Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

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geordie_joe wrote: »

Well, I have to say I didn't think I would enjoy the programme, but it turned out to be very amusing. But mostly it was sharing it with others on here and seeing that I was thinking the same as every one else.

Maybe we should send a link to this thread to Points Of View.

I agree

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ANY_CHANCE

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

surprisingly banana fritters are rather yummy, sounds weird but they do work

I agree they are great

i enjoyed watching this today will watch next week

kaz2004

Even £130 a week is so much more than I can afford. But £17,000 a year!

MrsBartolozzi

LilacPixie wrote: »

I am still in shock that that woman wasd feedingher kids such total carp

I agree, that was pretty shocking.
(I had to delay watching the start of this as kids were using the tv:rolleyes:). Just finished watching and I am as shocked as you all are about £17k a year!!
One thing I seemed to miss was at one point they had £66 left for ? I assume fresh stuff, how did they go over by £3. And the cheese doesn't cover all that £66. Any ideas?

Rikki

flying_fresian wrote: »

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The noise of a whole load of OSers keeling over thinking about how you spend £17,000 a year on food

There you go. Its better with pictures.

LilacPixie

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

I agree, that was pretty shocking.
(I had to delay watching the start of this as kids were using the tv:rolleyes:). Just finished watching and I am as shocked as you all are about £17k a year!!
One thing I seemed to miss was at one point they had £66 left for ? I assume fresh stuff, how did they go over by £3. And the cheese doesn't cover all that £66. Any ideas?

He was at the local shops for meat etc several times throughout the week

gunsandbanjos

flying_fresian wrote: »

I once put mushrooms in mine and Mr Fresian was disgustipated

Disgustipated is a great word:j I love making words up:p

flying_fresian wrote: »

*thud*

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The noise of a whole load of OSers keeling over thinking about how you spend £17,000 a year on food

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Did it say how many they were feeding for that? That is a lot of money:eek: You could eat fillet steak for every meal and not spend £326 a week

MrsBartolozzi

LilacPixie wrote: »

He was at the local shops for meat etc several times throughout the week

Ok, but if they had 3 days from the mince, and 1 day of mac cheese, a big chicken would do for the rest of the week, surely (meatwise)? (oh I forgot about the kfc-alike too)
Maybe he was stocking up on beer:beer:.

missychrissy

I thought the programme was very good. I'm shocked that people buy so many take aways and don't know how to cook from scratch.

I remember when my 23 yr old son cooked his new girlfriend a meal for valentines day - he did lasagne and fresh fruit salad. She was amazed that his cheese sauce didn't come out of a packet and he didn't just add a Dolmio sauce to his mince. They are still together, but he does the cooking.

My mother always cooked from scratch and I must have learned from her. I cook from scratch and so do my sons (now all in their 20s).

I think this programme might make people think about what they are feeding their families.

geordie_joe

Rikki wrote: »

There you go. Its better with pictures.

Nice one. If you go out tomorrow and pass a man with the imprint of a space bar on his forehead just say "Hi Geordie Joe".

£17,000 a year on food, there's kids starving in Africa!