Paul Peacock asks isn’ t it about time we put our food first?
“ Some sausages have nearly a gram of salt in each one, and extra sugar to disguise it, just to keep it fresh in the shop.”
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Paul Peacock asks isn’ t it about time we put our food first?
Here in the UK we have had all kinds of press wrangling, outcries and hysteria about horse meat being in our food.
It was infuriating to hear companies more or less saying,‘ the products are safe, what are you moaning about?’ But to be honest, isn’ t that missing the point? It’ s not about the fact that it was horse meat, or that it was a simple case of fraud. The real point is how we have completely removed ourselves as a nation from the production of our own food.
Actually, it’ s true all around the world!
I watched a news item consisting of a lady opening a lasagne from a supermarket that just looked like soup. The photograph on the box was fairly good, but the product itself was awful. The newsreader said,‘ if you fancy a lasagne for your Sunday lunch...’ and I thought:‘ why would you?’ The truth is, that it is only knowledge that stops people from making their own food. It can be made much quicker yourself, it will taste much better, be better for you and considerably cheaper to boot.
Moreover, whatever is in your food is controlled by you. For example, if you make bacon at home, you can have low salt bacon. You can have bacon without additives that are not natural- you can have E-Free-Food, that is, food with not a dangerous chemical anywhere.
But it goes beyond that: much of what is in our food is there for two reasons. To keep it safe on the shelf( botulism kills very quickly) and to make the product palatable. So, some sausages have nearly a gram of salt per sausage, and extra sugar to disguise it! Some drinks contain so much sugar they are actually dangerous to drink!
So that’ s what City Cottage is about. Making food healthy, cheap, home made, home grown. Isn’ t it time we took control of our food, because in doing so we will take control of our whole lives!
“ Some sausages have nearly a gram of salt in each one, and extra sugar to disguise it, just to keep it fresh in the shop.”
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