How much to live on per week

Dunroamin

rubytuesday wrote: »

I still ascertain that frozen then defrosted food tastes crap so I rarely freeze anything except soup and occasionallly curry and have a fridge with a very small freezer.

Fortunately my daughter doesn't mind it which is great because it definitely is making things easier and cheaper for her.

She didn't enjoy her chicken curry second time around though so some foods certainly respond better to it don't they.

I always think that if it's nice when it goes in, it's just as nice when it comes out!:)

Lokolo

When we used to order takeaway we'd put rice, chicken and all sorts in the fridge and eat it the next day.

Always got told you shouldn't do that! Nor should you microwave rice. What doesn't kill you...

Dunroamin

Lokolo wrote: »

When we used to order takeaway we'd put rice, chicken and all sorts in the fridge and eat it the next day.

Always got told you shouldn't do that! Nor should you microwave rice. What doesn't kill you...

You can't beat cold curry for breakfast!

rubytuesday

Dunroamin wrote: »

I always think that if it's nice when it goes in, it's just as nice when it comes out!:)

I don't - I like my food fresh.

To me the freezing and thawing generally impairs the flavour so I prefer to cook what I need each day.

She really enjoyed her chicken curry first time around but not so much after it had been frozen and defrosted.

Everything else seems to have been ok though.

May be too it's because of the foods I cook - I rarely eat red meat for example so wouldn't be making any nice stews or meat chiili's that may be respond well to freezing.

rubytuesday

Ooh and totally unrelated but apparently she's looking at a 2:1 for her Plato essay and a first for her Machiavelli one so that's good news!:)

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

I read this article and thought of this thread

A recent YouGov survey showed that:-

About half of the students (47 per cent) receive money from their parents, pocketing £64 per week on average.


Just under a third (31 per cent) of students did part-time paid work, with the average working student doing 11 hours of paid work a week and earning £91.53, the report says.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422630&c=1

englishrose19

BACKFRMTHEEDGE wrote: »

I read this article and thought of this thread

A recent YouGov survey showed that:-

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422630&c=1

I get a tenner a week from sf.

Which is far more beneficial for me than my mum and dad giving me money!

Far more independent than friends with 'allowances'

Dunroamin

BACKFRMTHEEDGE wrote: »

I read this article and thought of this thread

A recent YouGov survey showed that:-

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422630&c=1

Or, to put it another way:-

"The majority of students receive no money whatsoever from their parents and the vast majority do no paid work."

cabriolean

Dunroamin wrote: »

Or, to put it another way:-

"The majority of students receive no money whatsoever from their parents and the vast majority do no paid work."

My uni hours change weekly, and I sometimes have to book lab time on Saturday/Sunday. It's not particularly easy to find a job, that has no set hours whatsoever, is within easy travelling distance, and the only times I know I will be free is late evenings and I don't like walking through a city alone at night, so getting a taxi back to the flat would eat up a significant amount of what I earned.
I don't have a part-time job, but like me lots of students sell things on ebay etc. 2 of my flatmates have jobs, but they also do weed so......
About food space, I have one drawer in the freezer, one shelf in the fridge, and one cupboard. When batch cooking the containers take up too much room, but you can fit in quite a lot of food if you switch it into freezer bags.
Budget for uni really varies:
Food (not including reduced prices):
A somewhat restricted menu: £5 per week or £21.80 per month
A monthly shopping list (depends what the student eats)
3 loaves of bread at 50p each
500g Margarine: 75p
2 packs of supermarket own brand Cup 'a' Soups (8 sachets) at 20p each
20 bananas at 15p each
Bisto cheese sauce granules : £1.80
1kg of carrots 90p
1kg sweetcorn £1
1kg peas £1
1kg pasta £1
10 fish fingers 60p
2 quiche at 80p
1kg mince £2.92
Tin of mushy peas 10p
20 sausages £1
80 teabags 30p
2 packs cheese spread at 40p each
Pack of ham 60p
5 jars of sauce at 30p each
2 litres milk at 50p each
2 frozen garlic baguettes at 30p each
I like to spend about £10-15 on a week's food, bt that's not financially viable right now.....

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

Dunroamin wrote: »

Or, to put it another way:-

"The majority of students receive no money whatsoever from their parents and the vast majority do no paid work."

But it would be incorrect to put it that way - since the students who get no help from their parents are the ones working - so what you wrote makes no sense.