As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

JIL

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I find the pre flavoured cous cous too strong, but I do buy it and use it one part to three parts plain cous cous, I find that gives it enough flavour, and then add some veg etc to that. Or else, just make it with some stock with a pinch of chilli chucked in.

That is a really good idea, sometimes i will just make up half a packet of the ainsley stuff, but what i could be doing is getting say three packets of his when its on offer and mixing it with the plain stuff and keeping it in a sealed jar and using what I need from there. It will make the ainsley stuff stretch further as well. As I said in my last post I do eat a lot of it.

JIL

bertiebots wrote: »

I love cous cous..I usually make it with a chicken stock cube and add roasted pepper, red onions and sainsburys basics greek style salad cheese

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/Cheese/Sainsburys_Basics_Greek_Style_Salad_Cheese_200g.html


nomnomnom!! Takes about 5 mins .......AHA!!!! Added to my list as I haven't made any for ages



When I say roasted I mean done in a heavy iron pan till caramelised (with a little oil),I have a great pan I got from ikea which is easier than warming up the oven

BTW thanks triffles..I know one of my downfalls is not drinking enough and I am making an effort to drink more water and have cut coffee out after 6pm. I dont know if its just me but I cant drink a big glass of water in one go, so I am trying little and often! Honey seems to be good for so many things...mother nature is a clever girl!

This is also really nice and half the price of halloumi, it makes great kebabs for vegetarians and can be done on the bbq. Morrisons also sell it with a chilli coating and its about the same price.
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Cheese/Levanto_Mediterranean_Style_Grilling_Cheese_200g.html

saveabobortwo

was wondering in what way does a drought effect power supplies.was in tesco today and overheard one family marchingaround saying its on offer we ll buy alot and another lady who was complaining to me how the price of corned beef had shot up think food prices are on lots of peoples minds more than i originally thought.

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shelley_crow wrote: »

do you buy your oats in bulk too Kittie? We get through a lot anyway so I wouldn't mind stockpiling.

I got 12 x 500g packs. I could have got bigger bulk but I like the fact that it is in separate packs just in case (weavils)

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I don`t think drought will affect power supplies but energy costs will be going up anyway. Its always good to have an emergency box for power cuts and to know where you keep it

freudianslip

I never would have thought I was have seen the day. My DH is chuffed with homemade butter and asked me to get on greenfingers to ask about is it too late to plant potatoes this year. I got some bargain bags a week or so back and put them in the cupboard for next spring. He's just said we need to do as much as we can ourselves. Wow. This is a man who has squandered money so much over the years, up until recently he thought buy one get one frees in packets and processed were a good deal. I have been showing him the importance of home made everything.

Honestly this is such a relief for me, just to have him on side is going to make this so much easier.

Yeah saveabob, it's definately on people's minds if it's bothering him!


edited to add. I wouldn't pay £2.87 for a box of cereal so I have porride oats steeping in water ready to set away in the morning.

I'm taking my makeup off with olive oil and going to use some of the emolient from the porridge oats to bathe my face in too.

Common sense isn't it. The whole idea is just learning a trick or two and then letting the ideas lead onto other massive steps and a fair few pounds saved (not to mention the health benefits!)

saveabobortwo

but buy a few more if i see them on offer or second hand at the boot fair i cant sometimes believe whats happening with the economy i think its because news on tv has never really been that positive but we are starting to believe whats happening in the economy when i see 12 pound for washing powder and 6.99 for 4 tins of tuna and also most of our lives things have been not too bad and we ve managed well .

JIL

saveabobortwo wrote: »

was wondering in what way does a drought effect power supplies.

I believe it has something to do with water being needed for cooling purposes in coal/nuclear power stations as well as being used in the hydro electric power stations.
hope this helps

ChocClare

saveabobortwo wrote: »

was wondering in what way does a drought effect power supplies.was in tesco today and overheard one family marchingaround saying its on offer we ll buy alot and another lady who was complaining to me how the price of corned beef had shot up think food prices are on lots of peoples minds more than i originally thought.

I read that too, saveabobortwo: scary stuff.

I imagine that electricity would be affected because we use a lot of hydropower (think Scottish Power). If there is less water in the rivers/falls then presumably there will be less weight of water to turn the turbines and therefore less power being generated.

I was talking to my "next-door" neighbour on Friday about the price of hay; she says they have cut one field for silage but the grass was only half its usual height at this time of year. They had to cut it because it was going to seed already but in terms of weight of feed for their cows it will only produce half of what they were producing last year - and these people are not rich, only small tenant farmers. The knock-on effect on herds where they don't have the acreage to be wandering around getting what grass they can will impinge on prices too, as the farmers there will need to be feeding them NOW. At least my neighbours' herd has acres and acres to wander round on - with rivers running through it luckily, so they're all right for the minute.

frosty

saveabobortwo wrote: »

but buy a few more if i see them on offer or second hand at the boot fair i cant sometimes believe whats happening with the economy i think its because news on tv has never really been that positive but we are starting to believe whats happening in the economy when i see 12 pound for washing powder and 6.99 for 4 tins of tuna and also most of our lives things have been not too bad and we ve managed well .

I was in homebargains yesterday and they had 3 tins of tuna for 99p.