I find earning enough money for everything that I want to spend it on
to be the best financial management tip.

Although, definitely, being arsed to actually think about what I'm going to cook for a whole week and therefore only going shopping once a week saves a lot compared to going every night on the way home.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:31, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

This^
and having a good store of sauces, dried herbs, etc.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:32, Reply)

dried herbs can mostly fuck off
fresh ones then freeze them, or have living plants for the ones that don't freeze well.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:34, Reply)

Oregano is better dried IMHO

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:35, Reply)

you're dead to me, sporters. DEAD.
/I do use dried in some slow-cook things. But I always have some "fresh" in the freezer, much better for a lot of Spanish and Italian stuff.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:36, Reply)

I like they way you can simply crumble frozen herbs rather than having to tear/chop them

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:37, Reply)

This^
Unless you have left the container slightly open and they are all welded together

/mayhavehappenedonsaturday
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:38, Reply)

My herbs live in the ice-drawer
This means I occasionally seem to get a rosemary-flavoured G&T

/cool story, I know.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:39, Reply)

That just might actually work!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:40, Reply)

I had a gin and tonic cocktail once with good old hendricks
it had a lemongrass stick in it and was horrible :(
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:42, Reply)

I can understand why
It wouldn't go at all
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:43, Reply)

meh

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:37, Reply)

I find if I buy a basil for example, I destroy in one meal
making the living part pointless aside from freshness
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:35, Reply)

Buy a bigger plant then
/are you regularly cooking for 10 people? Otherwise, that's a fuck lot of basil in one dish.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:37, Reply)

I received a massive bag of basil leaves from the in-laws
so made up a huge amount of tomato sauces to freeze and also thai green curry sauce

NOM
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:39, Reply)

Those regular plants you get in Sainsburies
making pasta sauce etc for 4 meals I guess, I would use nigh on all of it.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:40, Reply)

Get a fuck-off one
plant it in a big planter and let it get bigger before you use it.

patience is your friend. Then plant rosemary, thyme and oregano outside as they can cope with the weather here.

parsley is the only one I can't seem to manage, but as parsley can get to absolute fuck anyway, I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:43, Reply)

Bay leaves outside too

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:44, Reply)

Parsely is a great herb and excellent way of "seasoning" some recipes without or with much less salt

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:45, Reply)

it tastes of arse.
why would I want to use less salt? Unless you're eating processed food or ready meals or you're some kind of flavourwrong it's pretty much impossible to eat more than you should.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:47, Reply)

You are wrong on the internet

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:49, Reply)

quite possibly
but how the fuck do you manage to put more than 6g of salt a day into your food whilst cooking? that's more than a teaspoon per person. All you'd taste would be salt.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:50, Reply)

people are retards
I was simply passing on a nugget of infomation. I'm allowed salt as I have stupidly low blood pressure
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:52, Reply)

do you have to mainline salt and lard to keep your pressure up?
harsh times, Nakers.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:52, Reply)

pretty much, it's turning me into a skinny man with a fat belly
I look like a snake that swallowed a goat :(
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:55, Reply)

and you know what arse tastes like because....
..... oh you hockey boys.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:49, Reply)

because...
as a student I'm sure I had the misfortune to horizontally encouter the odd hippy chick with less than scrupulous personal hygine?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:52, Reply)

"chick"
yeah, right.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:59, Reply)

I know, denial is a river in Egypt.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 14:07, Reply)

The mrs chops up the leaves, mixes it wiht a bit of olive oil and then freezes it in spoon sized portions
so you can just chuck them into sauces.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:44, Reply)

This is a good idea
We used to do this with veg for the sportscalves
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:46, Reply)

I like this

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:46, Reply)

Get a
one
plant it in a big planter and let it get bigger before you use it.

patience is your friend. Then plant rosemary, thyme and oregano outside as they can cope with the weather here.

parsley is the only one I can't seem to manage, but as parsley can get to absolute fuck anyway, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. you bent spastic
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:44, Reply)

hahaha!
Was that worth the effort then?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:46, Reply)

I think the results speak for themselves.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:49, Reply)

You DO have bumAIDS then?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:59, Reply)

*ahem*
petard. Hoisted?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:46, Reply)

Hoist.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:48, Reply)

Maybe so
But at least I can reply in the right place, and therefore avoid looking like a bent spastic whilst calling someone a bent spastic, dear boy.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 13:49, Reply)