Just been down to Cockfosters, I picked myself up
- My tablets
- Some beigails, chopped liver, cream cheese'n'chives, avacardo, corabi, lemon, spring onions
- All the chicken thighs they had left in the butchers, skin on, bone off. £10's worth.
- Fags, Malteaster Chocolate Bar and a lighter.

I'm gonna have a cheap month this month, gonna just make stuff instead of getting take-aways, and try and cut down on the taxis too. Anyone used to/used-to-be being povo who can give me some pointers? I reckon Mince Meat is a good starting point.

This doesn't really warrent a new thread but you know, it's the evening and all that so a new one is due.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 17:58, 104 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

Make your own burgers, cheap, easy and you can stick all sorts of interesting stuff in them. Like YM.
Black pepper and Marmite is a good combo.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:03, Reply)

Burgers is a good one

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:27, Reply)

I had liver for lunch. I love a bit of offal.
Fillet steak for supper though. Off a proper dirty old beast from The Proper Butcher. None of your flaccid supermarket fillet.
(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:04, Reply)

I like tripe, but don't really see it much.
Edit, try cutting down on the fags too.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:07, Reply)

tripe is the one bit of a beast I'm not keen on
there used to be a butcher in Wigan market who sold nothing but tripe ... several different sorts and they all tasted of cow shit
(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:15, Reply)

And? I find it can be a bit bland, but with a bit of flavour chucked at it, it's ok.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:17, Reply)

these are some sexy looking steaks
if I had less self respect I'd do a gonz and put a photo on the interweb
(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:56, Reply)

I'm with you on that, might do calv's liver one night, that's proper good.
I'm with you on the 'real butcher is better' thing too. I hate that the supermarkets ran most of them out town
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:28, Reply)

I'm a povvo.
When it comes to cheap food falafel is your friend. I make a big bowl of mix on a Sunday afternoon that does three dinners for two of us over the week and costs pennies. The most expensive bit is the pittas.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:04, Reply)

That sounds good, but i'm not sure i'd want Flaffles two times in a row

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:29, Reply)

Toast sandwich

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:04, Reply)

I don't think this is a serious answer

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:28, Reply)

Start drinking non vintage champagne
It's cheaper than the vintage stuff.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:07, Reply)

But it goes so well with lychee juice

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:30, Reply)

Liver and onions is dirt cheap.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:08, Reply)

Another vote for this, it's going on the list
I like it with pasta.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:30, Reply)

I'm pretty poor at the moment.
I would recommend not being poor.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:12, Reply)

you're like that bloke off money supermarket dot com

(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:16, Reply)

also, if you buy stuff that cost less the money in your bank, you can avoid debt.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:37, Reply)

It's not that i'm poor, it's that i'm saving.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:31, Reply)

Gaz chompo

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:14, Reply)

Pizza Express vouchers?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:31, Reply)

Chicken thighs are really versatile
They make the best curries. Cook for the freezer if you can, make big batches of stuff and freeze in portions. Those double-seal bags from Ikea make good containers, just wait until the food's cool, put in the bag and freeze - takes up less room.
From a povvo pint of view - cut out the taxis, cut down the fags and drink. You'd be surprised how little you can live on a month - I had to.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:15, Reply)

portioning the halal chicken

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:17, Reply)

chicken thighs are much underrated, probably my favourite but apart from the anus

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:19, Reply)

+ t

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:20, Reply)

Sorry I edited that but well done

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:21, Reply)

I don't really drink, but I do the fags - maybe I should start using my eCig a bit more.
You're spot on on Chicken Thighs. Nandos does them now and they're the best thing they do - along with the nandos chicken livers
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:32, Reply)

i'm not any good at the saving money bit
but i will say that malteaster bunnies are fucking fit. difficult choice between one of those and a cadbury's chick which has been in the fridge for a few hours.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:19, Reply)

I didn't realise you were getting budgies for food.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:38, Reply)

why else would anybody domesticate a bird?

(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:52, Reply)

You tried those Galaxy Caramel Eggs? They're lush
The caramel is more like a chocolate with caramel texture. I'm all over malteaster bunnies too; mum gave me a lift today on the way back from cockfosters so I bought her one with a packet of fags.

Really can't stand that advert though with the cupcakes.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:34, Reply)

Try to spend less than you have coming in and maybe consider going on the game

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:32, Reply)

How much does one get for flogging one's arsehole?
I'd want a lot tbh.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:40, Reply)

^ soliciting

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:15, Reply)

At least twenty quid.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:29, Reply)

#whoops #toolate

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:34, Reply)

Buy a ticket for the Euro Lottery thing
Don't see how you can lose.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:42, Reply)

The prole tax, I still buy a ticket though.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:46, Reply)

someones gotta win, might as well e me

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:35, Reply)

Porridge in the morning
It's much cheaper than cereal/toast/whatever and it's very filling.

Buying veg in bulk at the market and making your own soup is good too.
( .Yeti., Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:49, Reply)

up your bollocks

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:50, Reply)

this is good advice but sadly nobody can read it because blooblubberblue 2.0

(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 18:53, Reply)

Parridge sounds like a good idea, you can do it in the microwave too.
The trouble with market veg is that it only lasts like 3-4 days, doesn't store well at all, but it's _much_ nicer and cheaper
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:36, Reply)

Make it all on the day and freeze it.
You can't lose.
( .Yeti., Mon 2 Mar 2015, 22:26, Reply)

Mushrooms, lentils, chickpeas (dried) rice and spices are great staples.
Frozen vegetables in bulk are good value. Use your several hundred takeaway containers you have lying around to store leftovers for another day. Aldi and Lidl aren't actually that much cheaper if you're only buying cheap food so just go to the closest supermarket.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:05, Reply)

finally the voice of reason
BTW - TV show, Rectify
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:14, Reply)

Except that mushrooms don't keep.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:17, Reply)

They last nearly a week.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:18, Reply)

Where from?

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:20, Reply)

From the day you buy them.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:21, Reply)

I must be using the wrong shops.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:22, Reply)

Cos whenever I buy them the loose ones look battered to shit and those in boxes have 5mm of water in the bottom
and even if you take them out of the box soon as you're home they still go off
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:25, Reply)

hope this helps
www.eatbydate.com/vegetables/fresh-vegetables/mushrooms/
(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:28, Reply)

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:30, Reply)

Frozen veg sounds about right, all sorts of stuff I can knock up with it. I've always got peas and sweetcorn frozin, but I could get some squash or something.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:38, Reply)

Lighter fluid as starter or dessert?
I find it never sits too well on an empty stomach
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:16, Reply)

hark at you with your fancy ways

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:18, Reply)

starter as a flambé on some pigeon livers
Then as a trou normand between the meths course and the glue
And then poured over bin chips as a pudding
(old man river possible lesbian, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:26, Reply)

With this half-eaten burger garnished with fag ends you are spoiling us

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:28, Reply)

lol adjectival agreement fail

( .Yeti., Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:30, Reply)

stop smoking

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:29, Reply)

I _like_ smoking =(

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:38, Reply)

it stinks, it's expensive, it gives you cancer and it has exactly zero health benefits

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:48, Reply)

Yeah but it looks well cool

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:28, Reply)

I've genuinely annoyed some people by effortlessly giving up tabs because 'I just couldn't be arsed with it anymore'.
My boss seemed unimpressed with my reasoning.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:40, Reply)

giving up's a piece of piss

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:47, Reply)

smoking is vulgar.
Only coons, plebs and the terminally ghastly smoke tobacco.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:39, Reply)

Make a big curry or a chilli.
Make a big batch of soup freeze it for lunch.

Slow cook something like a beef bourginion or the innards of a steak and ale pie.

Swap prostitutes for masturbation.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:45, Reply)

It'd be nicer warm

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:46, Reply)

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(katie hopkins telling it where its at, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:47, Reply)

never had a ministrone lolly nah?

( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 19:48, Reply)

I'll do myself a meat/tomarto sauce and freeze that.
Then I can just add ingredients as I use it to make things like Bouboti, Lasagnia, Chili etc
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 20:39, Reply)

Add celery mushrooms, carrots more onions than usual and the meat will go much further.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:00, Reply)

I've not done a lasagne in ages.
Should prolly do something like that.

The ultimate hungover povvo meal is marmitey pasta.

Just mix marmite, butter and a spoonful of the pasta water and chuck it over the pasta. Add parmesan (or cheddar) to serve.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:34, Reply)

Grim

(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 22:25, Reply)

dennis rader y/n

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:32, Reply)

Y

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:39, Reply)

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(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 21:45, Reply)

I agree

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 2 Mar 2015, 22:23, Reply)