Rant!

HeadAboveWater

Ok. So being the charming girlf I am (lol), I figured I'd go to Tesco's at lunch time and get the stuff we needed for tonights dinner:

garlic flatbread
lettuce
cucumber
peppers
spring onions
cherry tomatoes
cheese
coleslaw
chicken

Total £14.49 :eek:
(Tesco price match: I got £0.09 off my next shop! )

Why oh why OH WHY is veg/healthy stuff so much dearer than junk food?! If I'd spent £17 on choc and crisps I'd have come away with bags of stuff and a heck of a lot more than 9 items!!! :mad: You'd think someone should be encouraging us to eat more healthily!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!

Rant over

(thread can be moved to the vents or discussion sections if more appropriate)

DCFC79

£14.50 is alot just for that,

Maybe see if a greengrocer ( if you have 1 ) is any cheaper.

I have heard it somewhere before that junk food is cheaper than veg/healthy foods.

snozberry

yikes! That is a lot to spend BUT, I am afraid to say, it was only that expensive because of where you chose to shop.

Healthier food is a lot cheaper than processed junk.

HeadAboveWater

Gonna have to have a look out for a grocers near hand. Yes ok the salad stuffs will go further than just one meal but still

And as for my choice of shop, it was either Tesco's or M&S, so in theory it could've been a LOT dearer!!! :eek:

PLRFD

Dinner is at dinner time it's what certain types of people we won't mention laughingly call lunch,the meal you are referring to HeadAboveWater is tea

HeadAboveWater

You've me completely baffled now! Maybe it's the part of the country I'm from!

'Tea' to me is a cuppa as opposed to a meal. Am I missing something?!?!? :rotfl:

sweetsheep84

Have a mate from glasgow and they call lunch 'dinner' and dinner 'tea'. So each time we talk about what each other is having for dinner is a bit fun

pulliptears

In the potteries your 4 meals a day are:

Breakfast - Dinner - Tea - Supper

If you have breakfast, lunch and dinner you are considered quite posh

Own_My_Own

PLRFD wrote: »

Dinner is at dinner time it's what certain types of people we won't mention laughingly call lunch,the meal you are referring to HeadAboveWater is tea

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

You've me completely baffled now! Maybe it's the part of the country I'm from!

'Tea' to me is a cuppa as opposed to a meal. Am I missing something?!?!? :rotfl:

No we drink tea here too.

And I used to give my children a packed lunch to take to school. Never heard anyone call it a packed dinner.
Maybe we are just common, I don't know.

Peter999_2

I have this argument with my wife all the time.

She calls the evening meal "dinner" whereas I call the mid-day meal "dinner".

I do point out that how come at school they are called dinnerladies (including her mum) therefore I am right. She just points out that obviously she is right as she always is.

HeadAboveWater

pulliptears wrote: »

If you have breakfast, lunch and dinner you are considered quite posh

So you're saying I'm posh?!? :eek:

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Maybe we are just common, I don't know.

And you're saying I'm common?! :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl:

The only time I'd refer to 'lunch' as 'dinner' is on a Sunday if we're having the traditional spuds, meat and veg. But only if it's between the hours of 12 and 2pm

Own_My_Own wrote: »

And I used to give my children a packed lunch to take to school. Never heard anyone call it a packed dinner.

Peter999 wrote: »

I do point out that how come at school they are called dinnerladies (including her mum) therefore I am right.

The difference is the packed 'lunch' will typically be sarnies or the like, but the school canteen would provide hot 'dinners' - if that makes sense!!!!