Have we really become so bone idle
 

Was in my local grocery store today , in the dairy aisle picked up a gallon of Milk and a pound of Butter , towards the end of the aisle near to the Eggs noticed a "new" product... shrink wrapped plastic bags of "shelled hard boiled Eggs ", six for $2.69 (£1.67) , regular fresh Eggs in the next cabinet are selling for $1.49 (£ .92 ) a dozen.
Question .... is it me , am I turning into my parents/grandparents when wondering if such stuff is really necessary and who in their right mind would buy such stuff :eek: :eek:

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Someone who didn't mind shelling out an extra $1.20:confused: Convenience store a few klicks north of here advertises "Frozen Ice":eek: Whatever happened to getting the fresh stuff outa the tap and freezing it yourself.;)

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No.....I don't buy take-aways, or pre-prepared food. I make my own grub from scratch........why? Because, I can!

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Chip shops round here have sold pickled eggs, from big jars of them on the counter, for years.

Though I've only ever seen drunks buy them.

When the inebriated return home, after they've sat down and eaten their fish 'n' chips, with gravy and guacamole, whoops, meant mushy peas, topped off by a pickled egg, if they root about at the back of the cupboard, they might find a packet of dried egg, left over from rationing days.

:D

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Well I used to be quite adept in that department and have never had on in mi life, nor a Kebab, well not on the way home anyway:D:D

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It all started with sliced bread:cool:

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It all started when folk expected other people to make their bread.

:D

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Or have their cake and eat it:D

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Its the ready mashed potato that really gets me..... Ffs who can't boil and mash some spuds!

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Roast spuds too...Yorkshire Puddings....what is so hard about making these simple foods?

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Mrs 2qec buys ready-grated cheese, because....."it's so convenient" !!

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Somebody would make a fortune, if they manufactured ready chewed food.

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Ready grated mature cheese is sometimes cheaper than blocks when on offer.

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ME (haha). I always have a bag of these plus roast potatoes in the freezer. The reason been: i have arthritis in both hands and if i'm having a bad day they come in handy in an emergancy.

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I'm sure it would be much cheaper to make your own on a good day and then freeze them??:D:D
I would much sooner do that than give supermarkets any more than i have too. :mad:

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That doesn't work.

When you try to freeze roast spuds at home.

Even just reheated they're horrid, and soft.

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Easy to say when you don't have Arthritis in both hands.I go for the frozen chip option.Costs less than 10p a portion and no waste.:tongueout:D:D

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I struggle to hold a potato while I peel it due to 2 numb fingers on each hand, so I rarely eat them. I wont buy ready prepared because they aren't available as 'organic' - I'd rather do without than eat pesticides.

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I believe you can get Organic Pesticides now:)

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i have oven chips and roast spuds in the freezer ... mainly because its easier, not allowed a chip pan .. and its easier ... for a change i sometimes get the colcannon from M&S ... because its a change and buying a cabbage when i wont eat the rest of it is a waste ...

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The only easy thing I have in the freezer are Aunt Bessies Yorkshire puds, that's only because my other half is coeliac, and can't make them with her floor

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aunt bessies mash is ok ..... for a quick tea and sometimes cheaper than buying spuds to make your own....

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Who the hell is Aunt Bessie:confused:

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Its Mr Kipling's Auntie, Eric, he makes the cakes she does the Yorkshire puddings and other things:D

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Sounds like a verstile broad.:D

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She doesn't exist It was just a marketing ploy to fool idiots and It would appear It Is working,Unlike Colonel Sanders who did exist.But still manages to fool people.:eek:

Or Is It Saunders?:egged:

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i wonder if she is realted to Aunt Jemima:confused:

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Not sure but she did live next door to Alice.:tongueout:D:D

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Bet things were a bit Smokey round there Beni:D

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'Twas indeed,Got worse when Sylvia's mother turned up.:theband:

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Bet she'd been to see Dr Hook and his medics Beni;):D

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Did Sylvia ever come back - just wondering cus that phone call cost me a fortune

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Well seeing as she's only round the corner I'd say yes ! Yes, we are becoming bone idle ! :D ;)

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Nah, she's gettin' wasted at the Silver Dollar:rolleyes::D

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Don't know the Silver Dollar, but I do know the Silver buckle in Medicine Hat. ;) :D

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There are probably only two of us on here who have been to The Hat:D Maybe only two of us who have heard of it.:eek:

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Not so sure about that Eric, any ex Squaddie who did Canada, more than likely spent some "Quality time!" :D In the Hat in particular the Sin-Bin (Assiniboia Hotel), Cheetas, the Silver Buckle, a little backstreet pub the Sun ? (by a railway) & at a push the Ming tree. Happy, Happy days ! :s_aim1:

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Tabernac' ... I'd forgotten all about CFB Suffield.:o:D

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The local RCMP certainly didn't & after some more thought I believe the Pub I put down as the Sun was in fact called the Corona & it had a shower on the stage ! ;)