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Nov. 22nd, 2004 09:27 am
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I have a sudden craving for a fried egg butty. It's probably the smell of lard wafting up the stairs.
Lard. Did you know that there is a Europe-wide lard shortage? I didn't until my trip to Sainsbury's on Saturday when I found the lard shelves empty and a sign a) outlining the lard shortage and b) extolling the virtues of vegetable shortening (or whatever the alternative to lard is. I'm never sure).
I buy about one block of lard a year, about now normally, to make shortcrust pastry for mince pies. I never even knew it was gone. *sniff*. I'll have to keep a watch on the lard shelf and get a block when I can.
I also didn't realise how bad the Branston Pickle situation was until Saturday when one could buy Branston brand pickled onion, beetroot and cabbage but not the signature pickle. Not small jars, not large jars, not even the tiny chunked version ideal for sarnies. You could buy just the sauce which I suppose would do if I was desperate. I estimate I've about three sarnies worth of pickle in the fridge - maybe four if I use it sparingly. Branston claim that things will be back to normal before Christmas but perhaps I'll buy some picallili to go with my cheshire cheese and keep my last few drops of branston for an emergency.
What next? A flood in the paxo factory? A mystery virus deadly to turkey? The sudden destruction of all the tapes of It's a Wonderful Life? Sir Cliff not releasing a single in the next few weeks? Can we cope with any further blows to our traditional consumer christmas!
Lard. Did you know that there is a Europe-wide lard shortage? I didn't until my trip to Sainsbury's on Saturday when I found the lard shelves empty and a sign a) outlining the lard shortage and b) extolling the virtues of vegetable shortening (or whatever the alternative to lard is. I'm never sure).
I buy about one block of lard a year, about now normally, to make shortcrust pastry for mince pies. I never even knew it was gone. *sniff*. I'll have to keep a watch on the lard shelf and get a block when I can.
I also didn't realise how bad the Branston Pickle situation was until Saturday when one could buy Branston brand pickled onion, beetroot and cabbage but not the signature pickle. Not small jars, not large jars, not even the tiny chunked version ideal for sarnies. You could buy just the sauce which I suppose would do if I was desperate. I estimate I've about three sarnies worth of pickle in the fridge - maybe four if I use it sparingly. Branston claim that things will be back to normal before Christmas but perhaps I'll buy some picallili to go with my cheshire cheese and keep my last few drops of branston for an emergency.
What next? A flood in the paxo factory? A mystery virus deadly to turkey? The sudden destruction of all the tapes of It's a Wonderful Life? Sir Cliff not releasing a single in the next few weeks? Can we cope with any further blows to our traditional consumer christmas!