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Research: Budget food and what you would buy
Just because I fancy being a swot for work I would like to know what sort of food you would see as an essential if you were budgeting?
Also what would appeal to you in a budget hamper? edit: What appeals also to pensioners? |
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[LIST=1][*]I'd have a whole chicken. It makes many meals. [*]Dried pasta in a budget hamper would be useful.[*]Pass.[/LIST]
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If budgeting I still find eggs, milk and meat as essentials. I'd buy cheap cuts though, such as chicken wings/thighs, turkey legs, beef mince and eggs from caged hens. I'd buy frozen instead of fresh veg and value pasta, oats, potatoes and noodles for carbs. I'd also shop for as much as I could at the local market, as opposed to the supermarket.
If I were to receive a budget food hamper, I'd like tins of sardines/mackerel, corned beef, lean ham, pasta, sauce/pesto, milk powder, tea/coffee etc. |
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Just because I fancy being a swot for work I would like to know what sort of food you would see as an essential if you were budgeting?
Also what would appeal to you in a budget hamper? edit: What appeals also to pensioners? |
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You first.
![]() I don't know That's why I'm asking ![]() Although my thoughts lay at rice, pasta, baked beans, spam, cereal, tinned veg. |
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You first.
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Strange reply for a research topic!
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I know this isn't the case everywhere, but having worked with a lot of older adults in hospital, a lot of them tend to choose things like soups, stovies and mince and tatties etc. over lasagne and other pasta dishes, so things like tinned corned beef, tins of stuff and potatoes / lentils may go down well. Obviously it's a new generation of people getting older now, who WILL appreciate pasta and rice and the like but anything that'll keep for ages would be appropriate I think.
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I am curious about what the research project is and why he is askingthen, perhaps, I'll answer.I need more information.
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It would depend on the budget, the purpose and if or how much the recipients cooked but I would say not to forget something sweet ( tinned rice pudding? biscuits?) or something that could be considered a treat.
And don't forget tea / coffee
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It would depend on the budget, the purpose and if or how much the recipients cooked but I would say not to forget something sweet ( tinned rice pudding? biscuits?) or something that could be considered a treat.
And don't forget tea / coffee ![]()
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I'm currently doing training with a Social Enterprise. They sell reduced food and make special packs up for older people. I'm just asking because I want to prove my own initiative and do something useful.
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Potatoes
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If I was on a tight budget, I probably wouldn't be buying my food in hamper form.
However given around £7 to get through the week: I'd buy porridge (exceptionally cheap, can work for breakfast or lunch) Kidney beans, chick peas, black eyed beans, all of those types of things Dried pasta and corresponding pasta sauce Frozen veg Tinned fruit Okay I'm probably slightly over £1 a day, to buy enough food to get my 2500 calories, but not too far off |
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