Posted on 12/12/2020 12:13
Prompted by another thread, how about listing any food and drinks products that are still made in this country, and not part of a huge Multi national company?
Here’s something very local to us.......
https://www.hendersonsrelish.com/
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Posted on 14/12/2020 18:53 by WherenextI feel the same way about root vegetables. Bought a Cabbage the other day. Only ones in stock were from Spain! For goodness sake what happened to our vegetable growing? I know we have problems from time to time with weather but Europe has similar problems.
Why fly NZ lamb all the way across the globe? Last time I looked out of the window here in Wales there was a sheep gazing back at me. She has lots of friends.😁
Posted on 14/12/2020 21:39 by TakethedogalongWN, we watched a documentary on veg/salad growing in Spain. Workers live in unbelievably shocking conditions, and the area is an ecological disaster from all the plastic waste.
Posted on 16/12/2020 11:14
‘Taint my recollection of the food of my childhood thankfully. My Mum was a cook and a half, always experimenting, and lots of decent cook books in the house to trawl through. She had a good friend who was Polish, they originally had a mobile fruit and veg business (gorgeous old single decker bus) and then they opened a lovely Deli in our town, so we sampled some quite exotic fare pre Europe days. All the family had a big allotment each, even keeping chickens, turkeys, the occasional pig. So we were quite happy food wise. Nothing like as much choice of course, and veg/fruit much more seasonal, but I think overall we were healthier, with less salt, less saturated fats and sugar.
Posted on 16/12/2020 11:14 by Takethedogalong‘Taint my recollection of the food of my childhood thankfully. My Mum was a cook and a half, always experimenting, and lots of decent cook books in the house to trawl through. She had a good friend who was Polish, they originally had a mobile fruit and veg business (gorgeous old single decker bus) and then they opened a lovely Deli in our town, so we sampled some quite exotic fare pre Europe days. All the family had a big allotment each, even keeping chickens, turkeys, the occasional pig. So we were quite happy food wise. Nothing like as much choice of course, and veg/fruit much more seasonal, but I think overall we were healthier, with less salt, less saturated fats and sugar.
Posted on 16/12/2020 11:37
Thankfully the pig keeping had ended by the time I came along, so it wasn’t something I ever (thankfully) witnessed. But Saturday afternoon saw the occasional surplus chicken breathe it’s last. Drawn and dressed for a Sunday roast. Those days I never batted an eyelid, it was just something I grew up with, and they had lived a very nice life before becoming dinner. Veggie now though, (all bar fish).
I think most Mum’s, and the odd Dad were far better cooks back then. They had to be. No microwaves or takeaways in my childhood, beyond the odd fish and chip shop. There were no overweight children either as I recall at school. Conversely, I don’t recall many on free school dinners either. We have become a nation of extremes.☹️
good if it's well maintained.
Takethedogalong