Houmous.

[teamsaint]

Ah ... by 'social groups' I was thinking of record societies, film clubs or reading circles. So they would turn up at Waitrose in little groups chatting together Thought it was a bit odd.

Yup. that is it.
That's Winchester for you.

a bit annoying when the store is busy, but it's good that these things are encouraged.

[teamsaint]

There are three Waitroses near me and that's true of all of them. One is attached to my local Shell petrol station and it's open 24 hours a day, so they get all sorts in there. None has a carpark so Volvos or anything else are rather beside the point. All makes of car stop at the Shell one, which gets a lot of custom from black-cab drivers at night

ah, so north of the river then.
Three Waitroses in an area. Monopoly capitalist partnerships eh !

[cloughie]

ah, so north of the river then.
Three Waitroses in an area. Monopoly capitalist partnerships eh !

That's two more than in the whole of Cornwall - and that's 60 miles away!

[Nick Armstrong]

ah, so north of the river then.
Three Waitroses in an area. Monopoly capitalist partnerships eh !

It's only been since the recession. In a strategy that, to me, seems counter-intuitive, they bought up three locations since early 2009 - first a large ex-Woolworths, then a down-at-heel branch of Budgens and most recently the petrol station shop which had been a common-or-garden Shell shop selling Ginsters' pasties and de-icer (a delicious combination).

[JanH]

To return to hummus.......cooking a kilo of chick peas in a pressure cooker till soft works well and does not take long. A vast improvement upon the tinned ones. Freeze for future use in batches.

Hummus - chick peas, lots of garlic, a big splodge of tahini, chives if liked, olive oil, all wizzed in Magimix till required texture. Served with pitta or ciabatta....yum.