Budget cookery tv programme

lilac_lady

It would be good if tv stopped pushing cookery programmes with lots of expensive ingredients and put one on using normal basic foodstuffs. Forget "take one lobster" etc and start giving people lessons in staying within a budget and cooking from scratch.

carriebradshaw

lilac_lady wrote: »

It would be good if tv stopped pushing cookery programmes with lots of expensive ingredients and put one on using normal basic foodstuffs. Forget "take one lobster" etc and start giving people lessons in staying within a budget and cooking from scratch.

I totally agree, it would be far more interesting and useful and a lot more popular no doubt

Bargain_Rzl

Isn't that what Delia did a few years back with her "back to basics" series or whatever it was called?

It didn't cover the home economics/budgeting side of things, but it was certainly focused on basic cooking skills.

Plum_Pie

Ready steady cook used to do 3 levels of bag didn’t they? Called something like value, normal and bistro? Not that you could learn to cook from that show.

Cooking shows are about a fantasy anyway – they’re entertainment for people to watch while their ready meal swivels in the microwave…

OOo, I sound bitter. I should have a cup of tea and relax

mary43

Be interesting as well as useful if they had a basic cookery programme, simple cheap recipes and also how to make a meal out of leftovers.

Hell_Dans_Un_Handcart

This is often covered on River Cottage; Hugh is very good at showing people how to get lots of meals out of meat. You don't have to buy the expensive chicken to do what he does with it.

He - and Jamie Oliver - also focus a lot on seasonal veg, which is always cheaper. A lot of their recipes are very cheap.

mary43

I used to find Jamie Oliver very easy to watch......nothing seemed too complicated the way he cooked it.

Lizzieanne

I always prefer the Jamie O/Hugh/Nigella way of presenting cookery programmes where the onion or whatever is chopped and prepared as part of the presentation, rather than the Delia method where everything is ready and waiting in a selection of little bowls. Then you get a real idea of how long it's going to take you at home.

Plum_Pie

Lizzieanne wrote: »

I always prefer the Jamie O/Hugh/Nigella way of presenting cookery programmes where the onion or whatever is chopped and prepared as part of the presentation, rather than the Delia method where everything is ready and waiting in a selection of little bowls. Then you get a real idea of how long it's going to take you at home.

When I was a nipper and used to watch cooking progs with my mum, she always complained about the little bowls of ready prepped ingredients, saying it made her think of the washing up!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Claero

I think I prefer the Nigella and Jamie approach, too. You also get the tips on how to prepare the food as well, which can make a big difference if it's an ingredient you don't normally use.

I'd love to see a programme like this, perhaps aimed at students and those on a tight budget. It'd really help people be more frugal and probably be wonderful for trying to get people to 'make do' rather than to go out and buy special this or special that.

elona

Years ago there used to be a tv programme with Shirley Goode which was all about saving money, shopping wisely and getting the most for your money.

It showed lots of cheap recipes that were tasty too.

In fact the chicken and cheese pancakes recipe I got from Shirley Goode is so popular I have to make it for nearly every birthday or special occasion for my DDs.