Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

Scandal @ Lidl's apparently... They've been using Baker's Yeast in some of their Sourdough bread!!

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I just looked at the list of ingredients for Aldi's seeded sourdough and yeast is not even listed so they may be faking it too. Supermarkets and sourdough are not always a good, honest combination.

 

[PeteXXX]

I've had to use a lighter to de-ice the bike shed & back gate padlocks to be able to open them. It's going to be a chilly 20 miles this morning! 🚲

 

[T4tomo]

I just looked at the list of ingredients for Aldi's seeded sourdough and yeast is not even listed so they may be faking it too. Supermarkets and sourdough are not always a good, honest combination.

Errr....sourdough famously doesn't have yeast in it, so Aldi fine. Lidl is an issue as they are apparently using yeast (per peteX's post) so it not a sourdough

 

[Illaveago]

The fog is lifting slowly and the sun is trying to break through. Being in a river valley the higher ground surrounding the town is probably in bright sunshine.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Errr....sourdough famously doesn't have yeast in it, so Aldi fine. Lidl is an issue as they are apparently using yeast (per peteX's post) so it not a sourdough

Sourdough uses naturally occurring ''wild'' yeasts for the fermentation. Not commercial yeast, certainly, but yeast nevertheless.

 

[oldwheels]

Stormy looking sunrise this morning but not yet windy.
My car windscreen is still covered in frost but no rush to go anywhere this morning.
Must remember to put the general waste bin out for collection this morning which will probably be the last time this year. Being on my own I do not generate much waste so the bin only needs to go out every couple of months.
The council were trying in the past to separate domestic and commercial waste and charged extra for the commercial. We had very little waste and had arguments with them about this.They could not understand that in our business waste was a loss unless we sold it which we did.
It was eventually understood that the only waste we generated from our workshop was teabags and we refused to pay them anything for disposal of them.

 

[biggs682]

Workmen have arrived to fill in nextdoors hole

 

[classic33]

Just been around next door to inspect the hole and replaced length of gas pipe just needs filling in now.
That could have been a nasty accident

They're replacing the gas mains around here. Their records indicate that they've not been "upgraded" since they were put in, over sixty years ago. They hit one not shown on their map, as it were right where it shouldn't have been. Placed under the pavement, in a moment of common sense,* 44 years, when they replaced the cast iron mains.

*Someone had the bright idea to put the pipes under the pavements so they wouldn't have to dig the roads up if repairs were needed.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Scandal @ Lidl's apparently... They've been using Baker's Yeast in some of their Sourdough bread!!

😲

Yes, they had to relabel it. I've seen it referred to as " SourFaux ". A lot of the supermarkets are up to the same trick, bung a bit of sourdough starter in a standard mix, label it Sourdough and stick a hefty premium on it

 

[rockyroller]

3 cars checked out
garbage out
saw 1 snow flake

 

[rockyroller]

Workmen have arrived to fill in nextdoors hole

did they bring material to fill it?
careful they don't fill it with dirt from a hole they dig in your yard

 

[biggs682]

did they bring material to fill it?
careful they don't fill it with dirt from a hole they dig in your yard

Yes and a mechanical shovel and a Wacker plate

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well

 

[mybike]

Right, that's enough for today. But before I go to bed, I need to put my shoe by the door with a carrot and an apple just in case Sinterklaas pops by in the wee hours and needs a snack for his horse.

Nunnight one and all xxx

I'd forgotten, spent some time in the Netherlands working, just before Christmas.

 

[mybike]

Cold and frosty this morning even frost in the outside of the landing window. Big bobble hat morning dog walk weather me thinks.

I've delayed our walk till it warms up, too slippery with a dog determined to get there.