Politics

[Escobarp]

4 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

I tried going to the local butchers once instead of the supermarket and it was a pretty traumatic experience. 

It was packed in there and everyone seemed to know what they were doing and were ordering all sorts of cuts of meat I'd never heard of.  I just wanted bacon and a pack from Tesco used to come to about £2.89 so I asked for £3 worth.

Unfortunately the butcher thought I meant 3lbs of bacon and chucked this huge wedge on the counter and asked me for about 7 quid.  The shop was so busy I was too embarrassed to say anything and just paid up.  I think we only finished the last of it the other month.

Bacon in my local butchers is about a fiver a pound so you’ve done well there mate 😂

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 hours ago, Sweep said:

I'm not suggesting that local butchers claim anything falsely, in fact very far from it. What I'm saying is that not everything in them is British. Anything that is local, they generally (and quite rightly) advertise as  British or local. There is plenty of stuff in Butchers up and down the country that they buy from wholesale, that may well not be British.....such as lamb and beef. Our local place, sells British beef, and he also sells beef...he doesn't say where it comes from, I'm sure if I asked he'd tell me, but judging by the fact it's lower in price, I'd expect it's not from here. Same with Lamb, he'll sell Welsh, New Zealand and then also just "lamb" all three have different price points, and give customer choice.

Make a point of enquiring, keep it British and local. Butcher I typically go in says where all the meat comes from. Swerving them at the moment though as covid rule following is rather hit and miss. 

Went to a farm the other day that do their own lamb and beef, with other meat again with its provenance described.

Supermarket stuff usually says where its from too.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

17 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

I tried going to the local butchers once instead of the supermarket and it was a pretty traumatic experience. 

It was packed in there and everyone seemed to know what they were doing and were ordering all sorts of cuts of meat I'd never heard of.  I just wanted bacon and a pack from Tesco used to come to about £2.89 so I asked for £3 worth.

Unfortunately the butcher thought I meant 3lbs of bacon and chucked this huge wedge on the counter and asked me for about 7 quid.  The shop was so busy I was too embarrassed to say anything and just paid up.  I think we only finished the last of it the other month.

That's the beauty of a good butcher. Should know his cuts and be able to recommend what you need according to dish type you want to create. Sadly, some of the more traditional cuts aren't always offered or may need to be ordered.

Its worth going online to suss out things as you may well be able to save money too, some cuts command a lower price, but have a special flavour or suit a type of cooking.

[Duck Egg]

39 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Bacon in my local butchers is about a fiver a pound so you’ve done well there mate 😂

This was about 1992! I've not been back since

[Escobarp]

3 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

This was about 1992! I've not been back since

😂😂😂😂 that’s what You call out off 

[jayjayoghani]

Some grudge that 😆

[Tonge moor green jacket]

How much was bacon then?

Nearly thirty years ago!

[Tonge moor green jacket]

12 hours ago, Mr Grey said:

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/11/heres-how-our-food-prices-compare-to-30-years-ago-and-you-might-be-surprised/

Very interesting. Cheers.

[Sweep]

12 hours ago, Mr Grey said:

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/11/heres-how-our-food-prices-compare-to-30-years-ago-and-you-might-be-surprised/

It's a decent article that, I knew that food now was cheaper than in the 50s, 60s and 70s, but I didn't realise it was so much cheaper. Supermarkets have to be thanked for it I suppose....

[Sweep]

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

Food maybe fairly priced, cant say the same for house and renting prices. I heard someone state a few months ago that If a loaf of bread had gone up the same rate as house prices, a loaf would cost around £25. 

Expensive toast 🤨

True, it was only when I was speaking to the people buying my house that I really thought about it. They're buying this as their first property, and they've had to save £45K deposit. So it's taken them until they're nearly 30, and now they're about to embark on a 35 year mortgage!!

A mate of mine has just put his house on the market, as him and his wife are downsizing from a 5 bed to a 3 bed - purely so they can release equity to give their 2 kids £100K each as a deposit, otherwise they'll never get on the property ladder down here.

On the plus side though, they can get 1Ib of bacon for just £4 from the village butchers 😀

[Zico]

4 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Mental innit!

You gotta feel for the young people of today in trying to get a mortgage, it seems it's either parental help or in inheritance, or maybe one of them 1st time buyer schemes where you only own 51% of the property, or something along them lines.

Luckily for them, food is still cheap, and that includes Bacon unless they are veggie or vegan 

I did that to get going back in 2006, though managed to stretch it to 75%

could've gone 100% in a shit area, but was all about location

what's mad is there are places in London where you start off owning 5%, get a mortgage for 5%, and pay rent on 95%

fuck that

[Tonge moor green jacket]

8 hours ago, Sweep said:

It's a decent article that, I knew that food now was cheaper than in the 50s, 60s and 70s, but I didn't realise it was so much cheaper. Supermarkets have to be thanked for it I suppose....

Don't go there, kinell.

 

[Spider]

 

[Tombwfc]

13 minutes ago, Spider said:

 

 

The 'clarification'...

 

Fuck me.

 

[Casino]

 

[kent_white]

2 hours ago, Casino said:

 

Plus it's called Soy sauce! 😁

[bolty58]

15 hours ago, Sweep said:

True, it was only when I was speaking to the people buying my house that I really thought about it. They're buying this as their first property, and they've had to save £45K deposit. So it's taken them until they're nearly 30, and now they're about to embark on a 35 year mortgage!!

A mate of mine has just put his house on the market, as him and his wife are downsizing from a 5 bed to a 3 bed - purely so they can release equity to give their 2 kids £100K each as a deposit, otherwise they'll never get on the property ladder down here.

On the plus side though, they can get 1Ib of bacon for just £4 from the village butchers 😀

Too many people. The law of supply and demand.

[birch-chorley]

On 26/10/2020 at 11:31, Mounts Kipper said:

We’ve switched to good quality local Butcher since lockdown, so much better enjoying my food more than before. Anyone who lives up Chorley area try them out butchers at Heskin Hall. 

A few people have recommended them to us 

if I go to a butchers it tends to be Browns in Chorley but will give HH a go 

[Mounts Kipper]

33 minutes ago, birch-chorley said:

A few people have recommended them to us 

if I go to a butchers it tends to be Browns in Chorley but will give HH a go 

Browns is good, but the selection at Heskin is fantastic. 

[Horwich]

I see the snowflakes are suggesting there should be a legal entry route for refugees into the UK.

[Not in Crawley]

And in other news three children drowned this week.

[MickyD]

21 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

And in other news three children drowned this week.

Again, down to shit parenting. I don't give a fuck how much they think they need to get themselves and their family over here to the promised land. The safe way is to realise that the little obstacle which makes us an island is bloody dangerous. 

Stay in France...

Or Germany

Or Italy

Or any other country you don't need to risk your life (and your children's) to get to! 

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, Horwich said:

I see the snowflakes are suggesting there should be a legal entry route for refugees into the UK.

How do you tell if they are refugees?

is an economic migrant the same as a political refugee?

Is there an online form to complete before you leave, for example, France?

[MickyD]

Question 5346 - Are you an economic migrant or a political refugee? 

(Be aware that answering incorrectly will debar you from entry) 

[Not in Crawley]

46 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Again, down to shit parenting. I don't give a fuck how much they think they need to get themselves and their family over here to the promised land. The safe way is to realise that the little obstacle which makes us an island is bloody dangerous. 

Stay in France...

Or Germany

Or Italy

Or any other country you don't need to risk your life (and your children's) to get to! 

Imagine how desperate they must have been. More than one narrative, that's all I'm saying. 

''In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages you have had.''