It's good to know that the list is being extended to Facebook, and I hope the result will be more discussion. I also hope that any such discussion won't be confined to Facebook, an organisation that I wouldn't join unless threatened with a deadly weapon.

But it's sad that the 300-plus members of this list have been so inert. If you joined the group, you must have an interest in food, and being interested in something ought to mean asking questions, passing on ideas, complaining, boasting -- anything rather than sitting in silence.