Family refusing to eat shop bought now - your experiences?

maryb

I saw an article on the business pages of one of the newspapers recently which said that butter is increasing its market share as against spreads. i've never understood why people thought that eating something so highly processed could possibly be better for you than eating moderate amounts of natural fats.

I've always cooked with butter and lard for cakes and pastry although DH has high cholesterol so eats Benecol which does seem to have made a difference - he hates it though. (However before you all say he probably had high cholesterol because of the butter, it was lower to start with than the rest of his family who all eat sunflower spreads)

I just think that the safest way to steer a course between all the conflicting advice is to cook from scratch as much as possible with natural ingredients. Yes there may be pesticide residues but there are in processed food too and at least you don't get all the E numbers as well And home made is soooo much nicer

kiwichick

Sweet_Pea wrote:

Perhaps somewhere ot there in cyberspace the OH's of Old Stylers have their own anti Old Style site, with threads like "How do you break it to the wife that you prefer shop bought to her cooking!" :rotfl:

If there is it'll be my hubbie that started it - ungrateful git. I am really making an effort to stop our kids eating processed chemical filled rubbish and he could really care less :mad:

He often says "wouldnt it be easier to buy them" or "the kids dont like it anyway"

My response is always "if I can cook it then why shouldnt I, I was bought up on HM and knew how to cook from when I was knee high.I want the same for my kids" and "they'll just have to learn to like it then, cause I'm not changing now"

Always get some kind of unintelligible grunted response back but stuff him. I dont want to be the parent that outlives her kids.

Good luck with all your OH's.
Al.

Andy_Spoo_2

kiwichick wrote:

If there is it'll be my hubbie that started it - ungrateful git.
Al.

kiwichick, Invite us all around for a meal, we'll appreciate it! You might need a big pot though. I bet it's all yummy !! :-)

Andy

ampersand

kiwichick wrote:

If there is it'll be my hubbie that started it - ungrateful git. I am really making an effort to stop our kids eating processed chemical filled rubbish and he could really care less :mad:

He often says "wouldnt it be easier to buy them" or "the kids dont like it anyway"

My response is always "if I can cook it then why shouldnt I, I was bought up on HM and knew how to cook from when I was knee high.I want the same for my kids" and "they'll just have to learn to like it then, cause I'm not changing now"

Always get some kind of unintelligible grunted response back but stuff him. I dont want to be the parent that outlives her kids.

Good luck with all your OH's.
Al.

Has your husband been to NZ? Staying for a bit with family would show him our general ethos/upbringing of self-sufficiency, living imaginitively and blessing our good fortune in the land that is Aotearoa. Yes, cliches and generalities to an extent, BUT....Yet I say that(a) having been decades away(b) knowing my father was sent out on his own at age 11 in the Depression(c) recalling my mother speaking of little schoolfriends who died of cold in the North of the North Island during these same years.
Yet we ARE lucky(luckier than being Australian anyway. 41-3 was a decent result, spiced by France 26-Oz 16)and the antipodean upbringing(broadest of sweeping generalisations)leaves fairly good traces. I was still the square peg in round hole that couldn't wait to get away though.

re: breadmaking- don't bother with a breadmaker(used to have one years ago - messy to clean, mutilates uncertain resultant bread. NOT satisfying or time-saving). I use Mr T's flour and dried yeast(no misprices yet, sadly)and it truly is the matter of moments to mix, knead and leave in hotwater cupboard while oven heats, then bake. I add all sorts of seeds(pumpkin,sesame, linseed, sunflower, poppy), or whatever I have found cheaply(Thing-me-Bobs stores are amazing - excellent saffron £1.00). I recommenced only a month or two ago, am pleased with the results and the cathartic spinoff is precisely that.

Your children WILL like HM if it's all they know(For an oft rabid leftie I can run to the right of Attilla the Hun.) They won't have E overloads/hyperactivity and will have the template of making/sharing/learning to pass to your grandchildren one day. You are giving them a splendid heritage - don't stop.

(except I'd better)

Trow

I have every sympathy for you guys with unsupportive OH's.... me too

The other day he was telling me that if he was single then "it would be much cheaper really just to eat out in a cafe all the time"

Would he listen when I tried to say otherwise??? Not a hope!

Squeaky I reckon you need to come and visit - he might listen to you!

squeaky

You thinks so? Do you want me to convince him that you are right, or that he ought to be single again?

moggins

I shall consider myself lucky then, we had a week of living off takeaways when we were decorating the kitchen and DH couldn't wait to have a decent home cooked meal again

Trow

squeaky wrote:

You thinks so? Do you want me to convince him that you are right, or that he ought to be single again?

Ooooh, now theres an option I hadn't considered..... can I get back to you on that

elona

Trow

Why not do the calculations and put them on paper for him.Breakfast £3 a day
Lunch £4
Dinner £6

Total per day £13 at least

Per week £91 !

Per month - a four week month £364
a five week month £455

That also means there would be no food in the house if he fancied a snack or tea or coffee.

hex2

As a cchild my mother went on a serious home made/health food kick. We all fantasised about shop cake until she went for a short stay in hospital. My naughty Dad bought supermarket cake despite her carefully stacking the freezer up with things before she went in. We couldnt eat it, it just had far too much sugar in. It took me three years of being a student to re-adjust to commerical standards of sugar, and I am still not keen.
Lancashire hot pot with home made lamb stock - will never ever buy shop stuff again! I echo the coleslaw/potato salad comments, and add mayonnaise and ice cream.