Everything is interesting to me, particularly people. I'd been (not any more...) home alone for a week, and I sat watching telly during my breakfast. Yesterday morning BBC breakfast news was talking about how many people still get onboard regulations wrong. I'm talking about airplane trips.
Since 9/11 everyone knows that you can't bring in any liquid more than 100ml onboard, and they were saying that there are still loads of people who don't understand what 'liquid' is and try to bring in all sorts of stuff, including 5 litre can of paint. Isn't that amazing? One kid apparently tried to bring in a large machine-gun type of water pistol full of water. What were the parents thinking? Nothing to do with 'liquid' but someone else tried to take onboard a long belt with loads of fake but lifelike bullet cartridges stuck together. Why?
The news also said about 35% of the people don't know what's in their bag. As a consequence UK airports have to make a designated area for people to unpack and pack up again after the security check. I don't travel very often but sometimes I'm amazed how big some of the suitcases (not bags) people try to bring in. I once saw someone trying to smuggle in a large jar of peanut butter and got caught. Why did she need a jar of peanut butter onboard?
I usually carry a passport, my wallet, plane tickets and boarding passes, my laptop and its wire, my iPod and its wire, a book, and a toothbrush and a very small tube of toothpaste. That's it for a long haul from London to Tokyo. My son is the opposite. He carries every single item in his life with him to wherever he travels. I'm hoping that this is not some sort of emotional insecurity thing...
There's no recipe today again. Following this post I just wanted to show you this beetroot ravioli. It might sound a bit funny, but beetroot is only for the lovely pink colour and there's no taste of it in the pasta. It's filled with ricotta cheese and lemon zest. It's homemade (not me) and is available from here. It's delicious :)