Comment on Do people eat this?

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I dare say potatoes are cheaper than bread.
  And you can turn them into a more filling, more nutricious and better-tasting meal with nothing but salt and vegetable oil.

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  • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah but that would take effort.

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  • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    With energy prices in the UK being what they are, it’s only raw potatoes that are cheaper than bread. At least toast toasts quickly, so isn’t that energy-intensive compared with boiling a pan of water.

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    • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And solanine isn’t a way you wanna die.

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  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You have to cook the potatoes or they’re poisonous, and buying and running a hob or an oven is comparatively pretty expensive in the UK. I get your point though, if you’re a bit wealthier, of course you’d be looking at potatoes or other foods - and it can get really ingredient cheap if you buy a sack of potatoes and mostly just eat potatoes :)

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As a Brit, you’ll boil water for tea all day anyway.
      Just put the potatoes in the kettle to save energy.

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      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good call. For a treat, you can take your part-cooked potato to your local library, then wedge the potato behind a radiator, to crisp up the edges a little :)

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s why toast with crisps is the more popular food.

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• Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have not seen bread this cheap anywhere.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aldi, to be fair food was a bit cheaper when I was living on £600 a month, around 2017. Like £0.34 for about 20 slices. I think it is more like £0.45 now for the cheapest loaf of bread.

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    • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not sure ze Germans would let me call that bread. Most loaves of bread I see (admittedly not at Aldi) start around 1.20€ for the smaller ones which I would have difficulty cutting into 20 slices. But maybe white bread with enough air in it is indeed that cheap.

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think UK pricing is pretty competitive, so we get pretty cheap bread compared to many others.

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