Gregg Wallace programme on TV

Pollycat

fuddle wrote: »

Excuse me. How rude?

I would sit here and work it all out but my time is more important than proving to someone that I don't embellish the truth.

I didn't think it was rude at all.
Didn't you notice the winking smiley?

fuddle wrote: »

My DH made two of the recipes from last weeks show on Saturday. The corn pancakes and the fish taco's. Given that I am eating primally and I do have a good stock of ingredients, he spent £20 on ingredients that we didn't have in for those two dishes.

TBH, I raised my eyebrows when I read the above.

fuddle

I did notice the winking smiley. I took it as insinuating I have exaggerated. Tongue in cheek or not a quip like that can be taken many ways on a forum.

corn pancakes

340g sweetcorn
spring onions
red chilli
2 large eggs
200g cottage cheese
150g whole meal flour
semi skimmed milk
olive oil
streaky smoked bacon
4 bananas
tabasco sauce

fish tacos

wholemeal flour
2 kiwi fruit
more spring onions
jalepeno or green chilli
fresh coriander
2 limes
chipotle sauce
red cabbage
red wine vinegar
orange
yellow pepper
240g white fish
olive oil
natural yoghurt

A lot of ingredients there and it is what it is. It cost us what it cost us... value pasta and a jar of ready made sauce would have cost far less and therefore my two penneth saying that I would like to eat fresh and healthy but it is more expensive. I was saying to express that programmes like Jamie's do incorporate lots of ingredients that add to the cost of the meal.

Nargleblast

At least, when you go out and spend money on things like sauces, herbs and vinegars, you then have them in stock to use for many more meals. The final cost of the ingredient probably works out to a penny or two per meal.

VfM4meplse

Nargleblast wrote: »

At least, when you go out and spend money on things like sauces, herbs and vinegars, you then have them in stock to use for many more meals. The final cost of the ingredient probably works out to a penny or two per meal.

As long as you make a dish again.

The only reason I can spend so little on food every year is because I have an excellent store cupboard of staples, spices and condiments that I can dip into if I need to.

fuddle

Nargleblast wrote: »

At least, when you go out and spend money on things like sauces, herbs and vinegars, you then have them in stock to use for many more meals. The final cost of the ingredient probably works out to a penny or two per meal.

Absolutely. I used the red wine vinegar to braise the rest of the red cabbage on Sunday. If I didn't want those things I wouldn't have given it a go. I'm not going to buy kit for a one off I just used the experience as an example, as a way of backing up my point of view.

suki1964

VfM4meplse wrote: »

As long as you make a dish again.

The only reason I can spend so little on food every year is because I have an excellent store cupboard of staples, spices and condiments that I can dip into if I need to.

Agree. My fridge and freezer may be looking rather empty, but with my larder of ingredients, I can always make something out of nothing

Feral_Moon

fuddle wrote: »

I did notice the winking smiley. I took it as insinuating I have exaggerated. Tongue in cheek or not a quip like that can be taken many ways on a forum.

corn pancakes

340g sweetcorn
spring onions
red chilli
2 large eggs
200g cottage cheese
150g whole meal flour
semi skimmed milk
olive oil
streaky smoked bacon
4 bananas
tabasco sauce

fish tacos

wholemeal flour
2 kiwi fruit
more spring onions
jalepeno or green chilli
fresh coriander
2 limes
chipotle sauce
red cabbage
red wine vinegar
orange
yellow pepper
240g white fish
olive oil
natural yoghurt

A lot of ingredients there and it is what it is. It cost us what it cost us... value pasta and a jar of ready made sauce would have cost far less and therefore my two penneth saying that I would like to eat fresh and healthy but it is more expensive. I was saying to express that programmes like Jamie's do incorporate lots of ingredients that add to the cost of the meal.

Now, out of all the ingredients listed above, if I wanted to cook these dishes today the only thing I would need to go out and buy would be the fish and red cabbage. Everything else I already have in stock. But I can see how it could work out expensive for someone having to buy more or less everything on the list.

Goldiegirl

Over a period of time, I've built up a collection of herbs, spices and condiments, which I've bought when I've been trying new recipes. Nowadays, when I try a new recipe I find that I have most of the ingredients already, which is great.

I keep a supply of tinned items that I use regularly, like kidney beans, chickpeas and tomatoes. I'll have cartons of passata, a supply of bread flour, and an unopened pack of staples like various types of rice, pastas, and lentils. I buy things that I use when they are on offer, so at he moment I've got some Twixes, and some coffee in the cupboard.

But I prefer not to stockpile too much. I'd rather have the money in the bank, where it's earning a little interest for me, rather than tied up too extensively in stock.

The thing with massive storecupboard stocks, unless they are home produced, the items have been bought at some point in the past. They don't become 'free' just because they've been sitting in the cupboard for a while.

Fuddle has had a big outlay recently, but once this is averaged out over a year, or two years, the outlay will be the same as people who've already got these items in stock

Nargleblast

I suppose it's a bit like someone paying out £200 for an item of clothing. If you hardly ever wear it then it's an expensive item in your wardrobe. If, however, you wear it say 20 times over a year (1-2 times a month) then it has cost you £10 for each time you wear it. And if it is well made and top quality, it will last years and you will get to the point where it has more than paid for itself.

Sometimes you have to invest for the long term.

VfM4meplse

Nargleblast wrote: »

I suppose it's a bit like someone paying out £200 for an item of clothing. If you hardly ever wear it then it's an expensive item in your wardrobe. If, however, you wear it say 20 times over a year (1-2 times a month) then it has cost you £10 for each time you wear it. And if it is well made and top quality, it will last years and you will get to the point where it has more than paid for itself.

Sometimes you have to invest for the long term.

Fashion maths!