I looked forward to trying the speedy dinners promised (Dinner in less than 30 minutes: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for super-quick meals, 27 January). However, the time it would have taken to read the list of 20 ingredients and buy and/or assemble them before I even started cooking made me give up and reach for the fresh pasta, tomatoes and garlic. Ten minutes later, meal complete, wine poured, job done.
Debbie Cameron
Formby, Merseyside
• My ancient, battered, but much loved Weetabix tin has held, compactly, 24 biscuits for many years. Recently I opened a new box of 24 Weetabix and put them in the tin. There was a gap at one end for another two biscuits (‘Now even smaller’ and ‘All new, worse recipe’: these are the labels you won’t see on food – but you should, 27 January).
Peter Bunyan
Billericay, Essex
• Nick Cox is justified in his concern for the welfare of dogs caught weeing in the woods (Letters, 30 January). Spare a thought, too, for the bears, who must be looking nervously over their shoulders.
Peter Barnes
Simpson, Milton Keynes
• A friend, noticing another selfishly parked SUV, commented “another BIC”. Her translation: “Because I can” (Letters, 29 January).
Jan Mortimer
Lewes, East Sussex
• If Labour rules out raising corporation tax and abandons its £28bn green investment pledge (Labour to ditch £28bn annual green investment pledge, party sources say, 1 February) perhaps Keir Starmer should join Rishi Sunak’s cabinet.
David Prothero
Harlington, Bedfordshire
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