I knew your propensity for excessive salt, sugar and most other bad stuff would get you in the end Phil. Good to hear you're on the mend though.

Or, should I also have tartar sauce, tomato ketchup, HP sauce, or salad cream?

Make sure you wear your best dress when you pile that crap on. Real men eat salt and vinegar!   

I have to try the bhuna — it is a dish that (like chicken chat) has mutated so badly over the decades that I can barely recognise most instances of it today ...

So true. These days the only prerequisite to qualify it as a bhuna is that the sauce is thick. So sad.

By the way, I doubt I'd rave about your new Indian find, precisely because it's Indian and not Bangldeshi which is where my curry jorney began. That said it's probably great, just in a different way.

Qualiko whole frozen chicken (without giblets).

Seems strange to see that. When was the last time a chicken came with giblets? I recall seeing them as a kid, they'd be in a plastic bag in the cavity, but haven't seen any since, maybe, 1980. And I've seen several of the Qualiko products but have been too wary of them, they're just too cheap. Let us know what you think of your purchase.

Actually I just Googled Qualiko and it's a Ukranian brand. Who knew eh?

livo, maybe this new strain that's in the wild is more virulent to those who have so far been lucky enough to avoid Covid. If so I'd better wind my neck in and stay at home. I've had three shots but they're waning in efficacy by now so I must be a prime candidate if for no other reason than statistical chance.