Bertahan hidup

Tadinya mau diberi judul "bertahan hidup dengan nggak pakai nyopet" tapi nggak jadi. hehehe

Tulisan ini ingin menginformasikan sedikit mengenai makanan dan minuman yang termurah yang bisa didapatkan di Liverpool sehingga pada saat kepepet, masih bisa mengatur keuangan agar tetap bisa makan. :-)

Tulisan ini semoga juga bisa membuat para orang tua yang anaknya bersekolah di Liverpool tidak terlalu khawatir akan makanan.

Minuman, yang paling murah adalah air keran. Bisa langsung minum, tapi disarankan membeli filter (banyak tersedia dengan bentuk teko plastik dengan kapasitas sekitar 2 liter). Soda dengan merek sesuai supermarketnya (Tesco atau ASDA smart price atau stockwell) cukup murah. 2 liter soda atau lemon lime harganya sekitar 20p (4000rupiah). Cola 2 liter sekitar 50 p (10.000 rupiah).

Kayaknya minuman keras dan wine juga relatif murah dibanding dengan di Indonesia. Wine sekitar 3-4 GBP (60-80 ribu rupiah).

Ice cream juga cenderung murah dan enak. Merek yang mahal ada, namun yang murah tak kalah enak. Ice cream vanilla 2 liter bisa 1 GBP (20 ribu). Cheese cake juga ada yang murah, mulai dari 70p satu loyang kecil. cake black forest kecil juga mulai dari 2 GBP (40 ribu).

Mulai ke makanan ya. Pring3ls di sini sekitar 1.2 GBP (24 ribu) dan isinya utuh2 nggak ambyar. Coklat dan wafer juga enak2, mulai harga 50 p. tobleon3 yang kecil 1GBP (20 ribu).

Buah yang paling murah biasanya apel. 1 GBP (20 ribu) bisanya sudah dapat yang kemasan 1 kg atau ada yang kemasannya 6 buah apel. Anggur sekitar 1GBP juga untuk 500 gramnya.

Bagaimanapun juga, memasak sendiri akan lebih murah dari beli makanan matang, walau beli di kantin kampus yang biasanya murah. Asal mau sedikit berusaha pasti bisa berhemat. Contohnya pizza yang siap panggang, sudah teredia mulai harga 59 p (sekitar 12 ribu ruiah) untuk ukuran sedang. Adapun bahan makanan yang murah:

Sayuran beku (buncis, wortel, jagung, kacang polong) , brokoli, sprout bisa didapatkan dengan harga mulai 80p (16 ribu) untuk 1 kg nya. Kentang 2kg 1 GBP (20 ribu). Bayam yang murah yang beku, per kg nya sekitar 1.5 GBP. Kalau sayur yang aneh2 juga ada, namun relatif mahal (ada di supermarket Asia). Misal daun singkong dalam kemasan 500 gram bisa 3.5 GBP.

Kentang di sini walaupun yang murah, rasanya juga enak. Kl sudah dalam bentuk french fries siap goreng, per kilonya mulai dari 1 GBP (biasanya kemasan 2 kg). Ada banyak sekali alternatif bentuk (straight, crinkle, roll, hash brown, crouette, wedges, dll).

Protein nabati paling umum adalah dari kacang-kacangan. Beans kalengan dengan saus tomat termurah sekitar 25p atau 5 ribu rupiah.

Roti juga cukup murah, 1 loaf besar roti tawar harganya mulai dari 50p (10 ribu).

Selai strawberry mulai 25 p, selai coklat 1 GBP per botol kaca.

Keju biasanya seitar 2 GBP untuk 300 gram. Mayonais dan saus tomat juga relatif murah. Tapi sambal yang seperti di Indonesia jarang.

Protein hewani yang paling murah bisa didapatkan di telur (yang murah 10 telur besar 1 GBP, atau 15 butir telur agak kecil, sekitar 1.2 GBP). Butter juga lumayan murah, namun hati2 untuk yang muslim, ada yang komposisinya ada lard nya (haram).

Ikan cukup mahal, yang murah sudah dalam bentuk sarden kalengan.

Ayam paling murah bagian paha atau paha atas. Yang beku, 1kg mulai dari 1.5 GBP. Apabila menghendaki yang halal, biasanya di supermarket Asia atau timur tengah.

Beras cukup banyak pilihannya. Sebelumnya masih ada beras long grain yang 1 kg nya 45p (10 ribu), namun sekarang termurah sekitar 85 p per kilo. Yang cukup lumayan sekarang adalah beras broken basmati. Kemasan 10 kg harganya 7GBP. Jadi sekilonya 14 ribu.

Alternatif pengganti nasi yang paling murah adalah spaghetti. yang kering 500 gram mulai dari 20p. Tapi umumnya makaroni, lasagna sheet, fussili, dan teman-temannya paling murah untuk 500 gramnya sekitar 55p.

Mie kering dan bihun kering , termurahnya sekitar 55 p. Kl mie kuing segar cukup mahal. 1GBP hanya dapat sedikit.

Mie instan ada merek indomi3, tapi biasanya produksi Afrika. Kl mau mie instan yang murah ada, sekitar 14 p (3 ribu) tapi ditambah bumbu sendiri biar nendang rasanya.

Nah bagi yang non muslim, protein hewani cukup dimanja karena pilihan bahan yang murah cukup banyak. Sampai saat ini yang paling murah adalah sosis beku 20 batang sekitar 1 kg 1 GBP (20 ribu). Bacon miss shapes atau cooking bacon juga murah. 1kg sekitar 1.5 GBP. Di samping itu ada juga black pudding ("saren") yang 1.4 kg nya sekitar 2 GBP. Kalau daging giling sekitar 3 GBP per kilo, tergantung kandungan lemaknya. Makin sedikit, makin mahal.

Susu sapi per liternya sekitar 60p (biasanya ada yang skim, semi skim dan whole milk).

Nah jadi kalau keuangan pas-pasan, bisa mengatur kombinasi menu sehingga masih tetap bisa empat sehat lima sempurna. Jadi kalau kita makan di restoran cepat saji sekali makan 5 GBP, kalau kita berhemat dan mengatur menu dengan bahan2 yang murah tadi, 5 GBP bisa digunakan untuk makan 1 hari sekeluarga (keluarga kecil, ya).

Pengeluaran bisa ditekan lagi kalau pas kita menemukan bahan makanan yang mendekati masa expired. Biasanya akan didiskon besar2an oleh supermarket. Kondisinya pasti masih layak konsumsi.

Semoga informasi ini bermanfaat.

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This
 article provide a slight information on the cheapest food and drink
available in Liverpool during the time of financial crisis, to easily
manage your fund for your survivability.

I also hope this article can ease parents worries for food (lunchbox) when they took their children to school in Liverpool.

The cheapest drink is a tap water. You can drink it
straight away, but it is highly advised to use a filter (commonly
available in a plastic kettle with around 2 liters capacity). Soft drink
 is recommended to buy in its supermarket brand (Tesco or ASDA smart
price or stockwell) as they can come relatively cheaper. 2 liters of
soft drink or lemon lime may take around 20p (4000 in rupiah). 2 liters
of Cola comes around 50p (10.000 in rupiah).

Some sort of liquor or wine may also be cheaper
compared to in Indonesia. You can easily find wine with £3-£4 range of
price (60-80 thousand in rupiah).

Ice cream also relatively cheaper and tastier. A
well known brand is available, but the cheap ones are not that bad as
well. A 2 liters vanilla ice cream can cost just £1 (20 thousand in
rupiah). You can also find a cheap cheese cake, starting from just 70p
for one small full plate. A small black forest cake is also available
from just £2 (40 thousand in rupiah).

Let's start on the food. Pringles cost around £1.2
here (24 thousand in rupiah) but the condition inside is still well
packaged (usually all you get are small crunches and debris). Chocolate
and wafer are also nice, with a range of price starting from 50p. A
small toblerone would cost £1 (20 thousand in rupiah).

The cheapest fruit is usually apple. You can get £1
(20 thousand in rupiah) for a 1 kg package of a pack of 6 apples. A
grape also cost just £1 for 500 gr.

Nevertheless, cooking at home will always comes
cheaper than buying cooked food outside, even compared to buying cooked
in the campus canteen that usually comes a lot cheaper than any other
places. If you keep trying, you can save a lot. For example, a ready to
bake pizza is available for only 59 p (around 12 thousand in rupiah) for
 a medium size. You only need to bake it at home. For cheap groceries:

Frozen vegetables (bean, carrot, corn, peas),
broccoli, sprout can be bought for just 80p (16 thousand in rupiah) on a
 1 kg. A 2 kg potato is just £1 (20 thousand in rupiah). There is also
frozen spinach, which per kg would come at £1.5. You can also find
distinctive vegetables, but they would come at a relatively expensive
price (available in asian supermarket). For example cassava leaves in a
pack of 500 gr can take as much as £3.5.

Potatoes here are relatively cheap, and already has a
 good taste. In a form of ready to cook french fries, each kg price
starts from just £1 (usually comes in a pack of 2 kg). They come in so
many variant of shapes (straight, crinkle, roll, hash brown, crouette,
wedges, etc).

The most common vegetable protein is from beans. The
 cheapest canned beans with tomato sauce can come at 25p or just 5
thousand rupiah.

Bread is also quite cheap, 1 big loaf of bread can take just 50p (10 thousand in rupiah).

The strawberry jam is just 25 p, while the chocolate spread is £1 for every piece of glass jar package.

Cheese usually took £2 for 300 gr. Mayonnaise and
tomato sauce are also relatively cheap. You may not easily found
'sambal' as frequent as in Indonesia though.

The cheapest animal protein can be found in eggs (a
cheap one has 10 big eggs for just £1, or 15 rather small eggs for
around £1.2). Butter is also quite cheap, but for those of you who are
muslim, you may have to be careful that some package may consist of lard
 (haram).

Fish is quite expensive, the cheap one can be found inside a sardines can.

The cheapest part of a chicken is on its thighs or
is upper thighs. A frozen one, for 1kg starts from £1.5. If you want a
halal one, you can find it in an Asian or Middle eastern supermarket.

There are plenty choices of rice. Back then, a long
grain of 1 kg rice only took 45p (10 thousand in rupiah), but recently
the cheapest one can cost 85p per kg. The smartest buy recently would be
 a broken basmati rice. A 10 kg pack cost £7, which means that it's only
 14 thousand in rupiah for each kg.

The cheapest alternative for rice is spaghetti. a
dry one in 500 gr package cost just 20p. Though usually for maccaroni,
lasagna sheet, fussili, and other similar cheap brand may cost around
55p for every 500 gr.

Dry noodle and vermicelli, the cheapest one comes at
 55p. A fresh yellow noodle may be a bit more expensive. For £1, you can
 only get a small amount of it.

You can find an instant noodle with Indomie brand,
but it's usually made from Africa. If you want a cheap instant noodle,
you can get one for just 14p (3 thousand in rupiah) but you will have to
 add other additional spices on your own to raise the flavor a bit.

For those of you non muslim, animal protein are
available in a lot of different varieties of cheap food. Up to the date
this article written, the cheapest one would be a frozen sausage in a
pack of 20 or around 1 kg that comes at a price of just £1 (20 thousand
in rupiah). Bacon miss shapes or cooking bacon are also cheap. 1 kg is
just around £1.5. Furthermore, there is also black pudding ("saren")
that comes at £2 for 1.4 kg. A grinded meat may come at £ 3per kg,
depending on the amount of fat contained, the less it is, the more
expensive it will be.

Cow milk each liter took around 60p (usually skimmed, semi skimmed and whole milk).

If you have a very limited financial source, you can
 still arrange the perfect menu combination yourself. As a comparison,
whenever you want to eat in a fast food restaurant, one meal can took
you £5, whereas that same £5 can be used for one day meal for the whole
family (small family) if you keep tabs on those cheaps ingredients.

You can further suppress your food expend by buying
'near expired' items. There will usually be a large discounts by
supermarkets to sell these items. These items are still relatively good
to consume.

Translated by Sena