Further adventures in cooking

[helsinkibaby]

Dad got another batch of plums off the tree yesterday which lead Abigail to ask the question, "What else can we make with plums, Nanny?" Mam duly suggested plum crumble, possibly because Abigail's apple crumble is the food of the gods (seriously lads, this home ec business is great) so that is what was done this afternoon. Crumble was duly taken over to my parents' house this evening and devoured with gusto by all. Abigail was delighted!

Have also spent more time looking at the Olympics - Noah Lyles ran the 200m with covid? *shakes head* I do not get that at all. I don't know how he did it, I don't know how he was allowed to do it and I'm furious that it was allowed to happen. What happened to isolating when you know you're infected?

Comments

[shallowness]

I'm with you on the Noah Lyles Covid situation. What were he, the medics and the US team management thinking?

[helsinkibaby]

Aside from the dangers of infecting the other athletes, volunteers and medical staff (yes, he was masked in the call room but he wasn’t after he *collapsed on the track* and was taken away in a wheelchair, look at how close also unmasked medical personnel were to him) it’s been proven (AFAIK) that exerting yourself when you have Covid increases your risk of Long Covid. Which, trust me, you do not want.

And apparently he’s still sharing his room with his girlfriend, who is also competing in the Olympics?

I liked him before this, and I understand he’s devoted his life to the sport and it’s the Olympics, I know that, but he already *had* a gold medal from the 100m. I don’t get this at all.

[shallowness]

I hadn't even thought of the volunteers or the medics treating him on the track! I can understand his motivations, he was desperate to run and get the gold, he's been working for it for so long, which is where other people should have stepped in once he tested positive. They have a duty of care for him, the other athletes and everyone else. And surely there should have been a protocol for this given that people from so many countries are mixing. At least he didn't appear in the men's 100m relay.

[asphaltcowgrrl]

My younger daughter loves to bake, and it's so nice to come home and just have fresh baked goods! Happy to hear that Abigail loves it, too.

Yeah, I'm kind of confused why he entered knowing he was positive. I wonder if he was symptomatic? I've seen things here in the US that say if you're not showing any symptoms, there's no need to isolate. But, I'd still be worried about infecting someone.