The price of food....and everything really

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by Susie

Pasta sauce doesn't have to be expensive. I reckon I can make a pan of pasta sauce for about 30p. It is just one sauted onion, one crushed clove of garlic, a tin of tesco value chopped tomatoes, a squeeze of tomato puree, dried Italian herbs (or fresh herbs from the garden) and a sprinkle of salt. Try it, it tastes as good, if not better, than any stuff you can buy in a jar.

If I add to my shopping list a packet of value mince, a packet of pasta and a french stick I can feed the five of us on Pasta Bolognaise with garlic bread for 50p a head. I usually do a salad with it too so that works out at about a pound more for all of us. Any left over bolognaise sauce can be put inside a folded pizza dough base with a bit of cheese for Calzone. Yum.

Since I have been on the slimming world diet (lost over 2 1/2 stone so far)I have stopped buying ready made sauces and make all my own especially for spag bol.My family love it.I buy much more fresh veg and often chop up lots of different veggies put all together in a large pan and simmer for a while.Then I liquidise the lot and lo and behold my own veg stock which is used in all my recipes that need stock.I am saving money and getting thinner

[Susie]

Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye

I assume from this that the muck from your finger nails adds to the flavour of the bread, as it must go somewhere.

Keith

That's why the first loaves they make are brown bread, it doesn't show up as much.

[Blackbrook Eye]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

Well, of course. My granny said "you will eat a peck of muck before you die", and in fact she was nearly at the end of her second when she did.

I agree with your granny, folk are far too fussy about food hygene these days and when they do get something thats a bit off there is no resistance and a bad gut is the result, I tend to work on a simple test, offer some to the dog, if he leaves it I don't eat it.

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye

I tend to work on a simple test, offer some to the dog, if he leaves it I don't eat it.

LOL!

[coasty]

Originally Posted by cherrybee

Since I have been on the slimming world diet (lost over 2 1/2 stone so far)I have stopped buying ready made sauces and make all my own especially for spag bol.My family love it.I buy much more fresh veg and often chop up lots of different veggies put all together in a large pan and simmer for a while.Then I liquidise the lot and lo and behold my own veg stock which is used in all my recipes that need stock.I am saving money and getting thinner

I really cant understand anyone buying ready sauces, dressings or convenience food. They are generally less tasty and much more expensive and almost always less healthy.

[galanthus]

Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye

I agree with your granny, folk are far too fussy about food hygene these days and when they do get something thats a bit off there is no resistance and a bad gut is the result, I tend to work on a simple test, offer some to the dog, if he leaves it I don't eat it.

A nurse told me last week that huge amounts of research have indicated that the increase in asthma is related to the decrease in tapeworm. Some research doctor actually had a tapeworm placed in his intestine and his asthma was mostly cured She said this indicated as you've said that we are all too careful these days.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by galanthus

A nurse told me last week that huge amounts of research have indicated that the increase in asthma is related to the decrease in tapeworm. Some research doctor actually had a tapeworm placed in his intestine and his asthma was mostly cured She said this indicated as you've said that we are all too careful these days.

I thought they were threadworm.
There are treatments/trials and research for certain conditions that use threadworm.

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by eeyore

now theres an idea - might be better on a different thread tho. I think i may seriously look at buying a bread maker - and fortuitously ive just been paid and ive a day off tommorow

any reccomendations on make and model ?

Trying not to advertise but think nine letters beginning with P and ending in C. Their cheapest model is round about £80 - I've seen no reason to buy the more expensive versions - allow you to add fruit to your cake mix while it's working and that sort of thing ....

There are cheaper models by other manufacturers but they do have some minor disadvantages and some people have complained about them.

Go for it!

[Paul mabbott]

Good way to build up your arm muscles. I must admit that I never had great success with hand-made bread - usually quite good but never seemed to rise enough, crisp up enough, cook enough ....

Looked at from the energy point of view I used to waste an enormous amount of electricity/gas just getting the room warm enough to make the bread rise; then heating up the oven to get the crust right &c &c.

Apart from the convenience, bread-makers must save an enormous amount of energy - just warming at the beginning then stronger heat for just the right cooking period.

.... and you can set it to finish cooking just when you're getting up in the morning.

Our seed-sprouter is an old gherkin jar with holes in the lid.

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

I prefer the human hands model. Kneading the dough gets your finger nails really clean too. We do use the electric one and it is very good, the model we have uses a paddle that leaves you with a hole on the middle of the loaf, I think newer ones have a way round that. The other way is to get the mighty mill to knead the dough, then bake it in the oven.

Favoured gadget is the seed sprouter, lots of tastes and so on and you don't have to buy the expensive (but quite good value for what they produce) packets of seeds.

[galanthus]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

I thought they were threadworm.
There are treatments/trials and research for certain conditions that use threadworm.

Asthma nurse defo said tapeworm yuk!! Can't imagine wanting threadworm either I've just found a study citing hookworm as curing asthma, IBS etc but just in and off to shower. May do separate thread tomoz