{"id":1722,"date":"2010-09-17T11:37:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T11:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2010-09-17T11:37:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T11:37:06","slug":"this-weeks-food-news-17th-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/09\/17\/this-weeks-food-news-17th-september-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"This week’s food news | 17th September 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Processed food is destroying our taste buds We ate all the pies Cloned food in our shops in two years *****<\/p>\n Other food news this week: *****<\/p>\n Pie(ce) of the week: *****<\/p>\n Recipe of the week *****<\/p>\n Video of the week
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Despite the excited and locavore-pleasing news that each region of the UK has its own flavour<\/a> – ‘as distinct as regional accents’ – there are concerns that processed foods are killing our appreciation of fresh produce. Apparently<\/a> we want food that tastes the same all year round, destroying the subtle nuances of seasonal, local flavours.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/a>The recession has seen a leap in the amount we’re spending on pies. Along with roasting joints and baking goods, it seems we’re turning to pies – good old comfort food – as a frugal and reassuring means of making up for lighter wallets. Last year we spent nearly a billion quid on the lardy things. What’s your favourite pie? Appletons in Ripon do the best pork pie in England, no contest.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/a>“How’s your lamb?” “Well it’s identical to yours, darling” is the sort of thing we might be hearing rather sooner than first thought, if the Daily Mail<\/a> is at all accurate. Apparently the trade in cloned animal semen and embryos is already so widespread that the monitoring of such things will be nigh-on impossible before long.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span>* Boxed whine – Jim Rosenthal felled by Heston Blumenthal<\/a>.
\n* A new chilli<\/a> to knock yer bollocks off.
\n* 50% of restaurant dishcloths ‘could make you ill’<\/a>.
\n* Gaga’s beefkini causes a stir<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span>* Henry Dimbleby talks amusingly about pies<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span>* A lovely paean to the pea, from the even more lovely Rose Cottage<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span>I’m really shocked to hear that R.E.M. have done a song to promote whale meat. Shame on them.<\/p>\n