My mum, to this day in fact, walks to the various local shops. They're spread-out around my home town so she walks for at least an hour a day fetching supplies.
I walk to & from town and also work. If it takes me less than an hour and I'm not heavily laden, I walk.
To say I agree with your point doesn't even begin to cover it...
I think the teach two people to do the recipe and they teach two is a flawed plan; people generally just won't do it (as was shown).
Also, what sort of person living on benefits is going to go out and buy a big chunk of salmon for one meal? The meatballs was a fairly good recipe to show them (though I'm sure it was more expensive than neccessary), but salmon? That's just not grounded in reality.
(Note: I don't actually know how much it costs for a chunk of salmon, but the lass and I did a quick back of the envelope calculation during the program and figured that someone on benefits with two kids probably only has twenty to thirty quid a week to spend on food; 3 or 4 quid a day. I think I could do it, but it wouldn't be fine dining.)
Oliver also annoyed me by doing the usual chef thing of looking at a takeaway and going "that's shit". Yes, nutritionally it's fairly awful, but it tastes good and if you eat them in moderation they're fine; that's just being stuck up because you make food for a living.
When I told people on my course (who are all complaining about the fact that there is no parking at the college) about the realy short walk I have from my house to the college and where my house was, some of them said 'thats not a short walk'. Actually, yes it is... I walk longer than that with the dog at weekends.
Maybe a new health kick might be 'give everyone a dog and demand that they walk it by law or be executed!' :)
Yup, totally agree, if it's more than 100 yards people think it's a long way.
A friend came up at the weekend and went out for dinner. It's a 5 min car journey and we walked. It was about 1 1/3 miles so not far. Much easier than waiting for a taxi or not being able to have a drink.
Yes his plan is over inflated but the ideal is not. In fact I'll be very interested to see what approach he takes next cos his inital plan won't work. I'm glad he's working with the burger lady cos she hits the nail on the head and in a typical Yorkshire way pulls no punches
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I've often thought similar. Sarah Ferguson did a thing where she went to see a family to 'help overhaul their diet'. They had something like £80 per week for 2 adults and 4 kids. Both adults and 3 of the kids smoked.
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I walk to & from town and also work. If it takes me less than an hour and I'm not heavily laden, I walk.
To say I agree with your point doesn't even begin to cover it...
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Also, what sort of person living on benefits is going to go out and buy a big chunk of salmon for one meal? The meatballs was a fairly good recipe to show them (though I'm sure it was more expensive than neccessary), but salmon? That's just not grounded in reality.
(Note: I don't actually know how much it costs for a chunk of salmon, but the lass and I did a quick back of the envelope calculation during the program and figured that someone on benefits with two kids probably only has twenty to thirty quid a week to spend on food; 3 or 4 quid a day. I think I could do it, but it wouldn't be fine dining.)
Oliver also annoyed me by doing the usual chef thing of looking at a takeaway and going "that's shit". Yes, nutritionally it's fairly awful, but it tastes good and if you eat them in moderation they're fine; that's just being stuck up because you make food for a living.
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When I told people on my course (who are all complaining about the fact that there is no parking at the college) about the realy short walk I have from my house to the college and where my house was, some of them said 'thats not a short walk'. Actually, yes it is... I walk longer than that with the dog at weekends.
Maybe a new health kick might be 'give everyone a dog and demand that they walk it by law or be executed!' :)
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A friend came up at the weekend and went out for dinner. It's a 5 min car journey and we walked. It was about 1 1/3 miles so not far. Much easier than waiting for a taxi or not being able to have a drink.
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