Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

Teapartymum

Yes I can so going to catch up, found the book this week so going to get it ( if think)

liz545

I made the yogurt sauce for kebabs yesterday - OH was in the mood for Nandos, and I convinced him we could do something at home much cheaper - deboned some chicken thighs and marinaded them in sweet chili sauce, and served them with tortilla wraps, yogurt sauce and salad (I called it "broccoli slaw" but it was really just shredded broccoli stalk!:rotfl:). The sauce was really tasty and very easy - 1 pot plain yogurt, 1tbsp tahini paste, some chopped mint, squeeze of lemon, garlic (the recipe says 4 cloves but I only used 2) and salt. All in all, a great meal and it fed 3 for £2/head!

sistercas

I love economy gastronomy, i have made the bedrock braised mince , portioned up into 3 ( with added grated carrot and lentils ) , a chicken curry and some chicken goujons. so hopefully that will mean less cooking during the week.

aspiringgeekygirl

Farway wrote: »

What's the betting it is the "don't buy ready made meals but cook your own" type of programme?

TV Chefs would prefer it if we made all our own and did not have a stash of ready mades of prefered standard at the ready. Nor Takeaways which of course can be done better homemade but who is gonna resist a really top class takeaway?? (surely such admonitions must force Takeaways to up their game to keep trade).
I have noticed that it does not take place on a grotty Council Estate or in Social Housing where shock horror the denizens such as myself wish to get the qaulity for as few pence as they can get away with.
TV Chefs have regular Campaigns to reform the erring British palate. That is well and good but TV Chefs MUST meet us in our places of need and where there is a grotty corner shop and not nearly 3 supermarkets (asda, tesco, Waitrose to come) nearby as in my lowly estate.
I think credit where it is due but one must needs learn to be canny the lower one's income is and I live on Benefits and am proudly middle class; believe in working class qaulity food (thank goodness!! see Jane grigson) and ultimately solve the pressing problemn of FUTURE and eat well in the process so one prevents diseases as far as possible (bar genetics etc)

aspiringgeekygirl

sistercas wrote: »

I love economy gastronomy, i have made the bedrock braised mince , portioned up into 3 ( with added grated carrot and lentils ) , a chicken curry and some chicken goujons. so hopefully that will mean less cooking during the week.

Old time Housewives would make n meals out of mince and chicken etc they have introduced Veal Shin a must for my Menu!! It is just a rebranding and an attempt to unite Gastromony with Economy.
:eek:

voiceofreason

aspiringgeekygirl wrote: »

TV Chefs would prefer it if we made all our own and did not have a stash of ready mades of prefered standard at the ready. Nor Takeaways which of course can be done better homemade but who is gonna resist a really top class takeaway?? (surely such admonitions must force Takeaways to up their game to keep trade).
I have noticed that it does not take place on a grotty Council Estate or in Social Housing where shock horror the denizens such as myself wish to get the qaulity for as few pence as they can get away with.
TV Chefs have regular Campaigns to reform the erring British palate. That is well and good but TV Chefs MUST meet us in our places of need and where there is a grotty corner shop and not nearly 3 supermarkets (asda, tesco, Waitrose to come) nearby as in my lowly estate.
I think credit where it is due but one must needs learn to be canny the lower one's income is and I live on Benefits and am proudly middle class; believe in working class qaulity food (thank goodness!! see Jane grigson) and ultimately solve the pressing problemn of FUTURE and eat well in the process so one prevents diseases as far as possible (bar genetics etc)

Eh? What??

helyg

aspiringgeekygirl wrote: »

TV Chefs would prefer it if we made all our own and did not have a stash of ready mades of prefered standard at the ready. Nor Takeaways which of course can be done better homemade but who is gonna resist a really top class takeaway?? (surely such admonitions must force Takeaways to up their game to keep trade).
I have noticed that it does not take place on a grotty Council Estate or in Social Housing where shock horror the denizens such as myself wish to get the qaulity for as few pence as they can get away with.
TV Chefs have regular Campaigns to reform the erring British palate. That is well and good but TV Chefs MUST meet us in our places of need and where there is a grotty corner shop and not nearly 3 supermarkets (asda, tesco, Waitrose to come) nearby as in my lowly estate.
I think credit where it is due but one must needs learn to be canny the lower one's income is and I live on Benefits and am proudly middle class; believe in working class qaulity food (thank goodness!! see Jane grigson) and ultimately solve the pressing problemn of FUTURE and eat well in the process so one prevents diseases as far as possible (bar genetics etc)

Is Economy Gastronomy a class issue then?

I would have thought that the constraints of time and the fact that a lot of people haven't actually been taught how to cook properly would be the same whether you live in a council flat or a country mansion!

Lesley_Gaye

Well, I was really quite staggered this week, and somewhat ashamed.

I have cooked for most of my life, and am the kind of shopper that if I am, say, buying carrots, I will check the price of the ones in bags before automatically taking loose ones, just in case the sneaky supermarket has fiddled with the prices. Always on the lookout for a bargain, shop at markets, greengrocers (esp their cheapy, bashed, box) etc

And yet ...... I had received an order for some meals for a local shop and needed some chicken. As it was pies I would be making, I automatically looked at the packs of thighs, as they would be cheaper. My OH much prefers breast meat, while I always choose the leg given an option. I knew that packs of breast meat would be more expensive than a whole chicken, but was under the impression that a pack of thighs would be cheaper.
But either somethng has changed since I checked (have I ever checked? Can't remember!) but, whatever, I happened to check the price per kilo of a whole chicken against the pack of thighs and was amazed to see that the whole chicken was cheaper.

How could I have gone this long and not known that! (Hence the shame)

Guess what I will be buying from now on! As well as checking more prices to make sure there are no other nasty little assumptions lurking in there.

Made the pies - chicken and ham, so had a little joint of ham as well to boil. So now had some lovely ham stock, and a carcass for stock as well.

So made some delish green split pea soup with all the resulting stock

My OH is rather squeamish with meat and until recently wouldn't touch soup made with chicken stock because of the icky look of the back of a stripped chicken carcass. But I persevered and offered it every time I made it and eating it myself when he turned it down. But he has recently relented and ate it under protest for a while, and now isn't commenting at all - hooray

thriftlady_2

aspiringgeekygirl wrote: »

TV Chefs would prefer it if we made all our own and did not have a stash of ready mades of prefered standard at the ready. Nor Takeaways which of course can be done better homemade but who is gonna resist a really top class takeaway?? (surely such admonitions must force Takeaways to up their game to keep trade).
I have noticed that it does not take place on a grotty Council Estate or in Social Housing where shock horror the denizens such as myself wish to get the qaulity for as few pence as they can get away with.
TV Chefs have regular Campaigns to reform the erring British palate. That is well and good but TV Chefs MUST meet us in our places of need and where there is a grotty corner shop and not nearly 3 supermarkets (asda, tesco, Waitrose to come) nearby as in my lowly estate.
I think credit where it is due but one must needs learn to be canny the lower one's income is and I live on Benefits and am proudly middle class; believe in working class qaulity food (thank goodness!! see Jane grigson) and ultimately solve the pressing problemn of FUTURE and eat well in the process so one prevents diseases as far as possible (bar genetics etc)

I'm sorry, but what are you saying? What you have written is really hard to follow.

Capital letters are used at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns.

MrsE_2

aspiringgeekygirl wrote: »

TV Chefs would prefer it if we made all our own and did not have a stash of ready mades of prefered standard at the ready. Nor Takeaways which of course can be done better homemade but who is gonna resist a really top class takeaway?? (surely such admonitions must force Takeaways to up their game to keep trade).
I have noticed that it does not take place on a grotty Council Estate or in Social Housing where shock horror the denizens such as myself wish to get the qaulity for as few pence as they can get away with.
TV Chefs have regular Campaigns to reform the erring British palate. That is well and good but TV Chefs MUST meet us in our places of need and where there is a grotty corner shop and not nearly 3 supermarkets (asda, tesco, Waitrose to come) nearby as in my lowly estate.
I think credit where it is due but one must needs learn to be canny the lower one's income is and I live on Benefits and am proudly middle class; believe in working class qaulity food (thank goodness!! see Jane grigson) and ultimately solve the pressing problemn of FUTURE and eat well in the process so one prevents diseases as far as possible (bar genetics etc)

So you live on a grotty council estate (your words) & are on benefits, but you are middle class:rolleyes:

I don't live on a an estate & we all work very hard (DH is self employed, DD & I are public sector).

I am proud to consider my family working class & I think you need a dose or reality:rolleyes: