On Sunday first thing whilst I was still asleep, G nipped to the Butcher without me and came back with a big 2.5kg pack of Bacon, a 1.6kg Large Chicken for £6, a pack of cooked Ham, a very large Black Pudding, and a pack of sausages.  In any event I already had the Chicken Thighs in-house  from the other day, and as we do not want Chicken everyday, I will use them up for soup, and stock a little later in the week as I need to put a supply of Chicken stock on the Pantry shelf for use in everyday cooking but specifically more for the Winter months. I go through a lot of stock then.  I also want to get some Soups on the shelf as well as some Chicken pies, which is what I may well do. With the remains of the Chicken tonight, the remains of the stuffing and the remains of the Bread Sauce and some Cranberry or Redcurrant jelly and fresh Shortcrust Pastry will be turned into either a large pie or individual pies for going into the freezer.  The stock will be made with the C...