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the great composto

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Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #105 on: March 21, 2013, 09:21:24 am »
:thumbsup: , lots of people used to take a swig of milk when milk bottles were commonly left on doorsteps in the morning...
.....and blame it on bluetits pinching the cream haha

Henrietta

  • Joined Aug 2008
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #106 on: March 21, 2013, 09:36:22 am »
I remember that we often found punctured bottle tops where birds were taking the milk!

happygolucky

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #107 on: March 21, 2013, 09:45:34 am »
Not sure many people still have milk delivery like they used to, I also had bread left on my door step, I suppose we could all use our wits for cheap or free food but you have to have plenty of time, not be disabled and not have to spend a fortune getting to your free food..
 

Fleecewife

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Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #108 on: March 21, 2013, 11:44:47 am »
Can it be done? ??? ? Watch this space. :excited:

 
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Alistair

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Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #109 on: March 21, 2013, 01:10:50 pm »
For all those who thought my £5 survival menu's are cheating because they are basically free and therefore  not allowed,  would it make any difference if I charged you 5p  per food group .?  ;D
 you could also pay the farmer  50 p and ask if he'd let you take a drink or three from the milking goats , sheep and cows

I can just see people lying under goats suckling them... It's not on, it's wierd

happygolucky

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #110 on: March 21, 2013, 01:15:53 pm »
 :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
 

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #111 on: April 27, 2013, 09:53:39 am »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22263706

The "official" challenge starts on Monday.

As usual, the story the BBC has on that is just a nice little exercise... They don't say where I can buy a slice of bread for 3p, or a quarter courgette. And they don't mention that if you buy more and freeze the rest, the freezer doesn't come free - you have to buy it, run it, and rent a place that's big enough so you can keep it somewhere... Oh, and the prices are all for big supermarkets - Morrisons 10 miles from here, Tesco 14 miles, Sainsbury and Asda even further. And they never count the cost of cooking.

happygolucky

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #112 on: April 27, 2013, 10:07:59 am »
 :thumbsup:

SteveHants

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #113 on: April 27, 2013, 10:05:58 pm »
I reckon I could do it, but I'd have to dust my wires off and apparently, thats not allowed. Booooo.

rispainfarm

  • Joined Jul 2012
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Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #114 on: April 29, 2013, 04:43:27 pm »
Just started today, will keep you all informed. Sorry for the late reply, have not been on AS for a while  :o :-[
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rispainfarm

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Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #115 on: April 29, 2013, 04:46:10 pm »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22263706

The "official" challenge starts on Monday.

As usual, the story the BBC has on that is just a nice little exercise... They don't say where I can buy a slice of bread for 3p, or a quarter courgette. And they don't mention that if you buy more and freeze the rest, the freezer doesn't come free - you have to buy it, run it, and rent a place that's big enough so you can keep it somewhere... Oh, and the prices are all for big supermarkets - Morrisons 10 miles from here, Tesco 14 miles, Sainsbury and Asda even further. And they never count the cost of cooking.

you are never going to do things anally, for the very fact that we live in a westernised country and are dependant on so many things. I don't think the council would be happy if you went killing sheep etc and cooked them everynight over a fire in the garden  ;) But even taking in that fact, finding food coming  to no more than a fiver a week is a tall order.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2013, 10:56:13 am by rispainfarm »
Author of Choosing and Keeping Pigs and Pigs for the Freezer, A Smallholders Guide

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happygolucky

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #116 on: April 29, 2013, 04:50:11 pm »
 :thumbsup: Good luck, our freezer is still well stocked with 10p stuff.....so we do eat cheaply......

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #117 on: April 29, 2013, 06:35:06 pm »
:thumbsup: Good luck, our freezer is still well stocked with 10p stuff.....so we do eat cheaply......

And how much did the freezer cost you - and how much does it cost running it - and, proportionally, the rent oh the space it takes up in your house?

I think it's a bit simplistic to just count the cost of the food you pay in the shops. Oh yes, how much did it cost you to travel to the shops where you can buy stuff so cheaply?

happygolucky

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #118 on: April 29, 2013, 06:49:27 pm »
I do see your point Ina......not many people could get the deals we get, its a bit hit and miss, the freezer was from my mother in law when she moved so we did not pay, although we did buy another when we ran the B&B, that was a necessity, the shop is 3 -4 miles away and thats where we would go for our food anyway, but we go about once evey 2 weeks and stock up, although sometimes we pop into the co op across the road, the cost of running it is an additional cost but compensates for the travel I suppose, then its in our garage....our house has loads of space.........cooking any food is costly.....we have to live cheaply, although for some strange reason we get loads of chocolate stuff, when my family were over we had the hugest chocolate cake rueduced to 10p, my  daughters were gob smacked....I have loads of photos!!!! anyway, I mostly make stew or cook up fruit to use for later.
Just want to add, I have grown my own veg before but not at the moment but maybe in the future, we also had some chickens to fatten and they worked out just about the same as good quality bought ones, I love rhubarb but find its far too expensive so buy the tins that save both in energy and sugar......hope our next house has some in the garden :innocent: ....I could go on the bus as I have a bus pass,  but I don't.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2013, 06:57:01 pm by happygolucky »

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Feed a family of four for five days on £5
« Reply #119 on: April 30, 2013, 10:21:57 pm »
How do you manage to buy so many things for 10p? I never see bargains like that.

 

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