Super Scrimpers

kippers

I think Martin Lewis should do a program with all of the money savers on the old style forum, giving wall to wall money saving tips...no £50 xmas dinners :eek: (we could do much better than that), no bright orange hats:eek: lots of re-using :j 'no waste' talks, :j living better but cheaper :j moving away from a materilistic life :j growing vegetables :j and lots and lots of money saving tips:j

This could be a whole series without the 'dribble' in the middle that tells us over and over again what has already been said lol

maman

kippers wrote: »

This could be a whole series without the 'dribble' in the middle that tells us over and over again what has already been said lol

That part of the programme is very mse. It saves the programmers money by stretching the material!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's very common on commercial channels. I find it patronising. Do they imagine we have the attention span of a gnat??

hilstep2000

It was interesting, but didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. I don't spend £50 on a wekks food, let alone for one dinner!

adelight

I'm just about to watch this (got it on mute for the ads!).
Me and OH are having our own xmas dinner a few days early and we'll be doing it for under a tenner with cheese board, meat, pud and loads of left overs. But no booze, being tee-total is so MSE


I wish I had the ability to "live off the land". I think having my own small holding and be relatively self sufficient is my ultimate life goal and it's going to take a lot of saving!!

eta: 20 minutes in before i realised "there's no christmas in this!" it redirected to series 1!!

telboyo

candygirl wrote: »

omg that sounds gorg hun.Thanks xx:D:D

Here's my red cabbage version.

Take some smoked pork lardons/speck/pancetta and fry the sliced cabbage in it for a couple of minutes, add a couple of cooking apples (peeled and cored) 2 bay leaves, teaspoon of caraway seeds 4 cloves and an oxo cube. add about 1/2 cup of water so it steams the cabbage. Also add a good dollop of any red/black jam. Steam with the lid on for a an hour or so, taste and add (wine)vinegar to get the acidity right and then cook for another hour or so.

Now the hard part- When it tastes just right take it off the heat and put in the fridge for 24-48 hours and it will taste even better.

PolkaDotsAndLace

Still not up on 4OD!

I'm also shocked by £50 Christmas apparently being cheap, but not having seen it yet I'm not sure what that's supposd to cover or how many people. Part of it is also that I personally don't really like turkey and would never buy it - we'd get a nice chicken or roast beef, so that's cheaper.

PixieDust

I rather liked the knitted stockings But then, I can't knit very well, so I think I have craft-ability envy more than anything!

I remember doing the tin can thing with the kids when they were little....they looked sh1te back then, too

tessie_bear

i enjoyed the programme...i thought the turkey carry on was not for us....i wouldnt want to eat turkey 5 days running i suppose u could freeze it but i think ill just buy a smaller one...i found the christmas dinner for £50 a bit misleading in a way...didnt like the way it was straight to the cheapest turkey and lunch isnt really the whole picture imo...what about breakfast/tea/extra teabags milk wine spirits for guests...what about boxing day ? i must be too generous a host:eek:

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maman wrote: »

<<<It would be laughable but when you heard how much food gets thrown away in this country every Christmas:eek:, it was absolutely criminal.

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And it bought whilst folk walk around the supermarkets listening to 'Do they know its Christmas' a song about famine;) I too find food waste appalling and do my best not to waste a scrap if I can

lostinrates

tessie_bear wrote: »

i enjoyed the programme...i thought the turkey carry on was not for us....i wouldnt want to eat turkey 5 days running i suppose u could freeze it but i think ill just buy a smaller one...i found the christmas dinner for £50 a bit misleading in a way...didnt like the way it was straight to the cheapest turkey and lunch isnt really the whole picture imo...what about breakfast/tea/extra teabags milk wine spirits for guests...what about boxing day ? i must be too generous a host:eek:

I find left overs the better bit of the holidays personally.