Forget your tier 1 2 or 3 – it is all useless – the world has come to an end – Quality street are unable to provide their full mix of sweets in all boxes.
We can no longer cope – we need to get back to full quality street standards.
There are so many “favourites” we all have in the food world. Although I am vegetarian there is one meat product I cannot refuse – the Scottish Mince Pie. And today I got my delivery. We all want our favourite foods available when we want them. We just pop to the shop and buy them.
In Austria the restaurants have seasonal food. One of my local restaurants was the Schabanack and it publishes a schedule of food weeks – tomorrow is the start of Martinigansl season – roast goose.
With all the fuss about Brexit and amendment 16 to the agriculture bill this week it struck me that we are getting closer to needing to adopt the natural schedule. I remember eating fresh strawberries at a party in early January. Apparently strawberries are flown in by the tonne every day.
Yes, it might be good for the air miles to reduce that, but I was just thinking about the attitude we have that creates this trade. I know a lot of people that are concerned about the international trade in food – based on the recent issues in the news we can assume there are a lot of people that want to protect our local farming. But how many eat based on a food calendar – so let’s see. When is the UK season for:
- Apples
- Pears
- Plums
- Tomatoes
- Strawberries
- Bananas
- Lamb