QUOTE A DAY: BICARBONATE

He opened the fridge and let out a whinny of sheer delight. 

His housekeeper, Adelina, had made him two imperial mackerels in onion sauce, a dinner he would obviously spend the whole night wrestling with, but it was worth the trouble. To cover his rear, before starting to eat he made sure there was a packet of bicarbonate of soda in the kitchen, bless its little heart. 

From Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri