The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

MingVase

Def time to start studying how we shopped and ate in years gone by when people were poorer but also more careful!

Si_Clist

MingVase said:

when people were poorer but also more careful!

And not slaves to TV advertising and social media marketing ...

marycanary

MingVase said:

Def time to start studying how we shopped and ate in years gone by when people were poorer but also more careful!

I'm not sure this is desirable or even possible now. If food prices are increasing (which I am sure they are) we need to shop and eat in a way that supports women working outside the home and makes the best use of modern technology to prevent waste.

thriftwizard

I'm thinking about that idea, @marycanary, and must admit to being slightly baffled. I'm self-employed and work both at home and outside it, and tend to shop, cook & eat fairly traditionally (admittedly from a number of different traditions) because that's what works best for our household; I've nothing against my sisters who work full-time outside the home, but I don't see how me shopping & eating differently would support them? And I'm not clear that using modern technology does, in fact, prevent waste? I see friends piling their trolleys high with ping-cuisine, then struggle to get all the containers into their recycling bins, and there are always bits that various members of their families won't eat, and I know they spend much more on food than I do.

Back when I was working full-time outside the home & commuting, I made full use of those twin culinary blessings, the slow-cooker and the wok, which are definitely not cutting edge technology but did make it possible to eat well whilst saving money & not working too hard at it. I suspect that teaching people (not necessarily just women) how to plan & shop effectively & cook well would be more helpful than any amount of modern technology. Or television chefs!

maryb

It depends what you prioritise.  I worked long hours in London but cooking from scratch was important to me and I did home cooked food every night.  Organisation and meal planning helps enormously.  On the other hand my housework was no more than adequate.  

Thriftygifty

Our weekly shopping has on average gone up £15pw - I don't buy any ready meals other than pizza and fish fingers but also don't cook anything overly requiring to many ingredients.  I really want to start batch cooking, cakes aswell etc. I plan on utilising the garden more next year but it needs to be self sufficient cost wise not work out at £6 for one tomato after cost of supplies 🤦‍♀️ I'm ignoring the cost of the greenhouse I am in to deep with that one and not thinking about the overall cost now its up however it is a thing of beauty. 

Asda have increased their linguine to 79p from 65p, their pesto I think use to be around 65p it's now 89p, quite a few things have gone up 5-10p.

pelirocco

marycanary said:

MingVase said:

Def time to start studying how we shopped and ate in years gone by when people were poorer but also more careful!

I'm not sure this is desirable or even possible now. If food prices are increasing (which I am sure they are) we need to shop and eat in a way that supports women working outside the home and makes the best use of modern technology to prevent waste.

Food prices may be rising but as a % of household income they are much lower then they were in the 60s ,50s ,40s etc 

cbsexec

I think the Back in time programmes pointed out that we spend a much smaller proportion of our income on food now than in the past.  Unfortunately we have all got used to cheap food at the expense of many producers so it will be a hard lesson to learn to change now. 

Floss

pelirocco said:

marycanary said:

MingVase said:

Def time to start studying how we shopped and ate in years gone by when people were poorer but also more careful!

I'm not sure this is desirable or even possible now. If food prices are increasing (which I am sure they are) we need to shop and eat in a way that supports women working outside the home and makes the best use of modern technology to prevent waste.

Food prices may be rising but as a % of household income they are much lower then they were in the 60s ,50s ,40s etc 

Could you point me in the direction of that data as I can't easily locate it?

bargainhunterss

cbsexec said:

I think the Back in time programmes pointed out that we spend a much smaller proportion of our income on food now than in the past.  Unfortunately we have all got used to cheap food at the expense of many producers so it will be a hard lesson to learn to change now. 

I have to say that I found those ‘Back in time…’ shows really interesting, especially the ones set in Yorkshire which was from a different perspective (back in time for tea/the corner shop). I grew up in the 90s/00s, so seeing that as ‘history’ made me feel old!