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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Defenitly yes and plus   "
What would you use though because I reckon it would simply have to be something like a bag of pasta and a tin of tomatoes and not much else. |
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No guys been at the punch bowl again
See what hes saying come winter when were getting malnourished starving kids on tv who are not from 3rd world country's and old folks are dying at the same rate as during covid all so big business get there record profits in screw democracy screw Parliament this country is broken i want no part of it |
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"Yes of course, but you couldn't buy the ingredients for 30p
You say yes of course as has someone else but not actually said what you could make. "
Cheapest rice you can find cooked in vegetable stock with a tsp of Tumeric and a small tin of non-branded sweetcorn added 
Make it beef stock and you've got your protein 
(It's actually a dish I used to cook regularly - fry garlic, onion and chicken before you add the rice and stock to the same pan to simmer until cooked, it's a delicious meal but would cost more than 30p a head). |
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"Defenitly yes and plus
What would you use though because I reckon it would simply have to be something like a bag of pasta and a tin of tomatoes and not much else. "
If you have the pasta and tomatoes i will add feta cheese oreganos and basil , woild be very similar to pasta baked cheese but more sofesticated or if not vegetarian i would do a Caprichosa .
Is pasta already cooked and added to a mix of double cream with Bolognese sauce , and adding also peas and mushrooms. It is yummy |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does beans on toast constitute a meal?
If so, yes.
That's the sort of thing I'm thinking but hardly sustainable for any period of time really. "
Yes its ok now and then. Anything on toast would be cheap enough but that's hardly nutritious. That MP was talking out of his arse! |
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Yes, I have catering training so I can cook a meal. And I'm going to blow my own trumpet now. I used to cook Christmas dinners for my neighbors and they always went down well. was also told by my catering teacher that I have talent. An whilst in work experience, when at school I cook spaghetti Bolognese for 650 people and that went down well as well. |
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"Yes of course, but you couldn't buy the ingredients for 30p
You say yes of course as has someone else but not actually said what you could make.
Cheapest rice you can find cooked in vegetable stock with a tsp of Tumeric and a small tin of non-branded sweetcorn added
Make it beef stock and you've got your protein
(It's actually a dish I used to cook regularly - fry garlic, onion and chicken before you add the rice and stock to the same pan to simmer until cooked, it's a delicious meal but would cost more than 30p a head)."
1kg rice - €0.99 (250g for 4)
10 stock cubes - €0.41 (only need 1)
Sweetcorn - €0.35 large tin
Tumeric 45g - €0.69 (need 1 TSP)
Works out at 73 cent for a meal for 4 people (19 cent per person) - what's that in sterling (I know food prices may vary in the UK ) |
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Baked beans with some sweet chilli sauce, Worcestershire sauce on fried bread, with some chopped onion and a bit of grated cheese. The cheese will push it over 30p but frying the bread is more filling but not as healthy.
Homemade egg fried rice and a packet of stir fry sauce.
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"Baked beans with some sweet chilli sauce, Worcestershire sauce on fried bread, with some chopped onion and a bit of grated cheese. The cheese will push it over 30p but frying the bread is more filling but not as healthy.
Homemade egg fried rice and a packet of stir fry sauce.
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Surely that's over 30p |
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"Yes, I have catering training so I can cook a meal. And I'm going to blow my own trumpet now. I used to cook Christmas dinners for my neighbors and they always went down well. was also told by my catering teacher that I have talent. An whilst in work experience, when at school I cook spaghetti Bolognese for 650 people and that went down well as well. "
Myself qualified chef for 26 years but not anymore as i got tired of kitchen but from chef , head chef, kitchen supervisor to kitchen manager , from portugal, Spain , France , Switzerland and England i lost the count for how many people i have cooked |
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"Yes, I have catering training so I can cook a meal. And I'm going to blow my own trumpet now. I used to cook Christmas dinners for my neighbors and they always went down well. was also told by my catering teacher that I have talent. An whilst in work experience, when at school I cook spaghetti Bolognese for 650 people and that went down well as well.
Myself qualified chef for 26 years but not anymore as i got tired of kitchen but from chef , head chef, kitchen supervisor to kitchen manager , from portugal, Spain , France , Switzerland and England i lost the count for how many people i have cooked "
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I would make, sausage noodle & veg mix
You can get 20 frozen sausages for £1.50, so one sausage is 0.7p
Instant flavoured noodles 20p, portion halved so 10p
Frozen mixed veg 1kg bag (carrots, green beans, peas & cauliflower) for 69p. One portion 100g portion is 0.7p
Use the remainder to add a sprinkle of flavour / spice…. I’m not working that out per sprinkle.
Total 24p a head |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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No. The calculation of the meal costing 30p only works if you spend more and portion it out, and have a lot of store cupboard ingredients like salt and oil.
As I only cook for myself (and I do it rarely) there isn't much I go out and buy to make that one 30p meal. Can you buy eggs individually, and a single slice of bread?
I'm really quite angry at the poverty bashing that is doubling down to say it's your fault you can't manage on next to nothing from people with huge expense accounts and subsidised menus.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Baked beans with some sweet chilli sauce, Worcestershire sauce on fried bread, with some chopped onion and a bit of grated cheese. The cheese will push it over 30p but frying the bread is more filling but not as healthy.
Homemade egg fried rice and a packet of stir fry sauce.
2 separate dishes and yes might be but depends on how cheap the ingredients are, one egg can cost 30p
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Most things are over 30p is you include electricity, water etc.
Surely that's over 30p"
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Defenitly yes and plus
What would you use though because I reckon it would simply have to be something like a bag of pasta and a tin of tomatoes and not much else.
If you have the pasta and tomatoes i will add feta cheese oreganos and basil , woild be very similar to pasta baked cheese but more sofesticated or if not vegetarian i would do a Caprichosa .
Is pasta already cooked and added to a mix of double cream with Bolognese sauce , and adding also peas and mushrooms. It is yummy "
You could not do all of that for 30P a head. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"When you take into account the electricity/gas used to cook the food it'll take you over the 30p too"
Definitely. As I said above I think it could be done for very short periods of time but also how miserable if you had to constantly live like that. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"When you take into account the electricity/gas used to cook the food it'll take you over the 30p too
Definitely. As I said above I think it could be done for very short periods of time but also how miserable if you had to constantly live like that. "
A few months ago Jack Monroe tweeted the challenge to the eat exactly the same basic meal every day to the 'we know better' brigade. Your only meal, because that's all you can afford. |
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"When you take into account the electricity/gas used to cook the food it'll take you over the 30p too"
This is the problem! They aren't taking that into account.
And his example was spending 50 quid, having a professional chef, commercial kitchen and batch cooking the same meal in copious amounts.
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"Defenitly yes and plus
What would you use though because I reckon it would simply have to be something like a bag of pasta and a tin of tomatoes and not much else.
If you have the pasta and tomatoes i will add feta cheese oreganos and basil , woild be very similar to pasta baked cheese but more sofesticated or if not vegetarian i would do a Caprichosa .
Is pasta already cooked and added to a mix of double cream with Bolognese sauce , and adding also peas and mushrooms. It is yummy
You could not do all of that for 30P a head."
Sorry i apologize i didn't read the 30p a head , i don't think there's much you could cook at that figure unless is a can of pasta in tomato sauce from Aldi everyday essentials |
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"7 days a week 3 meals a day add into that kids have to have a balanced diet ..Not a chance and anyone that thinks differently don’t live in the real world like them twats that run the country."
Agreed |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"7 days a week 3 meals a day add into that kids have to have a balanced diet ..Not a chance and anyone that thinks differently don’t live in the real world like them twats that run the country."
Absolutely agree. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"When you take into account the electricity/gas used to cook the food it'll take you over the 30p too
This is the problem! They aren't taking that into account.
And his example was spending 50 quid, having a professional chef, commercial kitchen and batch cooking the same meal in copious amounts.
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Spot on plus also it is assuming people have big chest freezers to store all this batch cooking in |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When you take into account the electricity/gas used to cook the food it'll take you over the 30p too
This is the problem! They aren't taking that into account.
And his example was spending 50 quid, having a professional chef, commercial kitchen and batch cooking the same meal in copious amounts.
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Living in a totally different world to the rest of us mere mortals.
Currently being unemployed I can tell you its a struggle to eat healthy, nutritious food on a daily basis |
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