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Interesting about mutations. When I feed the starter, I discard 66% of it and replenish the discard with fresh flour and water. I thought you could keep that going indefinitely. I’m sure the Savoy Hotel has a sourdough which is over 100 years old. Or have I imagined that?

Agnew! Where ya bin bro? You da man. Been missin’ ya bro.

I remember the coast watch station in St Ives Cornwall. When I visited in the 1970 on holiday with my parents, it was a Coast Guard station linked with assets at RNAS Culdrose. Now it’s just old men doing it on a voluntary basis. It seems more of a social club for them to drink tea, eat biscuits...

We had the more infectious “Kent” virus, then came the more infectious than the more infectious virus, out of Brazil. Next came the more infectious than the more infectious more infectious virus from South Africa. The latest news is that we have just discovered a more infectious than the more...

I’m not convinced. If you have a hotel floor full of 20 - 30 somethings they are going to start partying in each other’s rooms. I don’t think you realise just what massive irresponsible twats we have here in the U.K. A Group 4 guard in an ill fitting uniform, earning £5.00 / hour isn’t going to...

The SA variant of Coronavirus is here. There are small known pockets dotted around in a wide area of the country. I would say that if they know this, a lot of people have it and it’s out of control. They will not get on top of it, it’s too late.

I’m not saying it doesn’t work, but where is the labour coming from? How does one guard on any particular floor cope if unrest kicks off? Where does his backup come from. I think mandatory quarantine will happen in the U.K., but Boris Johnson is incapable of making that decision. He is...

What a shame they repealed the law. A good flogging would serve some people very well.

Labour are pressing for the borders to be closed. I agree with them, but who is going to close them? If we go for the mandatory hotel quarantine, who’s going to make that happen? It will be a very labour intensive exercise, so where is that pool of labour going to come from? You can’t use...

Yes, I made the starter before Christmas. I keep it in the fridge, feed it once a week and remove it from the fridge a couple of days before baking. It seems to be getting better with each bake.

I think they still have flogging as one of the punishments available. I think that would be a useful tool on the mainland during this pandemic. It’s cheap and effective.

The marmalade sounds delicious.

I’ve just been talking to a friend who fits blinds & curtains. He’s been working in a care home near Peterborough today. They gave him a Covid test on arrival which was negative. Just before Christmas, the care home had an outbreak with 23 residents testing positive. Everyone of the 23 was...

Their cars are garbage anyway, so I won’t be affected.

It’s probably not worth the effort just for you. Sourdough is much more work than regular bread. However, it does freeze very well. The crumb seems to retain its moisture and the crust stays crispy when defrosted. I’m a complete convert. My stomach is like cast iron, I can throw anything at it...

On a lighter note, I’ve just taken these two sourdough loaves out of the oven. Made using organic grain milled in the next village. It’s quite a labour intensive process, I started making the dough on Saturday evening and they only went in the oven an hour ago.

It’s very much easier to achieve with tiny populations living in low density settings on an island. The U.K. mainland is a dense cesspool of idiots in some areas, very much more difficult to control. My sister-in-law lives on Newfoundland. I think they’ve had five cases. She has no concept of...

The EU’s vaccination procurement model isn’t exactly a sparkling success. Empty vaccination centres, fury at lack of vaccine across EU member states, some countries going it alone out of frustration and buying Russian vaccine, international embarrassment with their desperate attempts to claw...

It’s going to be a 2022 vaccine planned for the medium term. It’s likely to need a tweak before it’s rolled out I guess. Out of the seven vaccines the U.K. moved early on, four have come good and this latest one looks like being the fifth. Quite remarkable.