Bicentenary

Time to record the proud bicentenary of my bread making. That is to say I have nearly finished eating the first loaf of the 200th batch of bread baked since I started back in 2010.

The chart reveals a regular and sustained habit if not hobby, with the two slight blips in 2012 reflecting my two visits to hospital in that year. Pity I could not get the axis labels to end at 200 rather than 199: there are 200 bakes recorded.

The  main event of recent bakes has been the move from loaf tins coated in dark grey teflon which flakes from the House of Fraser to ceramic pizza plates from Lakeland. See 1st July and 24th August. A moves from loaf shaped loaves to low rise round loaves, rather like, in shape that is, the loaves we used to buy from a Cypriot baker at the top of Green Lanes, hard by the North Circular. Possibly but probably not the Lefteris bakery at No. 23; I don't recognise the picture.

The full story continues to reside at bread.

PS: now finished eating this first loaf over Saturday's Guardian, in which I was depressed to read of the shabby treatment of many if not most of the foot soldiers of the care worker industry. Not to mention the shabby treatment of the people that said industry is supposed to be serving. Depressed that, 40 years or more after we got rid of the antiquated & unpleasant hump system of hire by the day in the docks and in the building industry, such large chunks of the population are back on hire by the hour - while the rich carry on getting richer. Depressed even more by the thought that, despite all this, the conservatives will probably get back in again at the next election. Bring back the dignity of labour! Keep the red flag flying!