Yes Mum, Tesco's prices do seem to be racheting up, and will never come down of course, although they make a big thing of equalling Aldi's prices! And yes, Jay, Asda's prices are pretty good but there again, the nearest is in Tunbridge Wells, near Aldi, so the drive costs outweigh staying and shopping here in the village!
How's about this bit of tight-fistery then... the other day, I slow cooked overnight, a couple of kilos, (about five pounds in proper British weight), of chicken thighs which cost about £7.00, and little/big dog has about fourteen meals from that!
The stock which came from all that has made us four days of fabulously rich chicken soup, which we alter each day with lentils or orzo pasta, (not every day of course), so we're in fact feeding ourselves on the dog's leftovers for just a few pence (real British money that is)! Carrots still cost peanuts and we gave up growing onions, because we only need one at a time, so who's the winner?
It's very easy to get a bit smug and fat-faced about all this, and we don't crow much, but blimey, the cost of lockdown 'crisis' isn't what the BBC or the rabid rags always seem to screech about!
