She once mashed the beans for her burritos, but decided it was too much trouble, so she started leaving them intact.

“We fed it mashed banana and gave it water. It did have a diaper that was changed.”

She says they had to make do with ham, pickled onions and "a few spuds that my daughter had left over mashed up with frozen broccoli and cauliflower".

"The fishing industry is mash up," echoes his friend, Captain Euride.

For dinner, the jail served a holiday feast complete with candy, salad, fruit, mashed potatoes and gravy, gelatin — or “gelatine,” as it was spelled in The Times — and even roast veal with sage dressing.