A ham and cheese toasty in brown sliced toast.

I missed the nosebag of oats, yogurt and fruit pieces this morning. All that was left in the canteen at work were the ready-made sandwiches. It's difficult to dress a goat's cheese, rocket and pesto panino as breakfast, plus it foreign, so I took the lonely ham and cheese toasty back to my table with a small cappuccino in a branded paper cup (Despite asking for it "for here" not "to go".) 

        

        This was a master stroke of comfort eating. A cheese and ham toasty is the Epicurean equivalent of a soft fleece baby blanket to an over tired toddler. I was late for breakfast and so ate alone in splendid isolation. 

Ein kleine kaffee und käsebrot mit schinken

A nice Germanic breakfast

Granola-gay should have stayed at home yesterday

Remain indoors. 

I guess since everyone's days since 2020 feels much the same as the last, please consider this a repost for the last 300 days. If you want to know what I had for breakfast a week ago - just re-read this post.

Remain indoors.

I've settled on Granola, with natural yogurt and berries as my no-think go to breakfast. Muesli is better for you as it has less sugar, but Dr James Caleb Jackson decided that muesli needed sugar. Dr J. C. Jackson ran a sanitarium, which sounds like sanatorium, but isn't. Don't confuse the two. Sanatoriums are where people who contracted TB¹ went to hide the shame of family illness form the world, sanatoriums are where people went to get granola.

Remain indoors.

I’ve also started adding milled flax seed to my Granola. It is tastless and imperceptible in the mealy toasted brown of the granola but my GP told me it would help my blood pressure and, you know, it’s his job to find out what helps and tell me to do it.

1.     Tuberculosis

Poached Egg on English Muffin with Asbestos

Let's talk about the asbestos. Nobody wants to read about English muffins. That's not entirely true, but the kind people who would rather be regaled with twee stories about a morning of muffins and perfect sunrises when asbestos is on the cards aren't holding a strong Darwinian suit.

It's the same reason the discovery channel runs a week of programs about sharks and not goldfish. Goldfish are nice but everyone has seen at least one and nobody has ever been eaten by a goldfish. Sharks, like asbestos, are dangerous. I suspect a shark is a more easily identified than asbestos.
Since Asbestos is banned in the EU, most people are happily ignorant of it. I can't blame them, it's not used in new houses and a lot of old houses have gotten rid of it at some stage.

I was surprised to learn that Asbestos, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), is listed alongside cigarettes and tanning beds in terms of its cancer causing ability. I'm not sure whether that makes Asbestos less dangerous in my mind, or Tanning Beds more dangerous (or the WHO less credible), I stay away from all three.

I had a nice Frenchman remove all the Asbestos from my house. All that is, except a small six inch flu that runs hidden withing the core of the house. Don't worry, it's sealed in, and safe enough as long as I don't start breaking it apart.

English Muffins are known in England as crumpets they make a delicious alternative to toast in the morning but should be used sparingly as they are quite heavy.