Induction hob

[Bugtownboy]

Don’t give up on the omelets, Gus. They are a bit of getting in the zone.

Poke and Ponzu (with ultra fresh Tuna) along with Tuna tartare (loads of citrus and Avo) are big here at the mo. Good eating.

Surprisingly, (don’t know why) one of the nicest are Sardinillas (very small sardines) served Cerviche.

Going back to Omelettes, a good (proper job) Spanish Omelette (eggs and tatties only) can be a masterpiece.

[Mr Gus]

Loving spanish Om's ..damn this egg shortage,, save that oil for the next one.

[Thebeeman]

Loving spanish Om's ..damn this egg shortage,, save that oil for the next one.

Just to point out that the egg shortage has been caused by the retailers refusing to pay the producers the real price for the eggs, not by avian flu, so producers are not refilling the sheds. Feed and energy prices have gone through the roof and if I were still in the game I would have empty sheds and no income as well. The retailers think that the customer won't pay the full price so we've arrived at a situation where we are bringing eggs in from Italy from a lower welfare standard production system. Such is modern life!

[Mr Gus]

Yes, I can only suggest shoppers askstore managers how much the price has risen & how much percentage & pence has got back to them, put them on the spot & ask them to do better, faster. & what is holding it back & disrupting supply stemming from the supermarket s actions.

Beeman, can you give a bit more of an idea as to sale cycles of payment dealing with the typical supermarket & wholesalers?

[Thebeeman]

Our eggs were collected by a Packer who graded them and boxed for onward sale to the supermarkets. We used to get about 33% of the retail price and to fair to the packer we were paid weekly one week in arrears. It worked fairly well until there was a massive rise in feed prices, like now, and if we were lucky we would an get increased price 6 weeks later. As soon as feed prices dropped back we lost the increase but the retail price remained inflated. With 10,000 free range layers we used 9 tonnes of feed a week and the birds cost now about £3.50 to £4 each. You have to order your birds 6 months in advance, even longer if you want choose your rearer, and pay for them very soon after delivery. You then feed them for a month before the first eggs arrive and then a second month with tiny low value eggs before egg size increases.

[Mr Gus]

Thanks, i will call a few supermarket "help lines" based on your summary.

[Joeboy]

SWMBO came up with this, I stand agog at her brilliance




It's pouring down here today yet the enamel cups have triggered thoughts and conversation of camping in the Bongo and next Springs run to Italy. The rain is now merely background noise.

[Fintray]

SWMBO's cup is on the right, right?

[Joeboy]

SWMBO's cup is on the right, right?

You had to ask?
Certainly is!

[Oldgreybeard]

I've just spent a few minutes trying to get a handle on how much energy our boiling water tap uses, to try and see whether it's better or worse than heating water for tea/coffee by other methods. Might be useful to see if we could do some comparisons here.

It's easy to spot the boiling water boiler coming on and off, as it uses about 1.5kW , so shows in the house consumption plot as a series of spikes:

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These spikes of power seem to last between 30 seconds and 50 seconds, when looked at in more detail:

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There's also an initial warm up period in the early morning when the time switch turns the thing on (we have it set to come on around 04:50 and turn off around 21:00). That warm up period takes about 6 minutes. Adding up the on times for a whole day it looks like it's usually using power for about 40 minutes per day, so an energy usage per day of about 0.93kWh.

That is for just the two of us most of the time, and probably varies a bit, but is probably a good enough estimate for comparing energy usage with other ways of heating boiling water.