Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

Caroline73_2

thriftlady wrote: »

Why? I never rinse mine. Put it in a pan with twice its volume of water. Bring to a boil, turn right down, clap a lid on and leave alone for 10-12 mins. Do not stir. Perfect separate grains of rice every time.

I cook mine like that but I use brown rice so have to give it longer. I learnt that technique from Come Dine with Me. Before that I always had 'claggy' rice.

westcoastscot

Hi Spendaholic,
A litttle off-topic, but would you care to share your apricot cut and come again cake? sounds delish - I love apricots and almonds.
Havent seen the programme yet - forgot about it - but will have to look on i-player
Pauline :-)

Oops!! meant share the recipe not the cake (although you can do that too!!) sorry

freyasmum

liney wrote: »

Asda definately sell Brisket as i have bought it.

Chuck steak is also known as stewing steak isn't it? which they also sell.

I must admit i missed the first 15 minuites, but i though the misleading part was advertising it as a thrifty programme then spending over £200 on the weekly shop.

Xaviera wrote: »

I know! Me and MF both gulped at that when they said it. :mad::D

His Mum feeds a family of 5 on £50 p/w!!

Baby Steps!!!

The family had been spending £320 so £210 was a huge saving for them - and they cut their budget by another £50 themselves in only a few months. That's a saving of half what they had been spending!

We don't tell any newbies here that they need to slash their budget from £300 to £20 and a couple of wooden pegs in one go now, do we? If you've had no one to show you how to do it, you don't know - it all takes time to learn.

Who knows - maybe in a few years, they'll be here scoffing at your £50 for 5

christmaspud

i missed the programme last night when is it repeated again please

MrsBartolozzi

christmaspud wrote: »

i missed the programme last night when is it repeated again please

Not sure, but it is available on bbc i-player at the mo.

touch*my*food*feel*myfork

christmaspud wrote: »

i missed the programme last night when is it repeated again please

It doesn't say that it is repeated in the Radio times, but it was on bbc2 so could watch on iplayer

thriftlady_2

avinabacca wrote: »

The question is why the programme uses a butcher to describe economical cuts of meat, specifies a cut of meat you'll only normally find in a butcher's shop to make the recipe - and then cuts straight to footage of the family in the local supermarket.

Ok, point taken. I didn't actually watch the programme myself, good job really as it would have made me cross too.

Now that I think about it, Waitrose have been stocking the more old-fashioned cuts of meat lately including things like ox tongue, and not at exorbitant prices either;)

WASHER

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

I found this article about Paul Merrett. He spends about £60 a week on his family groceries.
I say well done to him, practise what you preach and all that!! (Oh and I like his style regarding kid's breakfast cereals - my 2 are exactly the same!).

I have fallen in love, I want to marry this chap. He cooks, does the supermarket shop and prepares dinner in the morning so his wife and children can eat well.....Where have I gone wrong

I thought it was an excellent programme last night, it really isn't easy reducing your food bill to £60/£80 per week which I would call reasonable nowadays, without having help and understanding how to cook from scratch and some people find that daunting...I know I did before I discovered the OS board, so bearing that in mind I thought the family did really well.

I'm going to use his tip on the children cereals though, cause my DS would eat it morning, noon and night if I let him, he has a food phobia, nothing can touch anything on the plate, and nothing can be served in a sauce..he has been like that since 12 months old, on the other hand my DD eats almost anything, except spinach, but thats ok cause I dislike the stuff too.

Bitsy_Beans

thriftlady wrote: »

Depends what you consider a pudding. In my house the kids ask 'what's for pud?' after every meal. Weekdays my usual answer is 'an apple'. It is still pudding to them;) I think the 50 refers to each serving-2 puddings (lunch and dinner) per person per day.

Well Paul was referring to their desire for all things sweet so I don't think he was suggesting a pudding was an apple or fruit. More likely some artificial mousse or trifle given what the kid picked up in the supermarket later.

RightyTightyLeftyLoosey

WASHER wrote: »

I have fallen in love, I want to marry this chap.

+1

Meal planning? £60 a week to feed his family, despite being a top chef?

He'll be the new MSE OS board pin-up boy.