Truther 1,579 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 People should be more concerned with what they're feeding their family these days. Too many parents cant be bothered to cook their young ones a proper meal with fresh veg and meat/fish. In would rather waste a bit of food from time to time and make sure i had fresh food in the fridge at all times. I think you may find its more a case of they can`t cook anything that does not come out of a packet with the instructions written on the side, basic cooking skills are vanishing no matter how many programs there are on telly about food, needs sticking back in the school curriculum And what dishes would the kids learn to cook in school mate? All halal no doubt, every British dish would offend somebody, somehow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,021 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Its almost becoming cheaper to eat out these days if all your worried about is filling your belly.....how much is a joint of beef for a couple of people these days 10 - 15 quid ?.....then with all the veg,spuds and trimmings your looking at 20 quid at least......you can go to a carvery for a tenner each.......and let someone else have all the arse ache of cooking/washing up. Half tidy bit of roasting beef in aldi about 8 quid or a £3 chicken and some veg feed 4 or 5 of us guessing about 15 quid maybe less Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 So tonight its chicken breast with chinese soy gravy.................what happens if by tonight you fancy a nice bit of fish and chips instead ? do you suffer eating a meal you dont really fancy just because thats what you bought earlier and thats whats got to be used !......stone me unless your on the poverty line food should be enjoyment as well as fuel dont tell me we can afford sky telly and the internet but we cant dare let a chicken breast go to waste. Bang on that gnasher. Nail on the head. We must throw 2 meals a week away in my house. Because someone changed their mind or we got too much. We both work full time, got decent paid jobs so why shouldn't we buy what we want and do what we want with it? Maybe it's a generation thing. My old man goes mad. When he was a lad they got a choice of a wagon wheel or a yoghurt. And that was their weekly treat. Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,021 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 When my eldest left for uni and a house share last year I gave her my little slow cooker I had spare. Keep her supplied with veg from the plot and she gets a chick breast or a bit of stewing steak and its all ways bubbling away making the house smell nice apparently. Better than junk food and takeaways 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 We throw some food out what kids leave etc,as wifes pot lickers either won't eat it or if they do end up like bird,lol But I will cut mold off cheese,or bread etc it's what our mums did in the 70/80s I've eaten month out of date cake/crisps etc it's fine, While back I found some sausages in fridge thought better use them,so cooked them up,and as me an wife sat eating them,she said how long we had them I said oh about a week ,turned out it was nearer 2 as I had got them from butchers near where I get car moted in forest.lol Tbh if it's not chicken or fish your not going to get that ill are you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,021 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 So tonight its chicken breast with chinese soy gravy.................what happens if by tonight you fancy a nice bit of fish and chips instead ? do you suffer eating a meal you dont really fancy just because thats what you bought earlier and thats whats got to be used !......stone me unless your on the poverty line food should be enjoyment as well as fuel dont tell me we can afford sky telly and the internet but we cant dare let a chicken breast go to waste. Bang on that gnasher. Nail on the head. We must throw 2 meals a week away in my house. Because someone changed their mind or we got too much. We both work full time, got decent paid jobs so why shouldn't we buy what we want and do what we want with it? Maybe it's a generation thing. My old man goes mad. When he was a lad they got a choice of a wagon wheel or a yoghurt. And that was their weekly treat. Lol bloody wagon wheels lol. Used to live in a cafe when I was about 8 and my job was washing dishes all the time. Then every night we all ways had bacon and egg for dinner. Must been quick and easy and cheap I guess and a wagon wheel for a treat. I have never been able to stomach one since hate them but I have come back around on the bacon and egg front Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) 2 kilo fresh chicken in Aldi £4.39 carrots 40p cabbage 49p Cauli 89p Leeks 89p Peas 90p broccoli 49p Yorkshires 49p Enough to feed 7 for £8.94 simples, and some left over for fry-up. I have not added potatoes as I do not pay for them Even if I were to add the cost of the spuds it would be another £1.60 on top. so seven fed for less than £12 and all you can eat in that. TC Edited August 13, 2015 by tiercel 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 So wasting food is progress then? Haha..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,836 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Tc,,I'm the same,,do aldi every week at home,,,,but feck me you want to see lidle over here in Spain by feck is it cheap,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donna Wildwood 288 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 the meat is the only expense, veg costs next to nothing these days. how much is a chicken?? £6-7 leaves £8-9 quid for the rest. £3 per person for a decent roast dinner.....nah im not having that. If we the hunting community cant source meat there's something wrong. But chickens boring what if you want a nice joint of beef or a drop of lamb ?.......... im just collecting evidence now Lamb will cost you £15+ for the joint alone Ye cant beat a bit of roast beef with horseradish sauce. Unless you rear your own on grass, then it cost £20 for a kill and cut. More lamb than even you lot could eat at one sitting lol! in fact I am having 3 done on mMonday, so if anyone wants to swap for some beef/pork/venison etc let me know As for wasting food, what you do with your food is up to you, but i think it is morally wrong to have something killed for food, then simply waste it. Spare veg can feed rabbits or guinea pigs, or be composted or put in the wormery and if you buy meat and don't fancy it when you get home, bung it in the oven then freeze it when it's cooked. No sense wasting IMO but if the ovens going on anyhoo, fill the fecker up and bung the spare in the freezer! I got a whole freezer full of meals I cooked just cos I have the oven going. They are a godssend in winter when I carn't be arsed to cook and it's cold and i need a hot dinner lol! I always put a cake or tray of scones (posh p***y me ) in the bottom when doing a roast! Munchies are no problems here, ALWAYS got cake in the cupboard 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 subsidised meals in hospitials staff canteens are handy when were out working,about 4quid full dinner.desert.carton of milk ,only ever been pulled once,lol.were cutting trees up the back mac is the excuse lol..yellow coats work wonders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 So tonight its chicken breast with chinese soy gravy.................what happens if by tonight you fancy a nice bit of fish and chips instead ? do you suffer eating a meal you dont really fancy just because thats what you bought earlier and thats whats got to be used !......stone me unless your on the poverty line food should be enjoyment as well as fuel dont tell me we can afford sky telly and the internet but we cant dare let a chicken breast go to waste. Bang on that gnasher. Nail on the head. We must throw 2 meals a week away in my house. Because someone changed their mind or we got too much. We both work full time, got decent paid jobs so why shouldn't we buy what we want and do what we want with it? Maybe it's a generation thing. My old man goes mad. When he was a lad they got a choice of a wagon wheel or a yoghurt. And that was their weekly treat. Lol 1 - Surely you've got better things to do with your money than throw it away ? 2 - Isn't it morally wrong that an animal should be killed and not used to its fullest extent ? 3 - Consider the waste not just of the food itself, but of the resources that went into producing it - money, labour, water, feed, fertilisers etc 4 - Isn't it just plain wrong that the very stuff that sustains our existence has become just another throw-away commodity ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,600 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Some people seem proud of the fact they spend less on food than they spend on crap like internet connections or mobile phone bills.............then we all wonder why the next generation of kids are so f****d up and lazy ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Some people seem proud of the fact they spend less on food than they spend on crap like internet connections or mobile phone bills.............then we all wonder why the next generation of kids are so f****d up and lazy ! Have to agree with you there gnash to an extent.........although I wouldn't like to presume folks circumstances on this thread or the quality of the food they eat.....but yeh, that is a pet hate of mine, folk stuffing their faces with the cheapest, shitest food as they sit & watch the biggest flat screen TV they can fit in their living room haha........ .....I've got family guilty of that & so has my wife, it's embarrassing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,393 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Nothing's wasted here if we don't eat it , any left overs or out of date food goes to the animals 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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