Just to clarify, I wasn't really complaining yesterday about the Council photocopying ALL of my paperwork and the forms.....I was merely bemused and surprised at it taking such a brief few minutes after all the time it took me to do it, it just seemed so ironic! Oh, and the waste of paper, when we're all supposed to be saving the planet and the Council are on the verge of bankruptcy. And yes I will be keeping all the paperwork, in case they lose everything - I don't have a lot of faith in bureaucracy nowadays. If I was being really cynical 😉 I would say it wouldn't surprise me at all if they did 'lose' it - any delay would suit their purposes with their current economic problems. So I am glad/relieved that it's all done and handed in....now we just have to wait (4-6 weeks apparently) for their decision. I won't be very happy if we're refused, after all that work, but if that turns out to be their decision, so be it.
A couple of weeks back, the last time I went shopping, I'd bought a 2.5 kg bag of potatoes, Maris Pipers, I'd opened the bag and emptied it into my veg box outside in the car port, covering the spuds over with tea towels to keep them dry and out of the light. I'd finished up the last of the previous potatoes at the weekend, so started on the newest ones yesterday, I took 3 of them out of the box to cook for mash. All 3 of them were covered in black marks under the skin (so couldn't be seen until peeled) - frost marks I presume, I had to cut a lot off. I'm guessing the whole bag will be like it, so today I shall peel and cook all of them, just in case they all go off, don't want to waste a bag of food. Husband said we should take them back to the shop, but that involves getting in the car and driving there, using fuel - we don't need to go into town for anything else right now so it's a waste of fuel and time. It's not the shop's fault anyway, they're not to know the spuds were like that. Not the farmer's fault either I don't suppose (they can't control the weather), just one of those unfortunate things.
The promised sunshine didn't happen yesterday, it became very grey and dismal and I felt cold and shivery so the weeding didn't get done. I'll try and do it today, before the forecast rain and gusty winds start.
Jackie, thank you for the explanation of your two family dishes.
Oh, you cynic! Mind you, I've learnt the hard way, to keep paperwork. So much easier, if things do go astray.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about the potatoes. Like you say, they've probably been frosted. A good idea to cook and freeze them all, though. They're not going to improve with keeping, are they! xx
Ours have been like that for at least a year. They have easily lasted all week. We also assume growing conditions. Cold, rain, super dry.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the result of blight, that's how they go, so annoying. It might have been worth the phoning the shop, supermarkets will usually take your detains and you can be refunded.
ReplyDeleteI'm never buying spuds again. My home grown ones have been lovely and I just harvested a few at a time
ReplyDeleteI always keep a copy of everything I hand over to agencies. They are notorious for losing things.
ReplyDeleteGlad you got things done!
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Donna
our potatoes are often like that even though they are baking potatoes
ReplyDeleteYep, I have had that happen to potatoes as well. Not sure if it is frost or something else.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
How annoying but, as you say, no-one's fault. xx
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