Excellent article above with some very apt insights, many of which maybe throw light onto why the "French system" suffers its inefficiencies. After all, the question initially raised was not about British food. It was about the apparent unfairness of the percentage of agricultural subsidies that disappear into an arguably inefficient French agricultural system, and this is what needs to be addressed.
Too often the threads in this board, though initially excellent, seem to go off course. Incidentally, the UK is one of the leading countries in awareness of the dangers of GM foods, and one of the major consumers of Organics. If I can add my two penneth here to the UK food diversion - UK food..well yes, that is an emotive issue, and not surprisingly results in a somewhat bristly response from Chandashari. Uk food has never shone, the whole eating culture has never been a British forte historically. UK "food-awareness" has changed dramatically in the past ten years or so. Cookery programmes abound on UK TV. There is a plethora of excellent restaurants in most British towns. Having said that, it must be added that these are for the most part restaurants serving French, Italian, Spanish, Indian, Chinese, -you name a country - food. Very few revelling in British food, if that is not an oxymoron. When visiting friends in France, Belgium or Austria the phrase "Bon Apetit" or "Guten Apetite" is often heard before a meal. I have been asked "What is the English wish given before a meal?" I have to say that we have no such readily given expression. For a laugh I sometimes say that in the UK we say "Bon Chance" 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/
