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Welcome to the *Gransnet Café. This is a non-judgemental space for you to pop in for a cuppa with some virtual friends, seek out advice for a particular problem, or share an update on your life - important or trivial. Feel free to have your say and chat about your day, but please leave any arguments at the door. If you're struggling to find someone to talk to in real life, or are simply looking for a bit of a chat, this is the place for you.

Going back to my first post on Gransnet...

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Aely Thu 02-Oct-25 14:33:04

My first post on joining Gransnet several moths ago was about the difficulty I was having finding decent baked bread. I am happy to announce that while doing a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Exercise class in a neighbouring town I popped into the adjacent Morrisons and found some! I can really recommend their Market Street "Wheat, Spelt and Rye Cob". It also contains Soya, Oats, Maize, Rice and Barley plus some added gluten (or it probably wouldn't rise with the non-wheat grain content). No unpronounceable esthers of this and that or other ingredients normally found only in a chemistry textbook. It has a lovely crust, tastes good, an excellent consistency (not wet and doesn't get big holes when butter is spread), cuts cleanly and, most important, eminently digestible. Also a good price for a 400 g loaf (£1.20).

Alas, my excercise class is of limited duration. To continue getting this enjoyable bread when it finishes will entail a 35minute bus ride plus two walks of 10 minutes each. Ok maybe, if I were doing my whole shop, but such is the competition for space on the bus between shopping trolleys, baby buggies and the occasional wheelchair, I cannot risk anything bigger than a bag to bring stuff home in and that of limited weight because of the after effects of two frozen shoulders.

I will enjoy it whle I can.

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Sussexborn Thu 02-Oct-25 15:19:39

Their bread is much better than most supermarkets but not as good as the bread we make in the breadmaker. It really helps with OH’s allergies and tastes good to.

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Babs03 Thu 02-Oct-25 16:08:32

Thanks for returning, always good to get an update.

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Aely Thu 02-Oct-25 18:02:10

I see you Babs... smile Thanks for joining in.

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Vito Thu 02-Oct-25 18:14:52

Thanks for that Aely, I'm sure you must have thought of this, but could you do your weekly shopping on line and get it that way? Help with not having to lug heavy shopping with your shoulders.

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Aely Fri 03-Oct-25 19:26:50

I tried it once a long time ago but it cost me much more , even though it was a free-delivery promotion, because they didn't include the shops own brands.

These days, apart from a few "definite" items I need, I like to look and see what is in, looks good and is a reasonable price. I don't really plan meals more than a couple of days ahead. I can be thinking of buying steak but actually buy something completely different if I don't like the look of what is on offer. Also, I have heard some real howlers about substituted items.
I might get a delivery if at any time I am incapacitated of course.

I did sign up for milk&more recently when the guy showed me the brochure with some promising looking baked bread in it, as I also like to have some unhomogenised whole milk for puddings and most shops have stopped selling it. Three orders for the traditional loaf went in and three sourdough bricks were delivered, so now I just get the milk.

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