Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

mummygems

Olderbutnotwiser wrote: »

Hi I love the programme but to be honest I'm not that delighted with the book, I may resell it on. However I fear this may be a bit controversial
But I'm a huge fan of the programme

I have sent mine back The problem is most of the things in the book only I would eat and I just dont have the room to store so many extra portions!

I am only just starting to cook from scratch but due to having such fussy eaters in my household the book just wasnt worth it.

Secretly glad I am not the only one who wasnt that delighted.

competitionscafe

Olderbutnotwiser wrote: »

Hi I love the programme but to be honest I'm not that delighted with the book, I may resell it on. However I fear this may be a bit controversial
But I'm a huge fan of the programme

I have not read it but it does seem to have got a bit of a marmite reaction on amazon - quite mixed reviews although the positive outweigh the negative:
excellent/good: (5 or 4 stars) = 18; average (3 stars) = 2; poor/very poor (2 or 1 stars) = 9. So about two good reviews for every bad one and hardly any in the middle. Probably worth a good browse in a bookshop first?

shellsmithcat

competitionscafe wrote: »

I have not read it but it does seem to have got a bit of a marmite reaction on amazon - quite mixed reviews although the positive outweigh the negative:
excellent/good: (5 or 4 stars) = 18; average (3 stars) = 2; poor/very poor (2 or 1 stars) = 9. So about two good reviews for every bad one and hardly any in the middle. Probably worth a good browse in a bookshop first?

LOl did not think about looking in a bookshop at it first - great yet obvious idea - thank you will do that.

foxgloves

Hi Frugalista, Just seen your request for me to post the Carrot & garlic chutney recipe. Yes, it's the same as the one in the Sophie Grigson link left for you in another post. The only thing I do differently is replace the 500ml water with more cider vinegar. I've made this chutney both ways and find that with the sweetness of the carrots it's got a tendancy to go slightly 'jammy' with the water, so I prefer to make it with all vinegar. My partner, who as I said in my original post, is a huge fan of this chutney doesn't mind which way it's made and scoffs it down regardless, so perhaps it's just me!

smartcat04

Have requested the book from my library so if I love it I'll then buy. Going to have to watch this weels episode on iplayer tomorrow- thrown all my plans out it being on a wednesday.

vivamartin

I like the idea
Thank you for this interesting post

Scarlett25

Just to remind everyone -

Economy Gastronomy is on TONIGHT Tuesday Sept 15th at 7pm and not on a Wednesday as it usually is!

It's the last episode :eek:

freyasmum

Oh

What will we all moan about now?

PasturesNew

Two gay men and their 3 year old daughter.

1] Headteacher, eats a crumpet at school with beans/cheese.
2] Charity fund raiser

£9000/year annual food bill

Spends £170/week, then takes it home and throws out 1/4 of last week's shopping.

zippychick

OH BOO! IS it different for Northern Ireland?! :O