Apart from the chaos earlier in the week at the supermarkets (3 Viewers)

OffenhamSkyBlue · Mar 28, 2020

We're very lucky to live in the Vale of Evesham, where we're surrounded by growers, market gardeners, industrial-scale glasshouses, etc.
We have a company in the village (Vale Fresco - a number of other sites around Stratford too) who delivered to my door a random selection of veg and salads
Aubergine, Courgette, Pepper, Bulb Fennel, Beetroot, Chillis, Spinach, Rocket, Baby Salad Leaves, Romaine Lettuce, Little Gem Lettuce, Baby Tomatoes, Cucumber, Squash, Red Onion, Sweet Potatoes (think that's the lot!) all for a tenner

Sick Boy · Mar 28, 2020

wingy said:
Yes the egg thing is a bit of a puzzle?
I was starting to think there may be a problem with the flock

Same over here as well, very strange.

OffenhamSkyBlue · Mar 28, 2020

Talking to the supplier today, the hens can't lay fast enough , the bloke can't collect them fast enough, and he can't box them up fast enough to keep up with demand. He says the roads are quiet though!

wingy · Mar 28, 2020

OffenhamSkyBlue said:
Talking to the supplier today, the hens can't lay fast enough , the bloke can't collect them fast enough, and he can't box them up fast enough to keep up with demand. He says the roads are quiet though!

Maybe poeple are anticipating doing a lot more home baking in case there was a genuine downturn on the delivery flour sounds like it's flown ofc the shelves as well

fernandopartridge · Mar 28, 2020

Nick said:
Just ordered some meat from muscle food, need some veg now

Next day freezer fillers | musclefood

Cheap shite. Where I live the local butchers and greengrocers deliver, only need the supermarket for milk and bread. Even the local brewery delivers

fernandopartridge · Mar 28, 2020

shmmeee said:
Went to Morrison’s today, queued up for a couple of minutes 2m apart, they had pretty much everything. Only things I couldn’t get were slices of Gouda which I don’t even know if they sell and had to settle for summer fruits double strength squash instead of apple and black current. Oh and they only had little tins of tomatoes.

Was way better than I expected after all the stories.

Aldi sell Gouda

skyblueinBaku · Mar 29, 2020

wingy said:
Maybe poeple are anticipating doing a lot more home baking in case there was a genuine downturn on the delivery flour sounds like it's flown ofc the shelves as well

There is certainly a problem getting flour down here. I haven't seen bread flour on the local supermarket shelves for a few weeks.

wingy · Mar 29, 2020

skyblueindorset said:
There is certainly a problem getting flour down here. I haven't seen bread flour on the local supermarket shelves for a few weeks.

Yeah there was a feature on the news.
Production is flat out,so its just a restocking lag.

wingy · Mar 29, 2020

Who's going crop picking this spring?

OffenhamSkyBlue · Mar 29, 2020

wingy said:
Who's going crop picking this spring?

@tisza is a past master if i remember correctly. but he's isolated in Hungary these days, so may not make it!

wingy · Mar 29, 2020

OffenhamSkyBlue said:
@tisza is a past master if i remember correctly. but he's isolated in Hungary these days, so may not make it!

I haven't done any since I was around 17.
I think it could break me now .
I'd be okay with a bit of husbandry or tractors/machine operation .

clint van damme · Mar 29, 2020

skyblueindorset said:
There is certainly a problem getting flour down here. I haven't seen bread flour on the local supermarket shelves for a few weeks.

There's obviously a lot of knead for it

dutchman · Mar 29, 2020

skyblueindorset said:
There is certainly a problem getting flour down here. I haven't seen bread flour on the local supermarket shelves for a few weeks.

I didn't even know there was such a thing. I thought flour was just flour?

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