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Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Abrantie: 11:31pm On Oct 28, 2010 |
After reading all these replies, I get the feeling UK or London, to be precise, is one huge third world cesspool. Muthafarkers talking about slaughtering chickens, goats, cows, bush meat and shiet -- and where to get cassava and plantains. Damn! Don't you Nigerians eat non-Nigerian dishes? Get a grip! |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by justwise(m): 11:36pm On Oct 28, 2010 |
Abrantie: Oh please shut it!! What is wrong with Nigerians eating their own food? |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by debosky(m): 2:47pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Abrantie: The aim is to devise a solution to address the problem - obviously the OP likes her Nigerian food, so she's being given options to reduce her costs. Many people, including posters here don't eat Nigerian food daily for a variety of reasons, but as with all things we are all free to choose and do as we please. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 3:25pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Busy_body: Thank you very much Madam Might be true, but the chicken tastes like live chicken to me. So I am good to go. I cant imagine going all the way to Liverpool street to queue for chicken. And besides, the chicken in Upton Park was once Live and then killed, does it really make any difference. As par the shop, luckily for me, I buy from the shop you have described, never had issues with them and I keep going back there. I hope everyone willing to go to Upton park reads this |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by funkybaby(f): 3:41pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Abrantie: shut up jare. ode ! do you think its everyone that enjoys eating boiled green peas or lamb . |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Abrantie: 4:07pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
funkybaby, you're kinda cute -- at least half your profile pic is. ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 4:40pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
aysometin: You are welcome Madam. This ain't a might be true case, you can only obtain live chicken with feathers, bells and whistles in Liverpool Street, unless have a hen coop in your garden or venture to the Countryside to buy one. Yes the chicken tastes fresh, not "live", because of the high volume they sell in that "shop" only, not just any of the over 50 meat shops in Upton Park, hence it would be grossly unfair for people to travel all the way from kutuwenji and beyond, to get the same even poorer quality of chicken they can buy on their doorstep ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by nattyspice: 4:45pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
@Abratie Amakye DeDe.kindly advice your bros and sis to stick unto the smelly kobi,momoni and akrantiye feaces |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by funkybaby(f): 4:51pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Abrantie: awww. you must be a gentleman ![]() but its totally uncalled for to address people gisting about naija food as ''murthafuckers'' |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by debosky(m): 4:55pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
@ Busybody Thanks jare. . .it would've been painful for me to come from kutuwenji only to discover that it was not live chicken. ![]() Anyways, as long as it was killed very recently, that's as good as live to me. ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 5:09pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Busy_body: I think what I mean is that it doesnt taste like the very soft chicken sold at Tesco, sainsbury's etc. It tastes more like Live chicken. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 6:56pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Abrantie: Look who's talking, at least our food are far healthier than your calorie-laden, heart attack inducing foods ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 7:05pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
debosky: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yeah, they are still fresh, with dem juicy and succulent "transparent" bones, with juices which runs clear when ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() aysometin: Again ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 10:08pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Busy_body: ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 10:52pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
^^^ I no go gree at all at all, you have to accept it is closer to "fresh" than "live" ![]() ![]() ![]() We need a fair and impartial referee to decide the winner once and for all, and who better than ![]() ![]() Now ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 11:29pm On Oct 29, 2010 |
Debosky will decide when he visits Upton park, buys the chicken and eats it No cheating o |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 12:12am On Oct 30, 2010 |
Debosky, ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by MzFrugal: 4:27pm On Oct 31, 2010 |
Thank you every one for your overwhelming positive responses and for not being judgemental. Speial thanks to my Sisters in the USA too for adding their two cents, please feel free to contribute as i am sure there woold be people who would benefit fromyour contribution too apart from me. Pardon me for not responding on time, we just recently moved and have not yet decided what internet service to connect and if we can afford it with our budget. I will try and respond to every query as much as i can. My status in this Country is as an international student so geting benefits is out of the question, at least for now and the foreseeable future. And the hours i can legally do is limited, besides if i try to cut corners, i would have to fork out more for childcare and nursery fees. I already have to pay £20 per 4 hours for my baby whilst i am at work, and the other girl is 3 so gets 12 hours free per week in nursery. My Husband also came in as a student and has managed to convert his status to the work permit one, i was delayed in getting mine because he decided we should start a family and start putting down our roots and i have to respect his wishes as the head of the household, unless i want to find my Husband elsewhere. Even by the time we regularise ourselves in this Country, if i get a fulltime job alongside my Husband, and start earning over £25,000/annum, according to the Conservative government, we will not be entitled to any tax credit as from 2012/3 and any other benefit we get will be deducted from our income pound for pound. I don't even want to think ahead. With regards to moving and getting cheaper properties to rent, we only just recently signed a 12 months lease so if we move out, we would still be responsible for the rent till the lease expires. (and when we got this place i was very happy because tenancy is usually only for 6 months so the landlord was being generous, little did i know)Besides it was only through the grace of the most high God that my Husband was able to get this job and if we were to move to the surburbs like Grays, Lakeside and beyond, what we save in rent, will be lost in the over £140 per month it will take him to travel to work in London. And owning a car is out of the question for now. People are reluctant to hand over their council proerties for now because of the news that the Government has said their is no more Council properties for life. I guess i can't really complain and shpuld be counting my blessings instead. We stilll have a roof over our head and a little to put food in our mouth. I don't know if it is because i handwash my clothes, but is it me or do these clothes for children from Primark and Matalan fade quickly and don't last? And thank God to shops like Next, we were able to buy clothes for around £2 per piece in their clearance shops during the sales. Be prepared for combat though, because people that want to buy these to go and sell in nigeria will elbow you out of the way and step on you to get to the clothes, lol. As for food, i am quite conversant with Queens market and this is good because if i eat these whitey's food too much, i will blow up, and again we all know how our Nigerian men likes moaning that their wives as gotten fat and blown up, as if they temselves are slim shady. I have checked all the websites i was linked to, especially the money savings ones and i really thank you from the bottom of my heart for this. I am learning so much from that thread and i promise to come back to this thread to keep you guys upodated and if i find any offer or deal, would not hesitate to pass it to you. I am currently researching home phone package with brodband, etc so wish me luck. Thanks everyone for the encouragement and i hope and pray God meet everyone of us all at the point of our needs in the name of Jesus. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by MzFrugal: 4:34pm On Oct 31, 2010 |
Please i can do hair o, well let me rephrase, i used to pin my younger ones down and do their hair for them, years ago, so if anyone don't mind me using them as a guinea pig to perfect my hands, and of course you would only have to pay me half price. i am just joking, i have forgotten how to do this, but will start learning this again in my sparetime. Thanks everyone again for being a blessing. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 5:36pm On Oct 31, 2010 |
Nice one dear Wish u the best but I still think 780 pounds is too much for a flat. If you get one for say 500, u save 280. if your hubby spends 180 on travel card. You still have 100 + the amount he used to spend on travel card in the past. It would also be easier for you to get a part time job outside London. You really have to leave your comfort zone. If you tell your landlord your hubby has been transferred or something, do you think he won't end the contract?? Try Talk Talk phone and broadband. Broadband is free if u rent a phone from them for 12 pounds a month. you pay an extra 6.49 for essentials. In all, you get phone n broadband for less than 20 pounds. I am not sure that's the cheapest though, just my 2 cents. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by denzel2009: 5:42pm On Oct 31, 2010 |
Please dont do them oyinbo foods,(The chicken sef dey always scatter for pot)they are more expensive than naija foods. If you try Peckham with £100 in your purse,you'd feed your family for a whole month. Just buy in boxes,na your freezer go suffer. A whole goat meat is just £16 for starters,then box of chicken,bokoto shaki and smoked turkey etc are not too dear. Forget about yam till Christmas, I always cook my signature dish 4 plantains for dodo and egg with £2. Buy things in Lidl, they even have the best orange juice and plum tomatoes. They sell good stuffs in primark just dont wash them like a Nigerian. You'll be good! |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 2:02am On Nov 01, 2010 |
denzel2009: My Dazzling Dashing Darling Denzel, ko ni pami with laughter, which one be washing clothes like Nigerian style again ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whole goat for £16 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 3:51pm On Nov 02, 2010 |
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Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by armyofone(m): 7:30pm On Nov 02, 2010 |
Busy_body, how you dey dear, ![]() ![]() ![]() now you come warn them with ''to whom it may concern'' ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() you guys come shop for New York, Georgia, MD etc for better fowl, hen, live goat carry go London Wemmy (webley) oh mine i laugh die for the food talk wey guys like Debosky dey talk, i usually eat the real chicken and we nicknamed it african chicken. didn't know folks in UK are having hard time with hard meat chicken. getting bored of it cuz i floss each time i eat them. OP, stay strong okay. hard time don't last. SemperFI |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by debosky(m): 8:55pm On Nov 02, 2010 |
^^ Hauwa make we come MD and Georgia just for chicken? ![]() ![]() aysometin: No wahala. . . .next weekend I am carrying my white van to load it with 'live' Upton Park chicken. Kadman no need for travelcard, just pay a small fee and I will transport you there ![]() Busy_body: If you make me pepper soup with the Peckham goat leg then I'm all yours. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 4:47am On Nov 14, 2010 |
Plz, how do I lose weight during this so called recession? I've gained 30lbs, my azz have grown their own azz, my cheeks have grown their own cheeks. How do I minimize my food intake? Serious question. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 4:49am On Nov 14, 2010 |
debosky: I would have loved to cook for you to celebrate my winning the duel with aysomethingsomething, but Hauwa's post sounds like a better idea, we can take a roadtrip down Maryland and ATL plus i am sure she will not mind cooking for us too, and boy can she cook a storm, my mouth is watering already from all the assorted fresh meat she is going to be cooking for us, infact i am not gonna eat or put food in my mouth anymore until we land in Yankee. And don't worry about transport cost, i will pay for the fuel the car needs to get us there ![]() One small favour please, can you bounce Kadman from the car for being surplus to the requirement abeg, he should walk joo or find his own way ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() [s]Oh why oh why oh why, i only recently enrolled in Florida University so that Fl Gators would not steal my men on campus, now i have to enlist in the Army to stop Hauwa thiefing my men too ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 4:55am On Nov 14, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI: Post pics lets see fatty bombom, and i will give you tricks to become size zero lepa like me ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 5:02am On Nov 14, 2010 |
Busy_body: Infact, I have changed my mind. Bawomolo, dayokanu, katsumoto, and all my concubines just sent me a reply after seeing this post. Them tell me to grow bigger, dem like extra extra to grab on to. Please, try not to jelos me while I go and get on 30 more lbs. |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 5:06am On Nov 14, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI: Feel free to suffocate them with your 350lb yansh, but wait lemme get them include me in their will first biko ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Nobody: 5:08am On Nov 14, 2010 |
Busy_body:Funny thing you should mention my azz. That's where bawomolo always hide. Each time, I keep praying he comes out of it alive. Omo yen ti feran ikebe ju |
Re: Calling All Diasporans, Hints And Tips Needed To Survive This Recession by Busybody2(f): 5:11am On Nov 14, 2010 |
Ok seriously, to answer your question, drink maltina mixed with milk 3 times daily unfailingly, and watch the weight drop off instantly, that is the secret of my ![]() ![]() ![]() Ileke-IdI: At least he is better than chic2pimp wey blomblom do scatteru hin oblong head ![]() |
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