£2 chickens
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We have a roast chicken every Sunday up at Rishton Towers which lasts two of us for three meals (Sunday dinner, Monday's butties and a broth).
I don't agree with battery farming but until it is banned then many people are simply going to go for the cheapest option. I've been on the breadline and it isn't a very nice place.
We have a roast chicken every Sunday up at Rishton Towers which lasts two of us for three meals (Sunday dinner, Monday's butties and a broth).
I don't agree with battery farming but until it is banned then many people are simply going to go for the cheapest option. I've been on the breadline and it isn't a very nice place.
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Don't really like chicken that much Ken, at Mallard Plaza, Turkey is more our line, Joan occasionally picks up a Turkey leg from super markets, cooks it for Sunday, then we probably get enough for 4 more Sundays by freezing the rest in separate potions
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I have been there as well, and when that is the place you live, I am afraid you don't have the luxury about worrying about the provenance of your food...this is especially so when you have young, hungry mouths to feed.
You buy what you can afford, cook it slowly and waste nothing.
Many pensioners grew up in this kind of environment, and through no fault of their own, are back there again.
I have been there as well, and when that is the place you live, I am afraid you don't have the luxury about worrying about the provenance of your food...this is especially so when you have young, hungry mouths to feed.
You buy what you can afford, cook it slowly and waste nothing.
Many pensioners grew up in this kind of environment, and through no fault of their own, are back there again.
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Foxes don'tI would raid a chicken coop but there aint any near me. besides I would get caught.
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I can see a time coming where proper home cooking makes a return to form and reconstituted rubbish from the likes of McDonalds is eschewed in favour of proper meat. Home cooking is also a damn sight cheaper.
Those of us in terraced areas only need take a glance at the chimney stacks in winter to realise that solid fuel fires are making a comeback. This is partially to do with the fact that they're far more homely than a gas fire but I suspect (as is the case in the drawing room at Rishton Towers) there is an element of prudence in there as well.
My fuel bills have dropped dramatically since the switch to smokeless fuel.
I can see a time coming where proper home cooking makes a return to form and reconstituted rubbish from the likes of McDonalds is eschewed in favour of proper meat. Home cooking is also a damn sight cheaper.
Those of us in terraced areas only need take a glance at the chimney stacks in winter to realise that solid fuel fires are making a comeback. This is partially to do with the fact that they're far more homely than a gas fire but I suspect (as is the case in the drawing room at Rishton Towers) there is an element of prudence in there as well.
My fuel bills have dropped dramatically since the switch to smokeless fuel.
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I have to say that I am one of the old school when it comes to cooking. I make meals from scratch using fresh ingredients where possible...though I do resort to some frozen veg at times......I use up left-overs.....but I won't go back to coal fires.
They are hard work......all that riddling and poking...and fetching buckets of coal down the backyard in the cold and rain isn't my bag at all.
I have to say that I am one of the old school when it comes to cooking. I make meals from scratch using fresh ingredients where possible...though I do resort to some frozen veg at times......I use up left-overs.....but I won't go back to coal fires.
They are hard work......all that riddling and poking...and fetching buckets of coal down the backyard in the cold and rain isn't my bag at all.
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I'm with you on the frozen veg. There's hardly any difference nowadays and it is much quicker and simpler.
I buy all the cuts of meat from the butchers that no one else wants (such as breast of lamb) and as an upshot get some cracking deals. It wouldn't surprise me to see cuts of mutton reappearing in years to come.
As far as coal fires are concerned, I have a stove which is great for slow cooking casseroles, soups and broths and much easier to look after than an open fire. The heat is also much more even, although can get infernally hot even in deepest winter!
I'm with you on the frozen veg. There's hardly any difference nowadays and it is much quicker and simpler.
I buy all the cuts of meat from the butchers that no one else wants (such as breast of lamb) and as an upshot get some cracking deals. It wouldn't surprise me to see cuts of mutton reappearing in years to come.
As far as coal fires are concerned, I have a stove which is great for slow cooking casseroles, soups and broths and much easier to look after than an open fire. The heat is also much more even, although can get infernally hot even in deepest winter!
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I was in a pub a while back and the guy came in delivering chickens - a box of eight for a fiver!
I was in a pub a while back and the guy came in delivering chickens - a box of eight for a fiver!
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At one time only if you asked the butcher. Now it seems that the way things are cheaper cuts and "oddities" are wanted.
At one time only if you asked the butcher. Now it seems that the way things are cheaper cuts and "oddities" are wanted.
must be a record