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Iceland is where you buy your frozen food in the UK. every high street should have one.

The “Wink Wink” sketch was adapted as an advert for Breakaway biscuits, starring Idle. He revived the sketch for something years later (Secret Policeman’s Ball?) and added a line where his character is revolted to find a Breakaway bar in his pocket. I can never find the ad or this sketch on YouTube.

Padaborn. And jet black. 

Eat one and anything could happen in the next half hour.

I’ve been trying to remember the name of a beer I had in Germany some years back. It was a dark beer, not a stout, which doesn’t narrow the field.

That’s not the attitude to take. I believe preparing tripe is a dying art, so you should be encouraging the retention of traditional skills.

The logo looks like it says “Death’s Hero”, yes?

Do you really think Marx & Sparks will fare better with a mushroom steak than they did with a cauliflower steak?

Sometimes I think I would like to know how to cook tripe. Maybe that’s a lost cause because actually getting it might be problematic.

Don’t order the coke at Fatty Arbuckles.

I used to work with an Australian lady whose claim to fame was getting law passed (down under) that meant people could bring their own flour to a restaurant to be baked into bread. Never sure how practical it was but the idea was to provide an element of safety for folk with IBS, Chrone’s, and similar conditions.

Blueberries will be squashed by Yellowhammer.

Bird’s Eye Arctic Roll. Accept nothing else.

Paul Hollywood’s bakery went bust. Not sure if you knew that.

If you haven’t seen it, then Julia Bradbury’s Kill It, Cook It, Eat It series is worth a binge.

It’s the Co-op’s version of an Impossible burger.

 A burger made from vegetable stuff.

I purchased an “Incredible Burger” recently. The novelty value and the fact it was cheap played into that decision. At full price the attraction wears off quite quickly.