Ferozan Mast

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[Ariana Richards @GalleryAriana]

Sam - you were more than just a lovely actor to work with - refined, thoughtful, a skill second to none - you were a mentor, protector, and above all, friend. Thank you for making our scenes together feel so real. I will be forever grateful to have been on this journey with you.

[Ryan B. Anderson @OldHollowTree]

Can you imagine being an Irish monk illuminating manuscripts on a soggy little island and all of a sudden a few dozen of these guys show up on boats that look like dragons? Must’ve been awful.

[Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher]

It’s hard work that singing Harry Kane cmon ENGLAND cmon WONDERWALL

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

I remember this from my primary school in London. I loathed the custard but we really didn’t know how good we had it.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

A British school dinner in 1975 was cooked on-site, from whole ingredients, by a dinner lady who knew, without consulting a nutritional database, what a growing child needed to eat.

The dinner was: roast beef, gravy from the drippings, boiled potatoes, cabbage, and sponge pudding with custard made from eggs and milk. Or shepherd's pie from real mince. Or liver and onions. Or fish on Friday, battered and fried in beef dripping.

In a single sitting: haem iron from the meat, calcium from the custard, B12 from the liver, vitamin A from the gravy fat, vitamin D from the eggs, zinc from the beef, omega-3 from the fish, collagen from the gravy, complete protein from every component, and roughly 800 calories dense enough to carry a child through an afternoon of running around a playground in January.
Then the system changed.

In the 1980s and 1990s, local authority catering was outsourced. On-site kitchens closed. Dinner ladies were made redundant. Central production kitchens began manufacturing meals reheated in convection ovens.

The roast beef became a turkey twizzler. The shepherd's pie became a pre-formed disc of processed potato and reconstituted meat product. The liver disappeared entirely. The fish was coated in breadcrumbs and fried in vegetable oil. The custard was made from powder, water, and yellow colouring. The sponge pudding was replaced by a yoghurt tube.

Jamie Oliver's 2005 campaign filmed children who could not identify a tomato. Kitchens where the only equipment was a deep fryer and a microwave. Menus that contained less nutritional value in a full week than the 1975 dinner contained in a single sitting.

The government pledged reform. But the on-site kitchen did not come back. The dinner lady did not come back. The roast beef and the liver and the custard made from eggs did not come back.

The 1975 dinner lady, who had no nutritional qualification and had never heard of a DIAAS score, was producing, at approximately 30p per serving, a meal that contained more bioavailable nutrition than anything the modern system produces at three times the cost.

She has been replaced by a supply chain.

The supply chain is more expensive.

The children are less well fed.

The dinner lady knew what she was doing.

Nobody asked her.

[Sisters of Aquinas @ QAS Online Academy @sistersaquinas]

The beautiful chant of the Easter sequence, Victimae Paschali Laudes.
#easter #chant #sistersofaquinas

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

My entire timeline is suddenly Japanese artists and I couldn't be happier.

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

@kaoru_creation If every Murakami book was distilled into one beautiful picture.

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

@cobtoya_art Absolutely beautiful, you have a new follower!

[Nina Teicholz, PhD @bigfatsurprise]

The official new Dietary Guidelines food pyramid
Revolutionary. Grains now at the bottom

[Meh @Spilling_The_T]

RIP Dame Patricia Routledge. Your portrayal of Hyacinth Bucket will always be iconic!

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

@KeenanPeachy I’ve never enjoyed those movies and straight up refuse to watch or read anything like that after having kids.

[Christopher Lloyd @DocBrownLloyd]

Rest in peace, Hulk.

[Wernham Blogg - The Office Podcast @WernhamBlogg]

Good. Didn't want to.
Next!

[Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel]

Stevia ruins the flavor of everything. I can taste it typing this.

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

Growing up is realizing Helen Lovejoy was created to brainwash an entire generation into believing parents who aggressively shielded their kids from degeneracy were embarrassing and ridiculous.

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

@JESSEOSHOW @realDonaldTrump @RobertKennedyJr I also wrote this one, I hope you enjoy it. 🇺🇸

https://t.co/thxKvPvydI

[Ferozan Mast @ferozan]

@AllB9rn @Rothmus

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

RIP Gwen Watkins, who has passed at the age of 101.

She decoded Luftwaffe codes at Bletchley Park in WW2, aiding RAF & USAAF fighters against German bombers & helping Allied aircraft evade German air defences.

Thank you for your service, heroine. 🕊

[Vintage Los Angeles @alisonmartino]

Whoever shot this 17 minute video showing a drive through Pacific Palisades one month ago had no idea how historic it would become.

If you’re not from Los Angeles, this might give you a better idea of what we’ve lost. Please keep in mind this is just ONE street. This doesn’t include the entire Pacific Coast Highway, most of Altadena, and an additional 18 miles of Pacific Palisades. 💔💔💔

[Briana Cap @BrianaCap]

Literally crying in the Target parking lot right now. 🧵

I was struggling with unloading my toddler, my bags and wrangling an unruly cart (seriously — why do some lack power-steering?) A fire truck from Redondo Beach (E61) had just parked nearby and four firefighters got out.