UK Lock-down

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  1. phaedrus42

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    In the army in the 1980s , we called it White Gold. We were each issued with one roll per month. You could buy more, of course...
    I remember my Ovambo troops taking mountains of the stuff away with them when going on weekend passes.
     
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    Best mate calls toilet paper a "roll of tickets"...seems apt.
     
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    Bog roll.jpg
     
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    Nice one David. This picture put a smile on my face this morning.
    Regards ian
     
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    That is the very essence of stupidity... and to think there will be people who could have used that food.
     
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    An extra £billion spent on food in a week, of course it couldn’t be used. Not only are the stupid ones clearing the shelves, they’re treating the staff like shit too.
    I had a message from a friend in Nairn near Inverness today. She works in a supermarket there and tells me how in the last week she and her co workers have been been spat at, sworn at and yesterday a customer threw money at a checkout operator shouting ‘you f*****g arsehole’. Because of these staff we continue to have availability. I really do bloody wonder what some people expect and why they think they have the entitlement to abuse those doing their bit. Shame this virus isn’t attracted by stupidity....

    Rant over.
     
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    So the yobos and lowlifes of coronovirus Englands not so green and pleasant land have found a new weapon
    their mouths ... sputum .. they have realized that they now possess a new strange intimidatory weapon as aforementioned... carrying a knife anymore ... no need..

    Society has never been so pathetic I hope they get all what they deserve ... read on.

    Boy and two men arrested after coronavirus-related assaults
     
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    Last time at supermarket, couldn't get a small pack of baking yeast. So i had to by a 500g pack of baking yeast.
    So we focused this weekend on consuming it by baking diverse.
    Pizza, muffins, whitebread, onion-cheese-bread.
    To be continued....still 250g yeast....
     
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    Sadly the UK isn't the only one with coronavirus related idiocy, we've our fair share too.

    Anyone needs Coleman 220 parts, let me know as I've quite a stash and happy to donate. No clue if it'll be worth shipping across the pond.
     
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    It's a pity the refuse collectors who took the images of wasted food didn't "name & shame" the culprits. House number, street name and town would suffice.

    As for the idiots mentioned in the link posted by @Alby , lock them up, deliberately infect them with corona virus and deny them medical treatment. Food ? It looks like there's plenty of stale bread going spare and there's plenty of water in the tap.

    Henry.
     
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    @bp4willi Well done on getting yeast, enjoy your baking, it sounds fantastic. The supermarkets near me are well stocked, they have really got on top of, but sadly no flour or yeast. Will have to wait to bake bread again.
     
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    I am wondering at what point in this process I attack the kettle with OOOO wire wool and metal polish? :-k

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  15. phaedrus42

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    There is a shortage of baking yeast in the shops here too, but not really a shortage of yeast, ever:

    Sudeep Agarwala on Twitter

    Just roll your own ;)
    And no, you will not be growing a toxic strain of whatever, because the good natural yeast will outgrow everything else and will even kill off the bad stuff for you.
     
  16. ColinG

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    I ordered a 500g bag of quick yeast from Amazon and it arrived very quickly.
     
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    My experience with store bought yeast granule sachets is that the yeast does not stay viable for more than a few days after opening, even when I close the sachet wth a laundry peg and put it back in the fridge.
     
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    Are deep freezes not common in the UK? We freeze multiple loaves of bread, bagels, beef, chicken, fish, deer, moose and everything in between.
     
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    They are in our a household!
     
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    If yeast becomes unobtainium at this point, what about baking powder?
     
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    Baking powder is problematic in a bread making machine as it can rise only once. Most bread machines will knead a second time after mixing/kneading the dough and letting it rest/rise.

    But we can never really run out of yeast; there is so much of it in our other foods and environment that we can culture it for use very easily.
     
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    Yeah, most households in the UK possess a freezer - but not usually large enough for a moose.

    :-k Thinking about it though, that might explain why I never see any moose on my daily walks around here - they're all in people's freezers... :doh:
     
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    Now I've got that song on the brain ; "Hoots Mon!"
     
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    Had to look up the song and it is a hoot!
    Moose are pretty common here, there are around 400 motor collisions involving moose every year in my province alone.

    Piece of wisdom: Canadian slang for a moose is "swamp donkey"
     
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    Hi Folks

    The cat consumes propane!!!

    If it farts like one of our dogs..........:lol:

    @podbros

    Hoots mon, there’s a moose loose aboot this hoose! If I have my Scottish to English translation correct it is: Hey man, there’s a mouse loose about this house. You can certainly get plenty of them in a freezer! I’m sure @Jean J will correct me if I have this wrong! :lol:

    On a more serious note, stay safe and sane everyone.

    Regards Jeremy

    EDIT: Should have read further down before posting as I just came across @plantpot post.
     
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    Just checked our box of 45rpm records Jeremy and am glad to say I DON’T have it. Thank god for that, John drives me insane playing similar daft Andy Stewart songs like “Donald, whaur’s yer troosers”.
     
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    We found ourselves in a similar situation, lots of flour on hand but only a few packets of yeast. My girlfriend used one of the packets to make a sourdough starter. So far the pancakes have been good, the biscuits PHENOMENAL, but the bread only one edible loaf out of two attempts.
     
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    @Jean J

    Hi Jean

    So sorry to hear you don’t like it, personally I always liked Lord Rockinghams 11 and I believe they were the first Rock and Roll group to use the Hammond organ. Check out some of their other music on YouTube.

    Just out of interest, did I make a correct translation?

    Regards Jeremy
     
  29. Jean J

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    Yes you were right Jeremy, well done. In Aberdeenshire we would have said moosie and hoosie but not, you’ll note, loosie! We love the Doric here at oor wee hoosie.
     
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    Hi Jean

    Thanks for the confirmation. And there’s me thinking I’ll soon be multi lingual.....

    Doric, what on earth? ](*,)

    Regards Jeremy
     

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