Artisan my arse.

Artisan. Let's consider this word. It's a new word in recent times to be used for daylight robbery.

Duck Turpin is wearing a flour encrusted pinny these days. He's very clever. Take some flour. Add some yeast, a slosh of beer, salt, knead, prove, knock it back, shape, slash, glaze sprinkle on some oats/seeds/mouse droppings/etc bake, done. ( Rather Gordon Ramseyesque there I thought. )
Oh and then give it a swanky pants name
Ye olde fashionde brewerye loafe and you can charge anywhere from £3 -£5 for it.

Bake it and they will spend!

Well not me thank you very much. It is a RIP OFF! £2 a small bloomer they charge on the Farmer's Market. There's another
way of getting people to pay thrice the price for stuff.

The way stupid people are parted from their money amazes me.

Green grocers - carrots, 10p per kg

Farmers Market - field grown orange root vegetables, plucked from the earth £4 per kg

What sane person will pay a tenner for a jar of jam just because the label says someone's granny made it in her homely kitchen?? I'll tell you who, the same person who spent a months mortgage on the wholemeal oven baked loaf of cobblers for their toast.

Fools.

Take yesterday for instance. I went into an Artisan bread shop. It stank. The overwhelming stench of brewers yeast was horrible. They were selling quarter loaves of sourdough bread for £2.50 each!
They had Jewish loaves ( that looked nothing like the authentic ones I've seen, oaty loaves, wheat loaves ( JHC ) wheat loaves -I ask you!! ,
They probably could have sold playdoh loaves and not one of their poncy customers will have noticed.

Nothing was under £2.50

I'd gone in with the intention of buying something. The family wanted something to eat, we'd been out longer than I thought and up in the Lakes sometimes you are limited. We'd stopped at a place to look at a cycle warehouse.

I bought a coconut jam slice and two pieces of flapjack. Have a guess how much. The winner will get nothing but the smug feeling of being right! Off you go. Guess away!

Not me. Not bloody likely.

Well, it's 2013!

First post of the new year. I don't do resolutions or reviews.

Um. Well what have I to write about?!

Today is Wednesday. I go back to work on Monday. I have much sorting out to do before then. One thing I did just do was empty my handbag. I'm not a really 'baggy' girl to be honest but I'd amassed a heap of crud in there.
Out went ancient receipts. I sorted my purse too. I had £40.63 in it. I am going to see how long I can eek this out! With two teenagers in the house prob not long! As you know that £40 will go the first time I go to buy milk!

But let's see! I have a fully stocked freezer, bread flour and yeast in. 1/4 sack of spuds. I'm thinking it'll last me till next week! ( School = bus fares for the teenager ) bloody kids!

How much is in your purse? And what's it for?? What an incredibly vulgar question!!! I'm laughing out loud at my impertinence! Go on... Tell me!! Do I have any wealthy blogging chums?!!!

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