Old Style vs the USDA head-to-head challenge...

boredofbeingathome

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

:lipsrseal Any ways to get over offal-phobia?

Nope, i am with you on that one.Nutritious it may be, but i would rather, chew on old sweaty shoes...equally as blurrrgghhh:o

In_Search_Of_Me

Trust me bob offal vs my birkenstocks....even Weezls revolting sounding pigs blood would win me thinks! Well I'm back from Mr T's & done me shop! All I have to get now is two ingredients and cat litter! The plums were weiged out & came out at 2.47 for six which I point blank refuse to pay so will get them tomorrow when I go to get the meat! Just unpacked shopping & will have a wee sit down before making a start on the pud and starting a today (flat currently a s*** tip & while know Mr & Mrs W wont mind, I will!). Also didnt have the ingredients I wanted so after cooking done will create a recipe - I figured with kno knowledge of alch, a few ingredients and a bit of experementaion tonight I can create a Weezle cocktail! If my typing goes awry later (or worse than normal!!) then that why...testing you understand! Mind you cant test too much as (a) will run out of alch & (b) Dont want a migraine!!
Great that you are coming to the party Germish! Also hoping that its not just me, Mr & Mrs Weezl that enter into the spirit of it! Decided in the end I may as well go the whole hog so will put me glag rags on!! In for a penny...!
Have you decided on name for new thread Weezl? Hows your raised bed getting on? LO re being less "hardy" than the allotment which is true - much as I would love to go every day I just dont have time/energy although no worries today eh! Who would believe its almost July - chucking it down in Cardiff!

mummysaver

Evening! Plums are part of the 6 cheap fruit and veg in Aldi this week, got a punnet for 69p I think today, dd3 has eaten all of them and apparently they were delicious!

shaz_mum_of__2

mummysaver wrote: »

Evening! Plums are part of the 6 cheap fruit and veg in Aldi this week, got a punnet for 69p I think today, dd3 has eaten all of them and apparently they were delicious!

A few weeks ago Aldis fruit and veg specials were 49p ........the worlds gone mad

Just recieved monthly shop ..................i can't bring myself to tell you how much....................i am building a food mountain in a cupboard though


Shaz

mama67

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Yes i have maisie its just round the corner its a bit posh and v expensive the basics potatoes and carrot prices are ok but everything else is a bit "posh deli"

The retraunt is goo though and they have a farm trail(extra)

or there's a little adventure playground and huge sand pit which has outdoor seating so we sometimes just have a coffee and let the kids play

The veg box scheme also supplies them i am gonna try [EMAIL="w@dlands"]w**dlands[/EMAIL] next time and if not happy will carry on supermarket veg buying

Shaz

Shaz, like I said to you before I have been using W*******s for 2 years now and have never had a problem, they have even phoned me to say delivery would be late when the roads were icy.

You don't have to have a set box can pick and choose what you want or don't, and Rachel or Barbara in the packhouse office are very nice as are all the drivers who have delivered to me.

I would advise phoning them to sort out, I pay cash weekly to the driver but you can pay by cheque or even monthly I think. You do get an account as such and as soon as it gets to more than £25 they ask you to clear it, I use this to the point in that I pay £10 weekly and then if one week I don't have as much or another week more it evens itself out.

This week I didn't have a box as we weren't going to be about enough to use it all, but next week I will pay 2 weeks then it helps as well in readiness for Christmas.

I must admit I don't get fruit from them purely because the boys blow hot and cold on which fruit they want each week, so its easier to buy from Mr T or whereever.

weezl74

lol mummysaver, I hope DD3's constitution can cope with the onslaught of a punnet of plums!! ISOM, have you clocked that bargain? Good for your jam making methinks!

Poor shaz, with your veg box dilemmas! Good on ya for hoarding, I think it's a great way to be. You'd be gutted if you didn't stock up on something and then it doubled in price eh? Or is that just me?

Aw BOB sorry for all those offal suggestions (geddit!)! How about asda smartprice sausages, are they as appealing as ISOM's birkenstocks too? they're just over 4p each, and I think, a pretty healthy option!

Ceridwen, thanks for expressing an interest in even more of the details of the challenge! How amazing, I thought people would be wanting a bit less of that :eek:!!! Well, just for you:D, today was:

Mr Weezl:

b/fast bowl of muesli 100grams, cup of tea, slice of toast and marmalade, total 8p

lunch: houmous home-made roll, 3 slices of sultana loaf- 9p

Slightly random dinner, (due to defrosting mishap!), mince and onion pie, mushy peas with rosemary and butter, and a naan bread (but he liked it) total: 38p

Weezl

Breakfast: 2 slices of toast and vitalite, cup of tea: 3p

Lunch: houmous bap- 4p

Dinner found a patch of wild rocket on way home from work, so had that with a dessertspoon of mayo and some meatloaf -34p

96p so far today! We will probably also have a slice of jam roly poly (behave ISOM!) later at 6 more pence....

Wish you hadn't asked?

ISOM don't test all the cocktails, or you'll have a sore head and not fancy anything tomorrow!

Re: tomorrow, shall we start a thread in the money savers arms about 7ish called 'the weezl's end of challenge party, you're all welcome!' and all do our revelling there?

It can be on here, of course, but I was just thinking of any poor blighters reading it all later to look for recipes, and having to trawl through 14 pages of drunken misshaps in the middle! And that's just from BigmummaF playing her rabbit-droppings game:rotfl::T....Let alone when Ifonly gets back from the wedding (still chuckling about that caption!!!!) I dunno, whaddyaallreckon?

Love, very excited about the party, Weezl x

Bobbykins

Hi weezl/acetate Monkey/ISOM and everyone else. I have a VERY cheeky question please?

I have hovered and lurked all the way through the thread but haven't posted before. I have been spellbound and inspired (and have also nearly wet my underwear laughing several times - wish I had shares in tena lady!) Anyway, I just wondered, would anyone mind if I joined the virtual party tomorrow? I promise to just hover quietly on the sidelines and be on my best behaviour. I won't drink too much (honest), I won't get loud and voluble and insist on dancing with acetate monkey and I won't, won't won't go around telling everyone how much I luuuurrrrrrve them, promise!

Pretty please???

EDITED to say: On the other hand, maybe I'll just watch quietly from the sidelines anyway, glass of wine in hand, and watch all the shinanigans going on!

Have a great night anyway Weezl and Acetate Monkey, you deserve it! ISOM's menu sounds scrummy!! I raise my glass to you all!

ifonlyitwaseasier

lol, i promise to come and visit after the wedding!! leave a message on this board if you go elsewhere!!

today btw a friend in work made me a GIANT jaffa cake, (see pimp that snack) and it was lovely

weezl74

Dear Bobbykins :hello:and any other lurkers, now then, stern voice adopted, we most definately DEMAND THAT YOU COME! and no hiding quietly in a virtual corner!

As for dancing with acetate monkey, alas, no dear:eek:, I've been trying for a decade, and his somewhat syncopated sense of rhythm, extreme height and rangy limbs, puts all on the dance floor afeard for their very lives!!!! But you're welcome to try! At least if ISOM isn't dancin with him first!!!:grouphug:Look here's a picture of the party, poor Isom squished in a lurve sandwich with the 'pathetically grateful for a decent meal' weezls! Pray she gets out alive...

As for virtual refreshments, all I seem to be able to offer is :beer::spam::coffee::bdaycake::EasterBuneven I'd be struggling to make a meal out of that!

Although I did once make stir-fried sweet and sour spam.....:eek::dance:

But we can definately offer you the warmest of welcomes from the bottom of our hearts.

P.S If we are lovely to you at the party will you not just lurk but post on the new challenge?

Weezl x

Bobbykins

weezl74 wrote: »

Although I did once make stir-fried sweet and sour spam.....:eek::dance:

P.S If we are lovely to you at the party will you not just lurk but post on the new challenge?

Weezl x

Oh dear, bleuuurghhhhhh! If being lovely to me consists of offering me stir fried spam, I think I might just have to make my excuses and plead a subsequent engagement!!.

Seriously though, thank you for your kind invite, I look forward to the fun tomorrow!.