Trying really hard to OS but the prices keep going up

mummysaver

Thanks hun, they sound great, will give them a go at the weekend, kids will love them, and they sound like they go quite a long way for not many ingredients! Will check out the chill cornbread, whenever I read about it somewhere I always think "oh that sounds nice, will have to have a go", but never get round to it! This time things are different, I am so determined to save some money!

purpleivy

D&DD wrote: »

This is one of our favourites,I also do a chilli cornbread *sure I posted the recipe in my shop from home thread*

[FONT=verdana, arial]Cornmeal and Bacon Pancakes[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]1/3 c Yellow cornmeal[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]1 c plain flour[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]1 tsp Salt[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]2 tsp Baking powder[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]1 Egg[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]1 1/4 c Milk[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]2 Strips bacon; cooked and crumbled[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]Mix cornmeal, flour, salt and baking powder. In a separate bowl, beat the egg. Add milk. Stir this mixture slowly into the dry ingredients, mixing well. The batter should be fairly thin; add more milk if necessary. Mix in crumbled bacon. Cook pancakes over a medium heat as for normal ones. [/FONT]

That looks yum D&DD, nice to see you back here. How are things?

moanymoany

There was a thread to a newspaper article about price rises. It seems as though it is a world wide thing. I think that the difference in supermarkets will eventually even out, so stock up on cheap stuff when you can get it.

As far as I can make out, the higher food prices are here to stay.

D&DD

purpleivy wrote: »

That looks yum D&DD, nice to see you back here. How are things?

Things are 'interesting' lol thanks for asking PurpleIvy:D I'll update all the gossip on the store thread later,ooh and I've new pics of the store to upload tomorrow(need to find camera lead) I had a bit of a stock up

buxtonrabbitgreen

I went to buy cooking oil last week and saw that the one that was £1.60 is now £2.6 0!!!!

BrandNewDay

Bargain_Rzl wrote: »

When you say "fussy", do you mean choice-wise or quality-wise? Or both?

For example, choice-wise I have never been that fussy. I mean - I buy whatever brand is on the best deal. If I go to Asda thinking I might buy some beef, but then find some nice pork reduced to clear, I'll buy that instead and find something tasty to do with it. I think most oldstylers are the same

Quality, on the other hand, I'm quite a bit more fussy about, and I can't really see that changing in certain areas. For example, unless they were literally the ONLY sort you could buy, I can't see myself going back to non free range eggs. If the cost went through the roof I'd buy fewer of them - bake more no-egg recipes, and so on.

I also don't see myself ever going back to using a lot of the processed muck which often works out really cheap. In my first year as a student I lived on ham sandwiches (value bread and value reconstituted ham), and No Frills burgers from Kwik Save! :eek: And it wasn't out of financial necessity either. I mean, yes, I was skint, but if I'd known then what I know now (i.e. my general domestic skills, and the knowledge of what's actually IN that stuff) I could easily have had the same quality of diet as I have now, within the budget I had at the time... In fact the amount I spend on (good) food now is barely more than the amount I spent on complete and utter rubbish then - and that was ten years ago.

I actually aim for the opposite: to desensitize my palate and remain blissfully ignorant, whenever possible. If the stuff in the green and white Smart Price packaging can be eaten, that's what I'm going to buy.

dubgirl

Hi everyone, this is a really interesting thread. We had a discussion about rising prices at work today, seems to be affecting everyone. A friend of mine, who has a much reduced income than me, is seriously considering giving up her car - i can really see petrol being £2 a litre by the end of the year and also told me that she is now reaching the stage of not being able to afford the value stuff, what do you do then, I think that this has already been mentioned earlier in the thread.

sammy_kaye18

dubgirl wrote: »

she is now reaching the stage of not being able to afford the value stuff, what do you do then.

I think that is shocking - we are by no means well off but we did a £40 shop yesterday (well £38.78) and it looked like we had barely brought anything and most of ours is value stuff. Luckily we can squeeze a few extra pounds here and there between myself and boyfriend and i have extra shifts at work that i can take if we are really bad off but what do you do when there just isnt enough. I think ill get my gardening stuff ready this weekend or next week and see if mother in law fancies a trip to focus fo r a big bag of compost - go to do soemthing - hate to think of it reachign that point for us that we are really struggling.

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

I can't believe the price hikes going off -haven't really noticed it out here yet..in fact most basics here are very cheap (if you shop around)..everytime i speak to my mum back in the UK (every day ) i get tales of the latest price increases she has noticed.. Don't know if it has been mentioned on here yet but did anyone see the news yesterday saying that Walmart were rationing the amount of rice each person could buy? :eek: have to say that we don't use much rice..hubbies chilli and an occasional egg fried dish but thats it.

I am growing as much as i can this year -mainly in containers, troughs etc... have ended up with 85 varieties of seed -got a bit carried away (but some seeds are as little as 19c here -about 15 p):p and am probably going to run out of room for everything... but im determined to provide as much as i can -only grown my own once before -but on a much smaller scale -this time im trying all sorts -fingers crossed for some success
So far the plants i have started off indoors are doing really well..just can't wait to get them outside -so i can reclaim my windowsills -well so i can plant more
I really would say "give it a go" even if its mainly salad leaves, tomatoes etc that can be sooo expensive for the really nice ones in the supermarkets -

moanymoany

I just found this on the BBC website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7365798.stm

What we will have to think about cutting back on or giving up are really luxuries, e.g. cars. What many in the world are having to give up on is eating. What seems such a good idea - like biofuels - are turning out to be a potential disaster. When you think about oil, it simply bubbles out of the ground. It doesn't displace anything, biofuels displace food crops. I know oil causes problems, but the answer lies elsewhere.

I don't want anyone to think that I believe that life in the 50's and early 60's was some kind of nirvana because I don't. However, most people went where they had to go by bike, on foot or on public transport. The biggest difference was that we didn't go to many places! Most of our lives were local, the idea of 'driving out' to a farm shop would have been impossible.

Also, life was relatively more expensive than it is now. Money didn't go as far. In the bumf I read about the Sainsbury's meals for a fiver, Sainsbury's said that in real terms their decent mince was cheaper than it was fifty years ago. My gran bought 1 sausage each, half a pound of shin of beef made two meals, stew and a meat and potato pie for four of us, one egg was scrambled for four - a whole different world and one I think may be back with us.