GETTING OUT OF THE HABIT

[MALCOLM CRAGG]

HI,MY HABIT OF GOING TO SAINSBURYS EVERY SATURDAY HAS ENDED.MANY OF THOSE ITEMS I REGULARLY BOUGHT NO LONGER SEEM NEEDED.WHY BUY TOMATOES IN WINTER? WHY NOT WAIT TILL THERE IN THE VEG PLOT?.MIND YOU I WILL MISS BEING BEING AMUSED WITH OTHER PEOPLES TROLLIES...COSTING £100+.ALSO THE GAS COMPANY GET LESS MONEY THESE DAYS(ASH GREEN,FIT FOR A QUEEN).AND THESE YHYBRID HENS HAVE LAYED THROUGH THIS WINTER(LOTS OF BARTER WITH FRIENDS)....HOW COME I TOOK SO LONG TO TWIG THIS?...I,VE BEEN READING SEYMOUR FOR YEARS...HERE,S TO GETTING FURTHER AWAY FROM THAT SYSTEM)......

[Martin]

there's another upside to only eating fruit and veg in season is that you appreciate them SO much more - I remember as a child that you only ever had strawberries in season, and you looked forward to them greatly, along with the first "new" potatoes...........
And chicken and turkey were a luxury 50 years ago, it was a treat indulged in once or twice a year............

[camillitech]

And chicken and turkey were a luxury 50 years ago, it was a treat indulged in once or twice a year............

Aye and do you remember the legs were brown and the breast was white

and good to see you back matey

[Martin]

I do, and they tasted........ of chicken
I grew up on a nursery, where amongst other things, we kept a few chickens - the cockerels were fattened up for the weeks running up to Christmas, and there was a big "plucking day" when a couple of my father's friends came round, the birds were swiftly dispatched, and plucked outdoors into tea chests.......flavour to last you until the following Christmas!
And thanks! - having spent nearly a month in hospital, it's great to be home, putting the world to rights again!