Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

rosemary54

cw18 wrote: »

You can't do that for payment without being fully registered these days

I used to be a registered childminder and did pre /post school but the Ofsted regulations etc got too much for me!
n.b did you know to take kids in your car you need extra insurance?also the ofsed lady told me if I took minded kids to the park and their friends came too then i was considered to be responsible for them as well.!!!!

thriftlady_2

redmel1621 wrote: »

Did you have the head and tail left on it for you...sounds stupid but I can't really get on with cooking things that have eyes:rolleyes:
I would happily buy one if it was all boned and cut in half with heads and tails removed though.

You just ask them to take the head and tail off. Fishmongers and staff on the fish counters at supermarkets will do all this for you -filleting, gutting, taking heads etc off.

Waitrose will even slash the fish and insert flavoured butter pats into the cuts and give you some lemon slices with it plus tell you how to cook it.

valk_scot

redmel1621 wrote: »

Did you have the head and tail left on it for you...sounds stupid but I can't really get on with cooking things that have eyes:rolleyes:
I would happily buy one if it was all boned and cut in half with heads and tails removed though.

Any fishmonger will do this sort of thing for you. It's best not to ask when there's a queue of twenty behind you, but it is an accepted part of the service you get at fishmongers. If you want the bones and trimmings for stock just say...but if you don't want the head bit just say that too! He or she will be well used to this.

Also...if you want any sort of fish trimmings for stock the fishmonger will usually be able to provide plenty. It's polite to be buying something else while doing this though, not just ask for freebies. I'm lucky to have an amazing fishmonger and he's got all sorts of things through the back just for the asking, including what he calls "!!!!! pieces", lol, which are scruffy looking scraps of this and that for 50p per pound, for pampered pets. Have to say though they're still 100% fresh and a few bits have been put into my stock pot before now!

Edit. This forum won't accept the word puss...y! It thinks it's rude and puts in !!!!! instead! Puss-y pieces, okay?

Butterfly_Brain

The_Dragon wrote: »

I went to school in Germany for a while - we started at 7.30 in the morning and finished at 1 in the afternoon after a brief break mid morning! so schools can have any start and close time :rolleyes:

Meanwhile has anyone looked at the Ration Book Diet perchance?

I have from my local library it is really quite good

thriftlady_2

The_Dragon wrote: »

Meanwhile has anyone looked at the Ration Book Diet perchance?

I have this too. It is quite good on the background to rationing but very poor on actual facts about what was on the ration. Nowhere does it list the rations each person was entitled to.

The actual diet part of the book consists of 7 meals per season most of which are modern recipes using foods that weren't available during rationing. It doesn't give you any guidance about daily diet. It really isn't a diet you can follow in the usual sense. There are some authentic recipes and it is well illustrated.

MrsE_2

jaytin wrote: »

I noticed whole salmon on offer yesterday in Tesco

Cheers for that, I'll pop in & get one:beer:

cw18

rosemary54 wrote: »

I used to be a registered childminder and did pre /post school but the Ofsted regulations etc got too much for me!
n.b did you know to take kids in your car you need extra insurance?also the ofsed lady told me if I took minded kids to the park and their friends came too then i was considered to be responsible for them as well.!!!!

Yes, I was aware of that. I have a friend who's a minder who doesn't have this as her hubby has their only car for work. But other "school Mum's" who are minders have the extra.

As to taking friends to the park, I wouldn't have considered doing this due to due to limits on numbers you can care for - as this includes your own (which I don't have - my 'baby' is 18) I assumed it included any 'hangers-on' anyway.

helyg

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

That comment wasn't aimed at any one who has sense enough to be on this web site but it appears to me that the programmes have been aimed at people brought up in the 1980's and 90's yuppie generation easy come easy go

I was brought up in the 80s and 90s (I was born in 1978), oh and I'd probably be classed as middle class... but I'm still thrifty and have been for as long as I can remember!

The_Dragon

Thanks for the comments on the Ration Book Diet - I might try and get it from our local library before I splash out for it!

gabyjane

freakyogre wrote: »

The only person I know who has one is my sister. I really don't like them, I don't think they clean things properly and some things seem to come out scratched. And they seem to smell. I'll stop ranting now.

Well i am freakys sister and i know she doesn't like them BUT she was like me years ago when dh went on about getting one when we moved and it was a big no no..we do now have one and i have to say i couldn't live without it (well i could but ykwim!) The only things i can think of that have come out scratched are glasses and forks BUT we have realised the glasses are from storing them inside each other in the cupnoards and the forks are from the knives we sometimes use as they are sharp steak ones. Everything else is fine and although it doesn't clean everything perfectly- 90% of the time it is very good. I always read things like my sisters responce until people actually get one and their opinion changes..like mine!!