A Simpler Life 2018

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Molillie wrote: »

I'm not replying to myself, but just offering a very short Youtube video recommendation (think that's allowed) it's from NonStopParis, and is 29 things in 29 years. Wish I'd known these at that age. Maybe especially the one about learning to put together flat-pack furniture, (not), that's a service I'll gladly pay for. Quick, straightforward and thought-provoking.

Oh funny, I saw her on a YouTube video yesterday. I have seen her on the Sarah Nourse YT videos too.:)

I will look for the 29 things one now.

Cottage_Economy

The big 10 don't get too much of our money either.

Dh occasionally buys a bottle of coke and the odd Yorkie if he's flagging on his delivery. I'm quite partial to a Bounty bar for a treat about once a week when I go into town.

I've had a look in the fridge and cupboards:
Hellman's mayo - having tried all the different non-branded ones and disliked them, I've returned to this and buy it when it is discounted.
Patak's curry sauce - when they are discounted too. Use 1-2 jars a month
Colman's mustard - in the fridge forever
Knorr stock pots - probably use three stock pots a week
Dolce gusto pods - one a day
I have a tin of Nestle Evaporated Milk but also a non-branded tin next to it so it looks as if I bought it branded when it was cheaper than non-branded.
Cif power spray - once every few months when discounted

The majority of stuff is non-branded or from small privately owned companies.

VJsmum

Oh I do have a jar of marmite - but its sell by date was June 2012

Cottage_Economy

Just found out that one of my heroines, Hannah Hauxwell, has died. If something happened and I felt a bit sorry for myself, I would always think "You may think you have it bad, but I bet it isn't Hannah Hauxwell bad". She put up with so much so cheerfully. I was in awe of her the first time I sat and watched Too Long a Winter when I was small.

Anyone remember her up in the Yorkshire Dales?

Obituary

That's settled tonight's viewing.

Too Long a Winter

A Winter Too Many

She never did stop hoarding:

Hannah Hauxwell: Past and Present

suki1964

I was saddened to hear of her death yesterday

I think I only got to hear about her last year or the year before, and I sought out those videos to watch. An amazing woman

suki1964

Cottage_Economy wrote: »

The big 10 don't get too much of our money either.

Dh occasionally buys a bottle of coke and the odd Yorkie if he's flagging on his delivery. I'm quite partial to a Bounty bar for a treat about once a week when I go into town.

I've had a look in the fridge and cupboards:
Hellman's mayo - having tried all the different non-branded ones and disliked them, I've returned to this and buy it when it is discounted.
Patak's curry sauce - when they are discounted too. Use 1-2 jars a month
Colman's mustard - in the fridge forever
Knorr stock pots - probably use three stock pots a week
Dolce gusto pods - one a day
I have a tin of Nestle Evaporated Milk but also a non-branded tin next to it so it looks as if I bought it branded when it was cheaper than non-branded.
Cif power spray - once every few months when discounted

The majority of stuff is non-branded or from small privately owned companies.

Have you tried lidls Mayo? It's really nice and isn't jelly like like Hellmans Also I don't know if it's still available but Sainsburys own brand French Mayo was lovely, seriously lovely

I make curry from scratch, it's so easy and you can take control of the salt and oil content

I'm with you on the stock pots, couldn't do without them. However if you look in the Polish food aisle, they do a soup seasoning. I can't think of the name but it's in a blue packet and it's often on at bogof. It is fantastic for soup, really flavoursome

I no longer buy colmans , I buy the Polish mustards. They are so nice I've even been known to have a slice of bread and mustard :rotfl:



I'm with the rest of you, very little big named stuff. My one weakness is Coke/Pepsi - I guzzle it. I do like the Lidl own brand but the way I get through Coke and Pepsi I couldn't buy enough at the weekend

I'm so addicted, I have a case of cans in the boot of the car :eek:

tighteningthebelt

"Oh I do have a jar of marmite - but its sell by date was June 2012"
It will be fine!!!!!

DawnW

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

"Oh I do have a jar of marmite - but its sell by date was June 2012"
It will be fine!!!!!

I didn't even know it had a sell by date :rotfl:

maryb

It's practically pure salt - how can it go off??

Not many on that list other than Hellmans. I do eat the occasional Kit kat (or Twix) and drink Coke though frankly I prefer wine:beer:

But as Dolly said, you don't know what company is involved in the supermarket own brands. Though it may be that it's plants that are part of the big companies' supply chains ie suppliers rather than actually part of them.

GreyQueen

As a student, I spent two summers working on production lines in a meat-packing factory ( I was a vegetarian at the time, amusingly enough).

This company packed and sold its own very famous and heavily-advertised-on-TV brand name. They also packed under the brands of all the major supermarkets and also for M & S.

Yeah, the spec for the M & S products was a wee bit higher than for the other contracts, and the big bosses certainly got in tiswas when the M & S people came to visit, but the product was all much-of-a-muchness across all 'brands'. All that was changing, most of the time, was the 'top web' - the heavy roll of plastic printed with the brand and which was heat-sealed to the 'bottom web' - the one made into shapes to hold the product. Oh, and the prices printed on the top web, natch.:rotfl:

When you think it through, production facilities are multi-million pound investments. How many factories are there in the UK tooled up to produce custard creams? Washing up liquids? How many mills are milling TP and kitchen paper or churning out aluminium foil? Porridge oats? Cornflakes? Soups?

One in every town, yes? Or nope, just a few of them.