Evaluation of our 120% financing

The topic of nutrition really seems quite variable among us humans

Oh man, am I the only one in the entire forum who doesn't follow the organic craze? I buy cheap meat and like to use ready-made products for cooking.

I find that pretty intense in return: I want control and therefore avoid ready-made products except for a few exceptions.
Furthermore, I can no longer understand the consumption of cheap meat. I am no saint and still sometimes accidentally grab cheap meat (out of haste, out of carelessness), but I now pay close attention to the fact that the animal was raised fairly well and we don’t buy pharmaceuticals along with it.

But well, not everyone understands this lifestyle. Not everyone has to understand it. For us, it's perfect like this

As said, actually 70 to 80% of it is organic. We buy Alb-Leisa lentils, which are grown on the Swabian Alb, in 25 kg sacks.
We buy ancient spelt grains directly from the farmer. Always 2 x 12.5 kg sacks, so it’s not too expensive. We make pasta from that and the lentils ourselves (2/3 to 1/3). Eggs come from our own chickens (purebred chickens, not laying hens). So 500g of pasta costs me about €1.20. So there are no big savings either, you can also buy the pasta for 39 cents....

Otherwise fresh sauerkraut from the Demeter farmer, lots of fruit and vegetables.
But no meat.

I do find it quite impressive how others can really stick to their life habits that way.

Varied raw vegetables cost money, ... oh, there is surely more discussion about food than about house building.
I also don’t believe that you can influence what is “right or wrong” in matters of hardened opinions (whether statutory or not).
There are enough priorities, attitudes, and measures for that.

However, I consider a dietary basis of lentils extremely monotonous. Especially lentils would be disgusting to me if I had to eat them too often, although I can distinguish yellow from red, brown, and beluga.
That is not a balanced diet, even if potatoes and pasta are added. Ultimately, these are just carb-rich foods, okay, lentils with somewhat more protein. Still overall a too carb-focused diet that does not represent a healthy average.
I have a colleague who eats oatmeal with milk every morning, salad at lunch, in the afternoon e.g. grapes or salad, in the evening I don’t know. Probably raw broccoli or something similar. He also gets by very cheaply. By the way, he is proud of that.
It’s okay... yes... but it’s strange. It’s not free of deficiencies, and it is open to discussion, I think.
Let the kids become a bit more mature, then none of this will come up anymore.

Organic fruits and vegetables and eggs
Meat and sausage from various sources (home slaughtering by an acquaintance, a known hunter, butcher who has pigs raised himself, etc.)
Organic milk - the kind that still sours. Only Specki, where can you get it for 1 euro? I pay 1.35 euros.

@TE is trying, as suggested by YPG, to include the renovations in the financing.

So I'm trying to find out the whole sausage story, like what the cow was called, how old she was, and whether I can eat the siblings... seriously. Sustainable eating only breaks the sales chain. Farmer sells directly to consumers and earns 2€ more because he bypasses the middlemen. We Germans think we're saving the world. Look at countries like China. Increasing consumption, changing eating habits. Endless pig breeding. Organic is an unknown word there. To me, it's all just advertising. The only organic was at my grandma's place. They had a farm, small agriculture. There you really knew all the animals by name... everything in the supermarket with an organic label is just deception and fraud

Good morning everyone and Merry Christmas to you all

It is really interesting to see in which direction this thread has drifted.
I will bring up the proposal regarding the renovation as soon as there is positive feedback on the financing. This is probably not to be expected before week 2. Before that, we will definitely take another look at the house and then consider exactly what we want/need to do before moving in.

Regarding nutrition: Tomorrow we will have a goose from the butcher, which lived for three quarters of a year and was only slaughtered on Sunday. Whether it is organic, I don’t know, but it’s definitely better than from the discount store. If possible, we do try to buy good food. However, before driving to three different stores because products are sold out, I do go for alternatives. Eating exclusively organic products and buying them at the farm shop is honestly a bit too expensive for us.
But I think it’s great when someone, like , harvests many products from their own garden. We do this on a very small scale as well (various berries, zucchini, apples, cherries, tomatoes). But this is more to show the children how and where food comes from.

Good morning everyone and Merry Christmas to you all

It is really interesting in which direction this thread has drifted.
I will bring up the proposal regarding the renovation as soon as the positive feedback on the financing is available. This is probably not to be expected before week 2. Before that, we will certainly take another look at the house and then consider exactly what we want/need to do before moving in.

Regarding nutrition: Tomorrow we will have a goose from the butcher that has lived for three quarters of a year and was only slaughtered on Sunday. I don’t know if it’s organic, but definitely better than from the discount store. If possible, we do pay attention to buying good food. However, before driving to three different stores because products are sold out, I do pick alternatives. Eating exclusively organic products and buying them at the farm shop is honestly a bit too expensive for us.
I think it’s great when someone, like , harvests many products from their own garden. We do that on a very small scale as well (various berries, zucchini, apples, cherries, tomatoes). But that is more to show the children how and where food comes from.

Was it a happy goose with plenty of space or factory farming?? Just because it is regional doesn’t mean it is sustainable...