It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

Toonie

I'm not fond of custard or cream (though I love a custard cream biscuit!), so will quite happily eat most puddings as they come. Sometimes I might have a little ice cream with a crumble, but most of the time I'm quite happy with it as it is. This is making me want to make a pudding for tonight. I've no fresh fruit apart from grapes, but I do have some tinned peaches. So might make up some sponge cake and pour over the peaches and bake in a pyrex dish in the air fryer. It will go nicely after the stew and dumplings from the slow cooker.

GillyLucy

Sometimes I find clotted cream on the reduced shelf in the supermarket which is my absolute favourite pudding topping.

Wednesday2000

Not a hat, but I took the rubbish and recycling outside early this morning and I could not warm up afterwards indoors. I put a man's XL hoodie on that I bought from a charity shop and put the hood up as well and it did help.

I am getting my husband to buy mince pies today as you all keep going on about puddings! I saw them by the till at Coop yesterday, but I had just paid for what I was buying and there was a queue behind me. I don't even really like them, but I do have some custard in the fridge and it is the time of year.

Auti

Wednesday2000 said:

Not a hat, but I took the rubbish and recycling outside early this morning and I could not warm up afterwards indoors. I put a man's XL hoodie on that I bought from a charity shop and put the hood up as well and it did help.

I am getting my husband to buy mince pies today as you all keep going on about puddings! I saw them by the till at Coop yesterday, but I had just paid for what I was buying and there was a queue behind me. I don't even really like them, but I do have some custard in the fridge and it is the time of year.

Mentioning getting hoodie from charity shop - I saw one that the lady had just put on a rack, it was just a large mans  jumper in hoodie fabric and was not new or as new so I went to buy it (I get cold indoors so would be ideal) but looked at price and they wanted £8.50 - way beyond my means. Has anyone else found the charity shops have put their prices up markedly - clothing now for grown ups is expensive (to me) where I live and it is only in a seaside, not affluent town.

Wednesday2000

Auti said:

Mentioning getting hoodie from charity shop - I saw one that the lady had just put on a rack, it was just a large mans  jumper in hoodie fabric and was not new or as new so I went to buy it (I get cold indoors so would be ideal) but looked at price and they wanted £8.50 - way beyond my means. Has anyone else found the charity shops have put their prices up markedly - clothing now for grown ups is expensive (to me) where I live and it is only in a seaside, not affluent town.

I have some expensive shops near me, but then a couple that are surprisingly reasonable. I think I paid about £3 or £4 for this hoodie. The hood is good even when not up as it keeps my neck warm so I don't need a scarf.

EssexHebridean

YoungBlueEyes said:

Gawd that should have said spawn! No more appetising but still. Sorry @elsien 🫢

The original comment made me snort with laughter - this has just reduced me to a complete mess of giggles though! Classic! 

Custard is awesome though! Custard creams are vile though - well, the ordinary "buy in a packet ones" are - These, however, are a different beast entirely... https://bakingwithgranny.co.uk/recipe/custard-creams/

RobM99

*buys custard

RobM99

"Ice cream or cream or plain naked."

Not in this weather!

YoungBlueEyes

I don’t know where my phone goes when I’m not looking that it’s picking up bad language…. Himself will be questioned when he gets in from work 😆

Katiehound

charity shop prices have crept up a bit- in the main 

Sue Ryder still has clothes @ £1. if you go in there on a Monday morning the rails look very bare! Cheapest round here.