Stuffed Possum

Regularly the press (and doubtless the TV news which I can’t bear to watch) seems to think it of interest that someone found a foreign body in their food. There was a Bro eating his oven chips and got a mouthful of metal which he is sure must have come out of the packet though he didn’t see it until he was eating. (Eh? So how does he know it was in the packet? It could have fallen off a kitchen light fitting, been an eyebrow piercing etc. I do feel for the spokesperson of the food company who has to deal with this type of complaint in a conciliatory tone and be careful not say what they are no doubt thinking.) He is after compensation of course. Get over it people – look at what you’re eating. If you are worried about what’s in your food prepare it yourself – buy potatoes, peel them and make chips. Oh, and don’t drop any bits of metal in it. Personally I would be inclined to worry more about the bits you don’t see in and food: the odd sneeze or phlegmy cough in the bagging department, the food prep person who forgot to wash his hands after the loo…

I’d decided I could do with a large replacement saucepan – about 2.5 or 3 litres. Aha - I noticed a saucepan on special – looked good quality and a keen price. How big was it? I turned it over – it was 20cm. Eh? What use is that? Perhaps I should have bought it and then boiled 20cm of water and thrown in 45cm of carrots and a 2cm of salt grains. What marketing donkey decided that a pot would be measured in length units?