tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post2265733778735750993..comments2024-02-25T09:32:00.063+00:00Comments on The Frugal Cook: My You and Yours chicken curryFiona Becketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970779962455905201noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-4308761102986109302008-12-21T21:12:00.000+00:002008-12-21T21:12:00.000+00:00Thanks, career misfit and thank you all for being ...Thanks, career misfit and thank you all for being so supportive. <BR/><BR/>I guess the reason I feel a bit put out about this is that I have spent the best part of a year thinking about how best to shop and eat frugally and have tried my very best to help people achieve that. <BR/><BR/>It does involve - as Winifred did acknowledge - a change of mindset just as it does if you resolve to try and lose weight or eat more healthily but there's also a pleasure to be gained which perhaps didn't come across in the discussion - of being creating something delicious from humble ingredients. As I quote at the beginning of the book "necessity is the mother of invention" . .Fiona Becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970779962455905201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-55547637077353641272008-12-21T15:42:00.000+00:002008-12-21T15:42:00.000+00:00I've just Listened Again (when did those words bec...I've just Listened Again (when did those words become a trademark?) to the podcast and I thought you did a great job. I'm quite sure I couldn't cook <I>and</I> try to make a point on the radio at the same time. :o)<BR/><BR/>Radio shows and presenters (particularly ones on more exploratory stations like Radio 4) feel a need to challenge view points even when its wisdom is self-evident. I remember being involved in a live BBC Radio show a couple of years back in which I kept being asked "So, Misfit, are we covering the stories our listeners want to hear?" How should I know, I don't work here and I don't know them all?!<BR/><BR/>Winifred did make a good point about you suggesting a change in the mindset of shoppers and family food 'providers' which is, I think, where the Frugal mentality starts to take hold. It's about knowing the skills of cooking, knowing about nutrition and seasonal produce, and eating well without becoming dependent on tins of supermarket curry. That came across very clearly.Career Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10566880548603573056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-31177084049488470572008-12-21T08:11:00.000+00:002008-12-21T08:11:00.000+00:00Many thanks but best to let it drop now, I reckon!...Many thanks but best to let it drop now, I reckon!Fiona Becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970779962455905201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-5023250089533568592008-12-20T21:49:00.000+00:002008-12-20T21:49:00.000+00:00For what it's worth, the BBC still allow some publ...For what it's worth, the BBC still allow some public feedback. Try the following address:<BR/><BR/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio4/F2766774?thread=6168831Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-86997601491065386352008-12-20T19:00:00.000+00:002008-12-20T19:00:00.000+00:00I should probably have guessed what they were driv...I should probably have guessed what they were driving at and shouldn't have been so scrupulously honest. I even costed in cooking oil and salt and carefully worked out exactly how much I'd used of each ingredient. I'll know another time ;-)Fiona Becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970779962455905201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-29247502157283332932008-12-20T17:25:00.000+00:002008-12-20T17:25:00.000+00:00The comparison I would have heard was: If you want...The comparison I would have heard was: If you wanted to buy this plate of food from a supermarket how much would they charge?<BR/><BR/>I waited in some frustration as the supermarkets got the BBC price endorsement on the basis of a false comparison<BR/><BR/>FortescueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362152498675364583.post-15356667120197114912008-12-19T22:21:00.000+00:002008-12-19T22:21:00.000+00:00I agree, I listened and thought it was downright p...I agree, I listened and thought it was downright peculiar that the focus of the presenter's questions was on the cost, not on the cost related to the nutritional value and taste of the meal. Also, you said at the top of the programme that you would make this dish from leftover chicken, and there can't be anything cheaper than using up food that could otherwise be thrown away!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726893943264815950noreply@blogger.com