Food and living alone

honeythewitch

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never had a fillet steak .... I've asked people about steak because I've seen fat running through it - and I've been told I wouldn't like it because, yes, it's got lots of fat in it....

I, like above, was brought up on cheap gristly mince and cheap gristly sausages as a child. Horrid. They put me off fat/funny stuff in meat.

If there were six people to feed, then there'd also be more money to feed them with, so that's skewing the facts a bit. Whether that money's already been spent on fags and stella's a different issue.

And, to bring it back to the original post: a pack og 6 fillet steaks are probably £30 whereas one costs £10. You get the benefit of volume buying, which is what the OP was saying in part.

Wages stay the same however many people you have to feed so i think for a lot of people the more there are of you, the less you have to spend per person. (I have no idea what fags and stella have to do with it but I have never bought either)

I only mentioned fillet steak because it is typical of a more expensive version of a basic. It could have been cheesecake, jelly babies, anything. It certainly wasn't a suggestion, but I do think there is more leeway for occasional treats with one person than several, though as you say, this is where the big multipacks would come in handy. (although we dont seem to eat the stuff on bogofs , and it is very often no cheaper anyway)

tori.k

It's normally just processed rubbish that make the best bulk buy savings, silver lining is your probably healthier that the average bear

honeythewitch

PasturesNew wrote: »

So you bought 2 pork chops. The OP was pointing out that buying 2 is probably dearer than buying 4 on some deal .... so then you buy the 4 as it's cheaper ....

You've found a few things you can put together, but you're still limited to what's available in single portions at the same price as a 4- 6- or 8-pack. That was part of the point being made.

After 30 years of eating repeated meals etc, and with my kitchen stuff in storage, and with no freezer, and trying to keep food costs under £1/day in total, I just CBA. Once I get a proper home and my stuff unpacked, I'll get a freezer.

I was just sympathising with the OP in the first instance. So many people want to personalise these things instead of sticking with the "spirit of the original thread".

I just ploughed in to agree with the OP "Yeah".

Well, I hope you wont be offended if I personalise it one last time to say that I can quite understand how you are less than enthusiastic about cooking for now, considering the circumstances, but it looks like you are managing very well indeed with what little you have.
I hope you wont have too long to wait for your new home.

HappyMJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well, you'll all be pleased to know that today I've had two pittas (only wanted one, but got to use them up!) with some low fat cheese and pickle in them for lunch .... and a heaped tablespoon of sultanas mid-afternoon.

Pittas aren't green, they were best before yesterday .... but there's only one left now. Might nuke an egg or two and bang that in there with a splash of brown sauce for tea.

Pittas dispensed.... I'll probably go food shopping tomorrow..... a pack of sausages and a tub of tomatoes will set me up for the next 4 days or so

Another thing if you have too many and no freezer and they are about to go green you can dry them out in the oven and they'll last ages. Moisture is required to make them go green. Now they are dry you can keep them a lot longer and use them in things like soups..as you may use croutons...or use them like crunchy dry bread....dipping them in a dip that you found on yellow sticker.

MysteryMe

PasturesNew wrote: »

You see - this is what the thread was originally about, in part. A single person wouldn't be wanting to buy all that meat to make savings + they are more likely to not have a freezer. Thus limiting them to buying overpriced smaller portions. People not shopping for one could scoff that lot in a week without having the same meal twice.

We can all be clever, smart and on the ball with a freezer

I am quite capable of buying a 3 for £10 meat offer so I'm not limited to buying overpriced smaller portions at all.

You can live whatever life you want but it is exasperating when you make spurious claims about what single people would buy or want to buy. You certainly don't represent me or based on my observations my own circle of family and friends who live alone either. You can only speak for yourself, same as everyone else on here.

MysteryMe

And the other thing to point out in order to be fair to the people you are criticizing PasturesNew is that in none of your earlier posts did you mention that your circumstances were just a temporary measure and that your items were in storage. You painted a very bleak picture and as another poster has pointed out it was only natural people were concerned. When someone took the trouble to look for small freezers on the internet you just scoffed at the amount of items it would hold. If they had known you were just in temporary accommodation I doubt they would have taken the time they did to offer what they thought was help.

honeythewitch

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was in a discussion, presenting scenarios ..... I had no idea people would be trying to "solve problems" in a discussion.

When somebody says "Don't you just hate it when ....." do you usually just laugh and say yes, or do you start solving the "problem" that doesn't exist.

That's the trouble, when people are solving problems that don't exist. They were situations and scenarios to consider that others might have different situations; not problems to be solved.

It got more and more out of hand as more people were following the wrong tangents. Then I got the "blame".

If someone appears to be in distress the natural reaction is to try to help.

fionajbanana

PasturesNew wrote: »

You see - this is what the thread was originally about, in part. A single person wouldn't be wanting to buy all that meat to make savings + they are more likely to not have a freezer. Thus limiting them to buying overpriced smaller portions. People not shopping for one could scoff that lot in a week without having the same meal twice.

We can all be clever, smart and on the ball with a freezer

My original moan was why do shops do more deals on the larger packets of things. Some things like the fresh chicken breasts are easier to split up. Plus things you don't buy because you live alone.

I know people that live alone but they shop with a friend or a relative that also lives alone/shoppong with their elderly parents (as don't eat much) and they share deals. Perhaps some of these people could do this.

My freezer is part of the fridge/freezer. It has 3 drawers and a small area on the top of the freezer which is suitable for packs of ham, mini quiches etc.

paulineb_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was in a discussion, presenting scenarios ..... I had no idea people would be trying to "solve problems" in a discussion.

When somebody says "Don't you just hate it when ....." do you usually just laugh and say yes, or do you start solving the "problem" that doesn't exist.

That's the trouble, when people are solving problems that don't exist. They were situations and scenarios to consider that others might have different situations; not problems to be solved.

It got more and more out of hand as more people were following the wrong tangents. Then I got the "blame".

I dont think the thread got out of hand at all, thats what happens on numerous threads on here, sometimes people misread them and the discussion veers off a bit.

HappyMJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Oh, didn't know that. If I dry them and stick them in an airtight box that'd be OK. Wouldn't use them in soups (seems a bizarre thing to do, not sure I understand), I hate croutons (although only ever had them as part of a cup-a-soup).... as a dip would be good, I could knock up a quick dip easily enough with mayo+curry powder or chilli. I never see yellow stickered stuff in the shops.

Re dip, I was wondering how to use up the mayo I've got as it's got to be used by the end of this month; it said 6 weeks from opening and I've not used a lot of it.

Mayo container might say 6 weeks from opening but I ignore that. Keep it in the fridge and use it over 6 months. The colour might become a bit more yellow but it is safe to consume.