Again, thank you peeps.
Been out to garden centre, nice and sunny but freezing cold wind.
Mrs Tel is cooking me steak tonite (well I might be cooking as she can't do steaks).
She bought a large bag of shallots thinking it was required for a sauce. Wrong, it is for tha sauteed pots and you only need half of one.
Looks like I'll be looking for lotsa recipes with shallots in.