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AIBU a generation that can’t be bothered.

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Sago Mon 07-Feb-22 09:59:17

Our dreadful local paper sent one of its journalists to Aldi to see if as a mother of two children with a husband she could do a weekly shop for £60.
This till receipt showed she had purchased, ready mashed potato and carrot and swede there was also grated cheese ,microwave rice pouches and antibacterial surface wipes.

It never ceases to amaze me what rubbish people will put in their trolleys, the generation that are banging on about climate change and saving the oceans buying anti bac wipes and plastic containers of mashed veg!

Too lazy to peel,grate and mash.

AIBU?

M0nica Mon 14-Feb-22 07:47:57

I always think this looking at other people's trolleys and making judgments is a silly game. How do you know that the contents reflect all the food the trolley-pusher buys, or even if it is all for them?

Anyone looking at my trolley would note that it was devoid of any fruit and veg, contains no meat or fish, fresh or processed and rarely any bread either. Family eating habits would look very unhealthy.

This is because I buy all my meat at a local farm shop, bread comes from the village bakery and fruit and veg from the fruit and veg stall in the local market.

M0nica Mon 14-Feb-22 07:49:12

I forgot. I also grow my own fruit and veg in the garden.

MayBeMaw Mon 14-Feb-22 08:05:21

Parsley3

I am not ashamed to admit to having a tin of Smash in my cupboard when I was a working mum. Why condemn a whole generation because of one journalist's ( age unknown) idea of a shopping basket? That would be illogical, would it not?

Exactly!

maddyone Mon 14-Feb-22 11:05:46

Callistemon21

I've got a shelf full of cookery books but half the time I Google a recipe!

Me too.
I do use my Mary Berry book for a couple of cake recipes though.
I don’t cook anymore, my husband does it. I do bake though.
I got a top grade Cookery O level when I was at school, although it wasn’t called Cookery, far too common, it was called Domestic Science.