Production of legendary HP sauce has been wrapped up in Birmingham and is being moved to The Netherlands, the news says. The current brand owners Heinz had deemed the 100-year old factory no longer economically viable.

Because the letters HP stand for Houses of Parliament, some patriotic British MPs tried to get the offshored HP sauce banned from the parliamentary canteen. Wrong, they shouldn't ban it, just rename it Market Freedom Sauce instead.

Photo by tim ellis.

For some months now, I've been experimenting with oatmeal (s. "kaurapuuro" d. "Haferbrei") recipes. By harnessing the Swedish management method of asking every passer-by, "what they think about it" - I've assimilated an oatmeal kickstarter, that makes your morning.

Oatmeal for two

2 mugs of water
1 mug of oatflakes
1 egg

Plus some milk, salt, butter and cinnamon.

Boil water, add some salt, add flakes, add a splash of milk, pour the egg in. Cook and mix until porridge is 85% solid. Leave under cover for some minutes. Serve. Add the "butter-eye" and cinnamon according to taste.

Update: Photo added 28.12.2006