Food and living alone

honeythewitch

Nada666 wrote: »

I do not for a minute suggest that variety and best price is not a massive problem for single people. But eggs and pitta bread are a very silly and invalid example.

If it is a problem for Pasturesnew then it isn't silly.

Kirri wrote: »

The Waitrose 4 pack I mentioned are organic, not sure if they do non org in that size. They do still work out a few pence more than the organic ones I buy now in a 6 pack but it is pennies difference - I used to buy the Waitrose 4 pack if not baking/cooking so much. It's all a choice, I'm in the same position, but if something isn't needed or there is a lack of space to store it, it's pointless buying larger packs even if there is a difference in cost.

Also, as I said above, eggs usually have a few weeks bb date so it's not like it's something (like some other foods) that literally have to be eaten meal after meal.

The "pennies difference" is crucial to many of us though.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd feel bad/guilty

I'd feel I failed at something simple like using up food and not wasting food/money.

It isnt a waste if it is helping birds or wild animals or making compost.

dlusman

Dimey wrote: »

Do you keep it in the fridge?

Usually better in the fridge , but if I dont have the space in the fridge works on a windowstill as well

Dimey

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was going away 2 weeks ago and had 6 slices of bread unused. I lobbed them out into the garden for whoever/whatever.... they're still there, rotting.

Ah, you have to break them up into little beak sized pieces. Also it takes time for the birds & animals to know you are a regular feeding place. If they're not used to your spot they may not find you. Especially if you are in town as there won't be so much wildlife around.

If it makes no odds to you, keep trying. Some creature might stumble across it.

LE3

PasturesNew wrote: »

Eggs come in a pack of 10 at Lidl.
I'm only just over 5' tall, so don't need much food/day.

Today I've had: one tuna/egg pitta bread and a handful of sultanas.

PasturesNew
Are you saying that's all you've had today or that's what you had for lunch? As a lunch, fine, as meals for a day you need some serious help!
Quiches aren't fattening, especially if you make them "crustless" without pastry!

How about turning a couple of those pittas into pizza? tomato puree in a tube lasts for *ages*, a few dried herbs, some of that cheese & even tuna on top - or toast the pittas/dry them in the oven and use them as tortilla chips to dip in something ...

Maybe we need to start a menuplanning thread for single people to help PasturesNew and others

Dimey

dlusman wrote: »

Usually better in the fridge , but if I dont have the space in the fridge works on a windowstill as well

Thanks. I'll give it a go :-)

Dimey

LE3 wrote: »

>>>>

Maybe we need to start a menuplanning thread for single people to help PasturesNew and others

Yes please!

kitschkitty

Annoyance is a state of mind though, so basically this thread isn't about food, or shopping, it's about how you're feeling right now, hence why all the helpful posts are annoying you!

Nada666

geordie_joe wrote: »

I don't think they are a very silly and invalid example. They illustrate a big problem for people living alone. The fact that if they want just one or two of something and have to buy a pack of six or ten then they have to use up the rest rather than want to use them.

You may think it's nothing, but it can't be much fun eating food because you have to eat it, rather than eating it because it's what you want to eat at that time.

No they do not.

Eggs last one or two weeks at least. There are three normal portions in a normal pack. (Five in the case cited). Double that if you just want a single egg (and this is my money saving tip to single people - buy large eggs, not medium eggs - that way you get six portions instead of three portions for little difference in price.)

If you can't think of a variety of ways to use five eggs over twenty-one meals over one week then you do not like eggs and should not be buying them in the first place.

Pitta bread - three portions over two days, third day if it is toasted. Again, if you don't want to eat a couple of slices of bread over three days then don't buy it in the first place.

Valid beefs: cucumbers mentioned above - the minimum purchase in most supermarkets is now two cucumbers. Why pay 45p for a half when everyone else pays 50p for a whole one? Valid beef beef - whack £2.50 worth of meat in a pack, stick a £4 label on it and demand customers buy three of them to pay £3.33. Valid beef avocados - a whole avocado is not a single portion and is not storage friendly.

I don't understand why two ingredients that most people regard as daily staples is a valid example.

SailorSam

PasturesNew wrote: »

I had 8 addresses last year

Eight moves in a year !! That would send me crazy.
I've been here over 6yrs now and still got things that need sorting out.

MysteryMe

Kirri wrote: »

It's always possible to be negative about everything.

Plenty of people are in the same position (myself included) but look for ideas, answers and new ways of looking at the same old problems rather than just being negative the whole time.

Spot on, and like you I live alone. I have also lived in a studio flat.

Most of what is being portrayed as being annoying for the lone shopper has nothing whatsoever to do with shopping for one.

Every shopper has to be prepared to be flexible and compromise if necessary regardless if they are shopping for 1 or 10.