--- In [email protected], "chandashari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brit-bashing sentiments are seen to raise their head........
In my case (second quote below), merely for fun. The Brits and what they call food has been fair game for hundreds of years before Maharishi issued his fatwa. :-) Unc, who confesses to liking fish & chips anyway... :-) > > Yes, Unstressor - it is a puzzler, is it not? The situation is > > hardly clear, what with the question of the massive subsidisation > > of French farmers, French agricultural methods belonging more to > > the 1950's than to the present century. Mr. Blair's logic would > > seem to be sound on the face of it. > > "On the other hand, these "agricultural methods of the 1950's" > produce food that has...uh...taste. And nutrients. But mainly > taste. British food tends to taste like...uh...sorta like the > food you'd get in the US at a Denny's, except that the British > chefs are less talented, and so can't bring their creations > up to the Denny's level of excellence." > > "One interesting thing to keep in mind. Organic farming tastes > better. > It's well-known that the subtle chemicals involved in taste often > have anti-oxidant effects (at least, I THINK that's what "bio- > flavinoids" are). The claim that there's no health difference between > the old ways and the new is rather bogus, IMHO." > > "Actually there is a story that a sage cursed the British with bad > teeth and various dental problems." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
