Plague 19

So lets talk about the weird world of shopping . The fact we are not going anywhere means he had a bit of money in the bank , so yesterday he got all excited because hed had an email from our oil suppliers telling us 500 litres could be had for a grand total of  £115  , last year we bought early and got the same amount for £270 which left us broke for 2 months and at the time that was a good price ,we havent had a bad winter so we used about half of that . He asked if we had anything else urgent and theres nothing outstanding on the list , so he bought the oil .  At least no fishing has been good for something as i dread the winters .
I did the fresh stuff run yesterday down to the coop , for bread and bits , still gaping holes in the shelfs though they had a miracle,  toilet rolls which at £9 a pack they can keep . I think the problem we have is that the few shops we have are geared towards tourists , theres endless chillers of sandwiches , which ive bought quite a lot of for pennies the cheese ones go in the freezer then in the sandwich maker to have with soup , another old chap had got a basket full i noticed . Theyve had another wine delivery so the pensioners are all walking around clanking , good job theyre not limited to 2 , i think that would cause a wrinkly riot , oddly theres a shortage of cleaning stuff , but ive tons in so not a problem . To get half thats on your list you also have to pop into Sainsburys local they seem to have different shortages , hardly any meat but this week we have bacon !! they dont have veg but tons of salad , they also had pasta which people were getting excited over . We have barely touched pasta since daughter and grandson left .
Oddly since all this kicked off ive noticed that , ive far to much rice , himself not been to keen ,i was crafty with this and got the rice thats vacuum sealed so nearly bleedin immortal ,  i dont need so many tinned tomatoes , id already given daughter a load before the event , I need to amass a bit more of a selection of some packet mixes , yes i have all the spices but his lordship gets more picky by the day.  I do need to stock up on tinned mushrooms , we have mowed through them, i still have plenty of bread making stuff and gram flour . I do think that investing in another bulk purchase of dried onions is a good idea and ive run out of dried egg that nobody noticed was dry when i scrambled it .
On a plus note theres quite a few bargains to be had on stuff that was doubtless produced for the hotel and catering trade , Wensleydale Creamery has big catering blocks of good cheese at a very reasonable price , cheese freezes but this is properly aged cheese so it keeps anyway and it maintains its flavour when cooked , something the likes of Cathedral City has never mastered .