the good ole days my moms grandad was a fisherman and always
came home with some fish, she remembers moaning one day "aw no not another lobster" they had an allotment and a few chickens, beef was bought probably 3 times a month, and you got everything weighed ie butter flour etc so you only bought what you needed, refridgeration was a problem to hense why people went out shopping everyday for there needs, but then they had a healthy diet and when my nan passed on we found the account books and everything was listed even the penny sweets bought, made for a very interesting read,
Its just the two of us now and although the food bill is cheaper i still feel i should revert back to the ole ways of planning, i hate waste, but i have noticed i dont cook "proper" food as much as i used to, (and i used to be a chef :S) luckly my son loves cooking and does a mean chicken kiev from scratch (hes only 9), and knows what veg is which, yes i do buy cheap chicken because it is all i can afford, i refuse to buy nuggets and such though, but doing a roast for 2 or one and a half, is a bit pointless, i love making quick meals and to me a quick meal is throwing onion garlic bacon mushrooms in a pan frying adding tomatoes and simmering and it all takes 20 mins max the time it takes to boil the pasta, ive looked at the meals for a fiver range in sainburys i must say im not overly impressed not one nice veggie dish and only one fish dish, still has burgers sauages etc. roll on harvest day