Eat Well For Less Series 3

ash28

paddy's_mum wrote: »

What always astounds me is that most of these people can safely be assumed to be intelligent and educated people, in decent jobs (often highly professional and skilled) who do know the English language, who are able to read to a very high standard, have no problem listening to informative media and yet still can't work out a basic 2 + 2 = 4.

I don't get it, honestly I don't!

I recently spent a month with my son and his wife while she was in hospital with pregnancy complications. This was their 6th child so needless to say she is a stay at home mum. I don't stay very often (usually for the birth of a child) and never for as long. We don't live near them and when I have stayed previously there was never any food in the house, which I thought was a bit odd and one of the first things I used to do was some shopping for basics....tinned tomatoes, kidney beans, baked beans, pasta, rice etc.

They are intelligent people, he has job that pays enough to support the family, have a nice house and 6 lovely kids. This time when I got there there was food in the cupboards because my son had taken over the shopping as she had been having problems for a while. She thought it was hilarious that when he shopped he brought home a few extra tins and packets, his reasoning was that it would help at the end of the month when money was tight and he told her he had been brought up in a house where there was always food. And that no money wouldn't mean no food.

It turned out that her mother used to shop for food daily and there was never anything in the house other than that days shopping. So her shopping habits had come from her mother although she shopped weekly not daily. To someone who some would think was akin to a "prepper" this was total anathema and could even lead to anxiety!!!!! She thought the way she and her mother shopped was normal and had thought our house was unusual.

ash28

freezspirit wrote: »

I must admit I only get brands when on offer, I never pay more then £1 for a 2l fizzy bottle.

Excuse the pun but I did the blind taste test on my brother who is blind on store brand cola vs coke cola and he knew straight away also did the same with crisps and bread, he knew so couldn't swap.

That's interesting. Perhaps because your brother is blind means that some of his other senses are enhanced, he can't "look" with his eyes so maybe he "looks" with taste and smell.

freezspirit

ash28 wrote: »

That's interesting. Perhaps because your brother is blind means that some of his other senses are enhanced, he can't "look" with his eyes so maybe he "looks" with taste and smell.

Yeah I would say his other senses are more enhanced and weirdly when I'm driving he knows what speed the cars going at.

MrsSave

freezspirit wrote: »

Anyone know where the sausages and kids dessert pots where from?

No idea about the sausages, but the yoghurt were Tesco goodness Fromage frais. I think they've stopped selling them, though, other than in pouches. They should have a list on their website of what foods they've used in the programme, it would be handy!

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It seems to be Tescos every week on this show. Do they have a deal with the bbc for free advertising?

MrsSave

Deleted_User wrote: »

It seems to be Tescos every week on this show. Do they have a deal with the bbc for free advertising?

They must do because their big shop at the beginning of each show is at Tesco. Though, they did have quite a few Aldi bits in the swaps this week. Wow, that's sad - I spend too much time at the supermarket!

catkins

MrsSave wrote: »

They must do because their big shop at the beginning of each show is at Tesco. Though, they did have quite a few Aldi bits in the swaps this week. Wow, that's sad - I spend too much time at the supermarket!

The couple this week live in Chelmsford and there are 2 Tesco stores there, one very large and one not so large.

There is also a Sainsburys and Asda but if they live near the town centre the Sainsburys is further away.

MrsSave

catkins wrote: »

The couple this week live in Chelmsford and there are 2 Tesco stores there, one very large and one not so large.

There is also a Sainsburys and Asda but if they live near the town centre the Sainsburys is further away.

They were also in Tesco last week. It could be a coincidence, of course, and they could be in a different supermarket next week.

ash28

catkins wrote: »

The couple this week live in Chelmsford and there are 2 Tesco stores there, one very large and one not so large.

There is also a Sainsburys and Asda but if they live near the town centre the Sainsburys is further away.

I live in a village with a small Co-op and a corner shop and usually do my shopping in the nearest town which is about 8 or 9 miles away where there is a medium sized Aldi (my shop of choice), a similar sized Lidl, a small Tesco supermarket and a small Sainsbury's which I use to buy the few things I can't get in Aldi.

At the weekend I went into Lincoln (about 20 miles) with my daughter as she goes to a gym there and the gym is in the carpark of huge Tesco, so I thought I would have a cake and a coffee and leisurely shop during the couple of hours she was in the gym.

Wrong! I spent the couple of hours wandering around Tesco in state of bewilderment, befuddlement and bemusement at the sheer choice of "stuff"!
I ended up spending £60 on a lot of stuff I wouldn't normally buy and I didn't get my coffee and cake. I even bought one of these! I've come to the conclusion that for me small is better and lack of choice is no bad thing...it must be an age thing.




I've eaten it by the way, quite tasty with a bit of ketchup.

catkins

ash28 wrote: »

I live in a village with a small Co-op and a corner shop and usually do my shopping in the nearest town which is about 8 or 9 miles away where there is a medium sized Aldi (my shop of choice), a similar sized Lidl, a small Tesco supermarket and a small Sainsbury's which I use to buy the few things I can't get in Aldi.

At the weekend I went into Lincoln (about 20 miles) with my daughter as she goes to a gym there and the gym is in the carpark of huge Tesco, so I thought I would have a cake and a coffee and leisurely shop during the couple of hours she was in the gym.

Wrong! I spent the couple of hours wandering around Tesco in state of bewilderment, befuddlement and bemusement at the sheer choice of "stuff"!
I ended up spending £60 on a lot of stuff I wouldn't normally buy and I didn't get my coffee and cake. I even bought one of these! I've come to the conclusion that for me small is better and lack of choice is no bad thing...it must be an age thing.

I don't know how old you are but I am in my 60's and prefer large supermarkets. I usually shop in Sainsburys as I can get everything I want there. I also visit Lidl about once every 6 weeks (fairly large store) and Aldi about twice a year (again a pretty large store).

I like the choice a large supermarket gives and I hate not being able to get everything in one go. That's why I don't shop in Aldi or Lidl more

I live almost on top of a very large Tesco but rarely shop there as not keen on Tesco. Oh and there is also a large Asda a few miles away (closer to me than Sainsbury) but I don't like Asda either