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    #92
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    bubblypop wrote: »
    yea buy ingrediants, make a spag bol, take one portion now, then freeze te rest, prob have another 3 or 4 dinners in the freezer

    If I live alone and have no freezer? Am I to live on spag bol for five days?


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    #93
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,094 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    MadsL wrote: »
    Then I would challenge you to make say a Spag Bol from scratch for less than you could buy it as a microwave dinner.

    If you always have a well stocked cupboard with tinned tomatoes, stock cubes, herbs, pasta, rice etc. then it doesn't take much to put a meal together. If I buy mince I normally use half for a bolognese and half for a chilli the next night. I've already got most of the other ingredients I need so don't need to buy them every time. That's better value than a microwave meal and a lot healthier


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    #94
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    MadsL wrote: »
    Oh I agree I would taste better, but the challenge was to make the same portion for less from scratch. That I would say is impossible, and the point I'm making is that is why some people end up existing on processed food.


    Works out more expensive in the long-run. If only I knew as a student what I know now...


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    #95
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    We've all popped down to the local Tesco - wearing a hoody and tracky bottoms - for a few beers before and grabbed something grotty like Koka noodles or a 6 pack of Meanies on impulse and then ended up queuing beside a really attractive woman (your own age) and fighting the urge for 5 minutes to shout that you've already done a monthly grown up shop and you're not a divorced alcoholic living in a bedsit.


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    #96
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    IzzyWizzy wrote: »
    Bit judgemental, no?

    I used to eat quite a bit of processed food. I worked very long hours and until very late at night and I just didn't have the time/energy to be cooking every night and my flatmates didn't appreciate me banging around the kitchen at midnight either. Sure, I often tried to have a healthy option like a sandwich, but I was usually starving and wanted something hot/filling.

    I do like cooking, but for some people it's a lot harder than for others due to their job or lifestyle.

    Yeh, it is judgmental of me, I don't deny it. It's what the thread is about afterall!

    And my first post referred specifically to families with overweight kids. No single folk working night shifts.

    If your kids are fat stop feeding them pizza and chicken nuggest and washing it down with fizzy orange. It's unfair on them, really bloody unfair.


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    #97
    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,334 ✭✭✭.red.


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I know a girl who was approached by a man in the supermarket who told her that she should have meat in her trolley that it wasn't healthy not to have meat. .

    Did she peep into the contents of his basket? I bet it had condoms and lube in it and she missed out on a good night.


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    #98
    Sir Humphrey Appleby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭Sir Humphrey Appleby


    MadsL wrote: »
    Oh I agree I would taste better, but the challenge was to make the same portion for less from scratch. That I would say is impossible, and the point I'm making is that is why some people end up existing on processed food.

    No its not impossible, you are just trying to change the goalposts now!
    People usually (though not always) end up using processed foods because they are either to lazy to cook, or to lazy to learn how to cook properly.


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    #99
    ONeill2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭ONeill2013


    I enjoy drinking soda so I go to the discount store and buy five 2 litre bottles and also a packet of disposable razors, I don't know what message that sends out.


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    #100
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    MadsL wrote: »
    If I live alone and have no freezer? Am I to live on spag bol for five days?
    That has nothing to do with a microwave dinner being cheaper.

    Admit it, you're wrong. ;)


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    #101
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »
    No its not impossible, you are just trying to change the goalposts now!
    People usually (though not always) end up using processed foods because they are either to lazy to cook, or to lazy to learn how to cook properly.

    There is also income levels too, that's all I'm saying.

    You cannot make the same convenient portion for the same price. You can make multiples and freeze them, not everyone however has a freezer.


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    #102
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    That has nothing to do with a microwave dinner being cheaper.

    Admit it, you're wrong. ;)

    Price it out and prove me wrong then...


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    #103
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MadsL wrote: »
    There is also income levels too, that's all I'm saying.

    You cannot make the same convenient portion for the same price. You can make multiples and freeze them, not everyone however has a freezer.

    I have never, ever met someone who didn't have a freezer. Ever.


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    #104
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MadsL wrote: »
    Oh I agree I would taste better, but the challenge was to make the same portion for less from scratch. That I would say is impossible, and the point I'm making is that is why some people end up existing on processed food.

    Its far from impossible, it just takes a bit of planning and minimal work.

    That's why people exist on convenience food. Because it's more convenient for the lazy.


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    #105
    W123-80's
    Registered Users Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭W123-80's


    MadsL wrote: »
    Then I would challenge you to make say a Spag Bol from scratch for less than you could buy it as a microwave dinner.

    No prob. Not sure how much a microwave effort is, but..

    This should make 4 x large portions of spag bol.
    I have not actually checked prices, but am 100% sure in some instances I have allowed too much budget for some ingredients.

    1lb mince €5.00
    2 x tins tomatoes €2.00
    2 x carrots (large) €0.50
    1 x Onion (Large) €0.70
    Dried Herbs €0.50
    1 x red pepper (Large) €0.80
    2 x sticks celery €0.35
    2 x cloves garlic €0.20
    1 tbsp tomatoe puree €0.50
    Spagetti €2.00
    Total €12.55

    Approx €3.20 per portion (Large)


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    #106
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    MadsL wrote: »
    There is also income levels too, that's all I'm saying.

    You cannot make the same convenient portion for the same price. You can make multiples and freeze them, not everyone however has a freezer.


    Ah come on now! Everyone has a freeze box in their fridge.


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    #107
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I have never, ever met someone who didn't have a freezer. Ever.

    I don't have a freezer. Just a smaller than average fridge with no small freezer bit at the top.

    But then again I haven't met you. To my knowledge.


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    #108
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fox_In_Socks wrote: »
    I've never seen that clip before. Did Johnny Giles give his name to condoms or something?

    It was haemorrhoid cream. Johnny Giles = Piles.

    Johnny Giles condoms does have a certain Je ne sais quoi though. ;)


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    #109
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    If you always have a well stocked cupboard with tinned tomatoes, stock cubes, herbs, pasta, rice etc. then it doesn't take much to put a meal together. If I buy mince I normally use half for a bolognese and half for a chilli the next night. I've already got most of the other ingredients I need so don't need to buy them every time. That's better value than a microwave meal and a lot healthier

    Takes a hell of a lot of time to cook and wash up all the dishes compared to throwing something in the microwave for 5 minutes.

    As for freezing extra portions, plenty of people don't have a freezer. I haven't had one for about 5 years.
    Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »
    No its not impossible, you are just trying to change the goalposts now!
    People usually (though not always) end up using processed foods because they are either to lazy to cook, or to lazy to learn how to cook properly.

    It's very often not about laziness.


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    #110
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    W123-80's wrote: »
    No prob. Not sure how much a microwave effort is, but..

    This should make 4 x large portions of spag bol.
    I have not actually checked prices, but am 100% sure in some instances I have allowed too much budget for some ingredients.

    1lb mince €5.00
    2 x tins tomatoes €2.00
    1 x carrots (large) €0.50
    2 x Onion (Large) €0.70
    1 x red pepper (Large) €0.80
    2 x sticks celery €0.35
    2 x cloves garlic €0.20
    1 tbsp tomatoe puree €0.50
    Spagetti €2.00
    Total €12.05

    Approx €3.02 per portion (Large)
    You can get a tube of tomato puree, spaghetti and cans of tomatoes in Aldi for less than €1 each. Mince would be cheaper too. Dunnes and Tesco often have offers on mince as do butchers. You could make it a cheaper than that.


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    #111
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    W123-80's wrote: »
    No prob. Not sure how much a microwave effort is, but..

    This should make 4 x large portions of spag bol.
    I have not actually checked prices, but am 100% sure in some instances I have allowed too much budget for some ingredients.

    1lb mince €5.00
    2 x tins tomatoes €2.00
    2 x carrots (large) €0.50
    1 x Onion (Large) €0.70
    1 x red pepper (Large) €0.80
    2 x sticks celery €0.35
    2 x cloves garlic €0.20
    1 tbsp tomatoe puree €0.50
    Spagetti €2.00
    Total €12.05

    Approx €3.02 per portion (Large)

    Cloves? Eeeeeeewwwwwww. You just ruined my dinner :(

    Edit: :pac:

    Cloves of garlic. That makes much more sense. Carry on :P


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    #112
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Ah come on now! Everyone has a freeze box in their fridge.
    What if they live alone and don't have a fridge? :p


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    #113
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I have never, ever met someone who didn't have a freezer. Ever.

    Wow. We obviously move in different circles. I don't have one and most of my friends in rental accommodation don't either.
    Candie wrote: »
    Its far from impossible, it just takes a bit of planning and minimal work.

    That's why people exist on convenience food. Because it's more convenient for the lazy.

    And those who have mobility issues, work ridiculous hours, don't have freezers, can't buy in bulk, just don't enjoy cooking...


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    #114
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    IzzyWizzy wrote: »
    And those who have mobility issues, work ridiculous hours, don't have freezers, can't buy in bulk, just don't enjoy cooking...

    I would say those people are likely to be in the minority of convenience food purchasers.


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    #115
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    You can cook fish and veg in the microwave.



    Edit: Whole load of stuff you can cook in the microwave, in fact.


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    #116
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Candie wrote: »
    It was haemorrhoid cream. Johnny Giles = Piles.

    Ah. Well, I feel stupid now!:o

    Johnny Giles condoms does have a certain Je ne sais quoi though. ;)

    Maybe a goal-keeper's name would be more appropriate.;) Oliver Kahn was an excellent goalie when I was a teenager.

    A pack of Ollie's there, love!


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    #117
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fox_In_Socks wrote: »
    Ah. Well, I feel stupid now!:o
    Only now?:)
    Maybe a goal-keeper's name would be more appropriate.;) Oliver Kahn was an excellent goalie when I was a teenager.

    A pack of Ollie's there, love![

    They'd probably be called Oliver Kahn Nots!


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    #118
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Candie wrote: »
    Any man in his 30's who uses Lynx is definitely single.

    :confused: The confusedness is from knowing a fair few non-single 30-something men who use Lynx. Don't see what the big deal is, it's just deodorant!


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    #119
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    W123-80's wrote: »
    No prob. Not sure how much a microwave effort is, but..

    This should make 4 x large portions of spag bol.
    I have not actually checked prices, but am 100% sure in some instances I have allowed too much budget for some ingredients.

    1lb mince €5.00
    2 x tins tomatoes €2.00
    2 x carrots (large) €0.50
    1 x Onion (Large) €0.70
    Dried Herbs €0.50
    1 x red pepper (Large) €0.80
    2 x sticks celery €0.35
    2 x cloves garlic €0.20
    1 tbsp tomatoe puree €0.50
    Spagetti €2.00
    Total €12.55

    Approx €3.20 per portion (Large)

    So ...16 times the price of this...:eek:

    http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=274747434


    Must try harder. :D


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    #120
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Candie wrote: »
    Only now?:)



    They'd probably be called Oliver Kahn Nots!

    Ouch! A double whammy! Or as the solicitors of some couple with an unplanned pregnancy would say to Ollie, "Twins!"


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    #121
    Birroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭Birroc


    W123-80's wrote: »
    No prob. Not sure how much a microwave effort is, but..

    This should make 4 x large portions of spag bol.
    I have not actually checked prices, but am 100% sure in some instances I have allowed too much budget for some ingredients.

    1lb mince €5.00
    2 x tins tomatoes €2.00
    2 x carrots (large) €0.50
    1 x Onion (Large) €0.70
    Dried Herbs €0.50
    1 x red pepper (Large) €0.80
    2 x sticks celery €0.35
    2 x cloves garlic €0.20
    1 tbsp tomatoe puree €0.50
    Spagetti €2.00
    Total €12.55

    Approx €3.20 per portion (Large)
    you have overpriced a few items both mostly spot on. I would however ditch the feckin celery and add red wine.


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