Daily Mail - 01.08.2019

Page 66 Daily Mail, Thursday, August 1, 2019

QUESTIONS

PERFECT end to a

summer barbecue

for those with a

sweet tooth!

Serves: 6.

Compiled by Charles Legge

TODAY’S RECIPE: BBQ rum

& caramel bananas

Method

QUESTION

Does anyone still
use the exercises
popularised by Charles Atlas?

I stIll practise the dynamic tension
technique developed by Charles Atlas.
He got the idea from watching apes in a
zoo continually pushing and pulling on
the bars of their cage to keep their
muscles supple and strong.
He popularised the Bullworker, which
sold in its tens of thousands, but you
don’t need one of them. Just stand in
front of a mirror and interlock your
fingers, then press your palms together
and push as hard as you can and begin
stretching forward and back, left, right,
up and down.
Counter this by curling your fingers,
swivel one hand to face away from you
and interlock. then pull as hard as you
can, again in all directions. You’ll feel the
benefit straight away. Clever monkeys!
Andy Seaton, Leek, Staffs.

CHArles AtlAs was born Angelo
siciliano in sicily in October 1892 and
migrated to New York as a teenager.
He became involved in physical exercise
and bodybuilding in the thirties and
developed a mail order business as
Charles Atlas, named after the Greek
mythological figure condemned by the
god Zeus to bear the weight of the
heavens on his shoulders.
His business was backed up by a highly
effective ad campaign, where a 7st weak-
ling reacts to having sand kicked in his
face on the beach by bulking up using the
Atlas method to exact his revenge.
the cleverly designed Bullworker is
essentially two overlapping metal tubes
with sturdy plastic ends and a spring-
loaded device inside.
Its two plastic coated stretching metal
cords attached to either end offer resist-
ance for exercises.
Isotonic exercise means using the Bull-
worker to do stretching and compression
movements. Isometric exercises can be
done by holding a fixed muscle position.
I bought a Bullworker when I was a
teenager in 1971 and still have it in its
battered original cardboard box.
I paid £8 and have used it continuously
ever since, though I have always had
more enthusiasm for the arm and chest
exercises than those for the legs and

back. My Bullworker is still going strong,

showing far fewer signs of ageing than I

do, and I am sure it will outlive me.

J. Hemsworth, Selby, N. Yorks.

QUESTION

Does caviar come

only from Russia?

MOre than half of the world’s caviar

comes from China. Caviar is the salt-

cured roe (fish eggs) of the Acipenseri-

dae or sturgeon family of fish.

sturgeons appeared in the fossil record

250 million years ago and have remained

unchanged since the Upper Cretaceous

100 million years ago, earning them the

status of living fossils.

sturgeon keep growing during their life-

time and, as this can be more than 100

years, they can reach remarkable sizes.

the world record for a beluga female was

one caught in the Volga estuary in 1827,

weighing 1½ tons and 24ft long.

there are 27 species of sturgeon, 26 of

which contain edible roe. However, only

three — the beluga, osetra and sevruga

— are considered true caviar.

these live in the Caspian sea, which is

bordered by five nations: Azerbaijan,

Iran, Kazakhstan, russia and turkmeni-

stan. they are also found in the Black

sea and the nearby sea of Azov.

russia’s long association with caviar

comes from the fact that the northern

portion of the Caspian once contained

the highest concentration of sturgeon in

the world.

Caviar’s premium price, coupled with

demand, have seen decades of over-

fishing. this is most evident in the

Caspian sea, where belugas have declined

by more than 90 per cent. the depletion

of wild sturgeon has resulted in a dra-

matic increase in fish farming.

China supplies 60 per cent of the world’s

caviar with one company, Kaluga Queen,

producing 60 tonnes annually.

Martin Ivey-Lewis, Southampton.

QUESTION

The joke is that

Nasa means No

Aliens Seen Anywhere. What other

amusing acronyms are there?

FUrtHer to earlier answers, my favour-

ite acronym is BIBle, which is Basic

Instructions Before leaving earth.

Terry Bell, Newport, Gwent.

BrItIsH West Indies Airways (BWIA)

was referred to as But Will It Arrive.

Terry Caldon, Thanet, Kent.

BrItIsH Overseas Airways Corporation

(BOAC) was called Better On A Camel.

Chris Holloway, Burghead, Morayshire.

WHeN I worked in local government, I

referred to the trades union NAlGO as

Not A lot Going On.

Sue Thelwell, Wirral, Merseyside.

POlICe refer to the ClOC (Centre lane

Owners Club) and MOlls (Members of

the Outside lane lemmings society.

Roy Ellis, Newport, South Wales.

O IS THERE a question to which you have always wanted

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question raised here? Send your questions and answers

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Mail, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT. You can also fax

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we are not able to enter into individual correspondence.

: How does a lawn weedkiller

target weeds and not grass?

John Johnson, Enfield, Middlesex.

Q: Did District Attorney Hamilton

Burger ever win a case against TV’s

Perry Mason?

Ron Dobbyn, Croydon, Surrey.

: Did Paul McCartney once disguise

himself and have a go at busking?

Thea Davies, Stroud, Glos.

Q

Q

Ingredients

Stretching it:

The Charles Atlas

Bullworker.

Inset: One of the

original adverts

50g butter, softened

40g light brown

muscovado sugar

1-2 tsp treacle

1-2 tbsp spiced rum

6 unpeeled bananas

To serve: Ice cream

1. Mix butter with sugar and treacle, then add
   rum. Make a split through inside curve of each
   banana skin — be careful not to cut all the way
   through. Spread a spoonful of spiced butter
   inside each skin.


2. Place bananas, curved-side up — so butter
   doesn’t leak when it melts — onto individual
   sheets of foil large enough to wrap them
   completely. Crimp foil to make a parcel, then
   put onto embers for 15 minutes, turning once.
   The bananas should be sticky and caramelised
   — check one and cook for longer if necessary.
   Serve with a scoop of ice cream.
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