OMG - Look at the price of this in Sainsbury's !

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Went to Sainsbury's this afternoon . Wow !

I whisk it in the food processor until it turns to butter. No fancy gadgets needed. You can do it by hand but it’s hard work.

It's crisps that get me !
A 6 pack would always be on offer for a quid
One week it be French fries another week it be something else
Now it's normal to see them £2-65

Agreed, I worry they’re going to do what Aldi does and randomly discontinue it one day!

I was in our local Asda yesterday doing what I used to think of as my "top up" shop which is basically getting in bits for lunches at home, some fresh veg to make soup, salad, a tub of hummus, half a doz eggs , some garlic and a few other bits and bobs, the only treats were a small cake and some biscuits that were on offer and it came to around £25! I am no longer shocked, I am good at budgeting, I menu plan, bulk cook and do not waste food. The other things that struck me were the empty shelves, low stock in the freezers and the general lack of variety.

Why don’t you make your own by putting double cream through a food processor to churn it? It’s not that hard.

I buy butter in Home Bargains. They had Lurpak for £1.89 recently. A block that is, not spreadable.

Bulk out your mince with oats.

FFS. We just want to afford nice , healthy food

Rapeseed oil has been linked to the surge in colon cancers in young people. That’s why it’s cheap, it will take years off your life.

I like the President with salt crystals. Very yummy

Does anyone make their own from cream ?
Is it nice ?
Does it last ?

Don't waste the buttermilk if you make your own. Marinate chicken in it overnight for Southern fried chicken or use for soda bread. Yoghurts are a shocking price too.

No churn needed - a cylindrical cliptop plastic tub and loads of shaking is all that's needed! You can wash and sterilse a couple of pebbles and add those to make it quicker...

What do you buy instead?

It's not. It weighs 200g and the Country Life is 250g, sadly. Shrinkflation.

Nancy Birtwhistle had a Instagram post about making your own butter and using the buttermilk up.
I use cold pressed rapeseed oil and will take my chances. I use lard and beef dripping for the meat eaters in the house. Lard is still quite cheap.

It is not that simple.
The study you refer to involves under 100 people. It also says that they are included in cheap ultra processed foods because they are cheap. So, seed oils were cheap before, not because of an increase in colon cancers. It also isn't proven which, if any specific, oils are linked to the increased inflammation which the researchers believe may be driving an increase in colon cancers. It is a question/suggestion that there may be a link, not a proven causal relationship.

I’m all for farmers getting a fair price for their produce. But with Tesco (for example) making a 2.9billion operating profit last year then I suspect the retailers are the ones benefiting from the increase in prices of what’s in our shopping baskets.

Reminds of when I saw a chicken in Sainsbury's for £25.

I swear the top supermarkets get together and delegate who gets what products on offer one week and which gets the next and so on.
I am fortunate enough to buy extras of what is on offer that we use and also add to a box for my mum like nice coffee and cordials but the shop just keeps getting more expensive.

Just pour the cream into a large jar and shake ( put lid on first) takes about 10 minutes. Rinse the butter in/ under cold water and squeeze excess out.
You don't need a churn.

Yes, absolutely 😊

I'll stick with the view of reputable scientists such as Professor Sarah Berry of the ZOE project and Professor of Population Health and Nutrition at the University of Cambridge, Nita Forouhi, who both say that seed oils are perfectly safe. Also, I didn't say it was cheap. It's a lot cheaper than blended olive oil, but it's not the cheapest blended 'vegetable' oil.

I'm 63, btw. There aren't that many years to take off my life now.

I use the decaff variety of that all the time. I never pay full price!

Or sell them to other buyers on the international market who are willing to pay for them.

There have been at least two studies published recently linking rapeseed and other seed oils to colon cancer which is imho likely causing rapeseed oil to be even cheaper as the price is demand elastic.

I agree it’s not proven, irrefutable proof takes alot of time and study (and autopsies) to prove harm. With something like cancer, it’s very hard to prove as cancer can be caused by innumerable genetic, pathogen and environmental causes.