debtors going without food.

PasturesNew

Fire_Fox wrote: »

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The point I was trying to make is I could never find the list of how she does it. Too many long, long, long threads of chat and no definitive list.

Harry_Powell

PasturesNew wrote: »

The point I was trying to make is I could never find the list of how she does it. Too many long, long, long threads of chat and no definitive list.

You should post this on her thread, maybe she'll reproduce her list/info?

PasturesNew

For the record, there's a big storm coming .... so I've been out shopping for goodies. I am not only not going without food, but I am swamped in it.

Harry_Powell

MrCarrot wrote: »

However, I do take steps to minimise the damage - for example I live in a modest house to keep my mortgage as low as possible when in reality I could probably borrow a lot more. If I was put into hospital tomorrow I'd have to find £150 a month to pay my mortgage, whereas lots of people would have to find £500 a month simply because they chose to live in a better house.

This isn't strictly true, it depends as much on when the person bought their house, where the home is located and what their mortgage interest rate as it does on how much they paid for the house.

I have a very modest home that I have just bought, yet my mortgage payments are a lot more than £500pm even on interest only. For what I paid for my house in London, I could have bought a much larger nicer place oop north.

Even then, if someone has bought in the last couple of years or se (ie. post boom), they could have a £100k mortgage on a pretty basic property, and may not have been one of the lucky few to have a low-rate tracker mortgage.

StevieJ

Harry_Powell wrote: »

This isn't strictly true, it depends as much on when the person bought their house, where the home is located and what their mortgage interest rate as it does on how much they paid for the house.

I have a very modest home that I have just bought, yet my mortgage payments are a lot more than £500pm even on interest only. For what I paid for my house in London, I could have bought a much larger nicer place oop north.

Even then, if someone has bought in the last couple of years or se (ie. post boom), they could have a £100k mortgage on a pretty basic property, and may not have been one of the lucky few to have a low-rate tracker mortgage.

Somewhere like Delph still expensive in some places Ooooop north.

carolt

Somewhere like Delph?

One of my children's godparents live in Delph - is that supposed to be cheap or expensive, then, Stevie?

puddy

what did you buy PN? havent you got a freezer, thats how i get my veggies, so that i can just use a handful of broc or cauli at a time?

i am desparately trying to cut down on grocery costs. i just cant seem to. OH is incredibly fussy, wont eat eggs, cheese, beans, pasta, leftovers, very tomatoey things, bread thats been open more than 2 days, or anything thats more than 2 days open.

me on the other hand, my favourite meals are left overs, i can eat the same thing day in and day out if necessary. im also ok with just having toast for tea if thats all ive got in. i also am not too proud or finicky to cut mould off cheese and bread, its never done me any harm...

he will come home with a multi pack of crisps and chocolate because he knows i wont have bought these.

i have announced to him last week that we are now going to have 2 meat free nights a week (i used to be veggie), he nearly passed out.
im going to surprise him in a minute by telling him that he and his daugther (visiting this weekend) are having a chick pea curry for tea tomorrow... its not going to go down well.

StevieJ

carolt wrote: »

Somewhere like Delph?

One of my children's godparents live in Delph - is that supposed to be cheap or expensive, then, Stevie?

Not cheap round there, up in tham thar ills, I quite like all those Saddleworth villages.

PasturesNew

jenner wrote: »

what did you buy PN? havent you got a freezer, thats how i get my veggies, so that i can just use a handful of broc or cauli at a time?

Loads of stuff. choccy bars, crisps, Piri Piri Chicken pizza (novelty! saving for best), 5Kg of spuds, grapes, bananas, coronation chicken sandwich filler, cheddar, wholemeal bread, mayo, salad cream, fizzy drinks, sweet chilli sauce, biryani sauce (trying a jar for the first time ever), noodles, eggies

It's a proper single person's shopperama.

I went out with a "devil may care" attitude to spending, but with an eye on the fact I have to be able to eat everything by its best before date.

No freezer, no room for one (bedsit).

jenner wrote: »

i am desparately trying to cut down on grocery costs. i just cant seem to. OH is incredibly fussy, wont eat eggs, cheese, beans, pasta, leftovers, very tomatoey things, bread thats been open more than 2 days, or anything thats more than 2 days open.

He'd starve here. There's no such thing as "leftovers", simply "ingredients I prepared ahead"

jenner wrote: »

me on the other hand, my favourite meals are left overs, i can eat the same thing day in and day out if necessary. im also ok with just having toast for tea if thats all ive got in. i also am not too proud or finicky to cut mould off cheese and bread, its never done me any harm...

he will come home with a multi pack of crisps and chocolate because he knows i wont have bought these.

i have announced to him last week that we are now going to have 2 meat free nights a week (i used to be veggie), he nearly passed out.

I tend to buy meat only in ready meals just because at tiny quantities it's expensive and not worth the hassle.

jenner wrote: »

im going to surprise him in a minute by telling him that he and his daugther (visiting this weekend) are having a chick pea curry for tea tomorrow... its not going to go down well.

Chick pea curry can be pretty minging... I did a lovely chilli once. Onions, grated carrots, red/green/yellow peppers, chopped broccoli, tin of tomatoes ... didn't need meat in it at all.

puddy

not my chick pea curry, i make excellent curry, no jars in this house (well sometimes)

i also make lovely chilli, either with meat or ..... tuna. most people think tuna chilli is disgusting until they taste mine,,, its lovely