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[GillyBee]

The oil solidifies and looks a lot like butter once it is frozen but harder. I can turn them out into a freezer bag and they will stay as separate lumps.

[jennyjj01]

The oil solidifies and looks a lot like butter once it is frozen but harder. I can turn them out into a freezer bag and they will stay as separate lumps.

Thanks. I'll give that a try. I don't use ice cube trays (when freezing ginger and garlic pastes). I save as a slab, pre-scored like a bar of chocolate just before it sets hard. If the oliveoil sets, I guess the same would work.

[steptoe]

Well went in farmfood today and holy mollie , 15 eggs with feb1st display and use by 8th were £2.50 and that is a joke they use to be .99p or 2 lots fo £1.50 so i guess eggs are going to be in short supply , good job i have 5 kg of powdered whole egg hehee in small portions in mylar bags hehehe.

I knew i was a boy scout for a reason

I will say i got some tined chicken the small tins for .99p a tinn so grabbed 20 and some of the pear shaped ham as i call it so i think we could now manage may be a couple of years meat and veg and pasta and rice woo hoo we are slowly getting to the point i can nearly say s0d the world , we will need fresh stuff but should be able to grow most this yera health permitting lol got a great doc here have some more pain medication lol.

Ok well if you use farmfoods look round there are bargains in there

[jansman]

Well went in farmfood today and holy mollie , 15 eggs with feb1st display and use by 8th were £2.50 and that is a joke they use to be .99p or 2 lots fo £1.50 so i guess eggs are going to be in short supply , good job i have 5 kg of powdered whole egg hehee in small portions in mylar bags hehehe.

I knew i was a boy scout for a reason

I will say i got some tined chicken the small tins for .99p a tinn so grabbed 20 and some of the pear shaped ham as i call it so i think we could now manage may be a couple of years meat and veg and pasta and rice woo hoo we are slowly getting to the point i can nearly say s0d the world , we will need fresh stuff but should be able to grow most this yera health permitting lol got a great doc here have some more pain medication lol.

Ok well if you use farmfoods look round there are bargains in there

The cost of poultry feed is enough reason for the cost of eggs. Still good value in my opinion.

[steptoe]

Well went in farmfood today and holy mollie , 15 eggs with feb1st display and use by 8th were £2.50 and that is a joke they use to be .99p or 2 lots fo £1.50 so i guess eggs are going to be in short supply , good job i have 5 kg of powdered whole egg hehee in small portions in mylar bags hehehe.

I knew i was a boy scout for a reason

I will say i got some tined chicken the small tins for .99p a tinn so grabbed 20 and some of the pear shaped ham as i call it so i think we could now manage may be a couple of years meat and veg and pasta and rice woo hoo we are slowly getting to the point i can nearly say s0d the world , we will need fresh stuff but should be able to grow most this yera health permitting lol got a great doc here have some more pain medication lol.

Ok well if you use farmfoods look round there are bargains in there

The cost of poultry feed is enough reason for the cost of eggs. Still good value in my opinion.

Wow have feed cost gone up that much , i know but makes you wonder where all this price increasing will stop , i have always said we should all try and buy local back in hertfordshire it was easy for us but where we are now to get local eggs we need to drive to penkridge a fair hike out , i would rather buy from the egg supplier direct as well , but the main point is that the eggs are todays display date and use by 8th which was also a major surprise with the guy saying they are the best dates they have had in a while .

I know in winter eggs always use to go up in the battery hen game i use to helkp on a farm in the 70's and 80's and winter was when eggs went up because of the heat and lights being on , i guess we will all have ot get use to paying extra

[jansman]

Well went in farmfood today and holy mollie , 15 eggs with feb1st display and use by 8th were £2.50 and that is a joke they use to be .99p or 2 lots fo £1.50 so i guess eggs are going to be in short supply , good job i have 5 kg of powdered whole egg hehee in small portions in mylar bags hehehe.

I knew i was a boy scout for a reason

I will say i got some tined chicken the small tins for .99p a tinn so grabbed 20 and some of the pear shaped ham as i call it so i think we could now manage may be a couple of years meat and veg and pasta and rice woo hoo we are slowly getting to the point i can nearly say s0d the world , we will need fresh stuff but should be able to grow most this yera health permitting lol got a great doc here have some more pain medication lol.

Ok well if you use farmfoods look round there are bargains in there

The cost of poultry feed is enough reason for the cost of eggs. Still good value in my opinion.

Wow have feed cost gone up that much , i know but makes you wonder where all this price increasing will stop , i have always said we should all try and buy local back in hertfordshire it was easy for us but where we are now to get local eggs we need to drive to penkridge a fair hike out , i would rather buy from the egg supplier direct as well , but the main point is that the eggs are todays display date and use by 8th which was also a major surprise with the guy saying they are the best dates they have had in a while .

I know in winter eggs always use to go up in the battery hen game i use to helkp on a farm in the 70's and 80's and winter was when eggs went up because of the heat and lights being on , i guess we will all have ot get use to paying extra

A 20 kg sack of feed was £8.50 for years. Then it hit 10,11. And finally 12.50 inside two months! Straw is up, sawdust and other bits and pieces ( grit for one) . Put that on scale,then a farmer needs a fortune! We haven’t talked of employees! So a couple of quid for a dozen eggs is cheap! My fowls have had to go since I was told I was ill !

[ForgeCorvus]

Our problem isn't the price, its finding them ATM

[steptoe]

Our problem isn't the price, its finding them ATM

wow where are you our stores have load i mean pallet loads .

@jansman i do understand mate just never knew it all went up so much , when i use to keep the parrots and parrakeets it was a pricey game to play in but then i had money so to speak , oyster shell grit was a price back then the same was with millet sprays for years they came by the box for around £15 and then a year later the priced jumped to over £40 a box no reason but again like i say i kept mine for fun but i did a lot of work for a lady who kept all rare breeds of chickens and quails she use to breed so many to sell to cover her hobby , some of the chickens with huge feathery legs omg and some with quiff heads lol i saw some funnies but like she use to say they re like her children and she just wanted to keep the strains going .
I do feel for farmers but i have worked for a few over the years and you do get the true farmer then you get the farmer who cries i have nothing but yet well i will not get in to that but they are not what i call farmers they are people wanting to make huge sums for little out lay

[jansman]

Our problem isn't the price, its finding them ATM

wow where are you our stores have load i mean pallet loads .

@jansman i do understand mate just never knew it all went up so much , when i use to keep the parrots and parrakeets it was a pricey game to play in but then i had money so to speak , oyster shell grit was a price back then the same was with millet sprays for years they came by the box for around £15 and then a year later the priced jumped to over £40 a box no reason but again like i say i kept mine for fun but i did a lot of work for a lady who kept all rare breeds of chickens and quails she use to breed so many to sell to cover her hobby , some of the chickens with huge feathery legs omg and some with quiff heads lol i saw some funnies but like she use to say they re like her children and she just wanted to keep the strains going .
I do feel for farmers but i have worked for a few over the years and you do get the true farmer then you get the farmer who cries i have nothing but yet well i will not get in to that but they are not what i call farmers they are people wanting to make huge sums for little out lay

I currently still keep cockatiels,and had to pick up feed yesterday. Boy,that’s up £2 kg since I bought two months ago! Just listened to R4 Farming Today. Fruit farmer in Kent ( Gala apples ,Conference Pears) has cancelled 75,000 sapling trees. Cannot make money,as the supermarkets won’t pay a simple 10p per pack increase! Therefore the majority will come half way round the world from New Zealand! Eggs are the same.

[steptoe]

Our problem isn't the price, its finding them ATM

wow where are you our stores have load i mean pallet loads .

@jansman i do understand mate just never knew it all went up so much , when i use to keep the parrots and parrakeets it was a pricey game to play in but then i had money so to speak , oyster shell grit was a price back then the same was with millet sprays for years they came by the box for around £15 and then a year later the priced jumped to over £40 a box no reason but again like i say i kept mine for fun but i did a lot of work for a lady who kept all rare breeds of chickens and quails she use to breed so many to sell to cover her hobby , some of the chickens with huge feathery legs omg and some with quiff heads lol i saw some funnies but like she use to say they re like her children and she just wanted to keep the strains going .
I do feel for farmers but i have worked for a few over the years and you do get the true farmer then you get the farmer who cries i have nothing but yet well i will not get in to that but they are not what i call farmers they are people wanting to make huge sums for little out lay

I currently still keep cockatiels,and had to pick up feed yesterday. Boy,that’s up £2 kg since I bought two months ago! Just listened to R4 Farming Today. Fruit farmer in Kent ( Gala apples ,Conference Pears) has cancelled 75,000 sapling trees. Cannot make money,as the supermarkets won’t pay a simple 10p per pack increase! Therefore the majority will come half way round the world from New Zealand! Eggs are the same.

You so right mate , that is what annoys me we all need to get back to buying local if we can , see farmfoods eggs are not from british farms either i think i forget now as do not have any packets of the eggs in but i am sure they are EU that is what annoys me , like you say pears and apples we should be eating our own produce inthe UK but our good quality food gets sold over seas and we then impost rubbish back .

I would love to use the local farmer for milk but to be honest we use cravendale these days as we find it keeps the longest and as we do not use much as i am not meant to have milk lol but in a tea you got to have real milk all the nut milks and soay rubbish just do not cut it in tea .