Buckets

Our new bucket arrived today!
Not that exciting, you might think, but I’m excited about it because it means we can get some blood from our friends who keep pigs – which means I can make black pudding :-) Anne hasn’t had black pudding for 25 years because it isn’t available gluten-free and, being coeliac, she’s reluctant to make herself ill by eating wheat just to try black puddings again. But, with a bucket, we can make our own black puddings, because our friend can bring us the blood from the next lot of pigs that they take to the abattoir in a couple of weeks. Expect to hear about it when that happens!
However, you wouldn’t believe how hard it was to find a bucket with a lid! There used to be several shops around here that sold them – whether for household cleaning, for nappies or for home brewing – but there don’t seem to be any these days. So we had to resort to ordering one from the net, which seems a little odd for something so everyday. But, there it is – a nice new 10 litre bucket from an internet homebrew site. Just needs washing out and it’ll be all ready.