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This is a normal post There is sometimes a financial element.
Cheap food tends to be crap food.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 15:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't believe this. I am aware how cheap frozen pizzas &c can be.
You can make healthy meals for the same price. You just need the time, knowledge & inclination to cook.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 16:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes, but in terms of "how much effort does it take...",
expensive ready meals are okay for you, cheap ones are terrible.

Laziness is worse for you if you can't afford the expensive option.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 16:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, yes, totally agree with you there.
Though that does rather sidestep the initial point.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 16:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Expensive ready meals are just expensive
There was research done by Which? a few years back that showed than many of the expensive ready meals were just as full of crap, if not more crap, than the cheap ones. In some cases the cheapo ones worked out better for you.

IMHO - it is all crap. "Instant food" is just re-heated rubbish massively over priced. Is it really that hard to make up a big pot of chill con carni and then freeze it up in pots oneself?
 (I helped save b3ta! Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 18:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post I bow to your better judgement.
I was just going on how grim the baking tray gets.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 20:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ahem...

johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/custard-creams-are-cheaper-than-cous-cous-but-you-cant-expect-a-fucking-baroness-to-know-that/

It starts: "Anyone who claims that healthy food is a cheaper option has clearly never enjoyed the dubious nutitional delights of a pack of Everyday Value Custard Creams (35p, 1,972 calories).

They’ve also probably never been to a supermarket. Or at least never been to a supermarket with less than a tenner to last until the end of the week and two kids to feed. This hasn’t stopped a string of pompous twats from appearing in the media this week and telling us how much better they would be at being poor than the plebs using foodbanks."

And then gets into details.
 (SonofRojBlake, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 16:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Although I avoid sugar, I am well aware how cheap custard creams are, and cheap, mass-produced food is usually loaded with sugar.
I don't know who wrote that blog, but some extremely carefully cherry-picked examples there. The paragraph about meatfree being no cheaper is based on some well-dodgy assumptions too.
He's right about well-off columnists patronising plebs with their poverty-toursim, though.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 16:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think I'm with Tabs on that
It's possible to eat very healthily, very cheaply if you know what you're doing.

You'd only ever buy a cheap ready meal that's high in saturated fat through laziness.

Fuck, I've done it plenty.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 16:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not possible to eat very healthy on a very tight budget.
Healthy protein is pricey. You can eat half decent though.
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 22:42, , Reply)