Broth Mix 'Mix Up'

Liz gave Fay a tip to make soup go further by adding broth mix = a mixture of seeds, beans, pulses (whatever they are) and dried peas of all things. What with the cuts, global warming and and the proposed Anglican Covenant, Fay thought this would be a good chance to 'do her bit' for World Poverty. As Ray always rings before he leaves work to tell her to get the mugs warm, she took the golden opportunity to ask him to call in to the Local Independent Supermarket (Tesburys) to pick up as much broth mix as they had in stock.

Imagine her disappointment when Ray arrived some time later with three bottles of Benylin Expectorant. He had spent a long time arguing with the Manager, who told him that he was only allowed to sell a maximum of three bottles of cough mix to any individual customer. Despite Ray's shouted assertions that once again Health & Safety had 'gone mad' and appearing ten minutes later wearing sunglasses and talking in a high-pitched Welsh accent to conceal his true identity (like Tom Cruise in that film) he could still only come home with a meagre three bottles.
Suffice to say it was reliable old vegetable Cuppa Soup for tea with no broth mix to help save the planet that night.