I can understand that. I am a a lucky old phart! Tonight is cod with potato wedges. I know you are a recruit here so just a little information from me. I am an ancient Scotsman, my wife, the cook, is from Georgia, USA. Now you know everything about me!
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Hi brokenvows Nice to meet you. 
Iāve had to stop buying Bollinger - in these difficult times I have to buy my champagne from Lidl - itās a third of the price, darling - Cheers! 
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I trust you decant that fizzy plonk it into Bollinger bottles. After all, one has to maintain an outward appearance of dignity.
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After the 1st bottle, you donāt really notice the label, darling! Hic!
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Iām not certain if itās the same where some of you live, but where I live Iāve noticed that candy hasnāt really gotten as expensive as I thought it would. A pack of four Mars bars has been steady at around $4.50 roughly.
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Yup, one egg across 250g meat / 250g lentils. Plus a large handful of breadcrumbs - more to loosen up the mix than to pad it out. I always use 15% fat mince because of flavour and it seems to cook better. Makes 4 very large burgers.
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Even though, or maybe because, I live in France I donāt usually buy champagne. Normally I use local fizzy wine and pretty much every wine region does its own version. Or prosecco (from Lidl). I found champagne proper gives me headache but cremant doesnāt. Our local domaine makes a great cremant and at 7.50 euros its a third the price of cheap champagne.
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Hi Megalodon , I am alone so not a lot to cut back on because I donāt drink alcohol nor do I eat red meat .
Interesting that youāve cut back on cereals .
My breakfast every day starts with either a Quaker porridge sachet ,2 Weetabix or a bowl of Alpen . Not noticed that theyāve gone up a lot . Our supermarkets do offers on groceries so mostly I buy when offers are on .
The only thing I have cut out of my weekly shop is the Radio Times which also lists weekly tv channel programmes which got up to ,I think , Ā£3 .85 last time I looked. So Iāve begun reading it online .
Iāve never had a takeaway in my life btw
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Thanks for the info regarding CrĆ©mant - I have tried several of these before when Iāve stayed with my nephew, who has been trained to work in wine shops and hotels. I agree that some of these regional sparkling wines can be every bit as good or better than some āchampagnesā - I think the trick is knowing which ones to choose and I donāt have that detailed knowledge myself.
The Bollinger vs Lidl champagne was a bit of a joke - but I have found one particular champagne that Lidl sell for about Ā£13 a bottle that is very good.
To be honest, my favourite āfizzā is Marks & Spencerās Prosecco - it has a lovely ābutteryā flavour and is reasonably priced when itās on offer - I usually buy a case when itās on offer at around Ā£7.50 a bottle.
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Mars Bars used to be dead solid, a real good nosh when I was a kid!
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You too Megalodon smiling_face:
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Hi Megalodon, good to meet you, I wouldnāt worry about the duplicate ID, Azz will sort it
Iāve given up buying prepared sauces, cheese sauce, pasta sauce, curry sauce, things like that
I only use them when Iām feeling lazy, they donāt take 10 minutes to make really and your own taste better anyway
And mostly youāre paying for a jar of water with a few spices
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Oh, and panko breadcrumbs, ridiculous price for breadcrumbs and theyāre easy in the airfryer
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Bread & milk. I drank a lot of plant based milk, and now itās a bit pricey to feel comfortable with. So I use powdered milk for drinks, and water or juice for smoothies. I make my own bread about once a week, so thatās good for snacking. I donāt buy sauces - just make my own tomato based with herbs and spices.
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Iāve stopped buying blow up mattresses, their rate of inflation is too much for me!
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Yep. lol
Nice to meet you too Maree.
Welcome MrTallBuoy 
Blow up dolls too? 
Sorry, Iām the one who lowers the tone on hereā¦ā¦
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Not really, trying to reduce my plastic usage 
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