Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

GettingHitched

In this months Good Food, they had a couple of the recipes.

IMO they could have done a lot better by posting on here...cant wait to see the next family tho...did you see it at the end...putting food down the sink...

bumble-bee_3

Did I miss how they spent £209? They spent just under £140 in Asda for the weeks shop, that was supposed to be the list of everything they needed for the week. Where did they spend the other £70, a third of their budget?

Agree with others they were a lovely family, I don't think I would be that enthusiastic cooking at 9pm with a film crew asking for retakes etc

thriftlady_2

I'm so weak when it comes to cookery books:rolleyes::D. I have ordered it from Amazon for £9. I know it probably won't tell me anything I don't already know, but hey, I love cookery books and I especially love ones that agree with me;)

Anyone else got it?

Reverbe

debtmuncher wrote: »

lol whats wrong with the ready made pastry? life saver imo esp puff pastry!!

Jamie Oliver freely admits he makes use of ready made puff pastry.. He can make it but like he says he can't be arsed to spend the time when you can buy really good ready done stuff...

Reverbe

katiekoo wrote: »

I saw that the two chefs were on BBC Breakfast telly this am but managed to miss their segment whilst making tea. Were they answering criticism of the show?

It was only Allegra and she was talking about bottled water and that they dont use it in her Leon restaurant and get letters from customers praising that they supply iced tap water to diners.

Reverbe

Chell wrote: »

He spends £60 on groceries but then it says his daughter spends £2 per day on school meals so that is another £10. On the last programme the man was to take a packed lunch rather than buy food. :rotfl:

I have to say years before I even heard of MSE, I worked for a govt dept that has a large number of large offices in a complex.This complex is on a large dual carriageway and has no shops or takeaways nearby nor does it have any staff canteen facilities despite being home to several hundred employees.

The only access to food for those not taking their own were a number of food and sandwich mobile units and vans.Large kitchens were provided with tables and chairs, microwave, water coolers,fridges and cupboards.

It never ceased to amaze me the amount of money that some workers spent especially the lads in other departments who would spend about £5 a day at least on sandwiches, crisps, chocolate and coffees. I used to think of how many sandwiches one can get from a loaf...They never saw how much they were getting through.

Tho I get fed up of sandwiches from time to time - never really been a big bread eater - I never got tired of my lunch.With a desk drawer containing cutlery, bowl, plate and mug I had leftovers, soups, noodles, rice dishes, all kinds..at a fraction of the cost of mobile van customers.:T

rosemary54

AlwaysHappy wrote: »

I really enjoy this show, its appalling how much the family were spending, but fair play to them for their positive mentality and already having reduced their spend so much. The programme is now compulsive viewing and I am toying with the idea of getting the book - not very money saving I know!! I just wondered when they were asked what leftovers they had and she produced bits of tomatoes out of the freezer - where were they from? and what tomato bits were they anyway. I'm always interested in what bits and pieces people chuck in their freezer for later and don't want to miss a trick.

yes I did not understand the tomato bit!I eat all the tomato especially the ones I grow myself(OH eat cherry ones like grapes for a pud!)

rosemary54

Reverbe wrote: »

It was only Allegra and she was talking about bottled water and that they dont use it in her Leon restaurant and get letters from customers praising that they supply iced tap water to diners.

we always ask for a jug of water(have done so since early hols in France with children)but were shocked at being charged £2 for a jug recently:mad::mad::mad:.....esp as they gave us a free glass of cava after the meal....we just knocked it off the tip so waiter lost out

ALIBOBSY

purplegirluk1 wrote: »

Does anyone know if they will be doing a vegetarian family at all? Last nights show was great but not much I can use for my family. The tortia (sp?) looked nice but no recipe :-(

Earlier on in the thread someone posted links to some of the recipes and there was a selection of pumpkin recipes so I assume at least one programme will be veggie.

I have bookmarked it as I have 4 big pumpkins growing in the garden now. Going to keep one for halloween, but eat the others yummy.

Will look for the link

ali x

here you are, hope this works
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/05/economy-gastronomy-pumpkin-feast

ALIBOBSY

another veggie one here as well
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/07/economy-gastronomy-allegra-mcevedy

sounds yummy

ali x