But that fat woman (who they could not even find a boiler suit to fit) is claiming she cannot afford an extra £2 for a chicken on a Sunday … “she really wants to” and she “really would if she could” …
Spare me ! - go half a day without chocolate !

There are also plenty of people who cannot afford it I accept that unconditionally.

What I will not accept though is a man sitting in a pub getting pi***d up and smoking cigarettes at £5.50 a packet and claiming only to be able to afford chicken dippers for his children !

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Rod

I can safely say that i do not eat rubbish food, my trolley will have all the veg and meat and salad. I am not over weight. I just can not afford the prices of the, Free Range / Organic or Fair Trade unfortunatley, unless they are in reduced section. I work full time and own my own house too.
I don’t drink to excess or smoke. So am i on my own??

Jordan

I was struck when watching the last epsode by the men in the pub all slating Hugh:

“It’s alright for him he can afford it - I can’t I’ve got a family to feed” etc etc

His argument was lost to me as he was sat there with a pint of beer which equates to the difference cost wise between the two birds !
He also had a packet of cigarettes, one beer and a packet of 20 would cover the extra cost of free range for a month of Sunday dinners for his family !

I’ll stop - I’m ranting !

Amen to that… and you’re quite right, most of the people we see in any food shop are buying bag loads of expensive rubbish. In Jordan’s defence this obviously doesn’t mean everyone. Having said all that you should have seen my trolley today…. nestled among the fruit and veg and free range guinea fowl was a fabulous bucket…. no one could possibly own a more splendid specimen, couldn’t resist. The astonishing total would be too much to stomach for a bachelor of modest means but did include a Co2 detector, money well spent for the Coven.

For those of you out there with tight budgets and loose jeans, may we suggest LB’s recipe for bubble & squeak available on the ‘other channel’.

WoE

She was a single mother who said she could not afford it - fair comment.
I couldn’t help noticing though she was by far the fattest woman on the show so perhaps if she cut out the garbage and amount she could afford an extra £2 on a family sized chicken ?

Obviously being single makes a difference when shopping but looking at people in the aisles and the queue today showed trolleys full of crisps, biscuits, chocolate bars, fizzy drinks and pizzas etc - their daily food bill per head will be much higher than mine so the economic argument does not always wash and is often too easy to hide behind

The extra going to organic (chicken wise) is far more than just going to free range granted.
I am sure that if demand grows prices will come down, after all a few years ago organic veg was prohibitive - now the difference far less
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Rod

Its all well and good wanting to eat, free range / organic / Fair Trade. But the price like you have quoted is huge.
I for one would love to be able to buy all the above, but it’s priced well out of my shopping budget, like so many others i am sure.

Jordan

Sainsbury’s had an organic free range chicken at just over £10 - the same in ’standard’ was £3.50.
I’ve decided not to bother with free range but go all the way and go organic as well.
All the veg I bought was organic as were the wholemeal pitta breads etc.
The eggs cost almost twice what the cheapest were available at - though only 50p more than the ones I normally get - less than 10p per egg.

From now on I shall only be buying organic !
Tonight’s meal will also consist of my home grown carrots and broccoli
Cheers
Rod

Think of all the cats the chickens will attract! Shame you can’t eat the cats?

Jordan