Super Scrimpers

oldtractor

my grandma used to turn collars and cuffs and when sheets got a hole in then she would cut them in half and sew outside edge to centre to make a new sheet. she made her own aprons too . no food was wasted, stock was made out of bones, pigs head brawn and so on. i find the difficulty nowadays is actually getting cheap cuts of meat, like skirt or trotters and people think others are too tight-fisted if they make do and mend like she used to,i hope this attitude changes soon and people are praised and valued for thriftiness.

vasseur

It never ceases to amaze me how these programmes present these ideas as if no one has ever thought of them before. Kirsty's Home Made Home was another one that used to really annoy me for the very same reasons

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Just watched all 3 of the aired episodes on 4od and thought that they were great. I wouldn't darn socks though, last time I stocked up they were £1.50 for 6 pairs at tesco and are all still in use now. At that price it wouldn't be worth the effort. One thing though, why buy people piggy banks and change jars when an old coffee jar would suffice? The show did remind me that I had eggs, apples and milk which needed using up so I have spent my day off baking like its going out of fashion .

song_of_calliope

For the bread pudding the super scrimper put into the oven all by itself - you can actually add fry up the "gloop" in some butter or oil until it browns and make beignets, sprinkle with sugar to serve. Not as healthy but tastier. I'd leave out the fruit, though it would probably still work with the fruit in.

7roland8

Missed the show this week but I suppse the newspaper fro the freezer could go in plastic carriers if you think its 'dirty'.
Personally I used to fill plastic bottles wtih water and freeze those if the freezer got a bit empty.

Sue14

flikkerty wrote: »

As if Barbara (who has been on some other show i am sure) had that bread mountain going stale and not in the freezer for the pudding that took over an hour in the oven on its own using all that electricity! Missed a trick there!

I couldn't believe that someone so 'thrifty' would allow so much bread to go stale in the first place. I have to admit that the birds in our garden used to eat most of our bread, as OH and I don't eat that much bread, and after our DS (who eats loads) left home it would often go mouldy before we finished it (sometimes almost a whole loaf :eek:), but since joining MSE I always store it in the freezer and have not thrown any out for months.

I have to agree that this week's was slightly better than the previous episodes, I quite liked the banana skin tip and will be trying that on a silver photo frame over the weekend.

lillibet_dripping

flikkerty wrote: »

I thought it was better this week too, the family were nice weren't they, sort of willed them on a bit.

I don't fancy sticking dirty newspaper in the freezer but i do like the idea of using reduced bread or filling plastic bags with water or something to fill the space. I like that tip.

As if Barbara (who has been on some other show i am sure) had that bread mountain going stale and not in the freezer for the pudding that took over an hour in the oven on its own using all that electricity! Missed a trick there!

I can't remember what the programme was called, but I have a picture in my mind of her in front of a cottage tallking about water butts/wheelie bins?

Frugalista

lillibet_dripping wrote: »

I can't remember what the programme was called, but I have a picture in my mind of her in front of a cottage tallking about water butts/wheelie bins?

I think the water butt/wheelie bin lady is/was a poster on these boards. Wasn't she on Martins' programme? I think she was from "Oop North" somewhere.

belfastgirl23

Lotus-eater wrote: »

It's easier to make more than one at once I would have thought.

When we go to school do's, we end up buying a few cakes to support the school and freeze what we don't need. We never really need to make cakes.

I make and freeze sponges if I have eggs that need used up

THIRZAH

I can't remember what show Barbara was on but wasn't she referred to as the "Green Granny" and wasn't Oxfam mentioned at some point?