Picture the scene (Scene 1): You’ve invited a friend round to dinner. She’s not expecting cordon bleu; she knows you’re no Jamie Oliver. But neither is she expecting beans on toast or a takeaway pizza, your staple reserves when there’s no time to prepare anything. When you issued the invitation you had in mind getting away from work early and cooking something really special. Now you’re held up and unlikely to get home with much more than half an hour before your guest arrives; there’s not enough time to cook what you’d planned, and you need to stop off at Tesco’s for some milk on your way ...
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