really old style living?

suzybloo

saw that too prepare at home - have a look at the table of average weekly spend in the report! nearly £40 for restaraunts £58 for recreation and culture............ wonder how many people on these boards have these two items in their weekly spend, some have to run ALL their house off less than these two items put together!

mardatha

We're currently on £16600 - two pensions. But we pay full rent and most of the CTax. Is funny cos we reckon we have more money now than we did when we were working. Mainly because we dont need the huge petrol bills we used to have - at one point it was 100 miles a day/500 miles a week the OH did.

jackyann

Seakay wrote: »

I have a recipe for Golden Buck which uses up eggs and is in the rarebit tradition (we seem to only have the Welsh variety left but with many variations, but old books have lots of different recipes with different names eg Kentish Rarebit has apples in)

Golden Rarebit - The Art of British Cooking by Theodora FitzGibbon

4 tablespoons grated cheddar
1oz butter
3 tablespoons dark beer
a pinch of celery salt or salt
cayenne pepper
2 beaten eggs
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon cream or milk
4 rounds of toast

Put the grated cheese in a saucepan with the butter, beer, celery salt and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Heat gently until it begins to melt, then add the beaten eggs and cream. Finally add the Worcestershire sauce. Have the toast ready and pour the mixture over and serve at once.

How lovely! I have a Theodora Fitzgibbon book which I use a lot.

Would like to add, re the discussion about teaching kids about money: was chatting to one of mine yesterday. We were fortunate enough to have a steady income when they were young. We budgeted carefully & they had everything they needed; but treats were given careful thought. My child was saying how fortunate he was - he felt that he earned respect for money compared to some of his friends & acquaintance. He also said he never remembered feeling disadvantaged about not going on expensive trips or getting a play station: he felt happy with what he had.
Always nice when the thing you have tried to do as a parent works!

mardatha

I was wondering one day why they dont teach budgeting and how to run a house in school - and then I thought I bet half the teachers are in debt up to their eyeballs with cards and loans too - that would be hard to teach for them!

oldtractor

Starting that thread about really Os living,shopping 2 or 3 times a year
[i cant find the thread BTW]. Anyway I've taken it on board and have had a massshoove order delivered this morning,tins,dried stuff,cleaning stuff,frozen food. AT LEAST 4 months supply. :j
Me and DH are well chuffed. its a great feeling and we are so fortunate being able to buy like this. And its saved us a load of money too :j
So Mardatha :beer: great idea and thanks for inspiring me:beer:

joedenise

Wish I had the storage space to do that too. I've only got enough space to store about 4-6 weeks worth of tins, dried foods etc.

Denise

lizzyb1812

Here's the thread Oldtractor

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2584367

I've not done the big order thing, but I too can now eat from home for ages. Good feeling isn't it?

mummybearx

Isn't that Mad Arthur?? :rotfl:

What kinds of food have you bought? Do you mean you literally won't be visiting a shop for the next X months? Or only going there for bits and bobs?

I could realistically survive snowed in the house for about 3 weeks, eating lots of pasta dishes and risottos lol! Would love some hints and tips so I shop less

mishmogs

Or doesnt she also answer to...... MARDYWOTSIT????:rotfl:

oldtractor

joedenise wrote: »

Wish I had the storage space to do that too. I've only got enough space to store about 4-6 weeks worth of tins, dried foods etc.

Denise

Neither do I really,its under the bed and in a cupboard upstairs, the freezer is i our shed in the garden :j