samboy Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 Hi gang. It is cheaper for me to eat in the cafe everyday. Average price of a meal with a cuppa is about £7.50. By the time i drive to Tesco's, buy the food, prepare and cook the food and then the washing up the cafe wins by a mile. Anyone think like this ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, samboy said: Hi gang. It is cheaper for me to eat in the cafe everyday. Average price of a meal with a cuppa is about £7.50. By the time i drive to Tesco's, buy the food, prepare and cook the food and then the washing up the cafe wins by a mile. Anyone think like this ?. sounds fine until you have been thro the menu 5 times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 No way, if you do that every day that's £37.50, that buys a lot of food, what are you eating in the cafe typically?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted October 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: No way, if you do that every day that's £37.50, that buys a lot of food, what are you eating in the cafe typically?. Today i had shepherds pie peas cabbage and boiled potatoes. There is a good varied menu in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, samboy said: Today i had shepherds pie peas cabbage and boiled potatoes. There is a good varied menu in there. OK, Steak mince 500g, spuds, peas and a cabbage = £1.80 + £1.00+.60+.55 if you add mash for the sheppards pie plus an onion add another £1, total of under £5, this will do 2 meals with loads of veg left over (this is assuming it's beef mince ,add another £1.50 if it's Lamb) so tops under £6.50 per 2=£3.25/day. Long time since I did maths but I think I must be somewhere near. I would cook the lot and freeze half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 Well while you mention it, Yesterday i knocked up 4 Duck, red wine, and red onion pies, there in the freezer (just realised i forgot to add the mushrooms) I have about 15lb of various home made venison sausages, in the freezer, 6 venison burgers left, home cured bacon (not by me) eggs from a perm. The ducks free from last season, venison cost me 65 pence (the cost of a 22 game king, powder, primer and 1 minute reloading, 3 Hog hanks probably cost me £20, seasoning £7.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 hours ago, samboy said: Hi gang. It is cheaper for me to eat in the cafe everyday. Average price of a meal with a cuppa is about £7.50. By the time i drive to Tesco's, buy the food, prepare and cook the food and then the washing up the cafe wins by a mile. Anyone think like this ?. No … I’d download a few episodes of ‘Eat Well for Less’ and teach yourself some basic home economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 20 minutes ago, Smokersmith said: No … I’d download a few episodes of ‘Eat Well for Less’ and teach yourself some basic home economics. ^ this also enjoy all aspects of food, including preparation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 I got a few discount voucher books for weatherspoons free bus up town wander round for a bit shopping even cheaper meals and drink before bus home They will have the heating on as well so bonus LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, islandgun said: ^ this also enjoy all aspects of food, including preparation DITTO, Tonight I cooked Tandoori Chicken (Breast, 2/person) with Zuccini Sabzi, Basmati Rice for 6 people - superb if I say so myself and all from scratch. Total cost was £20 ish plus my time, love cooking so that's an added bonus. Onions I grow myself and Fresh Lemons from the fridge another 20p. Normally a £1 cheaper as I grow Corriander in the Summer, but I have to buy it this time of the year. Edited October 10, 2022 by bruno22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: DITTO, Tonight I cooked Tandoori Chicken (Breast, 2/person) with Zuccini Sabzi, Basmati Rice for 6 people - superb if I say so myself and all from scratch. Total cost was £14 ish plus my time, love cooking so that's an added bonus. Onions I grow myself and Fresh Lemons from the fridge another 20p. Normally a £1 cheaper as I grow Corriander in the Summer, but I have to buy it this time of the year. i love tandorri in any form...makes a loverly vegy curry.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, ditchman said: i love tandorri in any form...makes a loverly vegy curry.. Pataks do a great paste but the medium is only available in 2.5kg jars, you can get it for around £17 if you shop around, bought my last lot from Mulaco. I make my own but the Pataks is a great cop out and tastes superb, a lot of people dont realise that a lot of Indian Restuarants use Pataks products. Got a new jar coming in the next few days, can post you some if you want to try it. Edited October 10, 2022 by bruno22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: Pataks do a great paste but the medium is only available in 2.5kg jars, you can get it for around £17 if you shop around, bought my last lot from Mulaco. I make my own but the Pataks is a great cop out and tastes superb, a lot of people dont realise that a lot of Indian Restuarants use Pataks products. Got a new jar coming in the next few days, can post you some if you want to try it. i bought 500g of powder (rough ground) off amazon.....i decant it off into big jam jars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 7 hours ago, ditchman said: i bought 500g of powder (rough ground) off amazon.....i decant it off into big jam jars... Next time you buy spices try Natco online, postage is cheap and the spices are superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Either look at batch cooking and freezing in bulk or for one of those prepared food companies aimed at old people. That might prove cheaper than the café option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Last night I couldn't be bothered cooking so did a Sainsbury's pizza in the oven, .43p, grated some Wensleydale over it and sliced a tomato on that. Still most of the £1.70 cheese left and only 1 tomato out of the punnet. Orange squash to drink and a few malted milk biscuits after. Biscuits .35p per pack, squash .45p per bottle. Including the 8 minutes of gas, still under £1. £7.50 for cafe food is an extravagant outlay from my meagre pension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 28 minutes ago, Centrepin said: Last night I couldn't be bothered cooking so did a Sainsbury's pizza in the oven, .43p, grated some Wensleydale over it and sliced a tomato on that. Still most of the £1.70 cheese left and only 1 tomato out of the punnet. Orange squash to drink and a few malted milk biscuits after. Biscuits .35p per pack, squash .45p per bottle. Including the 8 minutes of gas, still under £1. £7.50 for cafe food is an extravagant outlay from my meagre pension. How many is "a few" malted milk biscuits? If i have a cuppa and open a packet of them I can find myself going through them like a packet of crisps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Rob85 said: How many is "a few" malted milk biscuits? If i have a cuppa and open a packet of them I can find myself going through them like a packet of crisps! Me too, I finished the packet I opened the day before😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 14:12, samboy said: Hi gang. It is cheaper for me to eat in the cafe everyday. Average price of a meal with a cuppa is about £7.50. By the time i drive to Tesco's, buy the food, prepare and cook the food and then the washing up the cafe wins by a mile. Anyone think like this ?. Well I agree with the other comments on here but I have the time to mess about preparing snap and I enjoy doing it. If you don't enjoy preparing it and don't have the time you carry on. I can understand why you do it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) I think the OP might be considering the cost of using the cooker too. I can't get through to my other half how wasteful it is to heat an entire oven for just 6 roast spuds and a gas ring for veg and another for gravy when she could have used one ring to boil spuds and a veg steamer on top and skip the gravy. Oh and she don't get the benefits of using a heavy glass lid on a saucepan and low gas rather than higher gas setting with the lid up and pan offset so it don't boil over. I despair but maybe the lockdowns gave us a reduced tolerance of each other lol. Edited October 14, 2022 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, Dave-G said: I can't get through to my other half how wasteful it is to heat an entire oven for just 6 roast spuds In theory you are right. I'm (also in theory) even worse because I heat a whole oven for one baked spud sometimes ........... but it isn't as bad as you think (I have made measurements!) My oven uses 2.5 KW maximum - such as when warming up. It's 'average' is about 700-800W as it is well insulated (A rated) and the element switches on and off as needed. The element is on about 25% of the time the oven is on for the oven at 180 Centigrade. So to bake a spud, about 10 minutes at 2.5KW to warm up then 80 minutes at say 750W = 1.42 KWhrs - which is currently about £0.34 - so 50p in electricity to cook a spud. Will use virtually the same electricity for 6 spuds. - So your 6 spuds will cost about 10p each to cook. Note that for the colder months of the year the heat wasted from the oven ends up as useful heat in the kitchen anyway (but is wasted when not wanted in summer!) I would guess to boil them - would be about 20 minutes at (say) 1 KW average, so 0.33 KWhr is about 10p for the panful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 Not as bad as I thought then thanks. just trying to minimise the escalated energy prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 Whatever happened to the pressure cooker for all your veggies? And of course the microwave. If you don’t want to roast or grill surely that the most efficient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 10 hours ago, Dave at kelton said: Whatever happened to the pressure cooker for all your veggies? And of course the microwave. If you don’t want to roast or grill surely that the most efficient? She cooks old school like her mam did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 05:39, bruno22rf said: Next time you buy spices try Natco online, postage is cheap and the spices are superb. Bruno - I just wanted to say thanks for that suggestion. I love my curries and usually stock up on bulk spices etc from the 'proper' world food aisle whenever I'm driving past a supermarket in Keighley or Bradford (once in a blue moon) - but with that selection and delivery costs - I'll be putting in an order later tonight 👍 Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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