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[eggsarascal]

 

45 minutes ago, Hodge said:

 

I like Andy's bullet points above. My wife teaches in a school in not a bad town, there are kids that come to school with holes in their shoes and dirty clothes, they are short of food at home, the only decent meal they get is at school yet Mum and Dad smoke, drink and take drugs oh and have sky TV. It's about priority's. Food can be healthy and cheap. Fresh veg or even frozen peas and carrots are cheap and healthy, mix with pasta and sauce and fish fingers and you have a healthy meal that's not hard to make. It's down to priority's and some people don't prioritise food.

 

Nope, before you make such statements have a look at how healthy processed frozen peas and carrots are. Oh, and fish fingers!?

[Peasgood]

11 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

 

Nope, before you make such statements have a look at how healthy processed frozen peas and carrots are. Oh, and fish fingers!?

I've looked. Can't see anything bad about frozen peas or carrots. Happy for you to show me different if you think they are bad.

Fish fingers are questionable as a main part of your diet but not terrible and better than nowt.

[Peasgood]

1 hour ago, rapalaman said:

I agree eggs, and I know it’s hard - been there, lived on veg stew for months on end with the odd pigeon I shot, pike I caught, 99p tescos value turkey leg lasting two meals to supplement. Worked all the hours, extra job, took in lodgers - whatever I needed to do to survive.

Ha. Been there done that, except I was the lodger.

Have to say I was the fittest and possibly healthiest I have ever been in my life. A bit skinny but fit as a flea.

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, Peasgood said:

I've looked. Can't see anything bad about frozen peas or carrots. Happy for you to show me different if you think they are bad.

Fish fingers are questionable as a main part of your diet but not terrible and better than nowt.

Link us up and show us what you've read.

[Hodge]

 
Nope, before you make such statements have a look at how healthy processed frozen peas and carrots are. Oh, and fish fingers!?

Well the peas, carrots and green beans that are frozen that we use are fine so I can't see what you are on about there good old birds eye......And the fish fingers aren't that bad, no red on the label.....once a week for a quick meal are fine. My Grandad had a saying everything in moderation......he lived to 96.

[eggsarascal]

8 minutes ago, Hodge said:

 

Well the peas, carrots and green beans that are frozen that we use are fine so I can't see what you are on about there good old birds eye......And the fish fingers aren't that bad, no red on the label.....once a week for a quick meal are fine. My Grandad had a saying everything in moderation......he lived to 96.

 

Yes, once a week, but can, would you want to do it everyday? And I doubt you could do it for 30 pence, don't forget where this post started!

 

Your Grandad was correct, everything in moderation, including moderation!

Edited May 11, 2022 by eggsarascal

[Ratman]

So….. read the last 15 or so related and debated posts and think its probably not achievable to sustain a daily healthy diet for 30p a meal. Not to say a 30p meal isn’t achievable as pointed out above, but it will be shite.
I’ve just cooked off some peas and sweetcorn, made a tuna and crab mayo mix and introduced the lot to a medium sized bowl. Two tins of lidl’s finest tuna, a tin of kingfisher white crab meat, handsome dollop of full fat hellmans mayo, a dash of Asda’s full fat salad creme and mixed in with peas and sweetcorn. This will be used on two teacakes for tomorrow with some salad leaves, cherry tomatos and slices of cucumber. Quantity wise of what i’ve just mixed up i’ll get three days out of it, so…. I rekon it has cost me £7 ish for all fresh bought stuff, over three days, £2.33 a day. That good or bad? 🤷‍♂️

[Peasgood]

Dunno but it has made me hungry

 

[sime42]

They key to healthy, (and relatively cheap), food is to avoid anything that's been too highly processed. Fresh picked produce being at one end of the scale and UPF, (Ultra Processed Food) at the other.
Peas and other frozen veg have been minimally processed; harvested and then flash frozen, so retain most of the nutrition. Plus they've not had a load of unrecognisable chemical crap added to them by unscrupulous manufacturers to "add value" to the product.
One problem is that many people have lost the appetite, culinary knowledge and time, for such simple fare. Another is that the food industry has been allowed to develop and aggressively sell the alternative overly processed junk to those people, no doubt aided and abetted by governments. Which lead to the other is a chicken and egg type question.

[sime42]

So….. read the last 15 or so related and debated posts and think its probably not achievable to sustain a daily healthy diet for 30p a meal. Not to say a 30p meal isn’t achievable as pointed out above, but it will be shite.
I’ve just cooked off some peas and sweetcorn, made a tuna and crab mayo mix and introduced the lot to a medium sized bowl. Two tins of lidl’s finest tuna, a tin of kingfisher white crab meat, handsome dollop of full fat hellmans mayo, a dash of Asda’s full fat salad creme and mixed in with peas and sweetcorn. This will be used on two teacakes for tomorrow with some salad leaves, cherry tomatos and slices of cucumber. Quantity wise of what i’ve just mixed up i’ll get three days out of it, so…. I rekon it has cost me £7 ish for all fresh bought stuff, over three days, £2.33 a day. That good or bad? 🤷‍♂️

Oh yeah, I forgot the original point of the debate.
I agree; 30p meals would be possible but not at all sustainable from a health perspective.