Super Scrimpers

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Eliza wrote: »

I said we were having chips for tea and asked them to come and help prepare the spuds. She said almost the same thing - looked at me incredulously and said, you can't make chips at home!!

margaretclare wrote: »

'If you want chips then buy potatoes and make them properly, cheaper and better than frozen chips!' He used to make his own chips properly and they were lovely. I've never felt the same about chips ever since. I don't eat them now, but I haven't forgotten how to make them.

When I was little, making chips was the norm, now it's unusual for people to deep fry at home. Overall I think that's a good thing, keeping a deep fat fryer on hand is really unhealthy...I also remember chip pan fires as being quite common in the 1970s and 80s! The problem is that the have been replaced with nasty cardboardy oven chips - yuk! I had proper fried chips in Saturday and they were delicious. Expensive at £6 for a small side, but a really tasty one-in-every-10-year treat!

Mistral001

patchwork_cat wrote: »

I have to say that I am very upset. At the end a man recommended putting carpet grippers on fences to stop thieves. Well what about cats. My cat had a really lacerated paw probably from some fool doing something like that. It wasn't exactly money saving for me.

Apart from anything else if a burglar did injure themselves they could find themselves with an injury claim. You'd think the producers would check out the advice before broadcasting it, wouldn't you?

Yes I am surprised that it got through the legal department at the Channel. I suppose they thought that it is was no worse than barbed wire, but then barbed wire if it is placed normally is very visible and you try to climb knowing the the dangers and at your own pearl. The carpet grippers were effectly concealed and really a bit creepy as far as I can see. A kid trying to retrieve a ball while the owner was away, as kids do, would not see the carpet gripper before ripping their hands, whereas they would be able to see the barbered wire if it was placed in the usual way and clearly visible.

spike7451

Mistral001 wrote: »

Yes I am surprised that it got through the legal department at the Channel. I suppose they thought that it is was no worse than barbed wire, but then barbed wire if it is placed normally is very visible and you try to climb knowing the the dangers and at your own pearl. The carpet grippers were effectly concealed and really a bit creepy as far as I can see. A kid trying to retrieve a ball while the owner was away, as kids do, would not see the carpet gripper before ripping their hands, whereas they would be able to see the barbered wire if it was placed in the usual way and clearly visible.

I was wondering that as well considering it's illigal.

ljaybrad

Even as a younger viewer most of this really is common sense. I do think the only people who will watch it are those who do similar stuff anyway, but it is a little amusing.

stiltwalker

monnagran wrote: »

igaveupnowimback wrote: »

I was in Tesco the other day when one assistant rushed over to another and asked another how she could make sauce for macaroni.

Reminds me of when I asked an assistant in one of the super markets (can't remember which) where I could find Trex. She had never heard of it.
Me: It's a white fat like Cookeen.
(More blank looks)
Me: I want it to make pastry.
Her face cleared: Oh. Pastry. Follow me.
Off we trotted and she proudly pointed out the banks of JusRoll.
Me: No. I want to make my own pastry.
She looked incredulous: Is that possible then?

OK. She was very young and I am very old but what do they learn at school these days?

Reminds me of the time I asked where the soured cream was in our local Mr Ms and was told "I'm sorry we only sell it when it's fresh!"

It would be a good intro to moneysaving for the uninitiated but most of it is not really for me. I'm fairly young but not at all trendy and the whole nail thing wasn't really for me - besides it would be no good when I make bread by hand every day! Although I do have to say that the Irish cream from the Christmas episode was extremely delicious though far from scrimping as I ended up buying 2 half bottles of whisky rather than one as I'd drunk the batch I had already promised my mum I'd take up for Christmas as it was so delicious and had to make another!

The £50 meal thing reminded me why I was a little annoyed when Economy Gastronomy was on - it's easy for someone to cut back who spends silly amounts on food they don't really need especially if it's only for one week while the cameras are rolling but it is much harder to reduce grocery bills when you already shop and cook sensibly and to keep it up for week after week.

givememoney

tessie_bear wrote: »

i enjoyed the programme but i thought the sewing circle was funny...they had a fair bit of expensive equipment to use...machines/shears i wonder if the girls will be buying some of that to make their cushions out of nothing

I didn't really see the point of making cushions other than to get them to make something.

However, as they were young it was good to see them having a go and maybe, just maybe one or two of them would like to take up sewing as I am pretty sure the art is dying out.

When my kids were small I made their clothes, mainly for my daughter but for my son to. When she was a baby I could pick up a scrap of material for next to nothing and make her a nice dress. I made clothes for her dolls to. My son liked dressing up so I made him monster costumes etc.

I made curtains to. As I have aged and things now seem as cheap to buy I don't bother so much.

Having said that I did make my DH a Robin Hood costume. We belong to the Camping and Caravannng Club and at the yearly event they wanted to get into the Guiness Book of Records with the most Robin Hoods in one place. They did about 1,219 I believe.

Hubby and mate mucking about holding hands.

Hadley

I just love how cat owners think that non cat owners should have to cover sand pits etc in their gardens because of someone elses pest pooping all over.I have a toddler and have to check my garden every time my son goes out just because cat owners think it is funny that their cats goto the toilet eveywhere but in their own garden.It would be nice if the cat owners went around to their neighbours and cleaned up their pets mess.
If only one of the many things I have tried would work.It would be great if they gave a tip that worked.
Sorry for the rant just sick of cats and cat owners who don't think it's a problem.

Cat501

I'd keep a sandpit covered regardless. Would other (wild) animals do their business in sandpits? And there are always strays.

Hadley

I don't have a sandpit .The neighbours cats are always in our garden and the neighbours know this they just don't care after all the poo is in my garden not their's.My son has a right to cat poo free garden cat mess is very dangerous.The only other animals that come into my garden are birds who are then chased away by the cats.So I have no problem with any other animal either wild or domestic

Snowy_Owl

Florenceem wrote: »

We have lots of booze in the garage - Mr F used to drink before he met me. I had a really bad experience with an alcoholic - so I am a non drinker. Mr F joined me. What do we do with the bottles of booze?

What about putting tham on Gumtree? You decide the price -without knowing what you've you'v got, what about £3.50-5 a bottle at least to get them shifted?

Snowy