Re: Instant beans on toast.



Adam Funk <a24061@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1777300,00.html

I love this paragraph;

--> Britain was meant to have turned a corner in terms of its
--> attitude to food. Farmers' markets are springing up everywhere.
--> A chastened Jamie Oliver has brought the woeful state of the
--> nation's school dinners to public attention. Manufacturers have
--> been pressured into reducing the salt content of processed foods,
--> and everybody is meant to understand the importance of fresh,
--> healthy, simply prepared meals. And yet Britain now spends £900m
--> in a year on ready meals, with 31,000 more of them bought every
--> month than a year ago.

It appears the UK food press and foodies are just as disconnected from
reality as their US counterparts.

D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL
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