Corona Virus Concerns

Goldie we have a lot of unidentifiable bags in our freezer. Curries and mince meals done in bulk seem to merge into the same colour

I too have had issues of not easily identified bags, chops for a swift-ish dinner turned out to be skirt for slow cooking! Not a complete disaster as only us 2 and so it was eggs.  Remember those days when you could just grab an alternative?? So in These troubled times I take care to label. It took a while to locate my chinagraph pencil and  get a point on it!

Not as bad as my poor late departed nan. My mum took her a mincemeat pie. She was thrilled taste buds going gravy made - it was sweet mincemeat as she discovered when she cut it open. 🤔 fortunately before adding the gravy. Oh how we laughed! But we are that sort of a family 😂. One Christmas she removed her false teeth urghh and held them in her hand whilst she had a doze her nasty children, I can't remember which one, removed them tied them up with string and pegged them to the curtain. We 8 grand kids were amusing ourselves elsewhere but the hilarity from the grown ups was unbelievable.  See not nice to know!

Brue spelt flour is much better for your digestion apparently. I don't think it tastes bad.

So far we have been managing to get on line delivery slots every two weeks. The first from Waitrose, tomorrow's from Tesco. We are under 70 so Waitrose slots are now impossible to get. Not that Tesco slots are that easy, but they are at least still possible if you persevere. We did try Tesco store on OAP's hour last Wednesday. It was OK but I would prefer to avoid if I can get a home delivery or click and collect. We have a small Coop in the village and butchers and veg shop, which we use. The butchers and veg shop are one man bands so could of course cease operating at any time. In normal times we like to shop for the offers, so the freezer is always well stocked. Our aim is to try and keep this in reserve in case we have to self isolate and can't get deliveries. 

Our very old freezer indicated it was in need of replacing, before this all kicked off. Fortunately fast freeze kept everything OK for 3 days until the new one arrived. Swapping stuff over did give us a chance to try and identify some of the dubious looking bags that weren't labelled or had lost them. Most seemed to be soups that I had constructed.😂

We noticed when we were allowed to get out and about ,it depended which Co op we used , Ours is now the Blue signs Co op,ltd? but in some areas there are still "private?" Co ops , ours was Mid Counties,and there is Anglia Co Ops still in Norfolk, all with the Yellow /Green signage,it could be the way they are run,?

When at Peterborough the Orton Centre Co op is Anglia Co op? but the new one on the Oundle road towards the city centre is a Blue signed Co op ltd 

Well I've had an email from Waitrose re online ordering, very swift as only sent at the weekend. The main important bit quoted below. No surprise really. Maybe if we lived in a less populated area or had more Waitrose stores locally it would be different. We actually had one when they built a new precinct but they left because the car parking wasn't theirs or great. They bought the old post office sorting office to develop but eventually pulled out before building anything a few years back. That's now going to be flats 😲

We have started to offer our elderly customers priority access to Waitrose.com. The demand for these slots is very high and we know we won’t be able to reach everybody - as we simply don't have the capacity to offer slots to all. We’re currently working through this in a number of ways to help as many customers as we can who need our help.

We currently only have the ability to deliver a set number of orders, and we are working hard to increase the number of deliveries in the coming weeks to support as many customers as we can who need our help. 

Sadly/luckily we don't qualify as elderly yet - who knows we may do by the time this is all over??? OH is in the highly vulnerable.

Oh well back to trying whenever nature decides I need to use the bathroom overnight  😂😂

Indeed, you need to join the Sniffer thread down in General Chat!

That Dalek is definitely from Yorkshire, I understood every word!😂

I have tried five nights running to get a home delivery slot, mainly to make sure I can get stuff for Mum. But I have given up now. Will just do the Corona-run once a fortnight. In between for fresh stuff use veg and fruit boxes.

We ain’t starving, and we know how to be creative cooks with whatever we have in the house, luckily no allergies, children or too many “don’t likes” to cater for, other than we never buy meat. 😁 Far more important that those who are very vulnerable get priority. 👍

Steve you were lucky to get the new freezer just in time. The  door on our upright freezer is beginning to fail and one of the drawers broke yesterday. Tried Currys, AO online and local Euronics and only biggest and most expensive upright freezers now in stock with all rest either on order or unavailable. Deliveries only made to outside door in general as you would expect in circumstances so have had to do temporary repair until this is over so hope it holds out.

Been food shopping this afternoon. Our Aldi,  Asda and M & S Food all in same area. Queue at Aldi went full length of outside of store and beyond and Asda snaked around car park but new M & S Food only 6 in queue and whilst variety is limited almost fully stocked so got what we needed.

Brue, Spelt rises quicker than wheat even though it is related to wheat so be careful in your proving. It's another, with Rye, that is on my no-no list.

I had a sandwich awhile back, made from spelt bread, I enjoyed it but it was a lot heavier than wholemeal. Nice taste though. 

B2, well at least you tried and got a message back. Have you had the NHS at risk letter yet, it seems to be taking a long time to reach those who need it and will help to get on line orders.

We've found out that a later diagnosed Covid19 patient, who sadly died, went into our local medical centre a few days ago. The local surgeries are sharing patient visits which means people are moving out of their home areas for appointments. 

I've just read Boris has been transferred to intensive care. Thoughts are with him and his family. Hopefully this will make folk see it doesn't matter who you are it can happen to you!

Edit I make no political comment in this just that he is a fellow human being.