There's no comparison between store-bought sauces, full of E numbers, sugar and salt and preservatives, and home-made ones, though. You don't even need to make an apple sauce for pork chops - as I said, just lie some slices of a sweet apple across them and they'll cook into a lovely soft mush to take off the fattiness of the pork.
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simmo
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1 tin of chopped tomatoes 26p
1 pinch of basil 1p
1 pinch of oregano 1p
2 sections of a clove of garlic 6p
Stick in pan, heat (gently). (10mins)
Total cost 34p
Total time 10mins (during which time you're probably cooking your mince or whatever it is you're having with it).
For the curry pretty much the same goes only with different spices involved, few of which are very expensive and all of which will last you ages.
I'm with you on Apple Sauce though.
Bar the Bull
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Better still, grow your own basil and oregano, so it is fresh.
Pasta sauces from a jar are not nearly as nice as the real stuff.
Pasta sauces from a jar are not nearly as nice as the real stuff.
simmo
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And even cheaper since it grows back.
Basil is a c**t to grow up here though. It's just that little bit too chilly for it to feel entirely happy, even in summer.
In the Simmo household, we also grow our own chillies, parsley, rosemary, thyme (slugs love that, surround it with rosemary, they hate that) and chives.
I am contemplating adding sage and oregano to that next year.
Bar the Bull
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Just make sure you thoroughly wash your hands after chopping them before going for a wee wee.
Bar the Bull
At the Start
I am going to sound like a right stickler, but why not use fresh tomatoes? Mrs. BtB and I don't even bother peeling them, we just chop them (takes 2 mins) and make the sauce with them.
We grew cherry tomatoes this summer, and I think we are going to go for vine tomatoes next year. Our next-door neighbour had great success with her plump tomatoes this year.
simmo
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I can confirm the accuracy of that tip. 
Don't put your hands anywhere near your eyes either, even if you have washed them thoroughly.
Don't put your hands anywhere near your eyes either, even if you have washed them thoroughly.
simmo
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Each to their own mate.
I prefer the consistency of the sauce from tinned tomatoes. Tend to use fresh tomatoes in a curry (if it has tomatoes in it, obviously
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Ardross
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Even with the imported vine tomatoes in the winter good quality tinned tomatoes have the better flavour for cooking .
In the summer , with far better tomatoes available than there were 10 years ago then fresh are undoubtedly best - fresh plum tomatoes in particular.
In the summer , with far better tomatoes available than there were 10 years ago then fresh are undoubtedly best - fresh plum tomatoes in particular.
Have now received two 'welcome Mrs Turner to Tesco's online delivery service' emails since Friday - tossers...
So now Ms Kendra Banks, the orginator of these emails, is in receipt of one shirty email from moi, which has been copied to the Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian - not that it will do any good, of course!
So now Ms Kendra Banks, the orginator of these emails, is in receipt of one shirty email from moi, which has been copied to the Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian - not that it will do any good, of course!
You'll be half amused I hope Mrs Turner to learn I've just had row with my local branch. I wanted 20 Silk Cut 100's and was given 20 normal. No problem, on discovering my error in not checking (it was shoveled into a bag) what I recieved when leaving their store, but strictly speaking it was a verabl contract we'd entered into, and should have precipitated a normal exchange.
Suffice to say I returned (admittedly I shouldn't have smoked the entire pack, and presented with an empty )
No, alright I didn't.
I tried to facilitate a simple exchange (retail price the same). I was told the law demanded I produce a reciept. I duly challenged the member of staff regarding the law, who called her colleague over to confirm, that a reciept was necessary. I sought clarification.
"Are you telling me that a reciept is legal prove of purchase?"
"Yes" , they both told me
At this point some silly kid popped in, and told me it was too "Cos My Mam ses". I could have swiped him, but it only served to reinforce the issue with them.
I told them, it wasn't, and proceeded to ask for names, before they called the Manager out the most self righteousness you wouldn't believe. I think they might expected me to back down at that point? After all it was their Manager. She duly swaggered out;
That exchange was interesting.
I proceeded to quote the Sales of Goods Act, admittedly 1979, but I believe the bit I was invoking is correct? Suffice to say, I'll cut it short; failure to produce a receipt does not prejudice your statutory rights, and receipt is only legal prove of a till transaction with a retailer, for a said item, at said time, for a said amount. It's not prove of purchase.
Ardross, if I'm wrong tell me otherwise?
I'll spare you the full details and stupid excuses she gave me. She did however tell me "I think there's something in the law that says that, but it's our policy..."
"Your policy is above the law?"
Oh I'll spare you all, she went rambling on about stock loss, which I knew and proved was crap, and asked her to state that a till receipt was legally binding prove of purchase? She refused, and duly exchanged.
Was I morally right to make a stand? and was I legally right?
Suffice to say I returned (admittedly I shouldn't have smoked the entire pack, and presented with an empty
)No, alright I didn't.
I tried to facilitate a simple exchange (retail price the same). I was told the law demanded I produce a reciept. I duly challenged the member of staff regarding the law, who called her colleague over to confirm, that a reciept was necessary. I sought clarification.
"Are you telling me that a reciept is legal prove of purchase?"
"Yes" , they both told me
At this point some silly kid popped in, and told me it was too "Cos My Mam ses". I could have swiped him, but it only served to reinforce the issue with them.
I told them, it wasn't, and proceeded to ask for names, before they called the Manager out the most self righteousness you wouldn't believe. I think they might expected me to back down at that point? After all it was their Manager. She duly swaggered out;
That exchange was interesting.
I proceeded to quote the Sales of Goods Act, admittedly 1979, but I believe the bit I was invoking is correct? Suffice to say, I'll cut it short; failure to produce a receipt does not prejudice your statutory rights, and receipt is only legal prove of a till transaction with a retailer, for a said item, at said time, for a said amount. It's not prove of purchase.
Ardross, if I'm wrong tell me otherwise?
I'll spare you the full details and stupid excuses she gave me. She did however tell me "I think there's something in the law that says that, but it's our policy..."
"Your policy is above the law?"
Oh I'll spare you all, she went rambling on about stock loss, which I knew and proved was crap, and asked her to state that a till receipt was legally binding prove of purchase? She refused, and duly exchanged.
Was I morally right to make a stand? and was I legally right?
BrianH
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Ardross
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The Sale of Goods Act only protects you if the seller did not have title to sell what they sold, the goods were not of satisfactory quality or were not of the description provided .
Hence , if you had put something in a basket and got it home and found out that it wasn't what you wanted bad luck . If you ask for one thing and they give you another it is difficult to say that was not sold by description
More likely however they were liable to agree to rescind the contract under the doctrine of mutual mistake - rather than due to your statutory rights.
Hence , if you had put something in a basket and got it home and found out that it wasn't what you wanted bad luck . If you ask for one thing and they give you another it is difficult to say that was not sold by description
More likely however they were liable to agree to rescind the contract under the doctrine of mutual mistake - rather than due to your statutory rights.
Warbler - my heartfelt sympathies.
I added a read receipt to my emails and one was returned mid-afternoon. So they've read it and you would think someone would have responded by saying 'Thank you for your email - we will look into your comments and we will respond as soon as possible' or similar....
But no - so far zip.
I added a read receipt to my emails and one was returned mid-afternoon. So they've read it and you would think someone would have responded by saying 'Thank you for your email - we will look into your comments and we will respond as soon as possible' or similar....
But no - so far zip.
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Edit: Just seen the 2nd post on this thread!
Sainsburys won hands down on My Supermarket. Ocado shouldn't be in business with their pricing, my basket was double that of Sainsburys.
Sainsburys won hands down on My Supermarket. Ocado shouldn't be in business with their pricing, my basket was double that of Sainsburys.