Get down the supermarket fast!

I've got to go to the shops today. Better still have some food left, got nothing else in the house to eat. Should be ok on the icy roads got my winter tyres on.

No kidding mate, people panic buy in these conditions, then throw the stuff away when the weather turns later, then buy fresh again.
Meanwhile other who buy as they normally do go short.

M & S have run out of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

my village is fill of old pensioners there's hundreds of them, better get on my way I think. Thanks for the advice.

Does this apply to hash browns? There'd better be hash browns

If Fortnums run out of foie gras I'm going to be seriously bloody unimpressed.

Johnny

Stopped for fuel ar Tesco Express and went in for some fruit, milk and vino, and there was sod all left,
and, didn't need any, but the bread aisle was cleared out!

johnny -

That reminds me. The brie skecth from Aga Saga Lady.

https://youtu.be/3QrEsLwMPWI

BREAD IS THE DEVIL'S SPAWN!!!

don't know why people buy the cardboard tasting stuff and it full of bad carbs - it is all processed yuk!!

just saying

happy christmas everyone  -  I think!!

Agree with moisok, white bread is pretty awful.

As it happens, it was all the white bread that had gone, except for one loaf of Warburtons "Toastie, which must be the worst bread ever!

Same with my local Tescos no bread in there either, not even any Toasties. Fruit had just about all gone but did managed to get the last 2 mangos so not a wasted journey.

M & S Update

No chicken now

Better go to KFC

I eat Burgen bread now because it's 11.8g of carbs per slice. Don't know if it's any healthier other than less carbs but I like it.

"Our Soya & Linseed bread is packed with great-tasting natural seeds and grains. It's also rich in fibre and calcium and a great source of essential plant-based Omega-3 alpha linolenic acid which helps to maintain healthy levels of cholesterol.

Just two slices provide 30% of your Reference Intake of calcium and 100% of the Recommended Daily Intake for Omega-3 (ALA)."

So they say.

Mar 2, 2018 -- 1:39PM, moisok wrote:

BREAD IS THE DEVIL'S SPAWN!!!don't know why people buy the cardboard tasting stuff and it full of bad carbs - it is all processed yuk!!just sayinghappy christmas everyone  -  I think!!

Now now ,that's a bit strong old chap .Bread is full of stuff that due to a labeling law discrepancy producers are allowed to play fast and loose with  ingredients and processes ,it's misleading and needs addressed .Food stuff labels on basic stuff like Bread should be clear to the consumer to understand what is in it ,what processes the ingredients have went through in easy to understand language .                                                                                                                               
The situation
We believe that people have the right to make as fully-informed choices as possible about the food they eat. There are three key points of law that hinder people in Britain in obtaining full information about the loaves they buy:
If an artificial additive is deemed to be a 'processing aid' it does not have to be declared on an ingredients list.
Retailers of unwrapped loaves (eg supermarket in-store bakeries and loaf tanning salons) are not required to display ingredients lists at all.
There are no legal definitions for terms commonly used in loaf marketing, including 'fresh' (or 'freshly baked'), 'sourdough', 'wholegrain', 'artisan' and 'craft.'
The problems
Not all loaves are created equal.
Though some of the differences between and industrial loaf and Real Bread are obvious, the loopholes in legislation around unwrapped loaves (such as those sold by supermarket in-store bakeries) means that shoppers may be led to make like-for-like comparisons, unaware of differences in production methods.
One or more of the following could apply to a supermarket in-store bakery (or should that be 'loaf shop'?) loaf:
Made using a number of processing aids and other artificial additives.
Baked at sometime in the past at an industrial unit a long diesel-consuming way down a motorway from your local employment opportunities.
Rebaked in the supermarket's 'loaf tanning salon', thereby requiring around twice as much energy as an equivalent once-baked loaf, and staling faster than a genuinely fresh loaf.
Produced from start to finish by a machine (such as the Genesis) not by a skilled baker employed from within anyone's local community.
That loaf could even be marketed as 'freshly baked artisan sourdough'.
But without the supermarket being required to say so, a shopper would be forgiven for making a like-for-like comparison with a loaf of Real Bread from a local independent bakery, which creates skilled jobs for local people making genuinely freshly baked bread without the use of artificial additives.                                                                                                                   That's lifted from sustainweb.org ,campaign for an honest crust ,peeps need tae know  aboot this stuff .

On the subject of bread, anyone who feels they're sensitive to wheat and decides to exclude wheat for a week then reintroduce it to see if they react.
Should not use bread for the test but something like shredded wheat which comes without additives.
It could well be the additives they react to and not wheat.

BREADANDBUTTER

no sorry I know I am right - it is the 'processed' ingredients you need to look for and flour is one of the main culprits - so much is processed - ready meals cakes etc etc etc


most of it is not needed but modern business is taking the p..s  and the profits

Fibre is removed and sugar is added, it's not regular food anymore.

Straight away they take the healthy bit out and replace it with something that does you harm.
That's before they add all the other stuff to extend the shelf life and God knows what else.

My son is snowed in. Unable to get his car out of his drive plus his street and the adjoining one are unpassable.
Spoke on the phone, he's got plenty of beer in so not that worried.
Makes sense in some of the smaller places to have got in extra shopping.

I wonder if the Ethiopians will stage a concert and raise some money for us poor souls in our hour of need, horrible reports coming in that some people in the UK have gone without toast for more than 24hrs

and   CLARET!!!!!