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Great British Budget Menu-BBC

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  • crumblepie
    crumblepie Posts: 424 Forumite
    One on now bbc1 "great british budget menu".

    found this which sums up the programs that are on I think

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/the-cost-of-living.html
  • whitesatin
    whitesatin Posts: 2,102 Forumite
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    Watching this now and getting agitated. Have I missed the bit where they look at the income and expenditure of the people involved? Without context I am struggling to understand why they have so little to spend on food.
  • emma-uk
    emma-uk Posts: 281 Forumite
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    Could James have not brought Mr T EV rice and curry powder? (Or another supermarkets equivalent so not to go over?
    2013 wins: Persil Bunny
  • I am wondering where the MSE thread is on #greatbritishbudgetmenu?
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  • ragz_2
    ragz_2 Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    I am wondering where the MSE thread is on #greatbritishbudgetmenu?

    Me too, I just came on to post about it... shall I start one?
    June Grocery Challenge £493.33/£500 July £/£500
    2 adults, 3 teens
    Progress is easier to acheive than perfection.
  • ragz_2
    ragz_2 Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    This is just ending now on BBC, I missed the first 20 minutes, they are just showing the meals they have cooked at £1 per head, which look lovely, but...

    One lady chef has cooked an "easy one pot dinner" where she bought three whole chickens and jointed them up - without showing anyone how to do that part, which is probably quite daunting for many people... (the lady she was cooking with doesn't cook at all now) then she goes on to use not just a pan but also an oven tray, so no 'one pot' either.
    June Grocery Challenge £493.33/£500 July £/£500
    2 adults, 3 teens
    Progress is easier to acheive than perfection.
  • whitesatin
    whitesatin Posts: 2,102 Forumite
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    ragz wrote: »
    Me too, I just came on to post about it... shall I start one?

    Maybe I would be better keeping out of it. Just getting more and more annoyed at lack of relevant details.
  • ragz_2
    ragz_2 Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    too late now, have started one.

    Regarding the OP
    There is one of the Cost Of Living things on now on BBC2, Nick and Margaret: We all Pay Your Benefits - people who pay tax scrutinise the benefits people's spending!

    Hubby has decided we shouldn't watch it as we will just get cross with it... also it's likely to be a bit 'loaded'...
    June Grocery Challenge £493.33/£500 July £/£500
    2 adults, 3 teens
    Progress is easier to acheive than perfection.
  • ragz_2
    ragz_2 Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    can someone merge this with the 'Cost of Living' post... seems this was one of them anyway.
    June Grocery Challenge £493.33/£500 July £/£500
    2 adults, 3 teens
    Progress is easier to acheive than perfection.
  • HappySad
    HappySad Posts: 2,033 Forumite
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    Thanks I have just started watch the Food program. I am not happy jn fact i am sick... Sick that people can't feed themselves when there is PLENTY of wealth in this country!!!! Forget about benefit scrounges think more about the wealthy including politicians who let working people focus our attention on ourselves struggling and the undeserving poor and instead think of the banks & political who caused the mess in the first place!!! I am so angry. Why are these people so food poor when we can afford a wealthy tax cut, banks can get free tax payout money to get them out of a hole they caused and most MPs can get a ridiculous wage increase. ... I don't think I can continue to watch this series as it makes me too upset 2 see how the nation is being swindled by the system!!!!
    “…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson

    “The best things in life is not things"
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