General Chat Thread II

Half the problem is that stuff we had before hasnt come back. There is no most thanked posts function, search doesnt work and thousands of old threads havent been migrated over. Mobile users in particular are finding it unusable and they are the majority of users, hence why the site is so quiet.

Same as, finding it very hard to find my threads. Didn't post a lot but was on boards on mobile site numerous times daily. Hopefully it gets easier.

Decided to try Harvest Day veg delivery. This was the veg haul for this week from the two week tester of Harvest Day. €40 got us this. (Not including the sauces, that's from Mic's Chilli).

Tried to price it as accurately as I could off SuperValu online shopping, and it came to approx €26 there. So it's a fair bit over the odds, though I will say the veg is of a noticably better quality than the supermarket stuff. Whether or not it's worth it for the extra, I don't know.

Leek, tomatoes, spinach, potatoes, peppers, kale, rainbow beets, yellow courgette, carrots, red onions (massive yokes), broccoli and cauliflower.

What I can say is it's interesting and fun (if you're into that kind of thing) planning a meal plan around the various veg you get, plus it's a decent way to shop local (or at least Irish veg as far as I can tell). They do send out a mail (as well as recipe cards in the boxes) as well, which was a nice touch. There may be other veg delivery boxes out there that are worth it.

Going to see if any of the local fruit and veg shops do delivery and maybe see there.

I'd love to do something like that, i know of one place in kinsale that does that down here but my palate is very small when it comes to vegetables, gotten a lot better but still no way I'd be able to justify it

I've never seen it for sale as a cooked, packaged product in its own right here, but you could totally get a ham hock from the butcher and do it yourself.

I used to get one from the deli in dunnes if i ever needed one to shred myself. No clue if they still cook them or not!