What can I make with flour,sugar,butter and water?

valk_scot

Crikey...I've been down to the basics before, but never that bad. Do you not have neighbours that you can borrow a few bits and bobs from? If one of my neighbours came round saying what you're saying here, I'd basically open the cupboard doors and tell them to help themselves.

Right, 92p in Asda. Plus what you have. Tin of Value curry sauce plus an onion, carrot and potato to make a vegetable curry with the rice? Tin of tomatoes plus cream cheese to make creamy sauce for the spaghetti? Tin of mixed veg or corn, potato, onion and grated carrot to make veggie fritters with the chilli sauce? Mixed veg stir fry with chilli sauce and 9p noodles? Mixed veg risotto with chilli sauce for flavouring?

If I had 92p to my name I wouldn't be heading for Asda though, tbh. I'd head for my local asian greengrocer, the kind where the stuff is all sold out of crates, explain what money I had then get myself that much in assorted veggies, plus a couple of loose eggs if possible. I used to do that when we were really skint. I could cook us a week of meals out of a carrier bag of loose veg...no, you won't get a carrier bag full for 92p at todays prices, but you've got carbohydrates there, so you just need enough to bulk these out. Couple of spuds, onion, cheap small cabbage?

zippychick

valk_scot wrote: »

Crikey...I've been down to the basics before, but never that bad. Do you not have neighbours that you can borrow a few bits and bobs from? If one of my neighbours came round saying what you're saying here, I'd basically open the cupboard doors and tell them to help themselves.

I would do the same Valk, but not everyone is on such terms with their neighbours unfortunately.

OP let us know how you got on and your 92p!

purpleivy

It's Friday tomorrow! Just a day to go. Hope you're getting on OK.

Boodle

loobyloo2 wrote: »

Carrot and coriander soup and rice pudding.

Soda bread (if you can get a bit of soda) warm with lashings of butter.

Grated carrot salad (apple,seeds,cabbage,oil if you can)

Spaghetti cooked then add big dollop of butter and chilli sauce and stir thru (nice too with just ketchup)

Johnny bakes, Flour, tsp butter, water to mix to stiff dough, fry in small dumpling size pieces until cooked ll waythrough, great with beans if you can stretch that far.

Carrot sticks with chilli and cream cheese dip.

I hit the thanks button but still felt the need to point out how fab this post was :T

If you can't get hold of soda for the soda bread, you can mix up some dough with your flour, a tbsp or so of melted butter and water. Roll this out fairly thinly and whack in a hot oven for about 5 minutes until cooked.

You can also make pancakes without eggs, just flour and milk or water until a thickish batter and fry in the butter. They will be better with a pinch of salt if you have some. You could have them rolled around the grated carrot salad Loobyloo suggests as a hand-held lunch.

nodwah

Hope you got on ok - if you were closer to where I live i'd take you out!

HariboJunkie

valk_scot wrote: »

Crikey...I've been down to the basics before, but never that bad. Do you not have neighbours that you can borrow a few bits and bobs from? If one of my neighbours came round saying what you're saying here, I'd basically open the cupboard doors and tell them to help themselves.

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Maybe the OP would find that embarrassing.

Hope your OH spent your 92p wisely OP. Bet you can't wait for tommorrow. x

tara747

How are you getting on Emzycal? Hopefully the ladies of OS have worked their magic and you have been ok. Thinking of you xoxo

smileyt_2

If this happens again (or for anyone else who is really on their uppers) it might be worth checking with your local church. My church has a St Vincent de Paul society (it's Catholic) and they will give food parcels out - just basic stuff like teabags and baked beans and maybe pasta or a tin of corned beef - but enough to get you through a few days. I guess it would be up to you whether or not you wanted to take 'charity' though, but the people who run this are really nice and understanding so hopefully it's the same with other similar organisations. They have helped me out in the past. You could always offer to come back and make a donation the next week once you have been paid - and then stun them by actually doing that!

Hope you have been paid, been shopping, cooked and have a full tummy now.

Emzycal

I'm sorry I havn't updated - we got food from Asda and we're fine food wise.

Our bunny died though so I've not been up to posting.

x

smileyt_2

Aw emzycal, I'm sorry to hear about your rabbit. Don't let anyone belittle you for being upset at 'just a rabbit', our pets are precious.