The Final Day - "A BT or BS Sandwich?"

They say you can’t put a price on an experience, but in this case, we’d have to disagree. This “experience” cost Keli a total of £8.64 for her weekly food shop, and me, a total of £9.97!

Keli:

“Hallelujah it’s the final day!” This was my first thought this morning before I realised to my distress, that I had run out of my morning treat - the yummy yogs! Lunch was celebratory, I ditched those vile Bullet Bagels and had a TV wrap with some tinned chopped tomatoes and cheese. This forms a pretty tasty pizza normally and actually to be honest even with the mild “buttery” tasting cheese it wasn’t that bad. After realising that everything flavoured tasted like “ready salted” I decided to actually try out the ready salted crisps. No they weren’t anything like Tyrrells or my fav Kettle crisps but they weren’t inedible. This pretty much sums up my TV experience this week. Most of the food hasn’t been particularly fantastic but then again, you get what you pay for, and we've not paid a lot! There are certain products I would definitely avoid (i.e the Noodles, Bullet Bagels, Loo Roll, Jelly), others I’d certainly buy again, and often (Squash, Pasta, Onions, Potatoes), and one thing that I loved (Fromage Frais). Feeling positive, I cracked open the TV Vodka and made myself a Value tipple. I’m not going to lie, it was pretty revolting, but to be honest, if I had used normal Pepsi or Coca-Cola instead of the flavourless TV Diet Coke it wouldn’t have been half bad. We are students after all and TV Vodka should be a recognisable bottle in our household – and from now on it just might be! I’ll give this week 5/5 for the experience (it has been pretty amusing and we have had A LOT of laughs), and 2/5 for the food (well I have to be honest, most of what I tried was rank and didn’t exactly get rave reviews!)

Val:

I can’t believe it - we’re finally here! Yes, I know it’s only been 5 days, but 5 days might as well be 5 years in food time! I’m definitely feeling much better this evening though - I don’t know whether it’s because my body knows it’s getting its food back in about 10 hours, or the 6 tablets of Paracetemol I downed yesterday, but whatever it is, I’m not complaining! So, break down of the day’s menu: I started with TV Wheat Biscuits for breakfast, I avoided them yesterday, but was in a rush this morning, so they were the easiest option. For lunch, I decided to be a bit more adventurous and have a BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato) sandwich. Of course, TV doesn’t offer lettuce, so it was more of a BT sandwich. The TV Bacon didn’t look particularly appetizing in its greasy plastic packaging, but once I got it frying, and saw the lean rashers shrivel into crispy bacon goodness, the packaging seemed like a distant memory! Dinner consisted of Cheesy Pasta. It’s pretty much as simple as it sounds – I cooked the pasta and melted grated TV Cheddar Cheese on top! I figured it was best to end the week on a high and go for a safe option. All in all, this week has proven to be a very fun and educational, though definitely “once in a life time” experience (because let’s face it, I’m not going to be doing this again!). Keli and I actually surprised ourselves and found some really good buys that we’ll definitely be getting again in the future, and of course some…well…slightly less “good” buys. The experience gets a 5/5 for me, and considering my food averaged out at less than £2 a day, I’ll give the food a solid 3/5! I think I’m going to take the £38 I saved on food shopping this week, and treat Keli and I to the biggest  and most fancy buffet in London we can find!

Bacon - Try

P.S. In case anyone was wondering, the TV Vodka cost a total of £8.29 (yes, that’s right, it cost 35p less than what Keli spent on food for a week!)