Terrible foodBack when I was a student, we had a "clear out the fridge" party. Everyone brought what they had left and the idea was to make a big meal out of it.
The stew/casserole/whatever was going surprisingly well until someone added the tin of mackerel in tomato sauce they'd been hoarding all year.
What's the worst thing you've ever cooked or eaten? Who's the worst cook you've encountered?
[and yes, we've asked this before, but way, way back before we had the fancy QOTW pages]
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chthonic, Thu 17 May 2007, 10:23)
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Student economicsI've already mentioned the rubbish I'd eat when I ran out of money.... but when I had money I wanted it to last.
SO I worked out a plan.
Lidl Frozen "beef" pies 6pk = £1.49
Value frozen peas 750g = 59p
500g Bag of value carrots = 29p
1kg bag of boiling potatoes = 69p
Obviously the pies would last 6 days and often the other stuff would last longer.
Thus I got the average cost of a meal down to under 40p.
I budgeted 1 meal per day and spent the rest of my money on cider (admittedly it was out of date cider I got cheap!).
Try eating bottom quality "beef" pie, peas, carrots and boiled potatoes every single day for a year, after that ANYTHING else is edible!
Next year I got an evening job 4 hours a week (woo!) so could afford auntie bessie frozen toad in the hole! When Tesco made them half price I stocked up and filled the freezer with about 50 of them!
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 16:00, Reply)
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