As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, we currently have two cruise ships off the coast here in Perth (MSC Magnifica & the Artania). A third (the Vasco da Gama) scheduled to arrive this Friday.
The Magnifica and Artania reportedly have passengers suffering from COVID-19. None of the passengers are Australian residents. The State government will only disembark passengers in need of urgent hospital treatment and the State Premier has told the ships to go elsewhere.
The Vasco da Gama has 800 Australian residents onboard, 200 are from Western Australia.
I find it interesting than; according to their cruise itineraries; none of these vessels were scheduled to call into Perth. The Magnifica and Artania were scheduled to go up the other side of Australia then around the top. The Vasco da Garma was supposed to leave Singapore and head for Europe. It appears cruise lines are attempting to disembark passengers wherever they can?
Part of me has little sympathy for the passengers. The coronavirus struck the Diamond Princess in Japan back in early February; well before any of these three cruises commenced. The passengers made their decision to go on the cruise and should accept responsibility for their predicament. Perhaps I’m being too uncharitable…. However it does annoy me when people failed to accept responsibility for their actions!
On the home front, Jan has run out of bread yeast and therefore been baking Navaho bread. It's unleavened and quite tasty.
Yesterday I fixed the shower rose, completed the installation of the second soak pit for the shed and re-laid all the pavers where the sewer connection was modified. That was my next three weeks of work..... Now what will I do!
4 comments :
Hi Tom, could you post Jan's recipe please?
I sometimes make soda bread when we are on the boat.
Yeast is in short supply here too, which is annoying as Dave normally makes our bread. At least he had recently bought a large sack of flour.
Our neighbour has passed us some yeast which has a best before date of Dec 2013. It is in foil sachets so we'll try it out before making some hot cross buns!
stay safe
Debby
How about the unleavened bread recipe from Jan please?
I'm still useing Jan's no knead bread recipe and getting good results. When I run out of yeast I'll be making soda bread. Hope you both keep well. We are self isolating in Wheaton Aston on the Shroppie for the forseable future. Goodness knows when we'll get to see our family. Regards to you both Judith and John nb Serena
Hi Jan and Tom,
Brilliant that you are making Navaho Fry Bread. I grew up on it. If you want a dessert version, just make them larger around, and after they are fried, butter one side and sprinkle liberally with a mix of sugar and cinnamon. These are then called Elephant Ears and they sell better than hotcakes at the Alaska State Fair each year.
Stay safe, stay well,
Love Jaq xxx
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