Butch Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Yep, you read it right, in the UK as well, this is how I did it: 1.3kg of Mussels £3.70 2 Shallots = 12 pence 150ml of cheap white wine @ 4.50 per 750ml bottle = 2.50 2 stalks of celery @ 43 pence per pack 1 long Tiger baton @ 89 pence 2 chilies = free from my wife's bush... 1 handful of parsley = 70 pence for the packet. 1 garlic head = 30 pence (although I was tempted to put it through as a carrot on self service but I'm too honest). .5kg of Rice @ £25 per 20 kg = 63 pence Less than a tenner, even when you include the gas for cooking it. however, please don't consider the bottle of Stellenbosch Rustenberg Vintage red I'm currently enjoying @£22 per bottle. The end result is as you'd expect, everyone complaining that they're still hungry. Also, there's a bit of a cheat added as well, one of them is a 12 year old, the other is me and I'm cutting down on my food as I'm getting to be a bit of a porker these days. What it did do is remind me of how my dear old Mum (RIP) used to budget for our food weekly back in the 70's, 5 people, 2 adults and 3 growing boys and still managed to make sure we had Fish on the Friday (sometimes from the chippie, sometimes home made fish pie) produce a roast on a Sunday which was out of this world, and keep us fed and watered during the week. Slightly mouldy bread was fine for toast, plenty of water in the tap if you need a drink and yes if you are good you can lick the baking bowl. Toast and Beef dripping for breakfast Monday with a casserole or stew in the evening, thick ear for entering the kitchen without permission. Incidentally, while I do not condone theft, in many large Tesco's it is possible to go into the green grocery area, weigh your product and choose the label via a set of small scales at the end of each aisle, and while they have the front to charge £2.20 per kg of cooking apples, I'll continue to weigh and label them as carrots, or better still, just go to the self service and put them through as carrots anyway (as you select your item from the screen), but be aware of the "Self service attention nazi" inhabiting the area, watching on their personal security screen for thieves, ne'er do wells and general vagrants. If caught, plead ignorance, or better still , do as I do and claim to be dyslexic and counter accuse them of disablelism. I'm also not paying 20 pence for a plastic carrier bag, ever. I deliberately take one and use it, without putting it through the till. If a turtle is stupid enough not to be able to read "Tesco" on a plastic bag and mistake it for a jellyfish, then it is their problem and not mine. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 UK policeman sacked for gross misconduct for sticking a carrot label for 7 pence on a £9.95 pack of 12 Krispy Kreme donuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nightcrawler Posted May 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2021 10 hours ago, Butch said: Yep, you read it right, in the UK as well, this is how I did it: 1.3kg of Mussels £3.70 2 Shallots = 12 pence 150ml of cheap white wine @ 4.50 per 750ml bottle = 2.50 2 stalks of celery @ 43 pence per pack 1 long Tiger baton @ 89 pence 2 chilies = free from my wife's bush... 1 handful of parsley = 70 pence for the packet. 1 garlic head = 30 pence (although I was tempted to put it through as a carrot on self service but I'm too honest). .5kg of Rice @ £25 per 20 kg = 63 pence Less than a tenner, even when you include the gas for cooking it. however, please don't consider the bottle of Stellenbosch Rustenberg Vintage red I'm currently enjoying @£22 per bottle. The end result is as you'd expect, everyone complaining that they're still hungry. Also, there's a bit of a cheat added as well, one of them is a 12 year old, the other is me and I'm cutting down on my food as I'm getting to be a bit of a porker these days. What it did do is remind me of how my dear old Mum (RIP) used to budget for our food weekly back in the 70's, 5 people, 2 adults and 3 growing boys and still managed to make sure we had Fish on the Friday (sometimes from the chippie, sometimes home made fish pie) produce a roast on a Sunday which was out of this world, and keep us fed and watered during the week. Slightly mouldy bread was fine for toast, plenty of water in the tap if you need a drink and yes if you are good you can lick the baking bowl. Toast and Beef dripping for breakfast Monday with a casserole or stew in the evening, thick ear for entering the kitchen without permission. Incidentally, while I do not condone theft, in many large Tesco's it is possible to go into the green grocery area, weigh your product and choose the label via a set of small scales at the end of each aisle, and while they have the front to charge £2.20 per kg of cooking apples, I'll continue to weigh and label them as carrots, or better still, just go to the self service and put them through as carrots anyway (as you select your item from the screen), but be aware of the "Self service attention nazi" inhabiting the area, watching on their personal security screen for thieves, ne'er do wells and general vagrants. If caught, plead ignorance, or better still , do as I do and claim to be dyslexic and counter accuse them of disablelism. I'm also not paying 20 pence for a plastic carrier bag, ever. I deliberately take one and use it, without putting it through the till. If a turtle is stupid enough not to be able to read "Tesco" on a plastic bag and mistake it for a jellyfish, then it is their problem and not mine. Very impressive but still a long way to go to catch up to Jesus. He manged to feed 5000 for f*ck all 😁 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 19 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: Very impressive but still a long way to go to catch up to Jesus. He manged to feed 5000 for f*ck all 😁 Yeah, and he didn't have to pay £20 for a bottle of wine either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Butch said: Yeah, and he didn't have to pay £20 for a bottle of wine either! f**k,if only I could turn water into wine.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, coxyhog said: f**k,if only I could turn water into wine.... But would you want all the responsibilities that would come with it?, 😁😁😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 12 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: But would you want all the responsibilities that would come with it?, 😁😁😁 What responsibilities?....Drink,fall over,turn some more water into wine,drink,fall over...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 46 minutes ago, coxyhog said: What responsibilities?....Drink,fall over,turn some more water into wine,drink,fall over...... I meant becoming the Saviour😁 It got Jesus into a bit of trouble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 It’s easy to do if you cook from scratch. I reckon I could make a decent cottage pie that would feed 12-14 people for not more than a tenner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 8 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: I meant becoming the Saviour😁 It got Jesus into a bit of trouble Judas did alright out of it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, Butch said: Judas did alright out of it though. He was a grass 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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