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10 things you should never buy again

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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    value pasta.. that stuff is rank... even I refused to eat it!

    I buy bagged salad.. 1 bag is enough to feed my brood.. no waste :D I don't eat salad.
    muddy potatoes and carrots.. I am not buying dirt!

    Organic anything... wwwhhhyyyyyyyy???????????
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  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
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    A cooker. Takes up more space than my microwave, bread maker, steamer, toaster and slow cooker, all of which I do use, and uses more elecricity than if I ran all the others at the same time! The only use I have for it is storing baking/cake/loaf tins...:D
  • atush
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    No1 and No3 are actually factually Wrong.

    1-Spices tend to be ground and if so, they last only a short period of time before they lose their Umph! Unless you buy whole spices and a spice grinder (coffee grinder) then a soice mix can be cheaper than buying 5 bottles of different spices that will lose their flavor before you use them.

    3-Frozen vegetables are actually higher in quality and vitamins than many fresh veggies as they have been processed and frozen w/in hours form harbest whereas some 'fresh' veg can be weeks (or on the case of carrots etc) months old. I still buy fresh veg mostly, apart from peas which unless fresh out of the garden taste like cardboard.

    The only time I ever buy bottled water is when being forced to in aiports as you can't bring your own anymore. Then I re use that bottle for weeks afterwards.
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    value pasta.. that stuff is rank... even I refused to eat it!

    I buy bagged salad.. 1 bag is enough to feed my brood.. no waste :D I don't eat salad.
    muddy potatoes and carrots.. I am not buying dirt!

    Organic anything... wwwhhhyyyyyyyy???????????

    The dirt on potatoes helps them to 'keep' longer.I suppose the same applies to carrots.

    I prefer organic,as they are free of pesticides.
  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    actually don't buy any of these, would add any ready meal to the list there's very little that can't be cookedfrom scratch
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
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