It is my day for helping at the Red Cross Shop and today they showed me how to use the till. I can't believe how many people pay on their debit cards for stuff from a charity shop but then they use their cards here for a cup of coffee or a pint of beer! There is so much stuff in the shop which really ought to be thrown out - I would probably have them bankrupt if it were down to me. One woman came in and bought about 20 jumpers! There is a woman there who has been there since the year dot and although she says we are all volunteers if you put a foot wrong she will let you know in no uncertain terms. I think she needs a "Jobs worth" hat! Still it passes the morning and I enjoy the company.
I discovered the fruit "feijoa" today. I have seen them being sold by the roadside and have heard about them, they are very popular here and most people have a feijoa tree in their garden (now I know what they are we have a tree of them growing up our shared drive, don't know who can have the fruit). I Googled it and they are called pineapple guava in USA and originally come from S America. They look like smooth kiwifruit and have white flesh with seeds and it is a bit grainy like pear flesh. I can't begin to describe what they taste like but they are quite nice and I am told they will grow on me the more I eat. I bought three in the supermarket after asking a lady what to do with them and how to eat them. She showed me which ones were the best to buy going on shape and size and how soft they were. The lady at the checkout asked me if I didn't have a neighbour who I could nick them from! She is an Australian and is going back there to live soon and says she will be taking her feijoa tree back with her.
Well it is fish and chip night tonight and Jon has just gone to get them so I had better get the peas on and warm the plates. We are off to the races tomorrow.
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