I Happened Again

Wherethejourneytakesme - I may have a go at courgettes. I'll see how we go. Spring onions would also be good. I have to get the ground ready first, I suppose. I don't have a greenhouse and the windowsill here is around two inches wide, so hard to fit pots on. 

I went out and posted a parcel, then thought I would stretch my wheels and head to Tesco for the things that I forgot yesterday. This was not a success because I forgot them again. In my defence, I was taken by surprise by a bargain. It wasn't a huge bargain, but it was big enough. I wandered past the yellow sticker chill cabinet and there was two 300g packs of diced lamb shoulder. They had been £3 but were down to £1.88. Tesco don't seem to mark down much, but this was worth picking up! I grabbed both. 

I didn't think much of the potherbs, though. I suppose that we are heading into the 'hungry gap' between last year's harvest and this year's harvest. None of the onions looked good, and most were quite soft. A lot of the carrots had squidgy ends and the parsnips didn't look worth bothering with. I picked out the best of the carrots, a very large turnip and a couple of leeks. The tills were backed right up, and social distancing made it hard to know which queue to join, so I went to the self service till. I normally avoid this as I need a little human interaction, even if it is only 'cash or card'. It didn't matter. First of all I found the till with the iffy weighing machine, and I had bought the veggies loose. The supervisor had to sort them out. Then the till had a fit at the reel of black cotton so the supervisor had to come back and sort it out. And then I had to leave the bags with the supervisor to go back and get the envelope for the greetings card that I picked up. I had about a week's worth of conversation. I was definitely one of those customers today.

I bought my Mother's Day card and present from bear. It's a lot easier as I am the one going into shops, and this way I know I'm going to get something I like. I suspect that next year, when the shopping is hopefully back to normal, bear will surprise me.

The scouse (veggies and one of the packs of lamb, simmered together with salt and some peppercorns for an hour and a half) was amazing, though. The men enjoyed it a great deal, and there is a couple of portions for tomorrow as well. The other pack went into the freezer. It was such a treat finding affordable lamb. 

I'm looking forward to a quiet evening hanging out with the men. 

Hugs and good health to all.