如果我很窮，怎么才能吃的健康（下）

Mylène Bergeron Francoeur, Skilled chef
We aren’t rich and here are my strategies for lowering the bill as much as possible, while still eating decently.
Buy in bulk when possible. Works well with dried staples. Instead of getting the small bag or box of rice, I get those 10kg bags that we can use for a long time. I get couscous also in 10kg bags, or flour and sugar in big amounts, cheap.
Be a member of a warehouse club. This is if it’s possible. This is the reason why we can afford to still eat meat. We get the cheaper cuts, but we eat meat (mostly pork), and sometimes fish.

我們其實(shí)并不富裕，下面是我的一些策略，可以讓我們?cè)诔缘皿w面的同時(shí)盡可能地降低賬單。
如果你要采購(gòu)的話，盡量批量購(gòu)買。你可以采購(gòu)一些干燥的主食。我一般不會(huì)買一小袋或是一盒大米，而是一次買10公斤重的主食，這樣我們就可以吃很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了。我還買了10公斤重的蒸粗麥粉，以及大量的面粉和糖，因?yàn)檫@樣批量購(gòu)買真的很便宜。
如果可以的話，你還可以成為批發(fā)商場(chǎng)俱樂(lè)部的一員。這就是為什么我們雖然很窮，但仍然能吃得起肉的原因。雖然我們吃的都是便宜的肉，但我們畢竟有肉吃了（主要是豬肉），有時(shí)候還會(huì)吃魚(yú)。

Go to markets. I often visit a local chinese food market, where there are deals on fish, bacon, fresh greens, spices. Some items I don’t get there, but it’s worth checking out. Also, if I see something that I don’t know, BUT is at a fair price, I’ll try it out and see if I like it for future reference.
Check the deals in your local flyers. This can go a long way in lowering your bill. I check out deals on fish canned or frozen, fresh vegetables or fruit. I try to make the menu we eat from what was reduced that week. If I can have a large quantity of something, I try to save some for later, usually by freezing.
Stick to the outside walls of the supermarket. That’s where the less processed items are hanging out, and are the healthiest for you.I sometimes buy dry sauces packets, pasta, thickeners, mostly from the middle.
Cook at home. There is no other way to save on your food costs. Eating out is very expensive, and by home cooking your meals, you get to control what goes on your plate and how it tastes.

你還可以去逛市場(chǎng)。我經(jīng)常去當(dāng)?shù)氐闹袊?guó)菜市場(chǎng)，那里有魚(yú)、培根、新鮮的蔬菜和香料。有些東西雖然我沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)，但是值得一看。此外，如果我看到一些我不知道但價(jià)格合理的東西，我還會(huì)買著試試看，看看我是否會(huì)喜歡它，并作為將來(lái)是否會(huì)購(gòu)買的參考。
你還可以查看當(dāng)?shù)匕l(fā)的傳單上有沒(méi)有優(yōu)惠。這也可以幫你大大降低你的賬單。我一般都會(huì)看有沒(méi)有罐裝的或者是冷凍的魚(yú)，以及新鮮的蔬菜或水果。如果我買了很多的東西，我會(huì)留一些以備不時(shí)之需，通常是通過(guò)冷凍來(lái)保存。
緊貼超市外墻的，那是食物加工較少的地方，這對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)是最健康的選擇。我有時(shí)會(huì)買干醬料包，意大利面和增稠劑，大多數(shù)東西都是從中間商那里買的。
你可以自己在家做飯。除此之外沒(méi)有其他方法可以節(jié)省你的食物成本。因?yàn)槿ネ饷娉燥堈娴姆浅ＹF，但如果你在家里做飯，你就可以控制你盤子里的食物以及它的味道。

Learn to preserve. That might mean preparing a raw item and freezing it, freezing a large batch of something in several smaller batches for later, learning how to water bath jam, jellies or pickles, learning to smoke or salt food, or even learning how to use a pressure canner.
Look for products past their prime. Products near the expiration date will still be good. If you can eat them relatively fast, often the price is slashed by half, or more. Bruised vegetables taste awesome in a pureed soup. You can also bake cakes with bruised or soft fruit, for next to nothing.
Look for store-brands instead of national brand. This is not valid for all products, but often, store-brands are of good quality and good taste. If you’re able to give it a try for certain items, surely this can help lowering the bill.
Eggs are your friends. I use them everywhere. They’re a neat source of proteins, and you should be able to get them for 20 cents an egg, or lower.
Buy dried legumes. Legumes are very nutritious, and cheap as well if you buy them in bulk, but most importantly *dried*. Soaking them does not cost a dime, just some time, and you don’t have to watch this process at all. Once soaked, a slow cooker can help in making batches of soup or stew easily, if you have one (you can also simmer that on the stove top, but that requires a little more attention).

要學(xué)會(huì)保存食物。這可能意味著你首先要準(zhǔn)備一件生的東西，然后冷凍它，你可以將一大堆的東西分成幾個(gè)小批次冷凍起來(lái)，以備以后使用，你要學(xué)會(huì)如何水洗果醬、果凍或泡菜，學(xué)習(xí)如何熏制或腌制食物，甚至要學(xué)會(huì)如何使用壓力罐頭。
你還可以尋找接近保質(zhì)期的產(chǎn)品。因?yàn)榻咏Ｙ|(zhì)期的產(chǎn)品仍然是好的，沒(méi)有壞。如果你吃得比較快，那你去買東西的價(jià)格通常還會(huì)便宜一半，或者更多。壓傷的蔬菜放在濃湯里味道好極了。你也可以用碰傷的或已經(jīng)發(fā)軟的水果做蛋糕，這樣就幾乎不用花什么錢了。
你可以尋找一些商店的品牌產(chǎn)品而不是國(guó)內(nèi)的品牌產(chǎn)品。雖然這并不適用于所有的產(chǎn)品，但通常，商店品牌的質(zhì)量和品味都很好。如果你能在購(gòu)買某些東西的時(shí)候嘗試一下，這肯定有助于降低賬單。
雞蛋是你最好的朋友。我經(jīng)常吃雞蛋，因?yàn)樗鼈兪堑鞍踪|(zhì)最好的來(lái)源，你可以用20美分甚至更低的價(jià)格買到一個(gè)雞蛋。
買一些干豆類的產(chǎn)品。豆科植物很有營(yíng)養(yǎng)，如果你大量購(gòu)買的話還會(huì)更便宜一點(diǎn)，但最重要的是要曬干。浸泡它們不需要花一分錢，只需要花費(fèi)一些時(shí)間，而且你根本不用看這個(gè)過(guò)程。豆子一旦浸泡過(guò)，一個(gè)慢燉鍋就可以幫你輕松地煮好一鍋湯或一鍋燉菜，如果你有慢燉鍋的話（你也可以在爐子上燉，但這需要你投入更多的注意力了）。

Go vegetarian. Learn to cook some meatless meals once or twice during the week. If you must absolutely have meat, learn to stretch it. Instead of having 6oz of meat, have 4oz. You’ll still be satisfied, and if you cooked 2 portions, then you’ll already have a third meat portion saved for later.
Garden. If you have the availability, try your hand at gardening in a yard, or if you can’t, try gardening in a container. Lettuce, spinach, radishes are fast growing crops that are easy to tend to. They also tend to be premium priced at the grocery store. You can eat the leaves of the radishes too for a tasty salad, or soup. Have some easy crops like raspberries (those will live pretty much anywhere !) or strawberries, which can hang from containers. Cucumbers are easy to grow and produce a lot, so do squash.
If you have the ability, learn to identify some plants and forage around the places you visit. I have picked wild apples, crabapples and prunes from trees that I spotted around where I live. I have eaten lamb’s quarters, which is considered a “weed”. I make sure to harvest the pear tree that is in my front yard and process the fruits. I have spotted wild raspberries, blackberries and blueberries on vacant land. I spotted juniper berries in a bush once. Maybe learn to hunt for mushrooms ?
If all else fails, try your local food bank. They’ll help you. There is no shame in having a rough time, and you can always pay it forward later when you’re better off.

你也可以去吃素。每周學(xué)習(xí)做一到兩次無(wú)肉的飯菜。如果你一定要吃肉，那你可以學(xué)習(xí)怎么把一份肉吃得更久。與其吃 6 盎司的肉，不如吃 4 盎司的肉，你仍然會(huì)感到滿足。如果你煮了兩份，那么你就可以把第三份肉留到以后吃了。
你可以自己種植蔬菜。如果你有時(shí)間的話，你可以試著在院子里做園藝，如果你不能，你可以試著在容器里種植。萵苣、菠菜、蘿卜都是很容易種植的，還是可以快速生長(zhǎng)的作物。它們?cè)陔s貨店里的價(jià)格也往往較高。你也可以用蘿卜的葉子做一份美味的沙拉或湯。你還可以種植一些簡(jiǎn)單的作物，比如樹(shù)莓（它們幾乎可以在任何地方生存！）或者草莓，它們可以掛在容器上。黃瓜很容易種植，而且他們產(chǎn)量也很高，南瓜也是如此。
如果你有能力的話，你可以識(shí)別你附近的一些植物，并采摘他們。我住的附近有果樹(shù)，所以我經(jīng)常摘樹(shù)上的野蘋(píng)果、山楂和李子吃。我一定要把前院梨樹(shù)上的梨子摘下來(lái)，然后加工成水果。我還在空地上發(fā)現(xiàn)了野覆盆子、黑莓和藍(lán)莓。有一次我還在灌木叢里看到杜松子。難道我還學(xué)會(huì)了找蘑菇嗎？
如果這些都失敗了，你可以試試你們當(dāng)?shù)氐母＠麢C(jī)構(gòu)，他們會(huì)幫助你的。經(jīng)歷一段艱難的時(shí)光沒(méi)什么好羞恥的，因?yàn)楫?dāng)你過(guò)得更好的時(shí)候，你還可以幫助別人。

Razvan Baba, failed physicist, engineer, immigrant scum
My tuppence. It sounds that you are from UK. That’s great because I’ve been a student for years and I know how to live very cheaply, if need be.
TL;DR: there are 5 tenets of reducing expenses in this answer:
getting bulk calories from cheap, reasonably healthy foodstuff (rice, oats)
getting the satiated feeling through starchy vegetables (turnips, celeriac, potatoes, bananas)
balancing convenience and healthy eating with budget
reducing cost of cosmetic and household cleaners to minimum (buy cheap/quantity/utilitarian: shampoo/soap, bleach, detergent, but splurge on other areas important to you)
reduce your household heating bills
budget everything you can! Offer to help your folks, track down what is a drain on financial resources. If there are other problems, shout, and Quora will listen.

我想說(shuō)一些我的淺見(jiàn)。聽(tīng)起來(lái)你好像來(lái)自英國(guó)。我已經(jīng)當(dāng)了很多年的學(xué)生了，所以如果你有需要的話，我可以告訴你怎么節(jié)省開(kāi)支。
下面這個(gè)答案中有5個(gè)減少開(kāi)支的原則：
1、你可以從便宜、健康的食物（比如大米、燕麥）中獲取足夠的卡路里。
2、你可以通過(guò)淀粉類蔬菜（比如蘿卜、塊根芹、土豆、香蕉）來(lái)獲得飽腹感。
3、平衡生活和健康飲食的預(yù)算：你可以把化妝品和家用清潔劑的成本降到最低（你可以購(gòu)買便宜的，數(shù)量足夠的，實(shí)用的洗發(fā)水、肥皂、漂白劑、洗滌劑等，然后把省下來(lái)的錢花在其他對(duì)你重要的領(lǐng)域）。
4、減少家庭的取暖費(fèi)用。
5、列出每一件事的預(yù)算，你可以主動(dòng)幫助你的家人，幫他們找出他們的錢都花到哪里去了。如果你還有其他問(wèn)題的話，就在Quora上提出來(lái)。

Shop around late evening, or 11 am depending on shop, when the staff puts out reduced items. This is a hit-and miss though. The bigger the store, the better the chances.
Don’t diss larger Marks & Spencer, Waitrose or even Sainsbury’s because they appear to be expensive shops. Large retailers know about the consumer perception and will fight to be as competitive as possible, so you might find unexpected bargains in a ‘posh’ store
Nutella is tasty, but expensive and not very nutritious. You would be far better off to buy an inexpensive, but decent peanut butter brand (Sunpat is OK, available in most stores). For the same amount of money as a Nutella jar you could add supermarket-branded ‘posh’ chocolate bars (￡1.50) or even buy their basic line (~40p). Better yet: with these tips we hope that you will never run hungry and use nutella as a treat instead.
corn flakes are not terribly nutritious, even if they are fortified. replace with porridge (porridge oats 45p for 1kg, full fat UHT milk 80p for 1L /soy milk (50p for 1L) and a dash of sugar (￡1 for 1kg))
vegetables: carrots are inexcusably cheap. Cabbage is also usually cheap. onions can be bought for several in a pack. these 3 veggies fill you up quite nicely and healthily. These are already the start of a kebab. yum. i’m peckish now. Swedes, turnips and celeriac improve the taste of most foods added to them. Learn to chop them finely.
Salads& lettuce are very expensive indeed. Bespoke greengrocerers in your town/city market tend to be 2x cheaper than the supermarket.
some foods are seasonal: citrus will be cheaper around Christmas. Apples come around the year, but coxes(considered the tastiest apple by many) tend to appear late February, others mid Autumn.
Eggs! eggs are very nutrient-dense. To cook an egg in a microwave, put the egg in a microwaveable cup and put some cling film on it with a piercing. Set the microwave on 20–30% power, 10–35s or till done as you like it. This is the most energy-efficient(cheap) way to cook an egg.
bananas: If I were only allowed to eat one fruit, this is the one i would reluctantly chose. Bananas are nature’s ready-made meal, packed with starch and micronutrients and come with their own package. Great way to fill you up and eat less of other more expensive things.

每個(gè)商店不一樣，但一般在晚上或上午11點(diǎn)左右，店員會(huì)在這個(gè)時(shí)候推出折扣商品，你可以在這個(gè)時(shí)候采購(gòu)，價(jià)格會(huì)便宜很多，但這主要看運(yùn)氣。有時(shí)候商店越大，碰到特價(jià)商品的機(jī)會(huì)就越大。
不要因?yàn)楝斏儇?、維特羅斯超市、甚至森寶利超市的價(jià)格昂貴就貶低它們。因?yàn)橐话愦笮偷牧闶凵潭急容^了解消費(fèi)者的看法，所以他們會(huì)盡可能的爭(zhēng)取顧客，所以你可能會(huì)在“豪華”的商店里找到意想不到的便宜好貨。
Nutella巧克力醬味道就很不錯(cuò)，但價(jià)格昂貴，而且營(yíng)養(yǎng)價(jià)值還不高。所以你可以買一個(gè)便宜的，但還不錯(cuò)的花生醬品牌（Sunpat就可以，在大多數(shù)的商店都能買到）。你只需要花費(fèi)一個(gè)和Nutella巧克力醬一樣多的錢，就能可以買到超市名牌的“豪華”巧克力棒了（只需要1.5英鎊），你甚至可以買到他們的基礎(chǔ)系列產(chǎn)品（大約要40便士）。這樣做最大的好處就是：有了這些建議，我們希望你永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)感到饑餓，你們可以通過(guò)吃巧克力醬來(lái)填飽自己的肚子。
玉米片即使經(jīng)過(guò)強(qiáng)化也不是很有營(yíng)養(yǎng)。所以你可以替換成粥（1公斤的燕麥粥只要45便士，1升的全脂UHT牛奶要80便士，1升的豆奶要50便士），再加上少量的糖（1公斤的糖只要1英鎊）。
你還可以購(gòu)買蔬菜：胡蘿卜簡(jiǎn)直不可思議得便宜，卷心菜通常也很便宜，洋蔥可以一包買好幾個(gè)。所以吃這三種蔬菜就可以讓你吃的很好很健康了。瑞典菜、蘿卜和芹菜可以改善大多數(shù)食物的味道，所以你可以學(xué)著把它們剁碎放到食物里。
沙拉和生菜確實(shí)很貴。但你可以去你們當(dāng)?shù)氐某擎?zhèn)或城市的市場(chǎng)買定制的水果蔬菜，這些店往往比超市的便宜兩倍。
有些食物是季節(jié)性的：柑橘在圣誕節(jié)前后會(huì)便宜一些。蘋(píng)果一年四季都有，雖然有許多人認(rèn)為2月底出現(xiàn)的蘋(píng)果是最美味的存在，但一般在秋天中旬就會(huì)出現(xiàn)大量的蘋(píng)果。
你可以吃雞蛋！雞蛋營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富。如果你想要用微波爐煮蛋，你可以先把雞蛋放在一個(gè)微波杯里，然后在上面鋪上一層保鮮膜，再刺幾個(gè)小孔。把微波爐的功率調(diào)到20-30%，時(shí)間定到10-35s或者你喜歡的時(shí)間上。這是最節(jié)能（便宜）的煮雞蛋的方法。
你可以吃香蕉：如果我只能選擇一種水果的話，那我會(huì)勉強(qiáng)選擇這個(gè)。因?yàn)橄憬妒翘烊坏募词呈称?，富含淀粉和微量營(yíng)養(yǎng)素，并配有自己的包裝。這是讓你吃飽的同時(shí)并減少吃其他更貴的東西的最好方法了。

You cannot generally afford ready-made fish on a very tight budget. Look for sardine tins instead.
As mentioned many times before: tins of fruit and veg! You do not need electricity to store them. Most are very cheap. UK invented tinned foods, and is one of the world leaders. Chopped tomatoes: 30p. Mushy peas: 50p large tin, petit pois: 35p, supermarket-branded beans in tomato sauce: 20p.
“junk” food: basic tortilla chips retail for 45p, crisps are cheaper per g in the large multi-pack buys.
Speaking about those kebabs, “tortilla” wraps of all kinds are 70–80p for a pack of 8. Somewhat less cost-effective than rice or even bread, but you get a nice edible wrap to pack your meal in.
consider replacing bread with rice. Rice sold in 10kg+ packs can be very cheap per 50g. Rice takes the flavour out of any sauce you may add to it. If you absolutely despise rice, porridge oats are extremely cheap, filling, and x10 better for you than corn flakes. I’m quite partial to a bowl of salty porridge with warm water myself.
If you use bread, try Britain’s lazy favourite: beans on toast, with some shaving of cheese and pepper. Toasting them makes them much better, but if no electricity is available, still enjoyable.

如果你的預(yù)算很緊張，買不起現(xiàn)成的魚(yú)，你可以用沙丁魚(yú)罐頭來(lái)代替。
正如之前多次提到的：水果和蔬菜罐頭！你甚至都不需要用電來(lái)儲(chǔ)存它們，而且大多數(shù)的罐頭都很便宜。英國(guó)發(fā)明了罐頭食品，是世界領(lǐng)先者之一。切碎的西紅柿只需要30便士、大罐的豌豆糊只需要50便士，小豌豆只需要35便士，超市品牌的番茄醬豆只需要20便士。
至于“垃圾”食品：玉米片基本的零售價(jià)為45便士，購(gòu)買大包裝的薯片更便宜。
說(shuō)到那些烤肉串，各種玉米餅包裝的價(jià)格是每包8個(gè)，每包70-80便士。這比米飯甚至面包的成本還要低一些，但你可以得到一個(gè)很好的可食用的包裝來(lái)放你的飯菜。
你可以考慮用米飯來(lái)代替面包。10公斤以上包裝的大米平均到每50克就會(huì)非常便宜。米飯能使你加進(jìn)去的任何醬汁都沒(méi)味道。如果你一點(diǎn)都不喜歡大米，那你可以選擇燕麥粥，它也非常便宜，而且比玉米片更適合你。我自己也很喜歡喝一碗加了溫水的咸粥。
如果你用的是面包，你可以試試英國(guó)人最喜歡的一種吃法：就是在烤吐司的時(shí)候在上面撒一些豆子，再加一些奶酪和胡椒粉，但如果沒(méi)有電可以烤的話，這么做也能吃。

olives also work marvelously with the above veggies. Sometimes you can find very large tins or oversized jars of olives, the whole family can add them to their food.
Buy meat in multi-deal offers. It is generally slightly cheaper if you go to the frozen section. Please avoid the meat from Aldi/Lidl/Asda, they all have been accused of dubious practices and will not get your money’s worth (too good to be true). Most people do not ‘need’ to eat meat >2 times per week, though meat can be a cheap source of protein: in particular chicken/lamb liver 50p serves 2 (do not eat too much of these)
Use generic brands as much as possible. Particularly with cosmetics and household chemicals. Cosmetics in UK are of exceptional quality. I swear by 1L bottle Tesco basics shampoo at 50p. Shampoo is essentially soap, so it can double as a shower gel, face or handwash. I have long curly hair, so I splurge on hair conditioner instead Garnier ￡2 for 400ml from discount shops like Home Bargains. Washing powder for clothes? You don’t need Ariel or Persil. Just get the cheapest supermarket-brand whose smell you can tolerate. In a pinch, buy colour detergent only, because detergent for whites have peroxides and cannot be used on coloured clothes. Cleaning around the house? Only 2 chemicals needed: thick bleach for most things (50p a bottle) and white vinegar for glass or steel surfaces (￡1 for 500–750ml from the pound shop). Bleach can be dilluted and placed in a dispenser (get a bathroom/kitchen cleaner ￡1 from any shop, then refill with 10-15% thick bleach and the rest water) Be careful with bleach if you have a small brother.

橄欖和上述蔬菜搭配起來(lái)也非常好吃。有時(shí)你可以找到非常大的橄欖罐頭或超大的罐子，全家人都可以把它們放到他們的食物中。
你可以在有優(yōu)惠活動(dòng)的時(shí)候買肉。如果你去冷凍區(qū)買肉，通常會(huì)稍微便宜一點(diǎn)。你一定要避開(kāi)買Aldi、Lidl和Asda的肉，因?yàn)檫@些肉的做法很可疑，這些肉不會(huì)讓你的錢花的物有所值（因?yàn)楹玫秒y以置信）。大多數(shù)人不需要每周吃肉超過(guò)2次，盡管肉可以是一種廉價(jià)的蛋白質(zhì)來(lái)源：特別是雞肉、羊肝等，這些東西只需要50便士就可以買2份（但不要吃太多）。
盡可能的買一些通用品牌。特別是化妝品和日用品。英國(guó)的化妝品質(zhì)量非常好，我發(fā)誓你只要用50便士就可以買到一瓶Tesco basics的洗發(fā)水。洗發(fā)水本質(zhì)上就是肥皂，所以它可以兼作沐浴露、洗面奶或洗手液。我有一頭長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的卷發(fā)，所以我在打折商店只用了2英鎊就買到了400毫升的護(hù)發(fā)素。洗衣服要買的洗衣粉？你不需要買Ariel 或 Persil，你只需要買你能接受的最便宜的超市品牌就可以了。必要的時(shí)候，你只需要購(gòu)買彩色洗滌劑就可以了，因?yàn)榘咨礈靹┖羞^(guò)氧化物，不能用于有顏色的衣服。如果你要打掃房間的話，你只需要買 2 種化學(xué)品就可以了：一種是適用于大多數(shù)物品的濃漂白劑（50便士一瓶），另一種是用于清洗玻璃或鋼鐵表面的白醋（在英國(guó)店里，只需要1英鎊就可以買到500-750毫升的濃漂白劑）。你可以將漂白劑稀釋并放入分配器中（你只需要花費(fèi)1英鎊就可以在任何一個(gè)商店里買到浴室或廚房的清潔劑，然后再在里面加入10%到15%的濃漂白劑和其他的水）。如果你家有小孩的話，要小心漂白劑別被他們誤食了。

Buying in bulk is cheaper. There are often 2 for 1 or 3 for 2 offers. However, moderate your consumption.
reduce your household bills. It is possible to feel warm for less ￡ in the cold, poorly insulated English homes (specifically English as Scottish tenements tend to be made of stone).
Draft proof your windows, by adding draft excluders, silicone caulk, or even putting plastic curtains that completely cover the windows (polythene dust sheets from Poundland for instance) . Draft proof doors.
Switch off the radiators in rarely used rooms such as utility closets. Switch off the radiators in the living room, or switch them off in the bedroom and share the living space with everyone in the house during the day, if possible and convenient.
Spread around the timer settings of your gas boiler so you use no more than 3h of heating spread around the day. Leave the house and return just before bedtime. If you don’t have a job, you may stay in a public library. You will still have to pay ‘standing chargers’ even if you consume no energy (cca. 52p /day for both gas+ electricity).

批發(fā)采購(gòu)更便宜一點(diǎn)，通常有買二送一或買三送二的情況。但是，你要適度消費(fèi)。
要努力減少您的家庭開(kāi)支。在寒冷、隔熱效果差的英式住宅中（特別是蘇格蘭的住宅，因?yàn)樘K格蘭的住宅通常是用石頭建造的），你只需要花更少的錢就能感受到溫暖。
如果你想防止你的窗戶漏風(fēng)的話，你可以在你的窗戶上添加防風(fēng)罩，硅膠填縫劑，甚至可以用塑料窗簾完全覆蓋住窗戶（例如 Poundland 的聚乙烯防塵布），為您的窗戶防風(fēng)。
關(guān)掉房間里很少使用的散熱器（如公用設(shè)施壁櫥）。在可能和方便的情況下，你還可以關(guān)掉客廳里的暖氣片，或者關(guān)掉臥室里的暖氣片。你可以在白天的時(shí)候和家里人待在一個(gè)房間里，這樣就可以把不用的房間里的暖氣關(guān)掉了。
重新設(shè)置一下燃?xì)忮仩t的定時(shí)器設(shè)置，保證你一天的加熱時(shí)間不會(huì)超過(guò)3個(gè)小時(shí)。因?yàn)槟憬?jīng)常會(huì)在白天的時(shí)候離開(kāi)家，直到晚上睡覺(jué)前才回家，如果一直開(kāi)著暖氣的話，就會(huì)很浪費(fèi)。如果你沒(méi)有工作，你可以待在公共圖書(shū)館里。如果你不設(shè)置一下燃?xì)忮仩t的定時(shí)器，即使您不消耗能源，您仍然需要支付“固定燃?xì)狻钡馁M(fèi)用（一般一天在天然氣+電力上就要花費(fèi) 52 便士）。

Another clever way to deal with terrible British housing is to use a dehumidifier: a 2nd hand one with an energy efficient compressor (though usually loud-ish) go around ￡40. 18 degrees at 50% humidity is far more tolerable than 20 degrees at 95% humidity, which if done correctly, will save you money.
This is a whole different question, but I feel it is an important cost-cutting measure. Using this advice, I use 3x less gas than the previous tenant/inhabitant of my current place.
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It is quite possible to eat with ￡15/ wk per person, (maybe ￡20in London), though very careful attention to the budget is needed. I have been told by rough sleepers doing ￡7 per week, but that is very extreme (and below the international poverty line), and it is then an exercise in what to not eat. Since Nutella can be afforded, it doesn’t seem that bad from the outside.

另一個(gè)解決英國(guó)住房里面的問(wèn)題的聰明方法就是使用除濕機(jī)：帶有節(jié)能壓縮機(jī)（盡管通常聲音很大）的二手除濕機(jī)大約需要 40 英鎊。在50%的濕度下，18 度遠(yuǎn)比 95% 濕度下的 20 度更容易忍受，如果你操作正確的話，這將會(huì)為您省下一大筆開(kāi)支。
這是一個(gè)完全不同的問(wèn)題，但我認(rèn)為這是一項(xiàng)非常重要的成本削減措施。因?yàn)楦鶕?jù)這個(gè)建議，我比我現(xiàn)在所住地方的前一個(gè)租戶少用了 3 倍的天然氣。
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每人每周 在伙食費(fèi)上只花費(fèi)15 英鎊（在倫敦可能是 20 英鎊）是很有可能的，但需要非常注意預(yù)算。一些無(wú)家可歸者告訴我，他們每周只有 7 英鎊，但這種情況是非常極端的（而且低于國(guó)際的貧困線），所以他們經(jīng)常不吃東西。但是由于可以負(fù)擔(dān)得起Nutella，所以從外表上看它似乎并沒(méi)有那么糟糕。