Can't believe the "food" you can buy now

calleyw

It is not that interesting really.


To start with a Man named Jack Cohen started a market stall. And he bought his tea from someone called T E Stockwell. So when he needed a name for his shop.

So he tes from T E Stockwell and add the co of Cohen added an S and there you have Tescos.

And Asda comes from Associated Dairies.


Yours

Calley

MrsB_2

calleyw wrote:

It is not that interesting really.


To start with a Man named Jack Cohen started a market stall. And he bought his tea from someone called T E Stockwell. So when he needed a name for his shop.

So he tes from T E Stockwell and add the co of Cohen added an S and there you have Tescos.

And Asda comes from Associated Dairies.


Yours

Calley

And so began a long history of supermarkets ripping off ordinary people trying to make a living!! :rolleyes:

Callisto

Those microwaveable burgers & hotdogs are beyond me... I used to work in a corner shop in a 'deprived' area and the amount of these they sold was unbelievable... people were buying three or four at a time at around £1 each... they could have actually purchased proper food with that £4! :wall:

competitionscafe

Those prepackaged bowls of fruit salad with a few slices of apple, orange, a few grapes, etc - for about £2.99!! When if you bought 1 apple, 1 orange, a few grapes etc and spent a few seconds slicing them it would cost you half as much for about 3 times the quantity (and it would be freshly cut not sitting on a shelf for 3 days losing all it's vitamins). If it's for 1 person and too much quantity, just put it in a tupperware with a bit of lemon juice - instant (healthy) breakfast!

I can understand people with arthritis buying pre-made mash etc but I bet that 90% of the people who buy these 'convenience' foods are just lazy!

I cook roasts for one (sad I know) as I live on my own but just buy a smaller joint and then next day I have roast beef and mustard or roast pork and apple sandwiches for lunch and do something else with the remainders for dinner. I couldn't imagine buying one of those frozen roast dinner for 1 things - too embaressing and unlikely to be very tasty either! I do always feels sad in the week before Christmas when I see elderly people buying them though as I know that it's probably their Christmas dinner.

Curry_Queen

MATH wrote:

Would a person living on there own really par-boil ONE potato, slice it and then roast it for 45mins to make ONE roastie. Then take one egg and beat into a yorkie batter to fill ONE individual pattie tin to make ONE yorkshire pudding? What a lonely job creating this meal for ONE only to have to sit and eat it in silence because you are eating alone. Yes! I've been guilty of sniffing at Aunt Bessie this and that in the past but having seen my lonely FIL pop one roastie and one yorkie on a tray alongside his sliced beef in gravy. I see they serve a need. I'm fortunate enough not to be in a position to have to use them (I have others to cook for and eat with. I no longer sniff and am embarassed I ever did:o

I do agree with you there MATH, and it reminds me of a time I went to visit my dad, a few months after my mum had died, and found boxes of ready meals in the freezer and meals for one. It would have been unheard of previously as my parents were always very OS, but it was easier for him to buy these meals and re-heat them in the microwave when he came in from work

I also find it a struggle just cooking for myself and more often than not when DS is at his dad's I'll just grab something out the freezer to re-heat, which fortunately these days is a HM meal that I froze previously! If not it's usually something quick and easy like pasta/pesto or a piece of pan-fried fish with salad or something, if I bother to eat all

And ... I have to hold my hands up and say that for several months after my accident my freezer was packed with boxed ready meals that DS could just pop in the microwave to cook, because I was incapable of cooking anything at all! ... and the local take-aways also did very well out of us

competitionscafe

I suppose you also have to consider that something we love doing (cooking) is not something everyone enjoys and I have known people who don't even like food! As in they don't really care what they eat as long as it fills them up (food as fuel) and stops them being hungry in as little time as possible!

Even though I love cooking (and eating!) there's plenty of times when I can't be bothered and will just have pasta, cheese on toast with salad, an omelette or something else fairly 'instant'. And a lot of the things I cook is just meat/fish and 2 veg - grilled lamb chops or a pan fried slice of fish, or whatever with some steamed carrots and peas, or whatever - the kind of meal which takes about 20 minutes to make (which is quicker than a ready meal would take in the oven, if you didn't have a microwave). Probably only do a roast about once month or so and more 'involved'/ 'elaborate' meals once or twice a week.

culpepper

Tins of pasta which take 20 mins to heat through and would have taken 20 mins to cook from dried pasta.My Mum used to buy these with a revolting orange runny sauce.

MATH

I know what you mean CQ about not being so OS when you're on your own, I'm just the same,. Competitionscafe is an inspiration roasting for one, you're not sad and i hope you savour every bite:D but if you're alone and don't want to be I can see making meal times an event just increasing your sense of lonliness, so I can see why they grab a quick bite and move on.

Alleycat

It just amazes me to see these families in the supermarkets with trollies laden with such utter crap! There was a lady the other day at the checkout, loading the conveyor belt with stack upon stack of ready meals, frozen chips, chicken nuggets etc. Now I'm not saying that I'm not partial to chicken nuggets and chips, but this was excessive. There was very little in the way of 'raw' ingredients, eggs (probably to do the fry up in the morning) and a bag of potatoes. No fruit or veg anywhere near her groceries. She had one child and her (I assume) husband with her. I think the shopping bill was something in the region of £70 :eek: . Whereas I had almost the same amount in my trolley and it came to £45.

I have to say I did feel pretty smug! Although I am relatively new to trying to cook everything from scratch, I still have never resorted to microwave meals.

Alley

Lotta_Littlies

competitionscafe wrote:

Even though I love cooking (and eating!) there's plenty of times when I can't be bothered and will just have pasta, cheese on toast with salad, ...

I bet its a matter of time before we find ready made cheese on toast in the freezer sections :rotfl:

Lotta