Flour supply

Further to references 1 and 2, I am pleased to be able to report that our bread flour home supply has now returned to normal, mainly in the form of strong white flour from Carr's, not before heard of. A miller headquartered in the far north, that is to say in Kirkcaldy in Fife, although this particular flour may well come from their mill in Maldon in Essex. The place commemorated in the old English poem, 'The Battle of Maldon'. See references 3 and 4.

This result of BH visiting the Sainsbury's at Kiln Lane for her regular weekly shop, in this morning's irregular older persons' slot. Only one queue jumper, a lady - shamed into leaving the site in short order. Otherwise orderly and Sainsbury's distancing arrangements seemed to be working well enough.

Shelves not in regular condition, but in much better shape than last week. BH may have had to resort to some exotic brands, but her list was pretty much ticked off.

PS 1: I thought that 'carr' might be a word from Ordnance Survey maps, used to describe expanses of rough, wet ground. Checking with OED, a word which is also from the far north, meaning variously an offshore rock, a boggy pond or a stretch of rough, wet ground scrubbed over with willow and alder. The sort of ground which is not good for much except the RSPB. Memory works for once.

PS: 2: for the first time for a week, to make a paper change from online & TV news, we got a Guardian, from Sainsbury's, the tone of which managed to annoy both of us. The front page in particular seemed rather unhelpful, better suited to a paper like the Daily Mail. It might be a while before we bother with another.

Reference 1: http://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/03/batch-554-suite.html.

Reference 2: http://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/03/batch-554.html.

Reference 3: https://carrsflour.co.uk/.

Reference 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Maldon.