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My soylent experiment...cheap easy 'food'?

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  • -taff
    -taff Posts: 15,501 Forumite
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    Um...if it contains fish oils then it's no good for vegetarians.....piscatorians maybe...
    Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi
  • BigAunty
    BigAunty Posts: 8,310 Forumite
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    its_maths_not_magic wrote: »
    2. None of the annoying things associated with food prep - no grocery shopping, no lugging groceries, no cooking, not many dishes.

    .

    I generally enjoy food shopping and cooking, they are a pleasure.

    The supermarket delivers me one bulk shop per month supplemented by regular small shops for fresh stuff - no lugging whatsoever.

    I have a dish washer so there's little manual washing up to do.

    Eating is a very sociable activity - will you miss this interaction?
    its_maths_not_magic wrote: »

    3. Time saved by no cooking.
    .

    Suppose, at a conservative estimate, you save around 10 hours per week from reduced shopping, washing up and cooking, how are you planning to spend this time? Let us know the actual time saved.

    I am interested in hearing the outcome of your experiment.
  • IDoDoodles
    IDoDoodles Posts: 29 Forumite
    -taff wrote: »
    Um...if it contains fish oils then it's no good for vegetarians.....piscatorians maybe...

    What -taff said.
    Brain not engaged. :o
  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 2,187 Forumite
    shegirl wrote: »
    Oh and it's high carb.Another reason I wouldn't touch it!

    How many calories a day does it reckon?

    What's wrong with high carb? I lost six stone last year on a high-carb diet...
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