Originally Posted by
milmol:
“We foraged a load of nettles at the weekend, & made nettle soup, delish. We have been getting into 'wild food' a bit lately and we foraged other stuff (herby type things) as well. If you have the time and inclination to research it and learn whats good and whats not (!) its worth it because obviously theyre free
Quite a lot of it is aquired taste - i.e. convincing yourself its tasty, not just tasting of 'green'
but its fun too
. There is plenty of stuff out there that you can use in salads, and as veg or to put in risottos etc instead of the herbs you'd be buying from the supermarket.”
Wouldn't eat anything growing in my neighbourhood sadly. Either wee'd on (not just by animals) or been trampled or next to a busy road with car fumes and pollutes all over it.
Made a list for my shopping this week. Not healthy by any means but I can't afford to try new food right now except the super cheap stuff I chose to try.
Got
1 Creamfields 4 pint of milk - £1
15 Eggs - £1.34
Tesco Value Tikka and rice - £0.80p
Tesco Value Lasagne - £0.80p
*2 Loose brown onions £0.38p
4 Branston Beans (half price) - £1.27
2kg Oven Chips - £1.32
20 Value Sausages - £1.00
Tesco value cheese pasta - £0.23p
Tesco value Spicy Curry noodles - £0.23p
Tesco Chowmein Insta-noodles - £0.28p
*24 sachets of cat food (on a deal) - £5.00
And then the bad stuff I could save money on if I tried but I need something to look forward to and enjoy. But as cheap as I can get anyway and will actually last me a long while.
8 Value Sausage rolls - £1.31
2 Bottles of 2 Litre Pepsi - £1.78 total (85p each. Would never pay full price)
Bag of Cheeseball Crisps - £0.69p
Bag of Onion Ring Crisps - £0.69p
4 Egg Custard tarts - £1.10
Total combined: £19.22
*24 kitty meals for a fiver helps me spread the cost of feeding my cat a little more and means I won't need to buy any cat food next week.
Also I already have plenty of potatoes (and Onion Gravy) so the onions are to go with them and the sausages for Bangers and Mash.