microbite Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have done that myself on many an occasion, > (usually followed by the word, "Wot is it made of > gold? I want it dancing for me at that price!", > there is something wrong about having to basically > take out a mortgage to get a decent piece of meat > nowadays that really bothers me (and have you seen > the price of a lump of cheese!), so we are now > going veggie/semi veggie, so its not only old aged > pensioners who do that anymore! Whilst feeling the effects of recession rather hard, I still shake my head when I hear people argue for cheaper meat. Our grandparents bought one large joint a week and made it last through frugal cooking and being shrewd. Cold cuts, stews, pies and casseroles all being employed to eek out meagre amounts of meat. Advocating lowering animal welfare standards and employing industrial farming methods to produce anaemic chickens at ?2.50 a pop though seems to be a false economy.