Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

vivatifosi

michaels wrote: »

We don't add salt to anyhting we cook at home and find all ready meals much to salty.

I noticed in the States these last weeks how salty the food tastes there now. I'm not sure whether it has always the same or whether it is more noticeable now that UK food manufacturers are cutting salt in foods. It definitely seemed more noticeable. I spend about a month a year there and this time it was really obvious. Not pleasant actually.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just watching Rude Tube - a clip of somebody skiing down the Angel tube escalator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFqQOlYE4EE

How Very MSE!

PasturesNew

The problem we always had was everybody wanting different things.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Are crisps everyday food, especially now the lunchboxes

What you do is make your own bags at home, printing out labels that say: Organic, Healthy, Vegetable Wafers. Then open the packet of Walkers and tip them in and seal them.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

The problem we always had at home was four people who like things completely different, so food ends up being the lowest common denominator.

Dad wouldn't eat anything with cooked cheese in; mum wouldn't eat anything with onions in; mum didn't like spicy food; dad didn't like everything all mixed together.

Even egg and chips meant people picking different chips from the bowl and wanting different styles of egg frying (just done, half done, sunnyside). Some days mum would cook egg/chips and you'd get yours by waiting your turn; at other times she'd cook several batches and keep them warm in the oven until finished - I preferred the bottom/soggy ones on those days.

Actually, that's interesting, as I struggle with tht ATM with resident parent. DH hates residents parents cooking and resident parents cooking finds dh's a bit poncey.

At the weekend I made a very boring meal of baked chicken breasts with honey and mustard, boulangere potatoes, carrots and kale I think. Anyway, resident parent was really happy with it, DH was ok. I was bored even cooking it.

Last week I made Persian beef and quince stew, which every one likes, but DH would get bored eating heavy stews stuff too often, as would I.

Keeping it pleasing everyone is sometimes a little tricky. Occasionally when I have been Particularlly unwell I have told them in a unladylike manner what they can do if they don't like it as I have had the grace to get up and make it.

I had one particular falling out with resident parent about food, when after the colonoscopy I was told to avoid particular foods for a while. And so planned a meal I could eat, offered to cook it so it just needed re heating and resident parent said no, they would cook it.

That night I was brough not that meal but all the food I had been told most particularly not to eat, then when I (shame) cried was offered fish and chips ( more shame) had a bit of a tantrum and ate nothing, which was fine. It reminded me I take care of myself when DH isn't about and that my heart is stone, not glass, so it was a good thing really.

PasturesNew

Nobody will ever be prepared.... but you try to keep busy. And then, you're at home again and it's still not real.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Details, questions, things you'd never thought of - and now people wnat answers....

I think sometimes people ask questions as a polite way to see if you have thought about situations they think you might regret not having forethought if they arise. Or to offer help or suggestion if you need them. People often want to offer assistance but don't know how. This often gets expressed as asking questions, but I can quite see how it puts you under pressure.

GDB2222

vivatifosi wrote: »

I noticed in the States these last weeks how salty the food tastes there now. I'm not sure whether it has always the same or whether it is more noticeable now that UK food manufacturers are cutting salt in foods. It definitely seemed more noticeable. I spend about a month a year there and this time it was really obvious. Not pleasant actually.

I've cut back on salt, and I notice that stuff other people cook tends to be salty, as do a lot of the pre-prepared packs of food.

Doozergirl

michaels wrote: »

ON a lighter topic I read this and despaired:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24927151

When cooking lasagne has become 'adventurous' and people have no idea how much it costs compared to ready meals is there much hope.....

We cook mince every few weeks, each time we make enough for 2 meals for 5 (sorry PN) - it costs 6.50 for 1kg of low fat mince (or £5 if we do 50% mince 50% quorn), 20p for a tin of tomatoes, £1 for a jar of red sauce, 2p for a beef stock cube, 30p for 3 onoins, 40p for 4 large carrots and a sprinkle of herbs. One meal is likely to be spag bol, so 40p for dried pasta, the other might be cottage pie (50p of spuds), lasagne (30p of dried pasta and another £1 jar of white sauce) of sometime just add hot sauce on the plate (different doses for different family members) and have with fusilli or similar (30p)

I'm surprised such a moneysaver is using red sauce You're already adding the other ingredients, aside from garlic. If it's more tomato falvour you need then I'd upgrade the tomatoes. I find Napolina makes all the difference - I can't downshift. That's 50p when it's on offer. Otherwise add some tomato puree. I did that last week with tesco own brand and that came out okay.

There is almost nothing I hate more than ready meal lasagne. Bleurgh.

Nikkster

Generali wrote: »

all the ingredients on the label that weren't chemicals

It's all chemicals Even an apple is just a bunch of chemicals