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    2 days ago

    I dare say potatoes are cheaper than bread.
    And you can turn them into a more filling, more nutricious and better-tasting meal with nothing but salt and vegetable oil.

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      You have to cook the potatoes or they’re poisonous, and buying and running a hob or an oven is comparatively pretty expensive in the UK. I get your point though, if you’re a bit wealthier, of course you’d be looking at potatoes or other foods - and it can get really ingredient cheap if you buy a sack of potatoes and mostly just eat potatoes :)

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        As a Brit, you’ll boil water for tea all day anyway.
        Just put the potatoes in the kettle to save energy.

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          Good call. For a treat, you can then take your part-cooked potato to your local library, then wedge the potato behind a radiator for half an hour to crisp up the edges a little :)

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      With energy prices in the UK being what they are, it’s only raw potatoes that are cheaper than bread. At least toast toasts quickly, so isn’t that energy-intensive compared with boiling a pan of water.