Eating bird seeds to save money 4 December 2022 at 8:51PM edited 5 December 2022 at 1:26PM in Old style MoneySaving 31 replies 2.6K views

tooldle

Way way back in time, when i worked in retail, we sold a popular brand of tinned dog food. The label made clear, the product was suitable for human consumption. A few customers would buy and turn into a bolognaise type dish. It was the early 80's and times were hard for many. In those days the product was solid and needed to be broken up with a fork. This was before the concept of chunks in gravy or jelly. No idea if current products are okay for human consumption.

MovingForwards

I once knew someone who admitted using cat food for cooking meals for themselves/ partner when absolutely skint, apparently the partner thought they were the best ones that had ever been cooked.

Katiehound

FlaatusGoat said:

Well I feel absolutely fine having had a good nibble and a gorge on the bird seats.  

I'm not sure that bird SEATS are really that delicious!!

diystarter7

Katiehound said:

FlaatusGoat said:

Well I feel absolutely fine having had a good nibble and a gorge on the bird seats.  

I'm not sure that bird SEATS are really that delicious!!

Hi
ROFL, missed that one

Thanks

Brambling

I remember a conversation about 40 years ago after being told about human testers for pet food and a quick google brings up this amongst others results

1. If you think of all the jobs in the world that you would never want to have, dog food taste tester probably doesn’t even cross your mind. Many people don’t realize that companies like Lily’s Kitchen hire humans to taste test their dog food.

Being careful with my money and trying to be as MSE as possible means i can shop in M&S and Waitrose as well as cheaper SMs!  

JIL

I understand pet food is fit for human consumption, however there is a big difference between fit and suitable. 

But wild birds are not pets. Wild birds would love peanuts and seeds with a few grubs left in them, humans wouldn't.  
I really dont understand why if buying seeds for the nutritional value and benefits, why you would want to buy and eat something without researching it properly before spending your cash, especially when the product is being bought with money savings in mind.

bouicca21

Brambling said:

I remember a conversation about 40 years ago after being told about human testers for pet food and a quick google brings up this amongst others results

1. If you think of all the jobs in the world that you would never want to have, dog food taste tester probably doesn’t even cross your mind. Many people don’t realize that companies like Lily’s Kitchen hire humans to taste test their dog food.

Being careful with my money and trying to be as MSE as possible means i can shop in M&S and Waitrose as well as cheaper SMs!  

This really doesn’t make sense. Surely the best taste testers for dog food are … dogs?

Pollycat

bouicca21 said:

Brambling said:

I remember a conversation about 40 years ago after being told about human testers for pet food and a quick google brings up this amongst others results

1. If you think of all the jobs in the world that you would never want to have, dog food taste tester probably doesn’t even cross your mind. Many people don’t realize that companies like Lily’s Kitchen hire humans to taste test their dog food.

Being careful with my money and trying to be as MSE as possible means i can shop in M&S and Waitrose as well as cheaper SMs!  

This really doesn’t make sense. Surely the best taste testers for dog food are … dogs?

Well, I guess it's quite difficult to ask a dachshund exactly what they think of the taste...(other dog breeds are available).

justwhat

elsien said:

FlaatusGoat said:

Well I feel absolutely fine having had a good nibble and a gorge on the bird seats. I'm going on the assumption that they simply wouldn't sell this stuff if it was 'that' dangerous. It's absolutely inevitable that sooner or later someone or some kid is going to try and 'eat' one? Meanwhile, I was reading that in the Welsh Valley's some people are resorting to eating dog food due to financial circumstances!! Some might laugh at all this, bird seed, dog food etc but a lot of us are really struggling to survive and feed ourselves properly right now. This might seem utterly alien and bizarre to the M&S and Waitrose shopping elite (which I suspect lurk these supposed money saving halls)

As well as the premium bonds, there's also the holiday abroad you were looking at in October.
I don't dispute that there are a lot of people who are struggling, but it's not ok to say you are one of them when you've got 50K worth of premium bonds, possibly other savings and are heading off abroad.
That's offensive to people who really are on the breadline. 

Maybe they have cancelled Netflix, sky and there iphone contract, thus managed to save up.

I find it highly offensive to have these things then claim to be on the breadline. However that's acceptable by most.

justwhat

To the OP
Just go to a foodbank. If you cant get referred got to a food share / food re-use /food larder organisation. 
Some larders have to much food.

As others have said not safe to eat pet food lol