I cannot help but think that you and I have very different lifestyles, JT !

Haha! Forget tw4ts relaxing in a posh health club. Sauna here is a very practical thing, somewhere to bring life back in to your extremities after experiencing winter in -35 Celsius, and also somewhere to

"Cooling on the verandah"

That looks interesting and convenient Phil. Look forward to hearing about your experiences with it.

Quote from: jalfreziT on November 22, 2019, 05:45 AM

/Pulls up a chair and sits on the edge of it.

I'm also ready and waiting to hear what unpublished secrets CT will share.

I've always (privately) thought it delusional to think that there is some "missing secret". Willing to be proved wrong though 

who would have thought my silly, tongue in cheek post would produce such a fascinating conversation!

Having spent a lot of time hanging around the restaurant business, the truth is there is *no* secret technique or spice mix.

Oh my.  The casual newcomer will be confused. Three have stepped up with their opinion that there is no secret to BIR. One has stated that

I do not deny for one second that with this county's present hostile immigration policies, it is getting ever harder to find good BIR chefs and standards are falling nationwide.

It's a tricky one Phil.

When you're a member of the EU, the immigration policy pushes you towards recruiting from within the EU (and is supported as that with free movement of labour, no need for work permits, etc.).

If you're not in the EU, it means you (Britain) can decide it's own immigration policy, and take whoever you want, EU or non-EU.

But....if you're not in the EU, you (Britain) don't get such easy access to the large pool of cheap labour, on which many UK businesses have built themselves.

There are no easy answers.