Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

cw18

Unfortunately, I don't think 'gardenless dwellers' can really do anything about composting - unless they have neighbours with gardens who'd accept contributions to their own compost pile

Knitty78

I thought that might be the case, but having read on here the suggestions people come up with for the most random things I thought I would ask anyway.

Magentasue

Knitty78 wrote: »

This may be considered a silly question, but as we live in a flat I presume there isn't any sensible way of dealing with organic scraps without the need for chucking them in the bin.

Would this sort of thing work for you?

http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/bokashi.htm?gclid=CMOTm5LZxpwCFV8B4wod7SIAKw

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Gigervamp wrote: »

Excuses, excuses MrsE! :rolleyes::rotfl:

that is sheer nastiness. No need for it

Knitty78

Magentasue wrote: »

Would this sort of thing work for you?

http://www.originalorganics.co.uk/bokashi.htm?gclid=CMOTm5LZxpwCFV8B4wod7SIAKw

It's dealing with the compost that's the problem. I'm not sure people would appricate a small pile in the car park As much as I'm into my recycling I think getting a wormery to deal with my compost is one step too far.

Magentasue

Knitty78 wrote: »

It's dealing with the compost that's the problem. I'm not sure people would appricate a small pile in the car park As much as I'm into my recycling I think getting a wormery to deal with my compost is one step too far.

Oh I see, no house plants that you could use it for? If not, as you say, it's probably more trouble than is reasonable in a flat.

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anyway!!

lets back back to the original comment re waste diposal units. They are effective but you need lots and lots of running water. They are definitely not cost effective nor ecological as they put all sorts of nutrients into the sewage system as well as using up water and that is why we had ours taken out. We definitely don`t have much food waste in our house, only peelings and we don`t compost because we have no facility, only a patio

Can we get back to being nice to each other, bearing in mind that we are all different and I am sure we all want to do the best we can within our own limits whether governed by money, time, ecological principles or whatever

zippychick

kittie wrote: »

that is sheer nastiness. No need for it

Don't people allow for tongue and cheek any more? The laughing smiley to me indicates it's a joke!

Nasty would have read like this

Gigervamp wrote: »

Excuses, excuses MrsE! :rolleyes::mad:

kittie wrote: »

Can we get back to being nice to each other, bearing in mind that we are all different and I am sure we all want to do the best we can within our own limits whether governed by money, time, ecological principles or whatever

Plus 1.:T

CRANKY40

Ok, £410 per week for food probably has no place in most of our lives, and I haven't read all of this thread as I started, but hmmmm...... I don't really see the point of discussing the pros and cons of discussing the amounts spent etc as it's not really useful.

Could we maybe (anyone who is a good/decent thrifty cook) start up our very own MSE economy gastronomy thread. Something a bit different than our usual mince with oats and carrots/rubber chicken (and yes I do both!), but cheap, cost effective (not 5 hours in the oven type of thing) and tasty, but MSE style.

I know that we have the recipe collection, and we also have weezl's 50p thread, but there must be some middle ground. Some minimum cost, maximum taste yummy recipes with costings too so we can work out if we can afford to put them in our meal plans? Go on, somebody, anybody?

Yategirl

tru wrote: »

We compost everything - cooked stuff too - except meat.

I kept an old sugar jar when the lid broke (this sort of thing), it lives next to the sink. I empty it every day into an old bucket near the back door. I leave the bucket til it's full then I strain the contents through an old colander into another bucket. This is my compost soup :rotfl: I dilute it about 10-1 and voila! - tomato feed

That is a brill idea - why have I never thought of that?! lol! Do you store the liquid in any way if you don't need to feed plants or do you use it all year round?