to think that a roast dinner isn't necessarily an expensive meal to cook?

[Granllanog]

Just been chatting to a newish friend, she asked what we were eating today and I said I had cooked a roast chicken dinner........she said she loves a roast but considers it an expensive meal. I asked her what she was having today and she said they were having fresh pizzas from Morrisons (£10).
I told her my roast dinner cost less than that to make!!!

Obviously, if you buy a very expensive cut of meat then the cost will be higher but a roast doesn't have to break the bank surely? Today we had a simple chicken dinner, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, swede, peas, carrots, stuffing and gravy.

Breakdown of today's simple roast
Chicken .........1.4 kg £3.33 (part of a multibuy offer)
Potatoes .......... 30p (taken from a large 7.5 kg bag)
Carrots 25p
Peas (frozen) 30p
swede 45p
parsnips 30p
homemade stuffing 25p onion, fresh herbs, my own breadcrumbs
homemade gravy 10p spoon of flour and some gravy browning

A lot of people on here really have no idea about the real world.

@Comedycook

A lot of people on here really have no idea about the real world.

Eye opener, isn't it...

Bollocks to all this thread. The poor are about to get hammered from every angle this winter and posters running on to say how you'd rather live in a cave than bring yourself to eat a cheap chicken.

Go for you. I reckon you could sustain yourself on bullshit and smugness and have a bit of tone deaf left over for dessert.

@bigbeachedwales if that's they way you see me fine. Likewise in that you know nothing about me or my life but we're rude to me initially.
I work for a wealthy couple who go shopping without looking at any prices, and spend way more then I do, and then come and talk to me about what meals they've had, bottles of wine (that cost more then my beef) etc should I be rude to them because I can't do the same ? No I just get on with things.

@FourTeaFallOut

Bollocks to all this thread. The poor are about to get hammered from every angle this winter and posters running on to say how you'd rather live in a cave than bring yourself to eat a cheap chicken.

Go for you. I reckon you could sustain yourself on bullshit and smugness and have a bit of tone deaf left over for dessert.

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[quote WhatsTheEffingPoint]@bigbeachedwales if that's they way you see me fine. Likewise in that you know nothing about me or my life but we're rude to me initially.
I work for a wealthy couple who go shopping without looking at any prices, and spend way more then I do, and then come and talk to me about what meals they've had, bottles of wine (that cost more then my beef) etc should I be rude to them because I can't do the same ? No I just get on with things.[/quote]
Oh ok. I'll just get on with things then. It's that easy. Thank you for your words of wisdom to someone so obviously beneath you.

Low income families I am one of them that eat meat every day at every meal have to buy cheap meat. Low income families that eat meat occasionally can buy high welfare meat. I am the latter. It's all about choices. A chick pea curry is a fraction of the price of a meat curry, so many people are obsessed with having meat at every meal I find it baffling. People who regard lentils & beans as some sort of Oliver Twist meal are missing the point.

@FourTeaFallOut very well said. I totally agree.

@cushioncovers

Low income families I am one of them that eat meat every day at every meal have to buy cheap meat. Low income families that eat meat occasionally can buy high welfare meat. I am the latter. It's all about choices. A chick pea curry is a fraction of the price of a meat curry, so many people are obsessed with having meat at every meal I find it baffling. People who regard lentils & beans as some sort of Oliver Twist meal are missing the point.

I have meat once a week. My kids love roast chicken. I can still only afford a £3 chicken for them. But it makes them feel happy and fed and normal and loved. That's more important to me than the chicken's welfare. Go on then, keep judging me, though...

@cushioncovers

Low income families I am one of them that eat meat every day at every meal have to buy cheap meat. Low income families that eat meat occasionally can buy high welfare meat. I am the latter. It's all about choices. A chick pea curry is a fraction of the price of a meat curry, so many people are obsessed with having meat at every meal I find it baffling. People who regard lentils & beans as some sort of Oliver Twist meal are missing the point.

A chickpea curry is s totally false economy if your DC refuse to eat it.

@FourTeaFallOut

Bollocks to all this thread. The poor are about to get hammered from every angle this winter and posters running on to say how you'd rather live in a cave than bring yourself to eat a cheap chicken.

Go for you. I reckon you could sustain yourself on bullshit and smugness and have a bit of tone deaf left over for dessert.

Well said.

@Comedycook

If all I could afford was a £3.33 chicken I think I would rather become vegetarian

Well that's easy to say but if you were actually in that position, you might feel differently. Oh and I reckon a lot of restaurants, unless they specify otherwise, use bog standard non organic meat. And what about supermarket sandwiches and the like? So chances are you eat factory farmed meat without even knowing.

I have a teenage ds...he wants to eat meat. If I served up chickpeas and other vegetarian delights, he'd not be very impressed.

Well we aren't exactly rolling in money ourselves, hence why we eat mostly vegetarian food, and don't buy things like supermarket sandwiches, and rarely eat out, so that point is not really valid - I really don't think I am consuming factory farmed meat without knowing.

I personally choose not to feed my DC cheap meat, but that's my choice - if your DS has issues around food, then fair enough. It's more important for him to not to starve than take a stand for animal welfare in that kind of situation. I'm grateful that my DC out grew the 'fussy' eating stage, but I am well aware that some children don't for all kinds of reasons that are nothing to do with being 'fussy'!

@FourTeaFallOut

Bollocks to all this thread. The poor are about to get hammered from every angle this winter and posters running on to say how you'd rather live in a cave than bring yourself to eat a cheap chicken.

Go for you. I reckon you could sustain yourself on bullshit and smugness and have a bit of tone deaf left over for dessert.

Eating meat occasionally rather than every day =/= living in a cave.

Hth

I’m veggie so generally buy a meat free ‘main’ which is the most expensive bit but the potatoes for roasties, veggies and Yorkshire pudding ingredients are cheap. I have 5DC so need more ingredients than most but I could probably make us all a roast dinner for £10.

@FourTeaFallOut

Bollocks to all this thread. The poor are about to get hammered from every angle this winter and posters running on to say how you'd rather live in a cave than bring yourself to eat a cheap chicken.

Go for you. I reckon you could sustain yourself on bullshit and smugness and have a bit of tone deaf left over for dessert.

Well said. There seems to be a lot more concern about chicken welfare than human welfare on this thread.

It's like people are more worried about chicken welfare than human welfare. Mumsnet is baffling at the best of times. Real world, people!

we aren't exactly rolling in money ourselves, hence why we eat mostly vegetarian food, and don't buy things like supermarket sandwiches, and rarely eat out, so that point is not really valid - I really don't think I am consuming factory farmed meat without knowing

I personally choose not to feed my DC cheap meat, but that's my choice - if your DS has issues around food, then fair enough

We all do things differently but I think in terms of the general population, my way is more standard. You talk about 'cheap meat' like it's a dirty word. Your way of feeding your family works for you which is great, but it's less usual. Vast vast majority of people buy supermarket meat and eat in restaurants without a second thought as to the meat they're being served. Most people pick up a packet of chicken breasts in the supermarket and feed it to their family and don't even view it as ,"cheap meat" they view it as absolutely standard

I think it can be as expensive as you make it, dependant on the quality of the ingredients and where you shop etc. I'm not a fan of pork or lamb so I'd only have chicken, turkey or beef, more likely a vegetarian option these days.

@BoreiPuriHagafen

I don't eat meat every day. Maybe one or twice a week. Even so, there's no way I could afford a £13 (or more!) chicken - that's more than I make in an hour at work!

[quote QuestionableMouse]@BoreiPuriHagafen

I don't eat meat every day. Maybe one or twice a week. Even so, there's no way I could afford a £13 (or more!) chicken - that's more than I make in an hour at work![/quote]
Tesco Finest Free Range whole chicken is £8.25 (£5/kg).

M&S Select Farms whole chicken (on Ocado) is £9.06 (6.25/kg).

Morrisons corn fed free range whole chicken is £8.66 (£5.50/kg).

In any case, spending an hour's wages on a whole animal that has been raised, fed, killed, butchered, prepared and transported, and which will feed several people (or one person several times) doesn't sound too unreasonable to me.

In any case, spending an hour's wages on a whole animal that has been raised, fed, killed, butchered, prepared and transported, and which will feed several people (or one person several times) doesn't sound too unreasonable to me.

It sounds a lot to me when people have to pay their rent/mortgage/bills/countless other expenses out of their wages

@Livpool being vegetarian/ vegan doesn't mean eating lentils for every meal 🙄

@FourTeaFallOut

Bollocks to all this thread. The poor are about to get hammered from every angle this winter and posters running on to say how you'd rather live in a cave than bring yourself to eat a cheap chicken.

Go for you. I reckon you could sustain yourself on bullshit and smugness and have a bit of tone deaf left over for dessert.

How is this our problem? I understand, whatever, but you have just created this argument out of nothing

Hope it all gets sorted soon

[quote CarrotSticks23]@Dutchesss she said it was 1.4kg. That's a big breast!

I don't think anyone is judging OP but it is OP who has started a holier than thou thread laughing at her friend. Maybe her friend isn't happy to buy a battery farmed chicken and is therefore chosing not to.[/quote]
And the meat on a Morrison’s £10 pizza is hand-reared with no battery farming in sight?