Is extortionate!! We often get flyers through the door for our local Chinese/Indian/pizza joints offering home delivery, and now that I've started budgeting for myself I can't believe how overpriced everything is! I suppose they are having to cover things like their rented space, gas, etc., but how can you justify £2 for a portion of egg-fried rice? Or £2.50 for soup? I made myself a Chinese-style soup last night to get some veg used up and I estimate that it cost me less than £1 to make, and it was also very quick and simple to make. Two spring onions (scallions), a small can of sweetcorn, half a red chilli sliced thinly with the seeds removed, a couple of spoonfuls of chickpeas, some seasonings, all boiled up together for about 15 minutes (I'd cut it back to 10 next time as the spring onions ended up tasting like leeks, blurgh) and then some easy-cook noodles added. I suppose it ended up being what I will loosely term 'ramen', as I'm not sure whether or not there are 'necessary' ingredients in ramen. It was delicious and far more satisfying than ordering takeaway, not least because it was so much cheaper! I also had the knowledge of exactly what had gone into my food, which you often don't when ordering food elsewhere, and that was really good to know!
I'm getting a new phone this week which has a very good camera in it, so expect to see more photos on this blog in the near future! My camera is pretty good but I have to faff about switching the memory card between it and my old camera, because my computer won't read it from the new one for reasons I cannot fathom. I'm more likely to use my camera at family gatherings etc. now as it will have more space on it for getting lots of snaps; but for my blog I'll most likely just use my phone. The reason I'm getting a new one is that I've discovered it is far better value to be on a contract than PAYG if you use your phone a great deal -- which I do, even moreso than before now that I've left home! Gotta keep in touch with the loved ones! :)
Thanks for reading,
Bez.
2 comments:
Bez,
You’re absolutely correct. Anytime we eat out we have to take into consideration that the business owner has to maintain the business and pay the employees to work there. This requires not only rent and gas but also insurance, supplies, food and clean up. What if the business owner only makes 0.50 in profit for each soup that is sold..? Someone has to eat a lot of soup. lol
So it appears in addition to your skills as a chef you are obtaining a quick education in money management.
Ok, one chef to another.... I’m looking forward to your photos of some wonderful meals.
Hello Drew!
Interestingly I'm going to be doing Economics as part of my Social Sciences course in my second Semester, so because of the context perhaps things like the food industry will come up as part of the coursework. I'll be sure to post about it if it does, since it will (sort of) be relevant to this blog. :) Most of my money managing skills have been passed on from my parents, they are very good at it so I am fortunate to already know so much about it; I think many students go into this blind and find themselves struggling later down the line.
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