food, as they'd be piloried for spending so much It's a choice, and for many, they choose food as their luxury rather than foreign holidays, clothes, cars or pets :T

Penny. x

rosieben

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

I made the braised mince which was delicious.
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I've been doing the same thing with a mince recipe I found here; I just throw it all into the SC so no pre-browning or faffing at all and added lentils and fridge-bottom vegetables; I make cottage pie, spag bol and chili from one mix. Base recipes and Tumbledowns are just fancy names for what OS'ers have been doing for yonks