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Watched or listened to Chris van Tulleken,can't remember now.But scary how powerful the food lobby has become.Tobacco industry taking over food corporations to push their new drugs.He was talking about how they've used scientists to find out our addictions to unhealthy foods.

That documentary made me really sit up and take notice - a friend recommended it to me. And at least I now *know* why I can't stop if I open a sharing bag of snacky stuff i.e. crisps or cheesy crackers. It's not me, it's them. Ergo I shall now not buy the sharing bags, even though they are cheaper on the price per kilo.

I like a snack occasionally, so I shall now buy the standard multipacks instead. A bit of a pain though, as that generates more in the way of packaging, so that generates yet another problem.

But yes, I'm luckier than most insomuch that I do cook from scratch. Mum (who trained in a professional kitchen) taught me how to cook, and dad (who was involved in food procurement in the Polish military) taught me how to shop for fresh ingredients. As for when I'm time poor - there's batch cooking (which does need some forward planning), jacket potatoes or something as simple as toast, avocado, a fried egg and some grilled tomatoes. And at this time of year, I always have a pot of soup on the go.
 

MontyVeda

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That documentary made me really sit up and take notice - a friend recommended it to me. And at least I now *know* why I can't stop if I open a sharing bag of snacky stuff i.e. crisps or cheesy crackers. It's not me, it's them. Ergo I shall now not buy the sharing bags, even though they are cheaper on the price per kilo.

I like a snack occasionally, so I shall now buy the standard multipacks instead. A bit of a pain though, as that generates more in the way of packaging, so that generates yet another problem.

But yes, I'm luckier than most insomuch that I do cook from scratch. Mum (who trained in a professional kitchen) taught me how to cook, and dad (who was involved in food procurement in the Polish military) taught me how to shop for fresh ingredients. As for when I'm time poor - there's batch cooking (which does need some forward planning), jacket potatoes or something as simple as toast, avocado, a fried egg and some grilled tomatoes. And at this time of year, I always have a pot of soup on the go.

sharing bags last me for months... I'll have a handful, reseal with lots of folds and a peg, forget all about them, find them some weeks later, have another handful, reseal and repeat.


In other news...

the first three episodes of Sweetpea last night. I'm enjoying it a lot.
 

Adam4868

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Been re watching Mary Beards Rome series... recently went so its been good to watch again.
Fantastic city,can't wait to get back !
 

Electric_Andy

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Watched "The Castaways" last night - only a 5 part mini series (50 min episodes) but it did cover quite a bit of ground. If you liked "Lost" then this could be for you, but obviously it gets to the point and fairly quickly rounds it up, unlike Lost.
Sheridan Smith plays a good role. The ending is a bit silly but it does tie everthing up nicely.

IMDb give it a 5.8 but I'd give it a 6.4
 

icowden

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Watched Treadstone as it was advertised me on Amazon. They forgot to mention that IT WAS CANCELLED after series 1 with nothing tied up or resolved.
It's like reading a book to find the second half is missing. Very annoying. Avoid.
 
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Electric_Andy

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Watched Treadstone as it was advertised me on Amazon. They forgot to mention that IT WAS CANCELLED after series 1 with nothing tied up or resolved.
It's like reading a book to find the second half is missing. Very annoying. Avoid.

I had that with "The last man on Earth". The first 1 (or was it 2?) series were excellent. Then I learned that the next series had been cancelled.
 

Marchrider

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Bloody Mary with Lucy Worsley.

Strangely attractive, (Lucy, not Mary).





What? Just me then?

we have just watched that tonight as well

and yes I sort of quite fancy her too, although when I pointed this out to my wife she wondered if my feelings was some sort of throw back to watching the magic Roundabout, as Lucy reminded her of Florence with her big boots, from that very program

but back to the program - they were seriously weird times, in the 1530s Henry 8th was outlawing catholics and burning nuneries, 1550s it was his daughter mary burning the protestants, then by 1560 his other daughter liz was back to burning the catholics
Sundays must of been very traumatic days - bit of a lottery, go to the wrong church and get burnt at the stake

some family

and then did James I or was it the IV arrive on the scene and started burning random women for being witches

there was a lot of burning went on, no wonder the climate has changed
 
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