Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

valk_scot

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

How can that be? when the stuff you put in them equates to about £12 a week and handwashing uses no electricity and a bottle of Fairy which lasts for weeks costs 98p ?????????????
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Another marketing ploy methinks

Three in one dishwashing tablets from Lidl cost about £3 for thirty, and I use one per day ie 10p. My Siemans dishwasher has a thirty minute eco wash which (apparently) uses less water than one full sink. The water all comes from the same Combi boiler so it costs the same to heat wherever it ends up...plus the dishwasher can wash a lot more dishes than I can in a set amount of water. Yes, extra electricity I'll grant you. But whatever it is, my time spent washing dishes 3 x 5-10 mins per day is undoubtably worth more!

And the dishes are clean, dry and ready to put away at the end. In fact they're more clean because the dishwasher can use hotter water than your hands can stand. And as a bonus you can even poach that salmon in a dishwasher. But wrap it in foil first!

(I waited forty-eight years before I finally got round to buying a dishwasher. Now it's second only to the washing machine in terms of what household appliance I love most. I'd rather get rid of the hoover if push came to shove.)

zippychick

cw18 wrote: »

But unless I see the two side by side I wouldn't have a clue how white/pink the two version are

It's a moot point anyway, as my (enforced) budget won't cover the cost of buying it

Mute point or no, as far as I have read, the "pink" is referred to as rose veal - although if anyone knows otherwise, please correct me

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iamana1ias wrote: »

Since when was 5.30 late? I leave before you in the morning and am never back till gone 9pm. I'd love to do cushy hours like yours

Here we go AGAIN. Are you deliberately trolling. If you want a nasty debate then go start another thread. This is an OS thread about a lovely tv cookery programme and all those taking it off topic should hang their heads in shame. You really should not be making personal attacks. There is enough trouble in the world without this mini war

zippychick

cw18

zippychick wrote: »

Mute point or no, as far as I have read, the "pink" is referred to as rose veal - although if anyone knows otherwise, please correct me

The only veal that comes up on the Mr T website is "Specially Selected Veal Escalopes". No mention of being 'rose veal', but it also doesn't state country of origin so it may not be British. Neither Mr A nor Mr S have any on their websites. Must take a look in Mr M when I'm next there, and see if our local one does any. Given the posters outside stating all the fresh meat is British, if I find some there is should certainly be the 'happy' type so I may be able to figure out what hubby used to buy

wendy+5

I'm sure I heard on a cookery programme (I think it might have been Jamie Oliver) that rose veal will state 'rose' on the label.

hotcookie101

It will generally state rose on the label, but also look for british etc, so if it just says veal, and doesn't state british-its a NO BUY!
British veal is humane-reared with solid feed and milk, and grass outside. It is the ethical way to deal with the male dairy calves that are a by-product of the dairy industry, that would otherwise be shot at birth (if they are lucky) or transported live to the continent to be crate raised as veal (which is obscene, and I am a die-hard carnivore, but also very concerned about animal welfare-I have worked on farms, in slaughterhouses, and will not buy intensively reared meat, from any animal-including farmed fish!)
I understand people who won't eat it due to financial reasons, it may be more expensive, but not eating british veal on humane grounds(or cos they are cute little calves), whilst drinking milk, using dairy etc just seems a bit of a waste-its lovely, and they have had a decent life (longer than "new season" or "milk-fed" lamb certainly)

thriftlady_2

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I personally don't like veal it is too soft for me and it is expensive plus I couldn't eat a baby cow with those big brown eyes. :eek:

But the alternative for baby cows is 'bernie the bolt'. Veal is reared from male dairy calves (so not actually baby cows: they grow up to be milked;)).

Dairy cattle do not make good beef so they can't be grown on for beef.

If there was more demand for veal not only would it come down in price but there would be fewer male dairy calves killed at birth.

No British veal is raised in crates like on the continent.

Buy and cook British veal;)

Edit: done it again:rolleyes: Didn't finish reading the thread before posting. I see many people have already said the same thing:T

thriftlady_2

Just to add, for those who are squeamish about eating 'baby animals' chickens are just a few weeks old when they are killed.

valk_scot

Well, I would say if you don't like veal for whatever reason then just to substitute pork, which is cheaper anyway. I'm not keen on it for "Oh the poor ickle animal!" reason, same as I don't eat rabbit, lol. Stupid I know and I'm sure I'd get over it if it was the only thing around but in the meantime there's plenty of choice out there so why force yourself to eat something you don't particularly feel comfortable with? I eat meat regularly...pork, bacon, chicken, beef, lamb and even venison. (Oh well there goes Bambi then...clearly not cute enough.) I just try to buy from somewhere that rears it humanely.

None of our family particularly like salmon. Or mackerel. (We'll eat most other fish though.) So I won't be trying many of the recipes this week as written. I can see that chowder or the fish cakes being pretty good with smoked haddock though. Once again, why go against the grain? it's wasteful to have the family leave it on the plate.

Quite looking forwards to next week though...we like tomato-y based things, beans, chorizo etc.