I've no idea what a peck is, or a bushel for that matter. A peck is a small kiss as far as I know. And neither pecks nor peppers bear any relevance to this post. Pickles, on the other hand is what we're talking today!
In particular, I'm referring to difficulties in sourcing these:
And this:
As Christmas approaches.
Fuck, they're only pickles, Tina. Get a grip woman!
Fuck right off, they are NOT "only pickles", they are Hayward's pickles and they are absolutely essential for my happiness. Without them, the Boxing Day running buffet might as well be a, oh it's too horrible to even contemplate.
I've been known to be running around on 23rd of December, desperately trying to find these things. So, lesson learnt, I try to get hold of big, massive jars of both the mixed pickles and the piccalilli well in advance of the Christmas period. Alas, this year, I was
far
too
late...
Visiting Tesco on Friday night, I was outraged by the absence of Hayward's piccalilli and the their stocking of only the measly 460g jars of the mixed pickles. I scoffed! There was no way they were having my pickle pounds if they couldn't have the common courtesy to stock the pickles that I wanted in the size that I wanted.
So I tried to get into the psyche of the retailers and came to the conclusion that the more scummier ones would supply pickles worthy of the name "pickles". I headed to Morrisons, sure that they'd have shelf upon shelf of delicious vegetable and vinegar-based products. Shocked and a-fucking-palled! They had only their own brand of piccalilli (as if anybody would!) and about three metres of shelf space covering all the varieties of pickled onions under the sun. They even had about a metre of shelf space for olives (olives, in Morrisons, in SWINTON!). But no mixed pickles of any description.
I almost fainted.
Determined to be successful in my quest, I found myself in Sainsbury's who, thankfully, stocked both the piccalilli and the mixed pickles (small jars only), but also large jars of tangy pickled silverskin onions. I couldn't bare/bear the thought of fighting with all the fucking mongs who frequent Asda, nor could I risk that pile of crap shop not stocking them either, so I cut my losses and bought them at Sainsbugs. I had no choice, for all I know, that valuable shelf space will be given over to yet MORE mince pies and assorted glittery crap next time I go there.
It's fucking bollocks, the way you can't get what you want at this time of year, but there's so much utter shite available that always ends up producing the biggest "reduced to clear" pile come January. You never see Hayward's mixed pickles with a reduced to clear sticker on, do you?
I need to get it in my diary for next October: "31st October, 2006 - have you bought your pickles yet?"
Fuck, they're only pickles, Tina. Get a grip woman!
Fuck right off, they are NOT "only pickles", they are Hayward's pickles and they are absolutely essential for my happiness. Without them, the Boxing Day running buffet might as well be a, oh it's too horrible to even contemplate.
I've been known to be running around on 23rd of December, desperately trying to find these things. So, lesson learnt, I try to get hold of big, massive jars of both the mixed pickles and the piccalilli well in advance of the Christmas period. Alas, this year, I was
far
too
late...
Visiting Tesco on Friday night, I was outraged by the absence of Hayward's piccalilli and the their stocking of only the measly 460g jars of the mixed pickles. I scoffed! There was no way they were having my pickle pounds if they couldn't have the common courtesy to stock the pickles that I wanted in the size that I wanted.
So I tried to get into the psyche of the retailers and came to the conclusion that the more scummier ones would supply pickles worthy of the name "pickles". I headed to Morrisons, sure that they'd have shelf upon shelf of delicious vegetable and vinegar-based products. Shocked and a-fucking-palled! They had only their own brand of piccalilli (as if anybody would!) and about three metres of shelf space covering all the varieties of pickled onions under the sun. They even had about a metre of shelf space for olives (olives, in Morrisons, in SWINTON!). But no mixed pickles of any description.
I almost fainted.
Determined to be successful in my quest, I found myself in Sainsbury's who, thankfully, stocked both the piccalilli and the mixed pickles (small jars only), but also large jars of tangy pickled silverskin onions. I couldn't bare/bear the thought of fighting with all the fucking mongs who frequent Asda, nor could I risk that pile of crap shop not stocking them either, so I cut my losses and bought them at Sainsbugs. I had no choice, for all I know, that valuable shelf space will be given over to yet MORE mince pies and assorted glittery crap next time I go there.
It's fucking bollocks, the way you can't get what you want at this time of year, but there's so much utter shite available that always ends up producing the biggest "reduced to clear" pile come January. You never see Hayward's mixed pickles with a reduced to clear sticker on, do you?
I need to get it in my diary for next October: "31st October, 2006 - have you bought your pickles yet?"
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