Can't believe it's over now.. But the 24 hours in the past advertised for next week looks pretty good. So I won't feel too bereft at losing this program
What would the poor birds eat if we all start eating their mealworms..lol I have a huge tub of them in the porch for the birds, don't think I could start munching on them...lol
What would the poor birds eat if we all start eating their mealworms..lol I have a huge tub of them in the porch for the birds, don't think I could start munching on them...lol
Well, when you cook or fry them, and with a little bit of presentation and spices, I bet you'd munch on them.
A complete set-up. It was planned from the start and was the producers opinion of the various stages. Not mine who actually lived it. NB the producers were born in 1983
I lived through the periods as well but I can't remember much detail about food etc so I suspect that with the producers having spent a lot of time studying the food reports might know more than me.
Can't believe it's over now.. But the 24 hours in the past advertised for next week looks pretty good. So I won't feel too bereft at losing this program
"Local" shopping is not really an option these days for a variety of reasons of which the biggest is many people live miles from a "high street" on large estates with no streets, let alone shops.
Also the vast majority would have drive to shop in high streets so the problem of limited parking and councils inflicting rip-off parking charges.
Plus, these days who really wants to trudge up an down what would be crowded streets going to the butchers, the bakers, the fishmongers, the general store in the rain, snow, boiling sun etc now.
My veg box is only £10 but that is for two of us, and we do seem to get enough veg for us. You get 5 varieties of veg and you always get carrots, onions and potatoes, and then whatever else is in season. Take this week for example I had delivered today potatoes, carrots, red onions, asparagus, cauliflower and purple sprouting broccolli. The fruit box is £12 for a box for two people, and that includes apples, pears, bananas and a mango.
They also do different priced boxes where the largest box is about £18.00 for veg.
You are paying far more than you should for your fruit and vegetables doing it this way. If you went yourself to the supermarket and hand picked your own veg and fruit to weigh on the scales you would save yourself a lot ! Carrots, onions and potatoes are the staples - you can always get those for reasonable cost. Cauliflowers are very expensive in comparison, but even the large ones cost around £1.50 - 1.85. What you're paying for is the convenience of having it delivered and the petrol I suppose - I'm fortunate that I have the time and I'm able to choose to go and get my own, and have Lidl / Tesco / Asda close by.
It did have a middle class slant to it but that didn't stop me enjoying it. They were a pleasant family too which made it bearable for me. Sometimes the people on these reality things irritate me so much I can't watch.
The 50's they were still under rationing for most of it.
The 'trick' with rationing is saving up ingredients over a period of time and family members to create the interesting stuff, they only had one egg per week in the supermarket scene.
Wouldn't work in this week=decade 'experiment' though.
The 50s were not under rationing for most of it. Apart from coal being rationed until the late 50s, the food was off rationing very early in the 50s, around 1953 I believe.
The 50s were not under rationing for most of it. Apart from coal being rationed until the late 50s, the food was off rationing very early in the 50s, around 1953 I believe.
Context, I was talking in terms/timeframe of the program.
The 50s were not under rationing for most of it. Apart from coal being rationed until the late 50s, the food was off rationing very early in the 50s, around 1953 I believe.
But people had been used to food being rationed for about ten years so each item that came off ration would have been a big talking point.
I have to comment, the idea of a fat tax is rather appealling, and could be a good idea, BUT typical scientist decides to blow the idea up by stating that the revenue fro the tax could be used to subsidise healthy food.. Once again proving that intellectual scientist have no concept of economics, they seem to think that just cos they are clever at what they consider 'proper science' they know about the workings of economics. Yeah right.
I have to comment, the idea of a fat tax is rather appealling, and could be a good idea, BUT typical scientist decides to blow the idea up by stating that the revenue fro the tax could be used to subsidise healthy food.. Once again proving that intellectual scientist have no concept of economics, they seem to think that just cos they are clever at what they consider 'proper science' they know about the workings of economics. Yeah right.
Just thinking what a mess they have made of checking children's BMI at schools and claiming that perfectly healthy, active kids are fat or obese because they can produce a number to 'prove' it. If similar people are involved in deciding what level to trigger the tax then I hate to think what might be the result.
Edit: a meal in 20 minutes, how is that possible, need some more info on that bit of data.
Oh we're on to anti-food now.
Good idea if you ignore all the processing at the other end to create it.
Said the average did it not? That will include plenty who microwave a meal in 5 minutes
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What would the poor birds eat if we all start eating their mealworms..lol I have a huge tub of them in the porch for the birds, don't think I could start munching on them...lol
Well, when you cook or fry them, and with a little bit of presentation and spices, I bet you'd munch on them.
I lived through the periods as well but I can't remember much detail about food etc so I suspect that with the producers having spent a lot of time studying the food reports might know more than me.
Do you trust the politicians to spend all the money on healthy foods?
There will be lots of arguments and legal cases about is healthy and what should be taxed.
There is a Victorian Bakers series to come.
Also the vast majority would have drive to shop in high streets so the problem of limited parking and councils inflicting rip-off parking charges.
Plus, these days who really wants to trudge up an down what would be crowded streets going to the butchers, the bakers, the fishmongers, the general store in the rain, snow, boiling sun etc now.
Thank you so very much for this info. I love anything Victorian... and if it has to do with baking, it's even better.
You are paying far more than you should for your fruit and vegetables doing it this way. If you went yourself to the supermarket and hand picked your own veg and fruit to weigh on the scales you would save yourself a lot ! Carrots, onions and potatoes are the staples - you can always get those for reasonable cost. Cauliflowers are very expensive in comparison, but even the large ones cost around £1.50 - 1.85. What you're paying for is the convenience of having it delivered and the petrol I suppose - I'm fortunate that I have the time and I'm able to choose to go and get my own, and have Lidl / Tesco / Asda close by.
It did have a middle class slant to it but that didn't stop me enjoying it. They were a pleasant family too which made it bearable for me. Sometimes the people on these reality things irritate me so much I can't watch.
The 50s were not under rationing for most of it. Apart from coal being rationed until the late 50s, the food was off rationing very early in the 50s, around 1953 I believe.
Context, I was talking in terms/timeframe of the program.
And of course we have making pots to look forward to.
The Great British Pottery Throw Down
But people had been used to food being rationed for about ten years so each item that came off ration would have been a big talking point.
Me too. Luckily I love veg and wouldn't find being a vegetarian too difficult.
There is a local butcher in London!! Do you mean there is no butcher local to you? What the heck is an odd normal butcher.
Just thinking what a mess they have made of checking children's BMI at schools and claiming that perfectly healthy, active kids are fat or obese because they can produce a number to 'prove' it. If similar people are involved in deciding what level to trigger the tax then I hate to think what might be the result.
Said the average did it not? That will include plenty who microwave a meal in 5 minutes
They live in Walthamstow Village. Very different to Walthamstow itself.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/11/bbc-time-for-dinner-follow-up-weekends