how much food is left in cupboards /freezer

*BigBird*

Hi all I'm new on the old style board, just mooching around trying to find some tips on how to save money that can be put towards the wedding next year.

I am a little confused by this one - what does "whoopsied" mean? If it'll help me save some dosh, I think I need to become familiar with it

celyn90

*BigBird* wrote: »

Hi all I'm new on the old style board, just mooching around trying to find some tips on how to save money that can be put towards the wedding next year.

I am a little confused by this one - what does "whoopsied" mean? If it'll help me save some dosh, I think I need to become familiar with it

:hello: welcome to OS whoopsied means reduced to clear (in Asda they put a yellow sticker on it that says "whoops" then the new price when they clear the shelves at the end of the day)

Most of the meat I buy is reduced then I freeze it (if I can wedge it in the ice box) we don't eat a lot of meat but it does save a fortune.

Chuzzle

BIG BIRD
Whoopsied items are the reduced items in the supermarkets - yellow stickers usually. Many moons ago the stickers used to have "woops" written on them hence whoopsy.

My cupboards are rarely full to bursting but never really empty - until now I am trying really hard to use everything I've got before I get more!!


Edit - I see Celyn beat me to it!!

culpepper

Theres rarely very much in our fridge by shopping day.
My MIL thought we were living on the breadline when she looked in my fridge once LOL I keep a carton of milk, cheese ,eggs and the odd piece of veg.
Usually there are one or two homemade things like yoghurt or remains of a pie . By shopping day it is often down to half a block of cheese and the bottom of a carton of milk.
The freezer contains frozen garden veg and a few packs of mince from a bulk pack seperated out into meals worth. Its usually full but a lot is homegrown stuff or frozen ends of bread and chicken carcasses.

purpleivy

celyn90 wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: I'm glad I'm not the only one that ends up with strange shaped meat from freezer squashing! I took out triangular chicken this morning

My fridge contains, cheese, milk, carrots, courgettes, yoghurt, chicken stock, cold potatoes, remains of some lentil bake thing.

My cupboards are full with very random things I think i have at least 2 kg of marizpan for example.

Celyn, you need to try Nigella Lawson's quick almond cake. I made it first time at the w/e and it was fab. I think it will keep well too (I can only tell you this, as there are other things being used up first. My visitors loved it.

MATH

I'm due to shop today so my fridge & freezer are a desert-wasteland. I always do a meal plan and stick to it like fury. The one thing I am a slattern about though is dried herbs and spices, some of these treasured ingredients were purchased under a conservative government.;)

Fridge Contents:
Lard (for pastry making- vintage unknown)
Low-fat spread
1 pt Milk
1/2 Garlic Bulb
A Matchbox Sized Bit of Cheddar
1/2 Tin of Cat Food
1/2 Bottle of Wine (life expectancy about erm....7hrs LOL)
My lunch Sandwiches & 1 yoghurt

Freezer Contents:
1 White Sliced
6 Finger Rolls
1 Garlic Stick
1 Emergency Chedder
1 Emergency Low-fat spread
1 Emergency 6pt Milk
1/2 Tub of Icecream
1/2 Bag each of Sliced Mushrooms, Peas & Sweetcorn
2 HM Plated Meals for Mrs MATH when I'm away
1 Small Pot of Starter Yoghurt for Yogging (should I ever have the time again!)
6 Icecream Tubs of Stewed Apples

champys

wyebird wrote: »

Too much!
However, what gets taken out tends to be cooked into several meals some of which find their way back in there! Lots and lots of soup!

Yes I recognise that! Take out soup meat or chicken carcases and put several litres of stock back in..... Also when I bake it is normally too much for 2 so a lot ends up in the freezer. There is a contingent of frozen fruit and veg from the garden, which only clears just before the new harvest comes in. Plus we buy organic meat 2x per year in bulk. Fresh milk is very difficult to get where we live (apart from imposing on the neighbouring farm), so there's a stock of OH's bottles of full cream and semi skimmed.....
Result the freezer is always full and I can hardly get the lid down!

Bargain_Rzl

celyn90 wrote: »

My cupboards are full with very random things I think i have at least 2 kg of marizpan for example.

What you lot need is the Storecupboard Challenge

I'm overdue a visit there myself, just for the sake of sorting out my cupboards (I'm doing quite well with the freezer - in the past month I've used up three packs of premuim sausages and a whole duckling, all dated June 2007 )

[Deleted User]

I started trying to run down my cupboards and freezer a fortnight ago and I'm still doing it .I can't believe how much stuff I have collected in there I am determined not to buy any more until my cupboards are almost empty and my freezer is bare.That is cash sitting there doing nothing if you think about it .So Mr T isn't getting any of my cash for the foreseeable future.I am only buying fresh fruit and veggies and milk at the moment and am saving a fortune .Had some strange meals though as I forget some times what I've wrapped and put in the freezer.Why have I got 4 pairs of kippers in there I'm not even that keen on them ??

fizzel81

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

When we get round to a shop our fridge and freezer are pretty empty, the cupboards are beginning ot look bare - when i see empty shelf space i panic.

My fridges contents at the minute are (WARNING MAY SHOCK!)
natural yoghurt
milk
half tub of custard (it was 10p at work)
butter

Thats is.

mine doesnt have much more in it

nearly 4 pints of milk
few carrots, 2 leeks
boys fromage frais
butter and butter spread
half pack sandwich meat

and a bottle of water, im holding out for topping up untill the weekend (though not sure im going to make it with the milk)

cupboards and freezer is slightly better, lots of packet mince type things, noodles and beans in the cupboard and the freezer has chicken, a pizza, frozen veg sausages etc in there

i oftern have miss shape chicken or squashed sausages i will cram in if i have to