I don’t really have a particular subject for today’s
musings. Thought I’d just ramble on a
bit and see what comes out. My last
blog, just over a month ago, was to summarise how I was doing against my
targets for not-wasting-money. Curiously,
that particular blog was read my more people than any of my other blogs. It didn’t result in any more followers – I think
those that found the blog through the title “Confession time”, were, perhaps, a
little disappointed with the content? What
sort of a world is it when you have to put something in the title that makes
them think they are going to find something titillating? I guess I will just have to put suggestive
titles on all my blogs in future to get some “traffic”.
So, here we are, in March already. It’s pancake day, and Spring is just around
the corner. We seem to have got through
winter without having any school closures due to snow, although with the crazy
weather we have in this country, I wouldn’t be surprised if we got snow in June
this year!
I thought I would just
comment on something that was on the news this morning about the number of
people that buy ready-made pancake mixes – ie you add water and mix your
batter. I am definitely one of the people
at whom these sort of products are aimed – short of time, not that confident in
the kitchen and happy to pay a premium for things that will make life easier; but
even I will be mixing up my flour, eggs and milk in a bowl in little more than
the time it would take to open a packet of mix.
I could understand buying the ready-made whole pancakes, as that saves
the hassle of trying to cook the damn things without having a soggy pile of
batter bits in the pan and a pile of washing up, but the mixing up in a bowl is
surely the EASY bit?
I suppose I could
ask why people are willing to pay through the nose for a small bag of ready
peeled and chopped onions/peppers/etc, which cost about 5 times the amount of
the equivalent unpeeled article, however I am most definitely guilty of buying
these!
