I am partial to the odd pre-made packaged sandwich from a service station or supermarket. Its not out of convience or my own inability to make a decent sandwich (im quite good at sandwichs) its because the bread is different to most other types of commercially avialable loaves. What im talking about is Malted Bread, a process which alters the Wheat during the production of Bread. The result is a sweet tasting, brown in apperance, doughy soft, moist bread. Its the best bread out there in my opinion, but can i find it in loaf form so i cannot make my own sandwich with it. There seems to be what can only be described a conspiracy not to provide Malted bread in large supermarkets. Not even their in-store bakeries produce this type.
From my research (visiting the bread section of supermarkets) the nearest i found was a small batch loaf of Weightwatcher's Danish Malted bread, this is far from ideal. The stores I visited included Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencers. M & S stocked the small Malted Danish. Any self-respecting baker would know what im ranting on about, but of course is there a local baker that i can think of in my town?..... long gone my friend. Sure there is a good selection of tin loaf, bloomer, ideal for toasting, wholemeal (bored of that), seeded batch, farmhouse, french bread with french flour, Panini (dry dog biscuit) and all the rolls under the sun.
Is this type of bread so difficult to bake that no-one does it, is there a gap in the market for someone to fill, has all the bread gone into making the pre-packaged sandwichs, is malted bread explicitely reserved for pre-packaged sandwichs, what is going on? In Britain our bread is historically shaped into a square, to provide maximum surface area for a hard working person's sandwich. A malted variety of this cannot be hard to make, surely a household name like Hovis would be proud to produce such a quintessentially perfect english, sandwich Malted loaf?
Monday, 1 June 2009
Sunday, 24 May 2009
The new old face of F1?
Well actually I mean one face and one new voice, who is that sidekick to the master commentator that is Martin Brundle? Well I find out for who, he is called Jonathan Legard. Although he delivers less goofs then the legendary Murray Walker, he has some annoying tendencies. He is capable of saying the name "Button" with an equally powerful punch as Rocky. The strength behind his pronunciation of the first syllable is enough to make you stand up out of your chair and take notice. Perhaps he has spent a lifetime in a role where he was required to say "But" so often and so strongly is stopped other speakers in their tracks.
His other tendency when summarising the driver's track positions is to say the names of the drivers followed by the word "from" before saying the next drivers name. It is enough of a distraction to lose the positions of the drivers all together. What’s wrong with just listing them in order, like anybody else would.
In reading this, my intention is not to overly criticise the BBC's delivery of Formula 1 as frankly this would be the wrong thing to do. Its delivery of the all the races so far has been a welcome breath of fresh air with high-octane fuel content. ITVs delivery in the last few years became stifled and as uninviting as eating Alonso's discarded rubber from the back of his lesser performing car. Even if Steve Rider is replaced by the capable Jake Humphrey as the anchor man, and I am glad Martin Brundle is still the No1 in the commentary box. The BBC I salute you.
As for the drivers well, the Brits are not exactly holding their own as a group of top drivers. The departure of the experienced David Coulthard has been filled with an ever increasing mix of drivers from all nations. Remember in 2008, there was a young chap who adorned a certain yellow helmet and had every boy in England screaming “Lewis” at the TV screen. Mclaren would sure like to sell you a Lewis Hamilton Replica 2008 Helmet, for £3,999 to console themselves for their uncompetitive car. But my choice is a simple plain looking White cap branded with the quietly spoken Words “Brawn GP” and “Jenson Button”. Richard Branson you must be one the luckiest sponsors ever to join F1 at such a fortunate time.
His other tendency when summarising the driver's track positions is to say the names of the drivers followed by the word "from" before saying the next drivers name. It is enough of a distraction to lose the positions of the drivers all together. What’s wrong with just listing them in order, like anybody else would.
In reading this, my intention is not to overly criticise the BBC's delivery of Formula 1 as frankly this would be the wrong thing to do. Its delivery of the all the races so far has been a welcome breath of fresh air with high-octane fuel content. ITVs delivery in the last few years became stifled and as uninviting as eating Alonso's discarded rubber from the back of his lesser performing car. Even if Steve Rider is replaced by the capable Jake Humphrey as the anchor man, and I am glad Martin Brundle is still the No1 in the commentary box. The BBC I salute you.
As for the drivers well, the Brits are not exactly holding their own as a group of top drivers. The departure of the experienced David Coulthard has been filled with an ever increasing mix of drivers from all nations. Remember in 2008, there was a young chap who adorned a certain yellow helmet and had every boy in England screaming “Lewis” at the TV screen. Mclaren would sure like to sell you a Lewis Hamilton Replica 2008 Helmet, for £3,999 to console themselves for their uncompetitive car. But my choice is a simple plain looking White cap branded with the quietly spoken Words “Brawn GP” and “Jenson Button”. Richard Branson you must be one the luckiest sponsors ever to join F1 at such a fortunate time.
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