What price convenience?

Whilst shopping this week I lingered in the baking aisle, perusing the range of unusual flour available these days. A young woman pushed in front of me and took down a packet of crumble mix and threw it into her trolley. Somewhat affronted by her lack of manners I looked at the other items she’d chosen – lots of ready meals for one and tinned vegetables were in evidence. Now I don’t know about you, but even if I’m VERY busy, making crumble isn’t that much of a chore and requires few ingredients. Maybe she was a “Captain of Industry” and had plenty of responsibility but very little time, who knows. There are some things I rarely make, take sticky toffee pudding, for example, but this week I did make it, complete with the toffee sauce and creme anglaise. I’ve often bought the well-known Cartmel version, but in all honesty, this home-made version was utterly delicious and well worth the effort. I hope she enjoyed her crumble……