Terrible financial mess, what. Pensions gone. Savings sunk in Iceland. Time for Project Frugal.
Project Frugal is an experiment by myself and Le Chef to eat modestly and cheaply in the way one might have during The Great Depression or food rationing times in the Second World War.
The rules of Project Frugal are:
- Healthy things to eat are to be encouraged. Damn! I was hoping to live off chips and ketchup.
- Eating only porridge and mushy peas every day is to be discouraged. Damn! If I can’t eat chips, ketchup, porridge and mushy peas what will I eat? I can’t cook anything else …. except bacon sandwiches. Right, I’ll eat bacon sandwiches.
- There will be no excessive expenditure at the farmer’s market. So that’ll be my bacon sandwiches gone then. I’m not so sure of this Project Frugal malarky.
- Cauliflower and brussel sprouts are not food. Dog food probably isn’t food either.
- Alcohol is allowed. But Champagne is not frugal. Oh, alcohol is allowed. Alcohol is food, isn’t it? And mostly requires no cooking except perhaps Gluhwein.
- Project will last two weeks.
- Project starts 1 Nov 2008
- A daily report of expenditure and meals will be reported.
Project Frugal ration book