bucket Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 My day features my first Jersey royals this year!!.....yum!.....simply boiled just perfect then served with sea salt and butter......and only a million pounds for a small bag! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnut Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 51 minutes ago, bucket said: and only a million pounds for a small bag! grow your own in an old compost bag. you can get 4 potatoes in and you get many, many more out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrumpyCheddar Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 2 hours ago, bucket said: My day features my first Jersey royals this year!!.....yum!.....simply boiled just perfect then served with sea salt and butter......and only a million pounds for a small bag! I was lucky a few years ago when I was out in Jersey I brought back some JR seed potatoes 🥔 from a grower out there who I know . Planted them had a lovely crop from them only problem they didn’t taste the same.. was missing the sea air the granite soil and the sea weed kelp. That’s what the secret is of them 👍 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucket Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Absolutely right ScrumpyCheddar, if they aren't grown on Jersey they just don't taste the same. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 I've not seen any JR this year.Dont know what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Somehow I don’t think JR’s taste as good as they did when I was younger. I bet the farmers don’t go to the trouble of using seaweed as a mulch nowadays. That would be too much like hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 40 minutes ago, YnysMon said: I bet the farmers don’t go to the trouble of using seaweed as a mulch nowadays. That would be too much like hard work. Too much like hard work or a luxury that the UK supermarkets believe we don't want to pay for? Most of the food choices made for us by the supermarkets are actually about them making extra profit at the expense of their suppliers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnut Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 1 hour ago, bucket said: Absolutely right ScrumpyCheddar, if they aren't grown on Jersey they just don't taste the same. And that’s right legally as well, for the crop and the seed potatoes. They can’t be called jersey royals. So ‘jersey royal’ seed potatoes in garden centres over here come under the less romantic name of ‘international kidney’. If you feed them with liquid seaweed, which I can’t for the life of me remember what it’s sold as by ‘gardening naturally’, they taste pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, kpnut said: If you feed them with liquid seaweed, which I can’t for the life of me remember what it’s sold as by ‘gardening naturally’, they taste pretty good. Thank for the tip Kate. I have a bottle of liquid seaweed lurking in the greenhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, Meantime said: Too much like hard work or a luxury that the UK supermarkets believe we don't want to pay for? Most of the food choices made for us by the supermarkets are actually about them making extra profit at the expense of their suppliers. And the fact that British consumers aren’t satisfied with seasonal produce anymore. The expectation now is that we can eat strawberries at Christmas and asparagus in November. Energy costs are now dissuading UK producers from growing some fruit and veg as heating greenhouses is too expensive and a shortage of pickers means that some of what was grown, had to be left in the fields to rot. They might be part of the reason that when I bought parsley and thyme from the supermarket a few weeks ago and they came from Portugal and Greece respectively. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFrench89 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 38 minutes ago, Mouldy said: And the fact that British consumers aren’t satisfied with seasonal produce anymore. The expectation now is that we can eat strawberries at Christmas and asparagus in November. Energy costs are now dissuading UK producers from growing some fruit and veg as heating greenhouses is too expensive and a shortage of pickers means that some of what was grown, had to be left in the fields to rot. They might be part of the reason that when I bought parsley and thyme from the supermarket a few weeks ago and they came from Portugal and Greece respectively. Do we expect to much??? I don't this so tbh. I know people who're genuinely struggling to make ends meet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucket Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 12 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: I've not seen any JR this year.Dont know what's going on. Our greengrocer has had them for a fortnight. Morrisons (Scarborough) have had them in for a week......I am sure they will be available in your neck of the woods somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Well been to Tesco Great Yarmouth,lidal and small shops.Not seen them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Tesco's have them for delivery Ian and I'm pretty sure the van comes from GY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Majorcan new potatoes are a good substitute to go with a nice Welsh leg of lamb and seem to be plentiful at the moment. But a substitute nothing compares to a newly dug Jersey. I am reminded that the butcher in Sudbury Town, where we rented a house when first married in 1971, would do us a leg of lamb for around £1.00, I expect my Coronation Dinner leg will be very close to £40.00. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 We saw this little chap just now.Marina saw one last year.We have lots of Kestrels near by.Chapmans farm is by the front of the house and runs along to the main road.I couldn't get to close,incase he flow away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Sorry don't know what happened there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 1 hour ago, ChrisB said: Majorcan new potatoes are a good substitute Lets hope they taste better than the water oughta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 You stick to delivering chocolates Mt, my address is......... I have a hospital appointment today, always worrying but I'll be okay, hopefully I'll have chocolate tonight x 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 16 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: I've not seen any JR this year.Dont know what's going on. We've getting them in Aldi for the last 2-3 weeks Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 34 minutes ago, Gracie said: You stick to delivering chocolates Mt, my address is......... I have a hospital appointment today, always worrying but I'll be okay, hopefully I'll have chocolate tonight x Hope all, goes well at the Hospital Gracie,.I know how worrying that can be. Carole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 36 minutes ago, Gracie said: You stick to delivering chocolates Mt, my address is......... I have a hospital appointment today, always worrying but I'll be okay, hopefully I'll have chocolate tonight x Guess what, I put your address of ......... into the postcode finder and it came back as address not found Hope everything goes well at the hospital today. Here's some virtual wine and chocolates for tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 " I have the following warning for dog owners from a reputable source... 6 dogs have died having visited Beccles Common. Believed to be due to pest control measures. Please don't walk any dogs there unless you know it to be safe. This information is ok to share anywhere dog owners may read it" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Well worth sharing the info whatever the tos says about faceache. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Smoggy said: Well worth sharing the info whatever the tos says about faceache. I agree the information being shared , especially in such cases, is important however can members please check that when quoting from a private source that the correct permissions have been given . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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