Yes, My apologies - It is an emotive issue, I think I over-reacted --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sramanist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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"
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