I was debating the other day on whether to put some pretty binding on a couple of towels that had frayed at the edges when my son pointed out they were there old PE towels from when they went up to big school at 11 , hes just had his 25th birthday . AARRGGHH
Then my daughter has discovered one of those facebook things that tells you stuff for free on Amazon the deliveries are rolling up daily and i just find this appaling. WHY? just because its free it doesnt mean you need it does it? I have a theory that its how companies are getting round environmental disposal rules. I read the other day that Sweden has an electric generating plant that incinerated bales of clothes as fuel . So why are we producing more?
Locals moaning on facebook that all the waste in the xmas collections is going in the same lorry , bless do they not understand the people on the sorting belts actually have xmas holidays ? so its quicker and more cost effective to just incinerate everything they would usually sort for a couple of weeks a year , i would imagine its all infected with glitter and sparkle anyway.
Then theres Vegangate and the great sausage roll scandal, great bit of advertising for Greggs , my favourite sausage rolls are Linda McCartneys , dont care that there vegetarian im not, just love the wretched things, I could happily live meat free but Vegan is one step to far with a dodgy digestive system and no turning into a wholefood holier than thou doesnt cure umpteen dodgy surgeries and scar tissue in weird places . There are some lovely classed as vegan foodstuffs out there that i happily eat , but theres also some really dodgy labelled vegan foodstuffs with lots of seeds and nuts that could kill me , plus whats with the miniscule labelling of the contents of foodstuffs these days? they highlight known allergens? but what about those of us with real obscure intolerances , look at those whove died from sesame seeds in stuff you would never expect . The youngsters who are Vegan seem to rely on heavily processed meat substitutes , where a good Vegan cookbook might be a better idea .
Mardy old bird rant over for today
I've been thinking about a bloggy rant on the font size of food labelling and also the poor contrast of the print with the background colour. I keep a magnifying glass attached to the fridge!
ReplyDeleteits a slippery slope once you start reading labelling , theres some really random stuff in everyday foodstuffs
DeleteI can do vegetarian but never vegan - I'm not giving up eggs or cheese for anyone!
ReplyDeleteI have some vegan friends so I've eaten in vegan restaurant with them and I've bought vegan food for them when invited to my home - and I'm sorry - but I've found 90% of it to be either tasteless or quite vile! Luckily I have a soy sensitivity (discovered after participating in a vegan brunch and then spending the rest of the day in the bathroom) so I can honestly say veganism will not be in my future.
Don't get me wrong - if that's someone's choice then that's their business and I would never try to persuade them otherwise - but I'd like the same respect for my choices.
Happy New Year Kate, I always enjoy your old bird rant. IMHO, Humans weren't meant to be vegan, and we have the teeth to prove it. I love lots vegetarian options, but some vegan are loathsome, lol.
ReplyDeleteYou get if off your chest pet... :-)
ReplyDeleteI DON'T want to be vegan whatever they say about how much better it would be - I like variety. and I can't eat seeds either or pulses.I've never tried Linda McC saus rolls but had a laugh at the look of vegetarian 'bacon' which son brought here for his wife,sister in law and father in law on Xmas day. Very weird stuff
ReplyDeleteThe font sizes are a real trial, still I suppose some labelling is better than none. Best wishes for the New Year.
ReplyDeleteAnother reader here who'd never survive as a vegan. I doubt I'd even manage veggie most of the time. I'm a carnivore through and through.
ReplyDeleteI'm also that weirdo who orders steak blue 🙊
I'm a carnivore, I love bacon too much. A vegan diet would be a step too far.
ReplyDeleteSomething on the news the other day. With China no longer accepting our rubbish to recycle, it was expected that we would be swamped with it. But no, the UK has found other mugs to take it, we just ship it off to somewhere else. Not a solution in my book, we should stop buying crap from other countries :o)
ReplyDeleteim just baffled at the crap we endlessly import
DeleteI eat Vegan food at times but all made from scratch, I can not imagine what the pretend meat tastes like it looks disgusting. I would find it hard to give up eggs and dairy but if it affected my health would do so in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeletetheres so many vegans due to clever marketing to the young
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