tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post112715707821830889..comments2023-12-23T18:17:33.955+00:00Comments on Tunnocks Teacakes Forever: River Cottage Forevergarferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127242882537509192005-09-20T20:01:00.000+01:002005-09-20T20:01:00.000+01:00Oliver was universally regarded as an utter twat u...Oliver was universally regarded as an utter twat until he did some work with unemployed kids, and exposed the scandal of nutritionally dreadful UK school dinners.<BR/>He's still a liver lipped tosspot in my book, but you have to give credit where credits due.<BR/>I'm not obsessed with organic foods, I just think that less intensive agriculture produces a better product.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127235672284489862005-09-20T18:01:00.000+01:002005-09-20T18:01:00.000+01:00My great-grandmother lived off the grid (I don't k...My great-grandmother lived off the grid (I don't know if that's the expression in the UK - it is here), and let me tell you, it was a royal pain in the arse visiting her. Heating up your bathwater on a wood stove was not my idea of fun. Nor was collecting eggs for dinner. Chickens are vicious little birds, and they stink, too. It's enough to put you off of omelettes for life.<BR/><BR/>I agree, in principle, with organic farming. I wouldn't want to be the farmer, though. I also know that if I had to kill my own meat, I'd live off of chickens.<BR/><BR/>So what's the general consensus on Jamie Oliver - git or not?Peevish McSnarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001100371115771960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127231813914581062005-09-20T16:56:00.000+01:002005-09-20T16:56:00.000+01:00I must admit, i buy whatever is cheap.I must admit, i buy whatever is cheap.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446435491941733971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127226704863790072005-09-20T15:31:00.000+01:002005-09-20T15:31:00.000+01:00Have to like anyone who brings out a cook book cal...Have to like anyone who brings out a cook book called MEATAginothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593749625105192550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127214542222622142005-09-20T12:09:00.000+01:002005-09-20T12:09:00.000+01:00Good food is, indeed, not fuel. Crap food is, inde...Good food is, indeed, not fuel. <BR/><BR/>Crap food is, indeed, fuel.<BR/><BR/>This comment, indeed, has no point.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about that.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858316092785787898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127202860248371972005-09-20T08:54:00.000+01:002005-09-20T08:54:00.000+01:00Donkeys are quite well endowed in the 'well hung' ...Donkeys are quite well endowed in the 'well hung' departmant. As, I believe, are Matthew Maconnaughy and Will Smith.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127189797814543782005-09-20T05:16:00.000+01:002005-09-20T05:16:00.000+01:00Well Garfer, anything that is well hung "think of ...Well Garfer, anything that is well hung "think of the anticipation as a well hung..." definitely has a place in my home.pissoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507652867586105271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127183484006208522005-09-20T03:31:00.000+01:002005-09-20T03:31:00.000+01:00A vegetarian on toast would be a meal sadly lackin...A vegetarian on toast would be a meal sadly lacking in protein and essential vitamins and minerals.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127167951913777152005-09-19T23:12:00.000+01:002005-09-19T23:12:00.000+01:00I entirely agree. And when I'm not permanently ski...I entirely agree. And when I'm not permanently skint, I too will buy nothing except organic meat, from herds that have been pleasured daily by topless public schoolgirls (all of whom are over 18, whose daddies own Wiltshire), and have non-stop Digital Radio piped to their fields. I'm off to cook vegetarian-on-toast. Yummmmm.<BR/><BR/>PS Did you draw that picture of Huge Fairground-Whitbyfish, Garfer old man? Very artistic...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749078367808883055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127161948505915372005-09-19T21:32:00.000+01:002005-09-19T21:32:00.000+01:00Yeah, I remember the placenta eaters. The couple c...Yeah, I remember the placenta eaters. The couple celebrating the birth of their child in this rather novel fashion were eco, weird beard, new age types.<BR/>I'm sure it's very nutritious, but I think I'll give it a miss.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127161671787082462005-09-19T21:27:00.000+01:002005-09-19T21:27:00.000+01:00Are you sure Waitrose didn't have any? I was at o...Are you sure Waitrose didn't have any? I was at one in Norfolk and they had some very weird stuff in that store.<BR/><BR/>Then again, Norfolk...Sniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127161331533669442005-09-19T21:22:00.000+01:002005-09-19T21:22:00.000+01:00Myself and Mrs T now try and eat organic and, as t...Myself and Mrs T now try and eat organic and, as they say, you never go back. It tastes better. But didn't Hugh Fearless Witlessfool once infamously cook up a placenta or some such. That may be the kind of thing they pop on the hob in Devon as a matter of course but doesn't go down well in North London. At least, Waitrose didn't have any.Wyndhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682812260329010391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127160171436926662005-09-19T21:02:00.000+01:002005-09-19T21:02:00.000+01:00It's taken time, but I think at last the big retai...It's taken time, but I think at last the big retailers have noticed that there are plenty of people who are willing and able (and desperate) to pay extra for top quality, good organic food. It all stems back to the Good Life sitcom in the 70s - people laughed at Tom and Barbara's attempt at taking on the self-sufficient lifestyle. In a time when crap food cost more than top quality stuff (at today's prices), it was easy to scoff at those who strove to force home the organic message.<BR/><BR/>But they won. Where intensive farming has ruined consumer confidence in mass-produced food, the organic market has been coming up on the rails and is now no longer the preserve of cranks, weirdos and ponces with too much money. <BR/><BR/>We can thank Hugh Pugh for highlighting it, along with other TV chefs such as Rick Stein, even Gary Rhodes. But huge thanks must go to Tom and Barbara Goode and, of course, old jug ears, Prince Charles.Sniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.com