To think that if you cannot afford to buy all your food in Lidl/Aldi then you.....

[poopscoop]

are pretty stuffed

Nonsense - plenty of skips to forage in.

grow your own

steal it?

What's the point?

Aldi and Lidl aren't always the cheapest options.

There is still urban foraging to consider, and reduced bin scrummages just before closing time at the supermarkets

goober - the point was thatthis was joking because today there were so many threads about affording free range chicken, affording M&S food etc. but suppose you had to be there....

If you can't afford to buy food, you should cut down and only eat once a week. It's pretty simple, I'm sure somebody can post some good recipes for meals using cardboard, rainwater and grass.

lmfao.

You can have a healthy balanced diet just from foraging in the park
If you can't afford organic food then you shouldn't have kids imho

I do get it, I was on the egg thread.

I am just automaticaly defensive now as what's it gotta do with 'em?

There's always shoplifting.

Oh yes, foraging, berries and the suchlike. Apples off the trees. Grass has to be fresh tho gagamama no pesticides.

Does this remark and its responses make any sense everyone. Surely the statement we are responding to is serious?? I shop in Aldi and Lidl all the time, and i am a single mum on Housing Benefit with little income.. And if REDCHARITYBONNY responded to me like that i would be pretty upset. Why all the smart sarcasm ??
As for you MRSRUFFALLO... are you serious ??? And what kind of large income is your DH on??? loads i guess !!

I can't discuss that maltesers, you will realise how important and organic I am

maltesers, it is only a joke

I inadvertantly stole 30 fish fingers from sainsburys today. I didn't mean to, I promise. Tho when I realised I was pretty chuffed. There, I had to get it out.

I nick apples from the hedgerow. They lasted me all winter.

There, that's better. Any other confessions to make?

but...but...i've been in nearly every supermarket aroound here and Lidl definately are not the cheapest by a long shot! The cheapest is a combo of Tesco and Asda (what isn't on special offer at Asda usually is in Tesco) and shop for some luxuries at Lidl/Aldi etc like Options hot choc. Or am i just strange?

what joke?

oh Dear God there are a lot of people having sense of humour failures on mumsnet tonight.

Yes. Last week it was a sprig of rosemary from the window box of our local italian

If you had read ANY of my posts you would be able to tell that i HAVE NOT had a sense of humour failure AT ALL

thats a threadkiller

YABU
There is always (whisper its name quietly) Farm Foods

and Scumerfields