And how many threads have you hijacked, Keith, in order to make them about Israel, "Labour antisemitism" or yourself?

And I could suggest that the easiest way of blowing a thread off course is to indulge in gratuitous sneery insults and name calling. In that regard, there appears to be a pot here encrusted with a six-inch layer of soot calling some shiny new lacquered kettles black.

In any case, little diversions about food and football never strand threads off-topic for very long. They are just that, diversions. On top of that, they can have the serendipitous effects of annoying troublemakers, blowing away red mist and defusing squabbles. They are all to the good, and I've had a few good recipe ideas from them. It's Blue Monday today, the most miserable day of the year, so let's applaud all attempts to lighten ourselves up!

Raggytash, you'll get your pint back if tonight's result is anything other than a draw. More specifically, I predict Man U 0 Stoke 0.