2 lemons 1 blood orange and a cabbage

[Dislocatedeyeballs]

How much should that be?

£1.30

If there is a prize going may I claim some of it as an early 1.20-1.50 guesser. No matter either way - I feel quite a sense of achievement and the way this lockdown is going that is saying something

£3.

Green grocers are better quality as its fresher than the supermarket. However they can never be as cheap as the supermarket. Supermarkets get big discounts due to the large volume they order.

Do blood oranges actually taste any different from normal oranges?

It's a bargain if the cabbage is the size of George Clarke's head.

Are you a green grocer standing at your broken till with a very impatient customer, standing there sighing heavily, while you try and come up with the total?

At the local grocer stand (with honestly box rather than till) about 2.50.

Slightly less in Tesco.

@HeronLanyon

‘Cabbage said is it bitter out then?’ Or ‘Cabbage said ‘where’s Pam then?’

Pam st Clements.

It would be around £2.50 at Asda, although it would get you 4 lemons as they only do 4 packs, and they don't sell blood oranges only non-fancy normal ones. So actually I don't think £3.50 is too bad although I would want it to be excellent quality for that.

I would shop in a local greengrocers if they were better quality than the supermarket, if we actually had one where I live.

Well I paid €16 for a cauliflower, two biscuits and two pounds of sausages today at a fancy farm shop, so I’m probably not a good person to ask 😵

Ihopeyourcakeisshit

Always one? Yes and today it was me. Your response is equally sneery I think.

But have a smile instead of an eye roll. .

The Keating Five "reassuringly expensive" or "don't ever let me go there again!" ?

The latter. I’ve banned myself.

Was it a very big cauliflower perhaps?

Whose farm was it - prince Charles’?

Bog standard cauliflower.

Presumably it will taste exquisite though 😆

I’m having it tonight so I’ll find out.

Whose farm was it - prince Charles’?

One of those jumped up beyond belief places.

But more fool me, I should have put them back and braved the shame.

I disagree it was equally sneery.
I'll raise you a in the spirit of peace however.

Mum had a £50 scone in the freezer for years.

She had just been to the bakery and bought a scone - she got to the corner and realised that she had dropped a £50 note from her pocket in the 20 feet or so from the shop, and the only other person there was a very cheery street sweeper (no wonder).

So she marked it up to bad luck and kept the scone in the freezer (and showed everyone ‘want to see a £50 scone?’).

I think we threw it out when she died.

Your poor mum.

But the keeping of the scone as a relic made me laugh, so thanks.

Less than £2.

I was looking at having a veg box delivered. But when I looked at the prices it was ridiculous. £2.50 for 2 peppers. The large veg box was £25 and had some root veg in and certainly not enough to be a weeks worth for us.

Every year I make a resolution to shop locally and more sustainably, use the butchers and fishmongers etc. But then I look at the prices and realise my shopping bill would double.

This reminds me of our Christmas veg shopping (at the small farmshop)

1kg carrots
1kg parsnips
3 kgs of spuds
A stalk of sprouts
A crusty loaf

£13.60