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Ben C said:

You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
cheaper than mains electricity.

Of course you have to put more calories into them first to make them
edible. Unless you cook on free-range firewood that's bound to put up
the cost a little bit.

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Dave...

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You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
cheaper than mains electricity.

Sainsbury's will also sell you a litre of vegetable oil for 57p, which
will yield >8000 Calories and even cheaper...

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Edgware.

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dkahn400 said:

Ben C said:

You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
cheaper than mains electricity.

Of course you have to put more calories into them first to make them
edible. Unless you cook on free-range firewood that's bound to put up
the cost a little bit.

If you live in a bedsit with communal kitchen you'll pay no more for
using the stove, but the electricity for your room is likely to be
metered.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:27:24 GMT

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Ben C <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
cheaper than mains electricity.

Don't they sell perfectly good spaghetti cheaper than that?
Both our local supermarkets (Somerfield and Morrison) do.

Quoted message said:

Sainsbury's will also sell you a litre of vegetable oil for 57p, which
will yield >8000 Calories and even cheaper...

I expect a bag of sugar could be even cheaper per-calorie.

But you wouldn't want to make it the principal ingredient of a
meal. That's where pasta scores.

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not me guv

dkahn400 said:

Of course you have to put more calories into them first to make them
edible. Unless you cook on free-range firewood that's bound to put up
the cost a little bit.

Back up a minute here. You _cook_ pasta? But it takes all the
crunchiness away.

-dan

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Daniel Barlow said:

dkahn400 said:

Of course you have to put more calories into them first to make them
edible. Unless you cook on free-range firewood that's bound to put up
the cost a little bit.

Back up a minute here. You _cook_ pasta? But it takes all the
crunchiness away.

"Al dente" doesn't mean "hard as teeth". :-)

Nick Kew said:

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:27:24 GMT

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Ben C <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
cheaper than mains electricity.

Don't they sell perfectly good spaghetti cheaper than that?
Both our local supermarkets (Somerfield and Morrison) do.

Right again, the spaghetti is only 16p for the same amount and has the
same energy density.

It must be cheaper to extrude I suppose, although at that price I expect
it doesn't come properly stress-relieved.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sainsbury's will also sell you a litre of vegetable oil for 57p, which
will yield >8000 Calories and even cheaper...

I expect a bag of sugar could be even cheaper per-calorie.

But you wouldn't want to make it the principal ingredient of a
meal. That's where pasta scores.

Exactly, and as you say it's perfectly good stuff.

Sainsbury's say it's made of "Durum Wheat Flour". The ordinary spaghetti
(which I admit is the one I buy) costs about twice as much and is made
of "Durum Wheat Semolina", but is also guaranteed not to have been
genetically modified. Boutique spaghetti from "De Cecco dal 1887" is
also made of "Durum Wheat Semolina" and costs twice as much again.

Nick Kew <[email hidden]>typed

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:27:24 GMT
Helen Deborah Vecht <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Ben C <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
cheaper than mains electricity.

Quoted message said:

Don't they sell perfectly good spaghetti cheaper than that?
Both our local supermarkets (Somerfield and Morrison) do.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sainsbury's will also sell you a litre of vegetable oil for 57p, which
will yield >8000 Calories and even cheaper...

Quoted message said:

I expect a bag of sugar could be even cheaper per-calorie.

Quoted message said:

But you wouldn't want to make it the principal ingredient of a
meal. That's where pasta scores.

Nah, a kilo of sugar was 72p when I last bought it and had only 4000 Calories.

I mix flour, sugar and fat to make pastry and biscuits; despite
appearances, I don't drink oil...

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Nick Kew said:

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:27:24 GMT

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Ben C <[email hidden]>typed

> You're right. Sainsburys will sell you 500g of Mini Pasta Shapes for
> 19p, providing a total of 1753 Calories. That's about 7p for a kWH,
> cheaper than mains electricity.

Don't they sell perfectly good spaghetti cheaper than that?
Both our local supermarkets (Somerfield and Morrison) do.

Right again, the spaghetti is only 16p for the same amount and has the
same energy density.

It must be cheaper to extrude I suppose, although at that price I expect
it doesn't come properly stress-relieved.

Yup, and Sainsbury's isn't even double butted.

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