@sumudu Upon whose advice are you sanitising food?
Scum.
That's the nicest thing I have to say about manufacturers whose products fail on first use. I bought (from Amazon) a box of 50 disposable face masks in case society/government mandated their use outside in the future.
The bloody things are useless. As soon as you stretch the elastic ear loops to fit them, one or both ends tears away from the mask itself.
I have instigated a return for refund process, be going out soon to post the pack back to Amazon on the other side f the city, once received, I'll get a credit to m y Amazon account for the full amount I paid.
Predatory arseholes. Cheap Chinese junk.
As of midnight on Wednesday we are required to wear masks when outside.
I have a washable style cloth mask with a pouch to take an activated carbon filter inside it. The filters need replacement once or twice per week. I have 24 filters, meaning I have 8 to 12 weeks of protection. The recommendation is to wash the mask once or twice per week as well. I shall be visiting other mask retailers for more disposable masks that aren't as shitty as the ones being returned.
Bread OK, a bit heavier than desired. Original breadmaker tripped the circuitbreaker and when power was restored, started mixing the risen dough, punching the puff out of it.
Transferred the lump to a smaller & much older breadmaker for 70 minutes on the bake-only cycle. If it wasn’t a fruit loaf it wouldn’t be worth keeping but fruity breads can get away with a heavier texture.
Failbaking. Bread rose OK but there’s a fault in the breadmaker’s bake cycle & it trips the circuitbreaker. Transferred the deflated dough lump into an older & smaller breadmaker & set it on the bake-only setting for an hour. I have consigned the faulty device to the rubbish.
Surprised. The package bread mix has a best before date of JAN 2014.
I mixed it up anyway and with an hour remaining in the bread maker the dough has risen perfectly well. Smells like a spicy fruit loaf should.
Frankly, I’ll be surprised if this spicy fruit loaf works at all. I found the mix & its pack of yeast in the back of a cupboard. I fed the bread maker with the correct ingredients - milk & water warmed in the microwave; bread/spice/fruit mix & dry yeast - turn it on at the basic setting as per box instructions.
The reason for my doubt is the date on the yeast: late 2014, so it’s about 6 years out of date. Then again, it was in a dark corner & the plastic foil yeast bag was undamaged.
The special extra thick, extra soft, extra warm socks are keeping my cold-prone toes nicely warm but are a tad pricy. I recall seeing a similar product in a grocery clearance store recently, must find out if they're cheaper there.
About 13 years ago I spent too long in one position on a telephone exchange ladder, about halfway up, identifying circuits for the replacement of a lightning-damaged section of phone cable. The end result was permanent nerve damage to both feet, affecting the outer two toes on each foot, with the smallest toe even more affected.
In the interest of decreasing heating costs I'm finding I have very cold feet of late (it's the middle of winter) and those outer toes are mostly numb & quite uncomfortable. Last night before bed I bathed both feet in hot water & this alleviated the problem but another solution is needed. I've bought a pair of "heat bods" or extra thick cotton/polyester/elastane socks that are supposed to be five times as warm as cotton socks. And next week Amazon will deliver a pair of electrically-heated socks that run for about 5 hours on a pair of rechargeable AA cells (not included) - I have plenty of such cells.
I can't use the thick socks yet, they have to be washed before use for some reason.
Today I found a mysterious brown box in the back of the larder I'd forgotten about. It contained an unopened bag of spicy fruit loaf bread mix & a still-sealed pack of dry yeast. If I can find all the bits for my breadmaker, I'll give that a go.
@matigo Yes. I can shop for essentials; attend to my health or care for others; go to work or school if not done online (neither applicable, I’m retired) or exercise