I’ve been reading a lot about the credit crunch at the minute and how it all seems to be most impacting on our food budgets.
The most alarming part so far is the dramatic increase in tinned foods (like tinned chopped pork) which has increased by 7.2%. Urgh! I can barely eat tinned potatoes let alone pork. I would also presume tinned pork has all the scraps of meat in there as well (just think spam)?
However, this has caused a huge spike in the sale of pulses after years of standing still. If you’ve read the previous posts in this blog, you will see that personal experience of cooking with pulses has always gone drastically wrong! So, pulses will be the next recipe podcast on the website as I’m determined to conquer the lentils! Thanks also to those who commented on great lentil ideas.
It’s also becoming apparent that more and more people are turning to cheaper supermarkets. A crazy 31% increase in sales has been reported by budget supermarkets like Lidl and Aldi. And, to be honest, if you shop smart in these places, your onto a winner.
Stay tuned to find out how the budget recipe podcast made of lentils goes!
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This post was written by Warren Nash on October 2, 2008 |