1st Prize A Bag of Potatoes...







We are going through something that must be quite unique to us here in Australia at the moment but due
to this ever changing and unpredictable climate that we have had of late...well for the past few years actually thinking about it...we are going through, of all things, a potato shortage!

Whereas once, when the pandemic was on, it was a shortage of toilet paper. Ask me why I have NO idea why toilet paper but there you are. Now it's potatoe's....

The wet weather where they are grown in the southern states...I'm in the northern state of Queensland..has caused delay in planting and harvesting hence the shortage.

We can still buy them loosely at the green grocers but if you want to buy chips..fries..frozen that's another story. Fish and chip shops are becoming increasingly concerned and many are "chipping" themselves rather than purchasing catering bags of frozen chips which seem to be akin to gold dust at the moment or as rare as hens teeth as the saying goes. 


                                                               Mmmm Fish and Chips 😋


A local radio station is "spinning the lucky wheel" and the prize...yes you guessed it..a bag of potatoes!

 All in good fun of course having a laugh at the current situation 😆😆😆😀😀

It's just temporary I know but if things don't improve soon we will be importing them. A couple of months ago I remember it was lettuce and one of the large fast food chains were grating cabbage to put in the burgers; which many were not happy about. Lettuces were available but expensive! Well we got over that one and now something else.

The vagaries of nature indeed in this part of the world. 

Can't wait to find out what's next 😏






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