tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post8134148709003159643..comments2023-12-22T10:13:10.227+00:00Comments on Mrs Thomasina Tittlemouse: £1-a-day Food Challenge - Above or Below the Line?Thomasina Tittlemousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574272724724663796noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post-86000616683307507812017-05-12T14:27:30.650+01:002017-05-12T14:27:30.650+01:00What an interesting project to be working on Chris...What an interesting project to be working on Christina. It's quite disconcerting how compromised even very basic health care is by really low resources and how wide-scale the impact can be especially with infectious diseases. I guess the ebola epidemic was the most recent example of that - a reminder of how quickly a local problem can go globally viral, literally. <br />It's interesting what this food challenge throw up in terms of what it makes one think about, isn't it? Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. E xThomasina Tittlemousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574272724724663796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post-91154166161364438212017-05-11T19:56:58.156+01:002017-05-11T19:56:58.156+01:00I have been reading this and your last blog post w...I have been reading this and your last blog post with great interest. I am full of admiration for you to embark on this project! I have been thinking about your project, poverty, inequality and so much more, regularly since I read your first post - whenever my busy brain had some downtime, your project surfaced in my mind. I am also involved in a teaching programme that has low resource settings at its heart, in this context it is low or no resources with regards to access to healthcare and subsequent health problems with both infectious and non-communicable disease. I am a bit overwhelmed actually with all the whirling thoughts in my head, joining my already whirling thoughts on ecological health etc.... Raising awareness is an important step to changing behaviours and I am grateful to be reminded of my extreme luck to live in rather favourable circumstances. I don't think I'd be able to join your in this challenge for many reasons, not least my inability to grocery shop with moderation (my husband does all our shopping). Wishing you luck and a glut of wild foods! xChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883091348839145603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post-50885608630092759222017-05-10T13:23:08.736+01:002017-05-10T13:23:08.736+01:00Thank you - I'm glad you've found it helpf...Thank you - I'm glad you've found it helpful. It's interesting that actually it's often the little changes we make to how we do things that have quite significant effects even just in our own homes. E xThomasina Tittlemousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574272724724663796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post-10025684535368532852017-05-10T13:21:14.731+01:002017-05-10T13:21:14.731+01:00I think it's that raising of awareness that...I think it's that raising of awareness that's as important as anything else. I've certainly found it's uncovered some spendthrift surprises in my own shopping! I don't think you can eat comfrey other than in a medicinal way but I am willing to be corrected. If you can, I shall certainly not want for greens - the garden is full of the stuff! E xThomasina Tittlemousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574272724724663796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post-59323443380751178782017-05-10T12:48:48.605+01:002017-05-10T12:48:48.605+01:00You certainly made me think about my own spending ...You certainly made me think about my own spending and indeed waste from both this and your last post. I have tightened up a little particularly with the cooking, batch cooking a lot more and using leftovers. Awareness is such a good thing, so I do thank you for that.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270442039937122804.post-42208131661939615502017-05-10T12:18:41.177+01:002017-05-10T12:18:41.177+01:00Just knowing that you have the choice to spend an ...Just knowing that you have the choice to spend an extra pound makes it difficult to imagine how desperate it is to 'live below the line' but that doesn't invalidate your project. Since reading your last post, I've been very aware this week about how much I spend on food and realised I'm not quite as frugal as I believed! It has made me value the fact that I can make a healthy choice or (in the case of a pack of eclairs) a frivolous treat. <br />Can you eat comfrey?Annehttp://www.annewheaton.co.uknoreply@blogger.com