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Black pudding and fried egg sandwiches. Note the plural there.

And I thought it was just me left with a dumb phone! I'm annoyed I've had to replace my 20 year-old Nokia as I couldn't get a new battery for it, my new phone (Samsung "builders phone") is water- and drop resistant which is handy though.

I would look towards your starter first - two weeks isn't very old and it may just not be man enough for the job. If the radiator was on it may have been too hot and killed off the yeast in your sponge. At this time of year an overnight sponge at room temperature (say twelve hours or so) for a spong...

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

I found a treasure at a charity book stall for $2 - The Sunday Times "Book of Real Bread" 1982. I think I may need a translation or two as I work through it though. It still has the London Bookshops original price sticker on it I've got this book as well, it's pretty good. It's a shame th...

Hi there, thought I'd better introduce myself. I'm Ian and I live in Gravesend in Kent. I've been an isher for a while now, I just didn't know there was a name for it! My partner and I grow a little bit of veg in our (tiny, concrete) garden and I do lots of preserving, make all our sourdough, butter...