The 61c Pizza !

Ish66 · 20-05-2021 12:57pm #1

Before you cook it, Smarten it up a bit ! I throw on extra sauce,mushrooms,grated cheese, tomato,onion,oregano etc...Very tasty pizza indeed. 61c Tesco.

Homelander · 20-05-2021 2:41pm

This is exactly what people mean when they say "it's cheaper to eat crap than healthy". Always found it baffling when people use a €15 takeaway pizza as an example of crap being expensive.

You could buy 25 of these for the price of a medium take-away pizza from Dominos

Dial Hard · 20-05-2021 2:42pm

Homelander wrote: »

This is exactly what people mean when they say "it's cheaper to eat crap than healthy". Always found it baffling when people use a €15 takeaway pizza as an example of crap being expensive.

You could buy 25 of these for the price of a medium take-away pizza from Dominos

There's cheap crap and there's expensive crap. Here we have examples of both.

mamaz · 20-05-2021 3:00pm

Homelander wrote: »

You could buy 25 of these for the price of a medium take-away pizza from Dominos

And still be hungry after eating them

Del2005 · 20-05-2021 4:06pm

Ish66 wrote: »

Before you cook it, Smarten it up a bit ! I throw on extra sauce,mushrooms,grated cheese, tomato,onion,oregano etc...Very tasty pizza indeed. 61c Tesco.

It's not 61c if you have to add stuff to it.

Ish66 · 20-05-2021 6:33pm

Del2005 wrote: »

It's not 61c if you have to add stuff to it.

You don't have to add to it and the other stuff was in the fridge anyway. It's a nice Netflix munch !

Buffman · 20-05-2021 6:40pm

I've had these before and can confirm they are edible!

Del2005 wrote: »

It's not 61c if you have to add stuff to it.

And don't forget you have to buy an oven to cook it in and pay for the electricity/gas!

Ish66 · 20-05-2021 6:56pm

Buffman wrote: »

I've had these before and can confirm they are edible!

And don't forget you have to buy an oven to cook it in and pay for the electricity/gas!

I had to buy a car to get to Tesco too and petrol !:rolleyes:

Ush1 · 20-05-2021 7:05pm

Think Aldi don Carlos with pepperoni is 60c.

munster87 · 20-05-2021 7:52pm

Ush1 wrote: »

Think Aldi don Carlos with pepperoni is 60c.

The one in the OP just seems like a rip off now

Conall Cernach · 20-05-2021 7:58pm

I'm only after having the 4 cheese one but it was €1.50. I feel ripped off fro being a vegetarian now.

odyssey06 · 20-05-2021 7:59pm

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I'm only after having the 4 cheese one but it was €1.50. I feel ripped off fro being a vegetarian now.

A vegetarian hasnt much to fear from the hearty food beeg lasagne lets put it that way!

carbsy · 20-05-2021 8:08pm

Thread title should be the 61c Pizza BASE as that's basically all it is...

aflossj · 20-05-2021 11:53pm

Someone here in Portobello is slinging these - cooked from their kitchen oven - for a fiver in the square. Profit!

Hogzy · 21-05-2021 12:16am

...to think, theyre making profit on this @61c :eek:

21-05-2021 3:15am

You can get some genuinely nice pizza for €3 and under, very easily. They're not expensive, in general. I presume this is why pizza places are so common - the mark-up is huge. Very profitable business to get involved in.

I've had this pizza before, though, and wasn't mad about it. Base seemed borderline stale or something, the way it crumbled.

wandererz · 21-05-2021 3:32am

What am i missing.

I've watched videos on YouTube of people setting up Pizza making facilities out of their aprtements in NYC over the past year.

Are we so anal with the FSAI that we cannot do a few pizzas for locals?

zerosugarbuzz · 21-05-2021 7:38am

wandererz wrote: »

What am i missing.

I've watched videos on YouTube of people setting up Pizza making facilities out of their aprtements in NYC over the past year.

Are we so anal with the FSAI that we cannot do a few pizzas for locals?

We’re lucky to have fsai. Seeing as you bring anal into it. Are you happy for someone to be scratching their arse and making foods to sell to the public from their grubby kitchen? 6 out of 7 people in Europe do not wash their hands after using the toilet.

GhostyMcGhost · 21-05-2021 8:20am

Buffman wrote: »

I've had these before and can confirm they are edible!

And don't forget you have to buy an oven to cook it in and pay for the electricity/gas!

And if it takes 30 mins, divide your hourly rate in half. Don’t forget to add health insurance too in case you injure yourself

The €15 pizza is working out cheaper all in

2lazytogetup · 21-05-2021 8:31am

anyone checked the ingredients of 61c pizza to see if its roughly the same as a frozen goodfellas 2/3euro pizza.

supermarkets are ditching these low price loss leaders. 34c toothpaste and 9cent noodles disappeared months ago. and they are the only low price items i buy so could be more

RIP the 61c pizza

lawred2 · 21-05-2021 8:32am

Grim

Lemon Davis lll · 21-05-2021 9:07am

This is almost as cruddy a BA as those Laughter Lounge tickets

Almost

NobodyImportant · 21-05-2021 9:11am

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

6 out of 7 people in Europe do not wash their hands after using the toilet.

Wait... what?

banie01 · 21-05-2021 9:12am

Dial Hard wrote: »

There's cheap crap and there's expensive crap. Here we have examples of both.

I read that in David Attenborough's voice :eek:

Cazale · 21-05-2021 9:14am

Reminds of Alan Partridge and the ten-pence turkey.

PalLimerick · 21-05-2021 9:15am

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I'm only after having the 4 cheese one but it was €1.50. I feel ripped off fro being a vegetarian now.

It's pays to eat meat! In this case anyway.

lawred2 · 21-05-2021 9:23am

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

We’re lucky to have fsai. Seeing as you bring anal into it. Are you happy for someone to be scratching their arse and making foods to sell to the public from their grubby kitchen? 6 out of 7 people in Europe do not wash their hands after using the toilet.

how was that study conducted exactly?

Ush1 · 21-05-2021 9:45am

Cazale wrote: »

Reminds of Alan Partridge and the ten-pence turkey.

What a thought.

Kimbot · 21-05-2021 9:58am

Its a 61c pizza bargain but not if you have to add loads more to it

Kintarō Hattori · 21-05-2021 10:04am

I'm not a food snob- let me just get that out there. I bought one to try many months ago. There's a reason it's 61c, there's no flavour at all. I'd prefer to spend a little more for something tasty.

Ish66 · 21-05-2021 11:08am

2lazytogetup wrote: »

anyone checked the ingredients of 61c pizza to see if its roughly the same as a frozen goodfellas 2/3euro pizza.

supermarkets are ditching these low price loss leaders. 34c toothpaste and 9cent noodles disappeared months ago. and they are the only low price items i buy so could be more

RIP the 61c pizza

I still had the box. I just emailed Tesco asking them to pass on my Complement's to their Chemist !

Corvus Libros · 21-05-2021 11:32am

Homelander wrote: »

This is exactly what people mean when they say "it's cheaper to eat crap than healthy". Always found it baffling when people use a €15 takeaway pizza as an example of crap being expensive.

You could buy 25 of these for the price of a medium take-away pizza from Dominos

A bag of frozen broccoli is €0.49 in Aldi (10 pizza toppings). 100% tomato paste is also €0.49 (4–5 pizzas). Flour and salt is pennies per pizza base. Airborne yeast for sourdough starter is free. Even adding a modest amount of cheese (50g for €0.30 in Dunnes), it works out cheaper for the equivalent size of pizza to eat healthily. Instead of cheese, you could have plenty of onions, mushrooms etc. for the same price.

Creamy Goodness · 21-05-2021 11:41am

Corvus Libros wrote: »

A bag of frozen broccoli is €0.49 in Aldi (10 pizza toppings). 100% tomato paste is also €0.49 (4–5 pizzas). Flour and salt is pennies per pizza base. Airborne yeast for sourdough starter is free. Even adding a modest amount of cheese (50g for €0.30 in Dunnes), it works out cheaper for the equivalent size of pizza to eat healthily. Instead of cheese, you could have plenty of onions, mushrooms etc. for the same price.

When you buy in bulk it's comparatively priced to eat healthy. However people are lazy and want convenience.

The thoughts of having a ****e day in work and coming home to then prep dinner vs a 20 minute slide into the oven can't be discounted.

Like this is a bargain, considering the price they - and comparable brands - usually sell for. Building a healthy diet off these you'll be disappointed but there's something to be said for moderation :pac:

Also who the feck put broccoli on a pizza? That's nearly as worse as those who put pineapple on them.

Supercell · 21-05-2021 11:49am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Also who the feck put broccoli on a pizza? That's nearly as worse as those who put pineapple on them.

Steady on, what about adding some mandarins from a tin too for a proper hawaiian?, yummy!

Corvus Libros · 21-05-2021 11:57am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Also who the feck put broccoli on a pizza? That's nearly as worse as those who put pineapple on them.

You can put whatever you like on pizza. How can you be snobbish while singing the praises of a 61c Tesco pizza?

Creamy Goodness · 21-05-2021 12:04pm

Corvus Libros wrote: »

You can put whatever you like on pizza. How can you be snobbish while singing the praises of a 61c Tesco pizza?

I'm hardly singing the praises of it, I've had one and they're ****e, but if you're in a pinch and you don't want to make dinner they suffice.

They're usually a €1 or so, and now currently 61c, it's 40% off which is a decent discount.

Hogzy · 21-05-2021 1:23pm

Ish66 wrote: »

I still had the box. I just emailed Tesco asking them to pass on my Complement's to their Chemist !

Those ingredients dont look that bad at all.

Dextrose is essentially sugar
Sodium Ascorbate and Sodium Nitrate are just different forms of salts
Ascorbic Acid is a type of Vitamin.

Most processed food will have these.

zerosugarbuzz · 21-05-2021 2:34pm

lawred2 wrote: »

how was that study conducted exactly?

I wouldn’t know but it is taught by HASSAP so I’d guess it’s reliable. I had to do training with them for a volunteer role I had. The amount of people I’ve noticed since who do not wash hands or briefly dip fingers under tap in restrooms was a complete surprise to me.

GY A1 · 21-05-2021 5:42pm

There’s a thin crust pizza in aldi for 68 or 69 cent and there delicious,
Bargain at the price,
As good as the very expensive good fella one,
I sometimes put few extra pieces cheese on to make it extra cheesy

The 61c Pizza !

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