Hi Ana. You got some some good ideas there, keep up the good work. Recently, I noticed that some supermarket bread that I'd had for over a week still seemed fresh and soft, and there was no mould on it at all, I remember it always used to go green and mouldy in days. It got me thinking, and I came to the conclusion that if bacteria didn't want to eat it, then perhaps we shouldn't be eating it. I'm a 60 year old guy and I've now learnt how to make my own bread, and my family love it. I'm not saving money, but at least I know all the ingredients that have gone into it. You're right, we need to get back to basics, and take back control of our food.
Thank you so very much for being part of this vital program. The other day, while watching Mark's video, he mentioned that you were doing this aspect of the website, and it gave me a big smile on my face, as I have ALWAYS thought that your enthusiasm and production value were top-notch!
Very good video thank you for doing it. I think the heart of the problem is encouraging people to buy ingredients first to helping people learn cooking skills and build on them with and then improve on the the ingredients as they learn more. You have to remember not every one even did home economics / cooking at school and I know a woman who banned her 2 sons from the kitchen when she was cooking as she didn't thing it suitable for boys to see. I think having cooking skills is a basic freedom that everyone should have. And it saves a lot of money.and money is freedom.
I rent properties, I dont have a fridge or anything. I move ever 12 months or less, Section 21 no fault evictions. Trying to not rely on just tins is very difficult 👍🏻
This is a wonderful idea. Unfortunately, even though I live in a rural area in the States, we have no independent grocers, and the local independent butcher shop passes off inferior meat. There are a few local foods carried by our supermarket which is part of a national chain. Back to basics! That's why I did a blog on showing people that they can cook. So few people have any idea that anyone can cook most foods. NBGreat minds think alike! Few read blogs anymore. You run with this!
You are right. Could you do a demonstration of pastry making? It seems to be a hard skill to gain these days. No matter how often I try to say how simple it is to make, for pennies, everyone seems to buy the prepackaged stuff. Maybe it's the mess? Dunno, but such a simple skill 😢
Yes I have been having to check all food labels for nearly 40 years as my body can’t tolerate wheat and onion 😢. The labels have been getting longer with more ultra processed ingredients being sneaked in. I don’t buy horseradish sauce often but there has always been 2 sorts with one stronger than the other. I think it was strong horseradish and cream of horseradish which is milder. I love the stronger one as it feels like my head is going to explode.
I've started using my local butchers, the difference in the quality of the meat is night and day. I now no longer buy meat from supermarkets. Next stop, milk and dairy.
All well and good shopping at the small artisan places Ana, but the costs are usually astronomical ! an example i love a custard/ fudge doughnut but im not going to pay over 5 quid for one, i understand the economics and that they cant buy in the same bulk and offer the same discounts as a supermarket but here is an example, i am a qualified deer stalker, i will get £ 30 for a full roe deer if im lucky , these same shops will sell just the backstrap (loins) for £35 and sell cubed venison for a tenner for under 500g ! so no one buys much venison as it's too dear ! so the game dealer pays very little, charges the shops very much more as do the shops and the shops that sell to the final consumer then say there isnt that much demand ! if it wasnt for the greed of these small outlets maybe hundreds more would try wild venison and come to love it increasing demand and sales, most small enterprises have a backwards mentality, if they sell less turnover in a month they think the answer is to increase prices to stay at the same income level, where as the exact opposite is true ! when we used to have nothing but small shops and no supermarkets prices were kept down as they competed against each other.
Started yesterday finished midday today, canned 44kgs of chicken breast ( 99 jars ). Horse radish easy to grow but put them in a corner you don't use, comes back regular.
My focus is trying to preserve as much healthy and local food as I can. I got a huge amount of fruit this summer from a local farm and it’s all preserved for winter now so I don’t have to buy it from the supermarket that’s travelled thousands of miles and inferior to fruit that’s grown 1.5 miles away from me. Anything fruit that’s out if season now and from abroad I won’t buy. Next year I’m getting serious and really researching and implementing lasting changes in my food habits. You’re right, we can’t completely eliminate the modern supermarket habits but we can realise that health has to come before convenience. Honey is another quick change. Local honey is readily available in farm shops and online and the price difference is very minimal. I saw honey in the supermarket this year that was from China 🤨 why would people buy that?
Cooking and eating healthily, are vital pillars of preparedness. You're right about the horseradish...it's crap these days. I found a Polish horseradish in Sainsbury’s that's 52% horseradish called Chrzan....much hotter taste, and fewer ingredients. I wonder how difficult it is to make it ? All the best 👍
Yea we found there was none on in the area, the one I went to Friday was on there but I didn’t know what it was called or where it was as I depend on a friend to take me, as you know. If you can, make a playlist called back to basics…. Then we can find them all together. Xxx
If you have recently started buying milk from a milkman after the Arla scare, you might like to know that Heron small supermarkets sell Paynes dairys milk which is completely Bovaer free. This could be used as a backup if you suddenly run out while you're getting used to the new system. Also bread can be bought from a bakery and stored in your freezer. This is positive action you can take rather than just talking and moaning about our situation.
In my opinion the dairies and supermarkets who place on the market milk and other dairy products from cows who've been doses with Bovaer should have this on the label so as to conform to Article 3 of Retained (EU) Regulation 1169/2011. This is so consumers can make informed choices with particular regards to health, economic, environmental, social and ethical considerations I recommend anyone concerned about this omission should complain to their local Trading Standards department (or Environmental Health in unitary authorities where EH deals with food standards issues). The Advertising Standards Authority may have jurisdiction for misleading adverts. The Food Standards Agency will only repeat DEFRA mantra of safe and effective. Trading Standards must deal with your complaints and contact the supplier supermarkets.
7:52 this is my issues with my disabilities, I buy what I like but don’t understand what’s in them. I’d rather buy chicken and make my own burger with a smash/ coating .
It is tricky here in Wales isn't it Ana? So.many farmers have not had family to take over or have been driven out. There are small scale farms but advertising themselves adequately seems a big issue here. I find eggs locally. Then the scource dries up for various reasons. Pork products show up on facebo9k but as of yet they are tiny concerns with 3 or 5 pigs that are exceptionally cared for but when its gone, that is it fot twelve months. We have to root out these farmers and the like and get them seen and heard. Still not locating any kind of milk I care to buy.
@@AnasFoodLifestyle we are in Gwendraeth Valley and I have spent 20 years spitting blood over the hundreds of acres of agricultural land left fallow that could feed Wales....it is everywhere here.
I've found old family recipes are more healthy and taste just fine. Most of the savoury meals contain olive oil and beans, vegetables, potatoes, etc. Sweet foods have healthy spices and honey and nuts. Accept no substitutes. Home cooking is much more healthy than copycat supermarket imitator ready versions.
Okay interesting one here Ana , that i would like to point out to others . I got the site from the bowler hat farmers channel about 2 weeks ago . Looked the site up , and even did a search , none in my area . Fair enough it takes time , so now i've just looked up the site again directly using your web address , same site , again done a search , same result , none . So now i went rogue , did a manual search , found one listed , that i didn't know about . Now this is interesting because i know of at least 4 , 1 quite a major site (all products) , and fairly close . Have another pretty close (fruit&veg) , with smaller sites a little more bit spread out , plus 2 specific sites at distance for specialised products (milk&eggs) . Okay for me as i work out that way . None are listed , but yes , i take your point , it is early days . Yet what i would like to point out to is , all are visible , and named correctly , if you do a close in , visual search .
I get your point, you saying using Google maps? If so the details can be out of date so we need businesses to register themselves and tell us what they do
@@AnasFoodLifestyle Well actually no , just using the food finders map . Google maps on maximum zoom , has the ability to show my motorhome on the drive in terrain mode , food finders doesn't . Go to maximum zoom , and do a visual manual search . All the sites i know are still active , in fact mother went to one just last week .
I love that you are showing the back to basics.
Hi Ana. You got some some good ideas there, keep up the good work. Recently, I noticed that some supermarket bread that I'd had for over a week still seemed fresh and soft, and there was no mould on it at all, I remember it always used to go green and mouldy in days. It got me thinking, and I came to the conclusion that if bacteria didn't want to eat it, then perhaps we shouldn't be eating it. I'm a 60 year old guy and I've now learnt how to make my own bread, and my family love it. I'm not saving money, but at least I know all the ingredients that have gone into it. You're right, we need to get back to basics, and take back control of our food.
Love the back to basics videos keep up the great work Ana ❤
Thank you so very much for being part of this vital program. The other day, while watching Mark's video, he mentioned that you were doing this aspect of the website, and it gave me a big smile on my face, as I have ALWAYS thought that your enthusiasm and production value were top-notch!
Thank you very much for your kind words 😊
Very good video thank you for doing it. I think the heart of the problem is encouraging people to buy ingredients first to helping people learn cooking skills and build on them with and then improve on the the ingredients as they learn more. You have to remember not every one even did home economics / cooking at school and I know a woman who banned her 2 sons from the kitchen when she was cooking as she didn't thing it suitable for boys to see. I think having cooking skills is a basic freedom that everyone should have. And it saves a lot of money.and money is freedom.
Hi Ana. Check out a book called five minute bread. Some good recipes in it, only 4 ingredients for the basic bread.
I rent properties, I dont have a fridge or anything. I move ever 12 months or less, Section 21 no fault evictions. Trying to not rely on just tins is very difficult 👍🏻
This is a wonderful idea. Unfortunately, even though I live in a rural area in the States, we have no independent grocers, and the local independent butcher shop passes off inferior meat. There are a few local foods carried by our supermarket which is part of a national chain.
Back to basics! That's why I did a blog on showing people that they can cook. So few people have any idea that anyone can cook most foods. NBGreat minds think alike! Few read blogs anymore. You run with this!
You are right.
Could you do a demonstration of pastry making? It seems to be a hard skill to gain these days. No matter how often I try to say how simple it is to make, for pennies, everyone seems to buy the prepackaged stuff.
Maybe it's the mess? Dunno, but such a simple skill 😢
Yes pastry is on list, dough, dairy , condiments etc. just have to bare with me 😊
Shared liked and yea thanks
Yes I have been having to check all food labels for nearly 40 years as my body can’t tolerate wheat and onion 😢. The labels have been getting longer with more ultra processed ingredients being sneaked in. I don’t buy horseradish sauce often but there has always been 2 sorts with one stronger than the other. I think it was strong horseradish and cream of horseradish which is milder. I love the stronger one as it feels like my head is going to explode.
I've started using my local butchers, the difference in the quality of the meat is night and day. I now no longer buy meat from supermarkets. Next stop, milk and dairy.
All well and good shopping at the small artisan places Ana, but the costs are usually astronomical ! an example i love a custard/ fudge doughnut but im not going to pay over 5 quid for one, i understand the economics and that they cant buy in the same bulk and offer the same discounts as a supermarket but here is an example, i am a qualified deer stalker, i will get £ 30 for a full roe deer if im lucky , these same shops will sell just the backstrap (loins) for £35 and sell cubed venison for a tenner for under 500g ! so no one buys much venison as it's too dear ! so the game dealer pays very little, charges the shops very much more as do the shops and the shops that sell to the final consumer then say there isnt that much demand ! if it wasnt for the greed of these small outlets maybe hundreds more would try wild venison and come to love it increasing demand and sales, most small enterprises have a backwards mentality, if they sell less turnover in a month they think the answer is to increase prices to stay at the same income level, where as the exact opposite is true ! when we used to have nothing but small shops and no supermarkets prices were kept down as they competed against each other.
Started yesterday finished midday today, canned 44kgs of chicken breast ( 99 jars ). Horse radish easy to grow but put them in a corner you don't use, comes back regular.
My focus is trying to preserve as much healthy and local food as I can. I got a huge amount of fruit this summer from a local farm and it’s all preserved for winter now so I don’t have to buy it from the supermarket that’s travelled thousands of miles and inferior to fruit that’s grown 1.5 miles away from me. Anything fruit that’s out if season now and from abroad I won’t buy. Next year I’m getting serious and really researching and implementing lasting changes in my food habits. You’re right, we can’t completely eliminate the modern supermarket habits but we can realise that health has to come before convenience.
Honey is another quick change. Local honey is readily available in farm shops and online and the price difference is very minimal. I saw honey in the supermarket this year that was from China 🤨 why would people buy that?
Cooking and eating healthily, are vital pillars of preparedness. You're right about the horseradish...it's crap these days. I found a Polish horseradish in Sainsbury’s that's 52% horseradish called Chrzan....much hotter taste, and fewer ingredients. I wonder how difficult it is to make it ? All the best 👍
Easy, But I have always struggled to grow horseradish. It's one of those plants that is supposed to be easy.
Thank you Ana. Im really interested❤
I’m sharing the new back to basics on Facebook, liking sharing and watching as you know xxxxx thanks ana, wish I could hug ya mumma lol
Thank you 😊
Yea we found there was none on in the area, the one I went to Friday was on there but I didn’t know what it was called or where it was as I depend on a friend to take me, as you know.
If you can, make a playlist called back to basics…. Then we can find them all together. Xxx
hi, the playlist have been created so videos will be added on as they are created x
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@@AnasFoodLifestyle thanks hun, I didn’t check I just suggested sorry xxx
If you have recently started buying milk from a milkman after the Arla scare, you might like to know that Heron small supermarkets sell Paynes dairys milk which is completely Bovaer free. This could be used as a backup if you suddenly run out while you're getting used to the new system. Also bread can be bought from a bakery and stored in your freezer. This is positive action you can take rather than just talking and moaning about our situation.
Sorry how’s freezing bread got anything to do with the situation ?
If a bakery or farm shop is a long drive away, you can freeze the food to last. Sorry, I'm just trying to help.
In my opinion the dairies and supermarkets who place on the market milk and other dairy products from cows who've been doses with Bovaer should have this on the label so as to conform to Article 3 of Retained (EU) Regulation 1169/2011. This is so consumers can make informed choices with particular regards to health, economic, environmental, social and ethical considerations I recommend anyone concerned about this omission should complain to their local Trading Standards department (or Environmental Health in unitary authorities where EH deals with food standards issues). The Advertising Standards Authority may have jurisdiction for misleading adverts. The Food Standards Agency will only repeat DEFRA mantra of safe and effective. Trading Standards must deal with your complaints and contact the supplier supermarkets.
7:52 this is my issues with my disabilities, I buy what I like but don’t understand what’s in them. I’d rather buy chicken and make my own burger with a smash/ coating .
6:22 including the cockroach and bugs they now adding to food apparently!!! Don’t want that
It is tricky here in Wales isn't it Ana? So.many farmers have not had family to take over or have been driven out. There are small scale farms but advertising themselves adequately seems a big issue here. I find eggs locally. Then the scource dries up for various reasons. Pork products show up on facebo9k but as of yet they are tiny concerns with 3 or 5 pigs that are exceptionally cared for but when its gone, that is it fot twelve months. We have to root out these farmers and the like and get them seen and heard.
Still not locating any kind of milk I care to buy.
Milk is tricky but there is a place on m4 that had milk machine, depends where you are in wales
@AnasFoodLifestyle yes we have two places with machines but we dont drive now and they are pretty out of the way.
@@AnasFoodLifestyle we are in Gwendraeth Valley and I have spent 20 years spitting blood over the hundreds of acres of agricultural land left fallow that could feed Wales....it is everywhere here.
Plant milks are versatile to use in the kitchen and easy to make 👍
You are about 40min away from us but totally get it with not driving
I've found old family recipes are more healthy and taste just fine. Most of the savoury meals contain olive oil and beans, vegetables, potatoes, etc. Sweet foods have healthy spices and honey and nuts. Accept no substitutes. Home cooking is much more healthy than copycat supermarket imitator ready versions.
Okay interesting one here Ana , that i would like to point out to others . I got the site from the bowler hat farmers channel about 2 weeks ago . Looked the site up , and even did a search , none in my area . Fair enough it takes time , so now i've just looked up the site again directly using your web address , same site , again done a search , same result , none .
So now i went rogue , did a manual search , found one listed , that i didn't know about . Now this is interesting because i know of at least 4 , 1 quite a major site (all products) , and fairly close . Have another pretty close (fruit&veg) , with smaller sites a little more bit spread out , plus 2 specific sites at distance for specialised products (milk&eggs) . Okay for me as i work out that way . None are listed , but yes , i take your point , it is early days . Yet what i would like to point out to is , all are visible , and named correctly , if you do a close in , visual search .
I get your point, you saying using Google maps? If so the details can be out of date so we need businesses to register themselves and tell us what they do
@@AnasFoodLifestyle Well actually no , just using the food finders map . Google maps on maximum zoom , has the ability to show my motorhome on the drive in terrain mode , food finders doesn't . Go to maximum zoom , and do a visual manual search . All the sites i know are still active , in fact mother went to one just last week .