FA CUP

What is there not to love about it? First the rich boys of ManU get beaten (albeit with a very dubious goal), then at half time we have Kidderminster 1 WHU 0 and Plymouth 1 Chelsea Russians 0. The scores may change but the romance continues.

Can we start a campaign for the final to be returned to 3pm on a Saturday?

SLEAZE-DOGG

Pathetic attack on Labour by suggesting taxes would be higher if they were in power. His party has been in power for so long it makes no difference. His party and his Prime Minister have got just about every major decision wrong. And even the one they seem to have got right – vaccination – now sees us behind many others.

COOKIES WITH Middle East TASTE?

I was thinking dates and limoncello – possibly with lemon flesh (might be fiddly getting rid of the pith, or maybe just the zest? I would actually like to put dried apricots (but Kate would make horrible yuck noises!) in – maybe do both?  I like lemons lots!!So 100g chopped dates – cook slowly in a little lemon juice to soften100g butter 30g cane sugar – this is reduced as the dates are sweet.100g oats100g flour Limoncelli miniature plus 2 lemon, juice and zest1 tsp cinnamon1/2 tsp baking powder


I will try the following again https://www.facebook.com/jamieoliver/videos/moroccan-n-mhanncha-jamie-oliver-friday-night-feast/10155531797404807/


And I came across this https://www.facebook.com/jamieoliver/videos/3062152197359368/. Which I will definitely do when I get my mini-avocado’s from crowd farming.

CAR TAX

Electric cars do not attract vehicle tax or petrol/diesel tax. The cost of not receiving this income is a total of £35billion. MP’s are jumping impose a road tax on mileage. Maybe they are correct – but now is the time for a discussion on alternatives.

DOWNING STREET

The papers claimed that Johnson had sacked senior advisors rather than that they resigned. They may well have resigned before the Met fingered them. Johnson may have suggested that they resign (presumably with mega benefits) rather than be sacked – presumably with a non-disclosure agreement? Now 5 have gone.

A TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN

A Caribbean take on oat cookies. Soak dried pineapple and coconut flakes in a miniature of Admiral’s Old Spiced Rum, normal 20-20-20-20-20 recipe, but I also added cinnamon and flaked coconut and used cane sugar. 180C for 14 minutes. Cane sugar gave it a treacly feel and with the cinnamon a Caribbean Christmas feel.

COVID

Statistics – I had not been aware of Daily Mail report when I posted. Notwithstanding this – I believe we have been treated with some contempt by the government. The ‘within 28 days statistic seems rather crass”. Is it impossible to publish figures which say that Covid substantially contributed to the death. With numbers lower this should be achievable, and be better than abandoning the statistics completely. Perhaps age and number of vaccinations could also be added. Even comparison with ‘flu figures from past 5 years.