Egluntyne Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I buy free range chicken, and there is loads more meat on it. However, the way the cost per meal is often stated - e.g. by Hugh F-W - is sometimes really badly flawed. Unless you have an Aga/ Rayburn/similar that's on all the time, the electricity cost of sticking something in the oven for a few hours to make stock /stew /etc does mount up, particularly if you're on an electricity meter (way more expensive per unit than a bill on direct debit, bizarrely) with a fairly old (& inefficent) oven. That is why I love my pressure cooker. Fab stock in 20 mins in a very low flame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hugh is on again tomorrow so i will be glued to the TV, the trailer looks really sad, Hugh in tears, no wonder he & Jamies are taking such an interest in BHWT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I do wish I could buy better food but I do struggle to do the right thing. I have a family of 4, Dylan is still on puree food and I keep down costs by making extras of our food and freezing liquidised portions for him instead of buying jars. And they are both in cloth nappies so I dont have to waste money on disposables. I have a food budget of £75 a week which I feel is a reasonable amount, and I generally trying to buy large joints of meat that will do two nights as this is cheaper, and I am more and more making my own things like sauces and caseroles etc instead of buying jar sauces at at all. We have next to no treat food, never eat crisps and rarly have chocolate or deserts, plus I dont eat anything during the day to cut costs, just the evening dinner. But I still am buying bad chicken. I tried for a while to get all my food from green grocers and butchers, but was going well over budget, and at asda the free range selection is tiny. Sarah I would love to know where you get a free range chicken from for £6 that feeds that number of you, as the ones I get from asda that do us for 2 nights are £6 and arnt free range. My problem is that my OH has a very fast metabolism and eats a shockinly huge amount of food, he would not be happy if I presented him soup for dinner as he would be moaning that he was hungry 1/2 hour later. I enjoy cooking and have no problem cooking any type of food but I really struggle to manage to shop ethically and feed my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menagerie Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 hello back to quorn- have checked in my freezer and on their website - all their products use free range egg. I have no problem eating fungus or something that's a byproduct of another industrial process, even though it sounds a bit yuck. I don't eat a lot of it but it's useful as a veggie to have something i can eat for bbqs etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
