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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Dec 23, 2020 17:04:09 GMT
All Chinese food banned from our house. I have plenty of misgivings concerning China, but Chinese cuisine is not one of them.
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Post by dutchstokie on Dec 23, 2020 17:31:35 GMT
Ive just donw my 'Mr Creosote' impression and gorged on sushi......
Damn tasty n all !
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Post by crapslinger on Dec 23, 2020 17:36:19 GMT
All Chinese food banned from our house. I have plenty of misgivings concerning China, but Chinese cuisine is not one of them. You could be eating literally anything, I prefer my dog on a lead not on a dinner plate. this is a joke sorry if it offends any of our more delicate posters.
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Post by lordb on Dec 23, 2020 20:10:15 GMT
I have plenty of misgivings concerning China, but Chinese cuisine is not one of them. You could be eating literally anything, I prefer my dog on a lead not on a dinner plate. this is a joke sorry if it offends any of our more delicate posters. I always thought jokes at least tried to be funny.
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Post by crapslinger on Dec 23, 2020 20:17:09 GMT
You could be eating literally anything, I prefer my dog on a lead not on a dinner plate. this is a joke sorry if it offends any of our more delicate posters. I always thought jokes at least tried to be funny. First nibble I will leave it the bigger fish will be along soon
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Dec 23, 2020 21:08:53 GMT
There's so much more food we should be growing in this country. A lot of 'weeds' are edible, packed with goodness and delicious too. We've just forgotten as a country. The home delivery service for fresh food is shocking too - so much is wasted because it's bad when it arrives or within a couple of days. I received a "fresh" satsuma that looks like an Ireland flag a couple of days ago. It must be how it's transported and stored. Whenever I complain to Tesco, they say they'll tell the pickers, but often fruit and veg is bad inside. I keep telling them but they don't listen.
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Post by felonious on Dec 24, 2020 10:16:56 GMT
There's so much more food we should be growing in this country. A lot of 'weeds' are edible, packed with goodness and delicious too. We've just forgotten as a country. The home delivery service for fresh food is shocking too - so much is wasted because it's bad when it arrives or within a couple of days. I received a "fresh" satsuma that looks like an Ireland flag a couple of days ago. It must be how it's transported and stored. Whenever I complain to Tesco, they say they'll tell the pickers, but often fruit and veg is bad inside. I keep telling them but they don't listen. Same here Morrisons delivery yesterday and my daughter pointed out it's the second time in a row that one of the lemons is covered in mold.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Dec 24, 2020 10:19:33 GMT
There's so much more food we should be growing in this country. A lot of 'weeds' are edible, packed with goodness and delicious too. We've just forgotten as a country. The home delivery service for fresh food is shocking too - so much is wasted because it's bad when it arrives or within a couple of days. I received a "fresh" satsuma that looks like an Ireland flag a couple of days ago. It must be how it's transported and stored. Whenever I complain to Tesco, they say they'll tell the pickers, but often fruit and veg is bad inside. I keep telling them but they don't listen. Same here Morrisons delivery yesterday and my daughter pointed out it's the second time in a row that one of the lemons is covered in mold. Did my first ever Morrison’s online shop last week as I was self isolating, never again. Loads of stuff wrong, stuff missing and stuff with a used by date the night it was delivered. They’ve knocked it off the bill but that’s not the point. Bastards😏
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Post by felonious on Dec 24, 2020 10:21:47 GMT
Same here Morrisons delivery yesterday and my daughter pointed out it's the second time in a row that one of the lemons is covered in mold. Did my first ever Morrison’s online shop last week as I was self isolating, never again. Loads of stuff wrong, stuff missing and stuff with a used by date the night it was delivered. They’ve knocked it off the bill but that’s not the point. Bastards😏 Bloody hell Badger the World's out to get you at the minute
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Dec 24, 2020 10:22:02 GMT
Oh and I’d got a phone call saying they were outside, they’d piled it all up at the front door off someone about 100 yards away. Then they brought it down and attempted to walk straight into the house despite me making it clear I was self isolating and requested it to be left at the door! Rant over, feel better now👀
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2020 11:28:28 GMT
I recommend reading A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough. A sobering read that has relevance to this thread. Cattle farming at the current levels is simply unsustainable.
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Dec 24, 2020 12:00:48 GMT
I recommend reading A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough. A sobering read that has relevance to this thread. Cattle farming at the current levels is simply unsustainable. Alongside Population growth/ never ending human consumption without a thought for the future, Tom. Have a good Christmas!
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Post by followyoudown on Dec 24, 2020 12:02:32 GMT
I don't go ahead and tell us I presumed it was some lame attempted putdown / joke from their air conditioned chairman of ftse 100 companies offices. Throw a bit of 'Normacot' into the eqaution and I think you get their drift. I really haven't read alot of tedious stuff but the quotations and mentions of lucky 7 by one of them this is some sort of actual or perceived racial joke ?
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Post by dutchstokie on Dec 24, 2020 16:29:14 GMT
Yep..... Harry Krishna everyone !!!!
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Post by Northy on Dec 24, 2020 18:55:51 GMT
We can't grow it all ourselves On the verge of starving in World War 2 Digging for victory might may a comeback Lincolnshire farmers have been ploughing their broccoli and similar back into the soil as they can't sell it.
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Post by mattyd2 on Dec 24, 2020 18:58:29 GMT
We can't grow it all ourselves On the verge of starving in World War 2 Digging for victory might may a comeback Lincolnshire farmers have been ploughing their broccoli and similar back into the soil as they can't sell it. And you only need to look at shelves full of discounted turkey today. Farmers were culling larger birds cuz there is simply no demand, both in terms of large family gatherings and commercial outlets such as pubs and restaurants.
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Post by Northy on Dec 24, 2020 18:59:08 GMT
The queues at Dover should cause us to question if we really need to import so much food, particularly out of season. The same question could be asked about other commodities Perhaps it's time to bring back the Buy British slogan. We get all our veg delivered by a local farmer weekly whose in a group of local farmers, they supply seasonal fruit and veg, picked eay in the morning and nothing in plastic
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Post by Northy on Dec 24, 2020 19:02:17 GMT
I wonder if we need to move away from meat We don't need to move away from meat, but we will be told we need to in the coming years. Want a nice steak? No, no, only the rich & powerful can eat food like that, you'll make do with your insect burger & be greatful. We should eat less of it, 70% of crops are grown to feed animals in the winter. Sheep farming is a big problem with flooding from the hills, they compact the ground. We need to manage our land better.
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Post by cerebralstokie on Dec 24, 2020 19:27:37 GMT
We don't need to move away from meat, but we will be told we need to in the coming years. Want a nice steak? No, no, only the rich & powerful can eat food like that, you'll make do with your insect burger & be greatful. We should eat less of it, 70% of crops are grown to feed animals in the winter. Sheep farming is a big problem with flooding from the hills, they compact the ground. We need to manage our land better. Much of the land in uplands such as the Lake District was originally forested and has been subsequently cleared. In my view, some of this land needs to be restored to forestry. This would have the effect of slowing down runoff from bare slopes and reducing flooding lower down the catchment. I think there would still be room for sheep grazing lower down, but on a reduced scale. Many hill farmers get subsidies, basically for preserving the landscape as it is.
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Dec 24, 2020 20:09:04 GMT
We should eat less of it, 70% of crops are grown to feed animals in the winter. Sheep farming is a big problem with flooding from the hills, they compact the ground. We need to manage our land better. Much of the land in uplands such as the Lake District was originally forested and has been subsequently cleared. In my view, some of this land needs to be restored to forestry. This would have the effect of slowing down runoff from bare slopes and reducing flooding lower down the catchment. I think there would still be room for sheep grazing lower down, but on a reduced scale. Many hill farmers get subsidies, basically for preserving the landscape as it is. My wife's into this passionately, I get an ear bashing every day.....as though it's my fault! ...... By protecting, restoring and regenerating species-rich mosaics of habitats, rewilding helps reverse biodiversity loss and bring back the abundance of Britain’s wildlife. We’ve demonstrated that rewilding also helps to mitigate climate heating by drawing down millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. We also show in our new report ‘Adapting to Climate Heating: How rewilding can help save Britain’s wildlife from extinction’, how rewilding allows wildlife to disperse and adapt as our climate heats, saving a significant number from further decline or extinction. Rewilding also presents opportunities for communities to diversify and create more resilient, nature-based economies — and reconnects us with the wonders of wild nature, improving physical and mental health. www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/
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Post by Dave the Rave on Dec 24, 2020 20:33:13 GMT
But I like being part of a global world where my choice of cuisine is opened up to almost endless possibilities.
Why on earth would we not want that?
I don't want to live off turnips and sprouts in the winter.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 24, 2020 20:55:48 GMT
Much of the land in uplands such as the Lake District was originally forested and has been subsequently cleared. In my view, some of this land needs to be restored to forestry. This would have the effect of slowing down runoff from bare slopes and reducing flooding lower down the catchment. I think there would still be room for sheep grazing lower down, but on a reduced scale. Many hill farmers get subsidies, basically for preserving the landscape as it is. My wife's into this passionately, I get an ear bashing every day.....as though it's my fault! ...... By protecting, restoring and regenerating species-rich mosaics of habitats, rewilding helps reverse biodiversity loss and bring back the abundance of Britain’s wildlife. We’ve demonstrated that rewilding also helps to mitigate climate heating by drawing down millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. We also show in our new report ‘Adapting to Climate Heating: How rewilding can help save Britain’s wildlife from extinction’, how rewilding allows wildlife to disperse and adapt as our climate heats, saving a significant number from further decline or extinction. Rewilding also presents opportunities for communities to diversify and create more resilient, nature-based economies — and reconnects us with the wonders of wild nature, improving physical and mental health. www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/The rewilding idea is a very hot topic in this part of Wales BJR. You'd have thought that it would be broadly welcomed but taking the drive from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth and pretty much most other road and you're welcomed with many signs vehemently opposing the idea. Given the terrain it's pretty wild at the moment anyway if you include a certain Pink Floyd musician!.
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Post by crapslinger on Dec 24, 2020 21:00:34 GMT
But I like being part of a global world where my choice of cuisine is opened up to almost endless possibilities. Why on earth would we not want that? I don't want to live off turnips and sprouts in the winter. Are they shutting all the takeaway outlets because of Brexit I demand another referendum ! I didn't see that in the small print FFS
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Post by Dave the Rave on Dec 24, 2020 21:10:44 GMT
But I like being part of a global world where my choice of cuisine is opened up to almost endless possibilities. Why on earth would we not want that? I don't want to live off turnips and sprouts in the winter. Are they shutting all the takeaway outlets because of Brexit I demand another referendum ! I didn't see that in the small print FFS What's this got to do with Brexit? This thread is about whether we should import less food. Less imports = less availability.
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Post by crapslinger on Dec 24, 2020 21:25:28 GMT
Are they shutting all the takeaway outlets because of Brexit I demand another referendum ! I didn't see that in the small print FFS What's this got to do with Brexit? This thread is about whether we should import less food. Less imports = less availability. As an independent nation we need to produce more of our own food become less reliant on the EU etc. for our supplies, hopefully Brexit will be the incentive/catalyst we need to re build our manufacturing and agricultural base don't you agree, stop the need for EU/non EU migrants to pick crops, unskilled work etc. put the physically able on benefits to work to earn their keep.
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Post by Dave the Rave on Dec 24, 2020 21:37:24 GMT
What's this got to do with Brexit? This thread is about whether we should import less food. Less imports = less availability. As an independent nation we need to produce more of our own food become less reliant on the EU etc. for our supplies, hopefully Brexit will be the incentive/catalyst we need to re build our manufacturing and agricultural base don't you agree, stop the need for EU/non EU migrants to pick crops, unskilled work etc. put the physically able on benefits to work to earn their keep. Oh I agree that it's helpful to be self sufficient where possible. But I also like to eat avocados, bananas, pineapples and olives and use exotic spices in my cooking. Last time I checked, we can't grow those particularly well in the UK. I see the importing of new and exciting foods as progression, not regression.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Dec 24, 2020 21:50:47 GMT
We don't need to move away from meat, but we will be told we need to in the coming years. Want a nice steak? No, no, only the rich & powerful can eat food like that, you'll make do with your insect burger & be greatful. We should eat less of it, 70% of crops are grown to feed animals in the winter. Sheep farming is a big problem with flooding from the hills, they compact the ground. We need to manage our land better. This was an interesting episode of Cornwall with Simon Reeve, with one farmer introducing his sheep to a patch of woodland and another farmer reintroducing beavers to help prevent flooding: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pjgj/cornwall-with-simon-reeve-series-1-episode-2The amount of red tape to reintroduce a beaver is ridiculously sad, and it's sad that humans only rewild places if they believe it'll be for their benefit. If that's what it takes though...
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Post by redstriper on Dec 25, 2020 14:20:48 GMT
The queues at Dover should cause us to question if we really need to import so much food, particularly out of season. The same question could be asked about other commodities Perhaps it's time to bring back the Buy British slogan. I figure this is a certainty, Boris will have been waiting for the brexit eu deal first, and I've bought shares in a number of companies who I think will benefit when it gathers momentum. My favourite being AO world, who are best placed to be the alternative to Amazon. DYOR.
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Post by lordb on Dec 25, 2020 17:43:39 GMT
What's this got to do with Brexit? This thread is about whether we should import less food. Less imports = less availability. As an independent nation we need to produce more of our own food become less reliant on the EU etc. for our supplies, hopefully Brexit will be the incentive/catalyst we need to re build our manufacturing and agricultural base don't you agree, stop the need for EU/non EU migrants to pick crops, unskilled work etc. put the physically able on benefits to work to earn their keep. In all seriousness is there much if any capacity for Britain to produce more food?
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Post by crapslinger on Dec 27, 2020 10:56:52 GMT
As an independent nation we need to produce more of our own food become less reliant on the EU etc. for our supplies, hopefully Brexit will be the incentive/catalyst we need to re build our manufacturing and agricultural base don't you agree, stop the need for EU/non EU migrants to pick crops, unskilled work etc. put the physically able on benefits to work to earn their keep. In all seriousness is there much if any capacity for Britain to produce more food? Stop greedy property developers getting building approval on green field sites, plenty of derelict brown field sites in this country mainly in towns and cities, stop mass immigration, sub letting property by criminals to illegal immigrants deport all illegals, less people less demand simple really.
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